“Who is the unilateralist candidate for president this year, the man who’s willing to push our allies away and who questions the patriotism of those who disagree with him? That would be John Kerry, at least on the issue of trade,” argue Cesar Conda and Stuart Anderson in the March 29 issue of The Weekly Standard: Kerry may like to portray himself as a multilateralist, whom foreign leaders are secretly
Rainy Day Women #12
Here’s how you know your politics have pitched a bit to the right: you’re enjoying a plate of Gino’s Pizza Rolls, watching an early episode of “M*A*S*H,” when suddenly you realize that just about everything Larry Linville says makes sense — and that, given the opportunity, you’d happily bend Alan Alda over a butcher’s table and thwack his self-satisfied ass about a thousand times with a rolled up poster of
Picture for a Sunday Morning
From the cutting room floor, ABC News: 20/20’s Barbara Walters: “Teresa. Come November, will your husband beat Bush?” Teresa Heinz Kerry: “Well, I don’t know if he’ll exactly beat it, Barbara. But if he tickles it a little more often you won’t get any complaints out of me…”
Onward Christian Soldier, redux
Replying to this whiny anti-Bush post, commenter Rae notes (in part), “It matters not what a president does, those who are of his political party are going to excuse and justify any behavior no matter how despicable whether Republican or Democrat” — a tepid observation, and hardly one you’d expect would draw the ire of Allen Brill, a progressive Christian so convinced of his own righteous standing among the heavenly
Some of my best friends are mall-walking zombies
Capsule review: Two thumbs up, one schlong down. But lay off the hippies, willya Jim? They spook easy. And we suburban types need to buy our weed from somebody.
Seminole Moments in Higher Education
Speaking of university presidents in need of a good, thorough sterilization, here (via Reason) is Florida State University president T.K. Wetherell in an email letter protesting a proposed bill that would limit the power of universities’ boards of trustees: “Congradulations you have just reinstituted the old Board of Regents […] Where are the strong rolls of the University Boards of Trustees??? Under this arrangement their main roll would be to
Coffee Talk
So, is Bush’s speech to the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association dinner taking shape as the latest DNC/Katie Couric-driven faux outrage? — a feeble-wristed follow-up to the Donk’s prematurely moribund affaire d’Clarke? Because I just turned on “The View” expecting to hear Joy Behar kvetching about her vagina but was instead greeted by a lot of yentastic hand-wringing about Evil Georgie’s having sent freshfacedyoungmenandwomen off to the Babylonian slaughter —
Top 10 Things Found in John Kerry’s Pocket
10. Phone numbers from hot ex-Deaniacs “willing to ride the K-train.” 9.  Richard Clarke’s soul 8. Sierra Club “Save Our Planet” keyring (with keys to 5 houses, 6 SUVs, 3 SeaDoos, and a luxury Winnebago) 7. Nude photos of Susan Sarandon (laminated). Nude photos of Janeane Garofalo (re-touched w/ ballpoint pen to add blouse, shoes). 6. Altoids (for Teddy Kennedy. In a pinch. Cause, y’know, he likes his scotch…) 5. A signed copy of Coming Home
A message from my plate of fried eggs and sausage…
“Yeah? Well tell your science to shut up…!”
Imagine what I could do if I had three names…
Do me a favor: read the last couple paragraphs of this post, then go read this and this. Then get your ass back here and buy me a $15 hooker. Christ: Josh Marshall has become as predictable as my morning dump. [Related and related and related and related and related and related and related and Lileks]
