Unfarcingbelievable: Bill Clinton, speaking at a Vegas YMCA last night, made more charges against Obama and claimed to have, with Chelsea, personally witnessed voter suppression by the Culinary Workers: There is this whole business of the new politics. Well I got a taste of the new politics today. We need a new politics where we all love each other. You’ve heard all that. There’s a radio ad up in the northern
January 2008
fUNeREAL [Dan Collins]
YNET News: Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said in a fiery speech on Saturday that his group had the “heads” and “body parts” of Israeli soldiers, as well as “a nearly intact cadaver”. Nasrallah, one of Israel’s most wanted men, appeared in public for the first time in more than a year to attend a Shiite religious event in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Saturday. “We have the heads, the
GOP 2008: South Carolina and Romney’s gamble [Karl]
Stories on the GOP’s dead heat in South Carolina vastly understate the case. As Charles Franklin noted yesterday at Pollster.com: One big warning here. South Carolina has shown suprising numbers of undecided. The Fox poll today, for example, has an unbelievable 19% undecided. That is HUGE. And, if you add up the trend estimates for the four top candidates here, you get… 81% leaving the same 19% unallocated. In Fox’s
Snopeses.com [Dan Collins]
Hillary Clinton spoke yesterday of the pain and embarrassment caused by her husband’s affair with Monica Lewinsky, ten years after the scandal erupted and at the height of a presidential campaign when women will be crucial to her White House hopes.“I never doubted Bill’s love for me, ever,†Mrs Clinton said in an interview on Fox’s Tyra Banks Show, aired on the eve of the Nevada caucuses today, her next
O! Bitchuary! [Dan Collins]
If Britney Spears were to die today, it appears that at least one news organization is admitting that it is ready to go with her obituary.TMZ.com reported that The Associated Press has a pre-written obituary ready to go for the embattled pop singer. The celebrity gossip Web site confirmed the obituary with AP Entertainment Editor Jesse Washington, who explained the reasoning of the article to Us Weekly. “We would never
Clintons surf wave of Reagan Derangement Syndrome [Karl]
Sen. Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton join the nutroots in misconstruing Sen. Barack Obama’s comments about wanting to be to progressives what Ronald Reagan was to conservatives. Here’s Hill: I have to say, you know, my leading opponent the other day said that he thought the Republicans had better ideas than Democrats the last ten to fifteen years. That’s not the way I remember the last ten to fifteen years.
Dems 2008: Obama discovers the power of mockery [Karl]
Via Nedra Pickler, “Obama Debuts New Act in Vegas“: LAS VEGAS (AP) – The White House campaign has brought a new act to Vegas. Barack Obama has stepped up his campaign against Hillary Rodham Clinton, and he’s trying to use humor to bring her down before this weekend’s Democratic presidential caucus. *** Obama began by recalling a moment in Tuesday night’s debate when he and his rivals were asked to
Giggly as a schoolgirl… and about as politically savvy [Karl]
Ben Affleck made House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as giggly as a schoolgirl when he stopped by her D.C. office while researching a role for his upcoming political thriller, State of Play. And why not? Affleck has run his career into the ground with a series of bad choices, while Pelosi has done the same with the approval rating for Congress.
The Political Tarot [Dan Collins]
LA Times headline: Clinton plays gaming card against Obama I remember the good old days, when it was just the race card and the gender card. But now that the cards are proliferating so quickly, we can work on building a political tarot deck. Please make your suggestions below. Nothing too curious or absurd for consideration.
Denies Existence or Downplays? [Dan Collins]
Bill O’Reilly either downplays the numbers of or essentially denies the existence of homeless vets, according to rankled or frothing lefties, respectively. This would seem to be an important distinction, though it’s causing some confusion. Many of them argue that someone who cares about the troops won’t argue with the numbers provided by the VA, ~200,000. O’Reilly would probably say that the numbers are vastly inflated, as they serve as a stimulus
