Former Democratic Congressman Martin Frost, writing on the FOXNews site: Quietly, without a shot being fired, a revolution is about to occur in American politics. There is a very strong chance that, one year from now, a woman will be third in line for the presidency of the United States. If the current trend continues, Nancy Pelosi will be Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives following the November 2006

…Or, as some people would have it, “traditional conservative values.” Unless of course some of it’s practiced, say, here.  Then it’s just a manifestation of grrlpower and progressivism!

Ever looking for a way to revise history and justify their votes giving the President the authority to go to war with the Hussein regime, Democrats are floating a new rhetorical trial balloon, articulated by erstwhile Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle. From the LA Times, “Timing Entwined War Vote, Election”: Tom Daschle, the former Democratic senator from South Dakota, remembers the exchange vividly. The time was September 2002. The place

“I’m not going to lie to you, Billy:  the paltry turnout at my combination anti-war protest / celebrity book signing was quite dispiriting.  Quite dispiriting.  Tell me—was it like this when the sixties ended?—a sinking feeling that nobody really much cares anymore that the neocon war machine keeps churning out armed, bloodthirsty deathmerchants who will tragically fall victim to the lies of their greedy, corporate, Jew-coddling leaders?”* “Could be.  Though

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Like a genital Herpes virus that lies dormant for a spell before reasserting itself at awkward moments in an outbreak of ragged penile lesions or vaginal discharge, cartoonist Ted Rall manages to crash univited into the parlor of civilized cultural discourse from time to time, whereupon he immediately insults the hostess and dips his grubby fingers directly into the clam dip. This is one of those times. But of course,

oatmeal:  “Mrs Butterworth?  I tapped that.  Twice.”

So.  How’s that Republican pushback against the entrenched Democratic war narrative—the one clearly favored by many in the legacy media—coming along?  From the Washington Post: Democrats fumed last week at Vice President Cheney’s suggestion that criticism of the administration’s war policies was itself becoming a hindrance to the war effort. But a new poll indicates most Americans are sympathetic to Cheney’s point. Seventy percent of people surveyed said that criticism

1.  Thanks so much to Greg Hill for Heavy Metal, Escape from Alcatraz, and the original Cape Fear on DVD.  I’ve turned into a big Robert Mitchum fan, have always been a Clint fan, and can’t for the life of my think how anyone wouldn’t get excited over a soundtrack that features Queen, Journey and Heart. What? 2.  Neo-neocon explores shame and shame cultures: Not all anger is alike, of