New York Times columnist David Brooks, in a piece touting the diversity of the GOP, writes: Many professional conservatives do not regard Mike Huckabee or John McCain as true conservatives. “I’m here to tell you, if either of these two guys get the nomination, it’s going to destroy the Republican Party,” Rush Limbaugh said recently on his radio show. “It’s going to change it forever, be the end of it.”

(or Pro-Irish, depending on your POV): Lohan, Murphy Lead Razzie ‘Worst-of’ Nominations Botched Robbery Attempt Nets Killers Short-Term Possession of 94-Year-Old Left Hand Where’s the Strangest Place You Ever Made Whoopie?  In the booth, Bob. Troubled Crack Addict Amy Winehouse Caught on Camera, Singing

No, not the delicious strong-attractive Deepak Chopraey force made from avocados that binds the country together in Hillary sociodynametaphysics, but the game, now updated:  Did the Clintons Try to Whack a Cat?  Or, Your pussy or your pussy.  The article (in Mother Jones, hilariously) gives an overall positive review to Citizens United’s Hillary: The Movie.  Those Clintons.  Uniters!

Decades of cheap umbrage have caused American’s to act as though instant access to large quantities of the stuff is a birthright: Within minutes of posting a story on CNN’s homepage called “Gender or race: Black women voters face tough choices in South Carolina,” readers reacted quickly and angrily. Readers want media to focus more on the candidates and how they feel about the issues not their gender or race.

Knowing that I enjoy going beyond horse race polls, PW regular happyfeet asked about the state of Sen. John McCain’s ground game — so I looked into the question.  What I found is the media equivalent of Goofus and Gallant. Adam Nagourney takes the role of Goofus for a New York Times article in which he writes: Republican officials said three of the candidates — Mr. Romney, Mr. McCain and Mr.

Glenn(s) Greenwald, notorious Internet sock-puppeteer, comments on a brochure posted to the web by Greg Sargent.  The brochure, which Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign is distributing in South Carolina, seems to include “religious appeals at least as overt and explicit as anything Huckabee has done.”  (Emphasis in original.)  Thomas Ellers continues: Sargent speculates that the brochure is an attempt to counter the false whispering campaign increasingly being circulated in South Carolina (by whom, we should

Last night’s Punch, Judy & Silky show in South Carolina provides an opportunity to revisit Peter Fonda’s assessment of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s chances of victory, as well as some timeless protein wisdom from 70’s teen idol Leif Garrett on presidential debates in general. P.S.  In case you missed it, our esteemed host posted a web design bleg yesterday in which he mentioned that he would “get back into posting regularly.”  That

On the campaign trail in Jacksonville FL, former Gov. Mitt Romney tried relating to some black kids at a MLK Day parade, by quoting “Who Let The Dogs Out,” which was a hit in 2000 and later made Rolling Stone magazine’s 20 Most Annoying Songs readers’ poll. Come on.  Is there no one on staff to slip a copy of Rhianna’s “Umbrella” onto his iPod?  Or maybe some Kanye West? 

— or better, professional web designers wanted at amateur rates. Meaning, willing to work for free. And no, this is not about my being notoriously cheap. It’s about my trying to get you back in touch with what it is that got you into web design to begin with: for the love of your art. My cheapness just happens to dovetail with all that. So, you know — win-win. Anyway,

As previously announced, Scarlett Johansson is boosting the… morale of US troops in the Persian Gulf: CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait (Jan. 20, 2008) — If anyone has wondered what can make a battle hardened Marine act like a love-struck high-schooler, the answer is simple—a meet and greet with Scarlett Johansson. *** A hush fell over the crowd as Johansson, wearing a pink sweater, knee-high boots and cherry-red lipstick, entered the USO.