…to Maggie and RTO for the Croupier birthday DVD. I’m a big fan of Clive Owen, not the least because he’s so moody. Seriously. The dude drips angst like a Robert Smith eyeliner catastrophe. Oh. And for those of you interested, yes, the calcified portion of one of my ribs continues to poke from my back, a misplaced demon horn, an angry Yahweh’s dradel tip of bone pain. So I’m

I don’t recall electing her, but Crooks & Liars says it’s true, so it must be: Ann Coulter speaks for the base of the GOP, but apparently organizers of the Conservative Political Action Committee have decided not to invite her to speak at this years convention. She was quite the hit last year with her derogatory comment about John Edwards, but all good things must come to an end. More

Bill Kristol writes in the New York Times: The prospect of John McCain as the likely Republican presidential nominee has produced a squall of anger on the right. Normally reserved columnists and usually ebullient talk-radio hosts vie to express their disgust with McCain, and their disdain for the Republicans who are about to nominate him. The conservative movement as a whole appears disgruntled and dyspeptic. Now I have nothing against

Another condescending twit (Erica Jong-Hill)  uses Kristol’s remark as a jumping-off point for a leap over the shark: Obama is also a token — of our incomplete progress toward an interracial society. I have nothing against him except his inexperience. Many black voters agree. They understand tokenism and condescension. I understand my hopeful friends who think an Obama button will change America. But I’m sticking with Hillary. I trust her

Bill Clinton courts black churchgoers In a media interview posted online, Young also quipped that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has her husband behind her, and that “Bill is every bit as black as Barack.” “He’s probably gone with more black women than Barack,” Young said of former President Clinton, drawing laughter from a live television audience. Young, 75, was quick to follow his comment on Bill Clinton with

At TownHall, Patrick Ruffini writes about Sen. John McCain’s appeal to the new swing voter bloc of older belligerent men, with just enough seriousness to suggest he might figure out McCain’s real appeal — though he will be kicking himself he finds out that Cindy McCain also has an enemies list and believes: “The only person my husband can trust is me.”  But that’s really the appetizer. Ruffini goes on to

During the Super Bowl.  Jason, CEO of Mahalo.com, denounces the commercials here. Sales Genie Racist “Unphased” Vin Gupta, founder and chairman of Salesgenie.com, conceptualized and wrote copy for the ads himself. While other brands battle for accolades, Salesgenie.com isn’t phased by boos and jeers from the audience. “It was judged to be the best by the real pros,” says Gupta. “Our ad was one of the few to feature a

At OpenLeft, Chris Bowers cites a regression analysis performed by a Kossack showing that Sen. Barack Obama is winning virtually all Dean voters from 2004, and a plurality of Clark voters from 2004 — a coalition of voters for the two main nutroots candidates from the last cycle.  Bowers seems excited: So, let’s see here: a campaign that uses extensive internet organizing, huge campaign rallies, heavy youth and creative class support, a

Reuters reports: The Grateful Dead, the San Francisco cult rock band that has played at political events since the 1960s, will reunite on Monday for the first time in four years to rally support for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, a spokesman said on Friday. Because nothing says “change” and “voice of a new generation” like the Dead.  I suppose this is a daring raid onto Clinton turf, but let’s count

The ignorance really is appalling: Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real. The survey found that 47 percent thought the 12th century English king Richard the Lionheart was a myth. And 23 percent thought World War II prime minister Churchill was made up. The