I know, it’s been all over the intertubes, but it’s way cool, so in case you haven’t seen it…. Whoopsie.
March 2008
Alert: Sullivan Nitwit Level = Elevated [Karl]
Excitable Andy accuses the Clinton campaign of plagarizing her “3 a.m. phone ad” from the 1984 Mondale “Red Phone” ad. His co-blogger at The Atlantic, Marc Ambinder, noted in linking to the same ad yesterday: Roy Spence, the Texas-based advertizing wizard brought aboard to soften Hillary Clinton’s image after Super Tuesday, is the maestro behind Clinton’s most audacious advertisement to date, a Clinton campaign official said this morning. And Spence is
Dems 2008: A moment of silence for the Clinton campaign [Karl]
After going nuclear in their last ad, Slate’s John Dickerson asked the following question in a Clinton campaign conference call: “What foreign policy moment would you point to in Hillary’s career where she’s been tested by crisis?” According to the Hotline (with audio goodness), “You could’ve knit a sweater in the time it took the usually verbose team of Mark Penn, Howard Wolfson and Lee Feinstein, Clinton’s national security director, to
Nasty Vaginal Discharge [Tab Lloyd]
British supermodel Naomi Campbell was discharged from a hospital in Sao Paulo Friday after undergoing surgery, TMZ.com said. Campbell, 37, reportedly underwent emergency abdominal surgery this week.
FISA Update: Democrats’ opposition to Protect America Act crumbling [Karl]
According to Congress Daily: To break an impasse over legislation overhauling the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, House Democratic leaders are considering the option of taking up a Senate-passed FISA bill in stages, congressional sources said today. Under the plan, the House would vote separately on the first title of the bill, which authorizes surveillance activities, and then on the bill’s second title, which grants retroactive legal immunity to telecommunications companies
Dems 2008: Hillary Clinton, the Black Candidate [Karl]
OpenLeft’s Chris Bowers explains, though one of his commenters suggests that Hillary may be the Blue candidate. It is coincidence that Bowers already inspired me to call her as the next Jesse Jackson. Meanwhile, Marc Ambinder shows that even fuzzy delegate math is not enough for Clinton.
And, As Inevitable As the Dawn….(CraigC)
Prince Harry has been withdrawn from the front lines due to concerns that Taliban forces would step up their attacks on his unit in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, two Al Qaeda-affiliated websites are calling on jihadists to “slaughter” young Harry. Concerns about Harry’s safety were deepened when firebrand preacher Anjem Choudhary, of the extremist Al Muhajiroun group, accused him of endorsing an “illegal war”.  He said: “I think it is inevitable that anyone who
