March 2008
“We’re not really doing interviews today. We have to concentrate on the...”
– Roman legionaires in DC on Good Friday
“This was a marriage that appeared to be going sour at one point,” Paterson...”
– Gov. Paterson admits to sex with other woman for years
“A former driver and aide to former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey yesterday made...”
– I WAS MCG AND WIFE’S THREE-WAY SEX STUD: EX-DRIVER - New York Post Pederson to World: Take that, Mrs. Spitzer! Your time in the pity-sun is done, New Jersey is sick of being the second best story! Now it’s MY time in the spotlight! Can I get some makeup here?
“The right is mooing about faith, the left is mooing about change, and many are...”
– David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal’ by David Mamet A great election-season read at the Voice
“Someone needs to tell his wife that ‘stand by your man’ does not apply here!!!...”
– Why Do the Wives Stand There, Next to Their Men? - New York Times I guess the idea of “Mother” has gone out the window for the NYT.
“That promise of quality often includes good looks, a clean bill of health and...”
– High-Priced Call Girls’ Lips Are Sealed - washingtonpost.com A great second day story from WaPo on the whole Spitzer saga. For rent: $4,300/night. One PhD student, artist, and blogger who makes good raviolis and great apple pie. Strictly expensive conversation. No funny business. ...
“Polls showing Barack Obama as more likely than Hillary Clinton to beat John...”
– Is Obama Really Better Against McCain? - To the Contrary (usnews.com)
“Kentucky Representative Tim Couch filed a bill this week to make anonymous...”
– Kentucky Lawmaker Wants to Make Anonymous Internet Posting Illegal - Video - WTVQ 36 - Lexington, Kentucky So much for privacy?
“One might even surmise that the jihadists are not as obsessed with coverage of...”
– Prince Harry should’ve stayed in Afghanistan. - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine
So THAT'S how they spend tuition dollars?
Bush’s beloved “Turd Blossom” took a blow in corn country yesterday, CNN reports: Former top Bush aide Karl Rove didn’t get the friendliest of receptions at the University of Iowa Sunday, CNN affiliate KCRG reports. Rove, who was paid $40,000 to speak at the University, was confronted with an at-times hostile crowd of 1,000, and was interrupted on several occasions. At one...
Monday Morning Must-Reads
Buh Bye Tucker! MSNBC Cancels Carlson’s Show [C+L] Insiders tell TVNewser Tucker Carlson’s 6pmET show Tucker is getting the axe, but Carlson stays on as a political contributor to all MSNBC shows at least through the 2008 election. The official announcement, expected tomorrow, will include details about who will replace Tucker at 6pmET as well as other political programming additions....
“Top Ten factors determining who will win the Texas Democratic presidential...”
– Texas on the Potomac
Texas Two-Vote
Voting twice in Texas? It appears you can. The ever-intrepid Austin Chronicle reports: We’ve all heard the ballot-stuffing joke: “Vote early; vote often.” Well, in this election, it’s no joke: You should vote twice. In fact, it’s legal, and it’s encouraged – at least if you’re a Democrat. Oh, the Great State of Texas. Where Tony Romo dates Jessica...