The whole prompt thing is hilarious like Bush’s bump. There were some people in the audience with open mikes so who knows. Given his answer as relative pablum, he should pay for better prompting.
Rudy? Driving a bus around an empty race track. What more needs to be said?
Conrad Black’s writing is often full of insights even when it is largely a projection of himself. His autobiography “A Life in Progress” is really interesting. It’s clear that most reporters covering him never read it because they just repeat quotes that already out in the ether. He has better ones. Black is like many artists – he cannot operate properly in bourgeois society without bumping up against societal rules. Would you ask Picasso to mow your lawn and watch your kids?
Conrad Black calls it. Got to credit him for that. As for Wolfowitz, haven’t been at AEI or Hudson for a while and I think the gig is up for the Stiftung re the former warm relations with OSD (under previous management) for professional reasons and requirements.
As with the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers, they would instinctively notice and repel a deviationist now, particularly in bitter personal defeat (although much of the agenda is still mainstream Republican mantra).
Leo, we can only guess how hard it was for Lupus Maximus to reconcile his pure love for Democracy and Freedom with his grubby advocacy for Suharto and his rampaging regime. So he must be pretty broken up – If you see him in the Imperial City please pay your respects http://www.nysun.com/article/70247
“The best plan of the presidential candidates was Giuliani’s, but he is riding into the Manhattan Sunset, endlessly reenacting 9/11 like a nativity scene … The core problem is that the U.S. has become a world-class chump.”
~Conrad Black
National Post 1-25-08
HRC tried to make too much of that Barack comment 1) Reagan was transformational 2) Republicans dominated ideas in the last 15 years. Those were two seperate comments – the first comment applied to events more than 20 years ago, but the media intentionally muddled it by editing his interview with the LV paper. Then the Tweety patrol further misstated key elements. In any event – this whole BS round was old politics. It had a Mort Kondracke smell to it. You know when Mort says “how dare they say xyz!” about whatever.
Major rebuke to the Clintons – Maybe it will put an end to that hackneyed comment from the overrated (IMO) Toni Morrisson about Bill being black.
Aldershot – is fired up and ready to go! HRC buried her concession in a subordinate clause. Weak. Bravo Barack!Good speech – they love it over at the Corner. LOL.
I’m glad Obama cleaned her clock. I’m disturbed by the win-at-all-cost husky-voiced-Bubba Clinton bullshit. Is the deal that we’re supposed to buy the Clinton Machine in order to counteract Rovian-style tactics?
Fired up! Ready to go! – If Obama wins today (who knows – it will probably be closer than polls suggest and HRC may win, unless she doesn’t), then he owes it to this woman for inventing his chant – which saved his disappointed crowed in NH from sullenness. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4QHkF8IqV4
“The air force brass called the AC-130 an ‘aircraft capable of substantial support firepower’ … and until this morning the official designation give the plane by the Chinese High Command was ‘special operations enemy gunship.’ But from the moment it began unleashing its deadly thunder over the mountain, the AC-130 would be forever known as ‘Flying Dragon.’ It was so named because of the long, thin, red tongues spewing down parabolas of fire from the left side of the aircraft where its two 7.62mm, seven-barrled, twenty-millimeter Vulcan Gatling guns, forty-millimeter Bofors pompoms, and 105mm howitzer filled the air with hot metal.
The *worst* part for the Chinese below was the fact the Dragon was not flying blind, merely shooting for effect, its IRR-imaging infrared-and LLTV -low light television – sensors mounted mid-belly between the “Black Crow” radio direction-finder pod and the twin Vulcans showing up the Chinese as clear white dots on the flickering grey screen …”
~Ian Slater
WWW III Warshot (1992)
(Early post cold war Millporn)
Lisa Schiffren’s methodless madness can be seen in this quote:
“The price of this “two for the price of one” deal is that, at the very best, Hillary Clinton will be a co-president, (which she was not during her husband’s administration), who got there in a dubious manner that no future female candidate would wish to replicate ..”
—–
Politician always copy success – they don’t think like resentful ideologues like Schiffren – But above all notice how Schiffren now says HRC was never co-President under Bill Clinton when , in fact, Schiffren did think Hillary was co-President when Bill was actually in office. That was a major meme for her and her clique at that time. Leo, you know the VRWC well enough to know what we mean.
This reminds of the shifting significanc amone the VRWC of Bill Clinton’s bearded youth picture. That picture was one of hick when Clinton ran against 41 – Suddently, when 43 decided to co-opt all things redneck, Clinton’s beard lost it’s hick quality among the VRWC and became an elitist Oxford beard instead.
These political games are fine – but you can tell by Schiffren’s post that she is in the whale, she convinces herself that it is all true.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto might be amused by this – Lisa Schiffrin is completely bonkers re HRC. Lots of complicated pyschology at work here. In fairness to Dubya – he would probably admit – at the apporopriate time – that his success was contingent on many things. So would HRC – but here you see a Clinton Fever really messing with the mind of a “right wing feminst.” http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NzgxZDJjNjgyNGE3YzEzN2Y2NGNmZGQzYWYxZTVkZGI=
Oh – we forgot to post the link – It was on The Corner and it was Andy McCarthy commenting on the picture of Hillary with Rezko. He thinks it’s a devasting comeback for Obama. We disagree – even though we wise it were so.
Here’s classic Andy McCarthy – He is absolutely wrong (Unfair IMO, but all things Rezko are bad for Obama no matter what – even if inocultate HRC has to get a bit dirty) Ordinary folks might be divided along partisan lines about the picture with Hillary, but those who blame her are voting in GOP primaries anyway. HRC’s number one goal is to win he primary by any legal mean, even if she has to raise her own negs. McCarthy deludes himself thinking that his own HRC issues matter. The big problem that NRO has vis-a-vis HIllary is that they believe too much of their own propaganda and like Tweety they forget that most Americans see no difference between Bush and Cheney’s word games with torture and war compared to Clinton’s “meaning of is”
Incidentally – Just the other day Tweety tried to blame the victim again when he tried to tie Bill’s parsing “is” (when HRC was one of the victims of husbands straying) to Hillary.
Ofcourse, you know McCarthy like Tweety probably believes this was all a wicked cabal that was staged for fools
One irony – recall that Comment has suggested that it would be wise to ridicule bad questioners – to be sarcastice etc . There would be some blowback from vengful media, like Timmy po’d at Kucinic for alluding to Timmy’s collusion with those who lied us into war. But that’s ok – Most candidates should not delude themselves that they will win anyway and if they got over their fear of the media they would be better leaders in the long run
People like Tweety and Company should feel nervous about wasting time with loaded or dumb questions.
Notince KLO’s Hill friend suggests the same thing – But his faux-wry suggestions for replies are ridiculous. First of all they sound a liberal professor chiding an adult educaation student – Conservatives aren’t supposed to speak that way – offering wry semi-ironic, semi cryptic asides at millionaire pundit/reporters on TV.
A good conservative would or should be able to launch a broadside against a reporter on air and get the audience to clap. Those suggestions that KLO’s friend makes show him to be pretty weak and deluded (he probably thinks those two Clinton haters like Clinton).
Obama is the only big time liberal candidate in recent memory to have media bias working in his favor – But even with him Tweety and Company are working overtime to spread rumors about him and blame others for it.
Tweety’s “recipe for sadness” book – We’ve been reading bitys and pieces in the bookstore and we notice that when ever he suggest something that “they” should do, he is really offering a cryptic alpologia for what he does – More sadness.
Most of these 935 statements of falsehood (Colin -second place) were demonstrably false when they were made – If Timmy and Williams and Tweety had done their job when they were supposed to do it, KLO would have had an experience of being removed from Plato’s cave and pain of seeing reality would have been harsh.
The questions were all softballs or one’s with no follow ups. Even the Rude question from Rudy was secretly pro Rudy since Williams just mouthed the nasty adjectivals written by the Times snots, but he did not read the more politically damaging section of the editorial that would have sounded much worse.
It doesn’t matter – Reporters should not be asking candidates to comment on things like NYTimes editorials – bogus authority – or fake news events like polling figures etc.
The NRO post makes sense from all sides — it would be funny to see both parties leave, Russert, Tweety et al. in ruins. Strictly business, nothing personal of course.
The questions in the debate — Team Mitt had to be high fiving each other, the questions were all softballs. Simply sad. New post coming tomorrow btw.
Bad sign for those of us who are pro Obama – VDH on NRO’s Corner:
“I think it is generally recognized that Bill Clinton’s tawdry stumping and slurring were a terrible mistake …”
“I must also say I am really dismayed by fossilized thinking often displayed on the conservative side (some NR writers even sound like my Scientific Communism professor at Moscow University – different dogma, same attitude).”
~A Reader quoted on David Frum’s Diary
NRO 1-24-08
(Ironies abound)
re the WMD is Syrian and Lebanon – People wonder why or how Bush could mislead so easily, but the fact that you have Huckabee believing in the phantom stuff shows how easy it is to manipulate the unknown and mix it with ignorance of the known.
Romney sounds like he may have been tipped off that Russsert would ask him about the Clinton(s).
Romney’s zinger seemed a bit contrived – but he delivered it better than he usually does. IMO – That whole line of attack has just about exhausted itself. It has little appeal outside GOP activist circles. Clinton’s image is already discounted into his current value.
Tweety kept trying to push the line – repeating it over and over again as he tried (and mostly failed) to get others on the show to revel in all things Bill Clinton.
Yeah – Huckabee was real Rubesville with that Scooter talking point. Ofcourse Rudy’s aides have been pushing that tale, but it seemed like Huckabee actually believed that.
There is a well written sympathic article about Huckabee in AM Con Mag now. If memory serves it was written by Dougherty – a smart guy who probably knows that Huckabee is deluded on that point. But that’s his rustic charm – No? Huckabeee the rustic preacher with the strategic guitar.
St. McCain is interesting tonight – Genial warmonger that he is, he knows that he can get away with lying in front of Russert and Williams (“Hillary wants to wave the white flag of surrender”) and not worry about being challanged or called on his demagoguery. If McCain is President, foreign enemies know they can tie him down in whatever conflict they chose because of his foolish idea of what constitutes surrender.
Notice no barbed or loaded questions tonight from the hosts – No bogus or egregious gotchas.
So they’re saying that McCain needs to now prove himself to Conservatives in states with closed elections where Indies and Dems are not there to sway the results. Makes a lot of sense, and he’s leading in Florida. He does seem likeable enough, but less likely to beat HRC.
Morning Joe, which I hadn’t watched till recently is very, very annoying. A double dose of yuk when factoring in the female co-host.
So Leo – Ya think Russert and Williams will tear into St. McCain tonight? You know come up with hearsay quotes al la HRC? Or maybe bring up Keating or maybe recycle the Manchurian candidate rumors like they did with the Obama rumors in a inconclusive manner? Maybe they will just focus on his endless flip flops and his carelessness with facts.
La Noonan and MoDo deeply resent Hillary for almost entirely for reasons that are sociological. That’s why they have to lie about her – They often try to drape a policy disput over the foundational hatred, but this becomes exhausting after a while. As a result, they use myth and propaganda instead. Right now they don’t even realize when they do this.
BARNICLE: All I could think of was this fall, if it’s McCain that she’s facing, McCain is likable. She’s not.
—–
Too bad Barnicle can’t just say ‘I don’t like HRC, but I like McCaine – so I’ll support him even though he wants to turn half the world into a bombing target. While I am against war, I’d rather put up with that then hear HRC’s midwestern screeching’
re Rica at Davos – The presumption that the wealthy and sophesticated audience cares about Rice’s economic view is a bit of stretch as she gives her c-minus baccaleureate answer.
Is HRC going to damage herself in the long run? I know moderate Dems and Kucinich nuts who dislike her, not to mention much of the Leftosphere, upon whose nerves she grates. McCain may be one day older than dirt, but if he’s the one, it may come down to the wire.
“[Juan] Cole’s antipathy to people with whom he disagrees is great, but academics should not subvert the principle of freedom of the press in Iraqi Kurdistan or anywhere else to their own personal antipathy. Iraq should not be a template for personal or political grudges.”
~Michael Rubin
NRO 1-23-08
If Cheney is serious about convincing anyone of anything or trying to persuade, why is giving his dumb advocacy for FISA update (to be violated anyway) from Heritage. He should just STFU and pack his bags for the Hague.
Bill’s scolding finger wag is getting on my last nerve.
I know the popular wisdom says that, especially, a Hillary/Obama ticket wouldn’t fly, but I can imagine a surprised gasp of delight sweeping the nation. They’d be some kind of ‘Fifth Element’ funky weirdness…
Dr.LeoStrauss says
The whole prompt thing is hilarious like Bush’s bump. There were some people in the audience with open mikes so who knows. Given his answer as relative pablum, he should pay for better prompting.
Rudy? Driving a bus around an empty race track. What more needs to be said?
Anon says
Was Mitt Romney being prompted?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/25/whither-the-whisper-blog_n_83348.html
Comment says
re Rudy – a while back we heard someone say they loved Rudy’s tax plan, but they could not stomach his hiring someone who hated Muhammed Ali (Pipes).
Comment says
Conrad Black’s writing is often full of insights even when it is largely a projection of himself. His autobiography “A Life in Progress” is really interesting. It’s clear that most reporters covering him never read it because they just repeat quotes that already out in the ether. He has better ones. Black is like many artists – he cannot operate properly in bourgeois society without bumping up against societal rules. Would you ask Picasso to mow your lawn and watch your kids?
Dr.LeoStrauss says
Conrad Black calls it. Got to credit him for that. As for Wolfowitz, haven’t been at AEI or Hudson for a while and I think the gig is up for the Stiftung re the former warm relations with OSD (under previous management) for professional reasons and requirements.
As with the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers, they would instinctively notice and repel a deviationist now, particularly in bitter personal defeat (although much of the agenda is still mainstream Republican mantra).
Anon says
Leo, we can only guess how hard it was for Lupus Maximus to reconcile his pure love for Democracy and Freedom with his grubby advocacy for Suharto and his rampaging regime. So he must be pretty broken up – If you see him in the Imperial City please pay your respects
http://www.nysun.com/article/70247
A Random Quote says
“The best plan of the presidential candidates was Giuliani’s, but he is riding into the Manhattan Sunset, endlessly reenacting 9/11 like a nativity scene … The core problem is that the U.S. has become a world-class chump.”
~Conrad Black
National Post 1-25-08
Aldershot says
Two segments here refer to MSNBC personalities:
http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/8161
Had anyone seen this already?
Comment says
Over at the Corner Levin is made at Crist for endorsing St. John. Gotta love that. Levin was hoping he woould endorse Rudy. Oh well.
Comment says
HRC tried to make too much of that Barack comment 1) Reagan was transformational 2) Republicans dominated ideas in the last 15 years. Those were two seperate comments – the first comment applied to events more than 20 years ago, but the media intentionally muddled it by editing his interview with the LV paper. Then the Tweety patrol further misstated key elements. In any event – this whole BS round was old politics. It had a Mort Kondracke smell to it. You know when Mort says “how dare they say xyz!” about whatever.
Major rebuke to the Clintons – Maybe it will put an end to that hackneyed comment from the overrated (IMO) Toni Morrisson about Bill being black.
Comment says
Aldershot – is fired up and ready to go! HRC buried her concession in a subordinate clause. Weak. Bravo Barack!Good speech – they love it over at the Corner. LOL.
Aldershot says
I’m glad Obama cleaned her clock. I’m disturbed by the win-at-all-cost husky-voiced-Bubba Clinton bullshit. Is the deal that we’re supposed to buy the Clinton Machine in order to counteract Rovian-style tactics?
A Random Quote says
“I detest their politics.”
~Alfred Kazin (1995)
(Speaking of neocons)
Anon says
Fired up! Ready to go! – If Obama wins today (who knows – it will probably be closer than polls suggest and HRC may win, unless she doesn’t), then he owes it to this woman for inventing his chant – which saved his disappointed crowed in NH from sullenness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4QHkF8IqV4
A Random Quote says
“The air force brass called the AC-130 an ‘aircraft capable of substantial support firepower’ … and until this morning the official designation give the plane by the Chinese High Command was ‘special operations enemy gunship.’ But from the moment it began unleashing its deadly thunder over the mountain, the AC-130 would be forever known as ‘Flying Dragon.’ It was so named because of the long, thin, red tongues spewing down parabolas of fire from the left side of the aircraft where its two 7.62mm, seven-barrled, twenty-millimeter Vulcan Gatling guns, forty-millimeter Bofors pompoms, and 105mm howitzer filled the air with hot metal.
The *worst* part for the Chinese below was the fact the Dragon was not flying blind, merely shooting for effect, its IRR-imaging infrared-and LLTV -low light television – sensors mounted mid-belly between the “Black Crow” radio direction-finder pod and the twin Vulcans showing up the Chinese as clear white dots on the flickering grey screen …”
~Ian Slater
WWW III Warshot (1992)
(Early post cold war Millporn)
Anon says
Lisa Schiffren’s methodless madness can be seen in this quote:
“The price of this “two for the price of one” deal is that, at the very best, Hillary Clinton will be a co-president, (which she was not during her husband’s administration), who got there in a dubious manner that no future female candidate would wish to replicate ..”
—–
Politician always copy success – they don’t think like resentful ideologues like Schiffren – But above all notice how Schiffren now says HRC was never co-President under Bill Clinton when , in fact, Schiffren did think Hillary was co-President when Bill was actually in office. That was a major meme for her and her clique at that time. Leo, you know the VRWC well enough to know what we mean.
This reminds of the shifting significanc amone the VRWC of Bill Clinton’s bearded youth picture. That picture was one of hick when Clinton ran against 41 – Suddently, when 43 decided to co-opt all things redneck, Clinton’s beard lost it’s hick quality among the VRWC and became an elitist Oxford beard instead.
These political games are fine – but you can tell by Schiffren’s post that she is in the whale, she convinces herself that it is all true.
Anon says
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto might be amused by this – Lisa Schiffrin is completely bonkers re HRC. Lots of complicated pyschology at work here. In fairness to Dubya – he would probably admit – at the apporopriate time – that his success was contingent on many things. So would HRC – but here you see a Clinton Fever really messing with the mind of a “right wing feminst.”
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NzgxZDJjNjgyNGE3YzEzN2Y2NGNmZGQzYWYxZTVkZGI=
Comment says
Oh – we forgot to post the link – It was on The Corner and it was Andy McCarthy commenting on the picture of Hillary with Rezko. He thinks it’s a devasting comeback for Obama. We disagree – even though we wise it were so.
Comment says
Here’s classic Andy McCarthy – He is absolutely wrong (Unfair IMO, but all things Rezko are bad for Obama no matter what – even if inocultate HRC has to get a bit dirty) Ordinary folks might be divided along partisan lines about the picture with Hillary, but those who blame her are voting in GOP primaries anyway. HRC’s number one goal is to win he primary by any legal mean, even if she has to raise her own negs. McCarthy deludes himself thinking that his own HRC issues matter. The big problem that NRO has vis-a-vis HIllary is that they believe too much of their own propaganda and like Tweety they forget that most Americans see no difference between Bush and Cheney’s word games with torture and war compared to Clinton’s “meaning of is”
Incidentally – Just the other day Tweety tried to blame the victim again when he tried to tie Bill’s parsing “is” (when HRC was one of the victims of husbands straying) to Hillary.
Ofcourse, you know McCarthy like Tweety probably believes this was all a wicked cabal that was staged for fools
Comment says
One irony – recall that Comment has suggested that it would be wise to ridicule bad questioners – to be sarcastice etc . There would be some blowback from vengful media, like Timmy po’d at Kucinic for alluding to Timmy’s collusion with those who lied us into war. But that’s ok – Most candidates should not delude themselves that they will win anyway and if they got over their fear of the media they would be better leaders in the long run
People like Tweety and Company should feel nervous about wasting time with loaded or dumb questions.
Notince KLO’s Hill friend suggests the same thing – But his faux-wry suggestions for replies are ridiculous. First of all they sound a liberal professor chiding an adult educaation student – Conservatives aren’t supposed to speak that way – offering wry semi-ironic, semi cryptic asides at millionaire pundit/reporters on TV.
A good conservative would or should be able to launch a broadside against a reporter on air and get the audience to clap. Those suggestions that KLO’s friend makes show him to be pretty weak and deluded (he probably thinks those two Clinton haters like Clinton).
Obama is the only big time liberal candidate in recent memory to have media bias working in his favor – But even with him Tweety and Company are working overtime to spread rumors about him and blame others for it.
Tweety’s “recipe for sadness” book – We’ve been reading bitys and pieces in the bookstore and we notice that when ever he suggest something that “they” should do, he is really offering a cryptic alpologia for what he does – More sadness.
Comment says
Most of these 935 statements of falsehood (Colin -second place) were demonstrably false when they were made – If Timmy and Williams and Tweety had done their job when they were supposed to do it, KLO would have had an experience of being removed from Plato’s cave and pain of seeing reality would have been harsh.
The questions were all softballs or one’s with no follow ups. Even the Rude question from Rudy was secretly pro Rudy since Williams just mouthed the nasty adjectivals written by the Times snots, but he did not read the more politically damaging section of the editorial that would have sounded much worse.
It doesn’t matter – Reporters should not be asking candidates to comment on things like NYTimes editorials – bogus authority – or fake news events like polling figures etc.
Dr.LeoStrauss says
The NRO post makes sense from all sides — it would be funny to see both parties leave, Russert, Tweety et al. in ruins. Strictly business, nothing personal of course.
The questions in the debate — Team Mitt had to be high fiving each other, the questions were all softballs. Simply sad. New post coming tomorrow btw.
Anon says
KLO % Co. don’t quite “get it,” but at least they are starting to realize something is wrong. Poor KLO is too blinkered to realize that she is picking on people who alternate between being Reagan Dems, self-loathing Dems, or neo-Republicans
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTQ5ZmNhNDVjY2I2YmJlZTc0NzE2YmNkZmIxNjk3ZmM=
Comment says
Bad sign for those of us who are pro Obama – VDH on NRO’s Corner:
“I think it is generally recognized that Bill Clinton’s tawdry stumping and slurring were a terrible mistake …”
Anon says
Who among you cannot resist laughing at this?
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Yjc0ZTkzNmU2NGFjNGQxYjc4YzY5MjhmMTZkMzhhMjk=
A Random Quote says
“I must also say I am really dismayed by fossilized thinking often displayed on the conservative side (some NR writers even sound like my Scientific Communism professor at Moscow University – different dogma, same attitude).”
~A Reader quoted on David Frum’s Diary
NRO 1-24-08
(Ironies abound)
Aldershot says
“Romney sounds like he may have been tipped off that Russsert would ask him about the Clinton(s).”
Now you know darn well that Twinky is too honorable for that. Jeeze.
Did anyone catch the text poll results? Romney 41, Paul 40, and McCain and Giuliani in single digits. A la Tweety: Ha!
Comment says
re the WMD is Syrian and Lebanon – People wonder why or how Bush could mislead so easily, but the fact that you have Huckabee believing in the phantom stuff shows how easy it is to manipulate the unknown and mix it with ignorance of the known.
Romney sounds like he may have been tipped off that Russsert would ask him about the Clinton(s).
Comment says
Romney’s zinger seemed a bit contrived – but he delivered it better than he usually does. IMO – That whole line of attack has just about exhausted itself. It has little appeal outside GOP activist circles. Clinton’s image is already discounted into his current value.
Tweety kept trying to push the line – repeating it over and over again as he tried (and mostly failed) to get others on the show to revel in all things Bill Clinton.
Yeah – Huckabee was real Rubesville with that Scooter talking point. Ofcourse Rudy’s aides have been pushing that tale, but it seemed like Huckabee actually believed that.
There is a well written sympathic article about Huckabee in AM Con Mag now. If memory serves it was written by Dougherty – a smart guy who probably knows that Huckabee is deluded on that point. But that’s his rustic charm – No? Huckabeee the rustic preacher with the strategic guitar.
Aldershot says
Romney gets the zinger of the night worrying about Bill being back in the White House ‘with nothing to do.’
Dr.LeoStrauss says
It’s hilarious watching Huckabee telling Tweety the WMD might be Syria or Lebanon . . . he must have the Scooter talking points.
Comment says
St. McCain is interesting tonight – Genial warmonger that he is, he knows that he can get away with lying in front of Russert and Williams (“Hillary wants to wave the white flag of surrender”) and not worry about being challanged or called on his demagoguery. If McCain is President, foreign enemies know they can tie him down in whatever conflict they chose because of his foolish idea of what constitutes surrender.
Notice no barbed or loaded questions tonight from the hosts – No bogus or egregious gotchas.
Aldershot says
So they’re saying that McCain needs to now prove himself to Conservatives in states with closed elections where Indies and Dems are not there to sway the results. Makes a lot of sense, and he’s leading in Florida. He does seem likeable enough, but less likely to beat HRC.
Morning Joe, which I hadn’t watched till recently is very, very annoying. A double dose of yuk when factoring in the female co-host.
Comment says
So Leo – Ya think Russert and Williams will tear into St. McCain tonight? You know come up with hearsay quotes al la HRC? Or maybe bring up Keating or maybe recycle the Manchurian candidate rumors like they did with the Obama rumors in a inconclusive manner? Maybe they will just focus on his endless flip flops and his carelessness with facts.
Anon says
Another ridiculous headline – total contempt for their readers:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/washington/23database.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Anon says
You gotta love this headline:
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1706120,00.html
Comment says
La Noonan and MoDo deeply resent Hillary for almost entirely for reasons that are sociological. That’s why they have to lie about her – They often try to drape a policy disput over the foundational hatred, but this becomes exhausting after a while. As a result, they use myth and propaganda instead. Right now they don’t even realize when they do this.
Comment says
re Barnicle on Media Matters
BARNICLE: All I could think of was this fall, if it’s McCain that she’s facing, McCain is likable. She’s not.
—–
Too bad Barnicle can’t just say ‘I don’t like HRC, but I like McCaine – so I’ll support him even though he wants to turn half the world into a bombing target. While I am against war, I’d rather put up with that then hear HRC’s midwestern screeching’
Aldershot says
Exactly. Secretary of State Barbie strikes again.
Comment says
re Rica at Davos – The presumption that the wealthy and sophesticated audience cares about Rice’s economic view is a bit of stretch as she gives her c-minus baccaleureate answer.
Aldershot says
Is HRC going to damage herself in the long run? I know moderate Dems and Kucinich nuts who dislike her, not to mention much of the Leftosphere, upon whose nerves she grates. McCain may be one day older than dirt, but if he’s the one, it may come down to the wire.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200801230004?f=s_search
And La Noonan and MoDo are complaining about her sending her husband out.
Aldershot says
“And Senator, you’re no Milla Jovovich”
What’s your point?
Yes, Comment, it’s a good movie.
Dr.LeoStrauss says
Speaking of someone else who needs to STFU . . .
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080123194150.g3ulqi8r&show_article=1
Comment says
“[Juan] Cole’s antipathy to people with whom he disagrees is great, but academics should not subvert the principle of freedom of the press in Iraqi Kurdistan or anywhere else to their own personal antipathy. Iraq should not be a template for personal or political grudges.”
~Michael Rubin
NRO 1-23-08
Comment says
Read his speech and you have to wonder what the purpose he mhas in mind for saying things he says –
Comment says
If Cheney is serious about convincing anyone of anything or trying to persuade, why is giving his dumb advocacy for FISA update (to be violated anyway) from Heritage. He should just STFU and pack his bags for the Hague.
Anon says
Market tanks – But this is the 7th biggest story on the NY Times website.LOL.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/business/23bags.html?em&ex=1201237200&en=fd01814a2e8f9421&ei=5087
Comment says
Fifth element? Is it worth seeing?
Dr.LeoStrauss says
I know Milla Jovovich. Milla Jovovich is action movie star from 5th Element. And Senator, you’re no Milla Jovovich . . . (apply where applicable).
Aldershot says
Bill’s scolding finger wag is getting on my last nerve.
I know the popular wisdom says that, especially, a Hillary/Obama ticket wouldn’t fly, but I can imagine a surprised gasp of delight sweeping the nation. They’d be some kind of ‘Fifth Element’ funky weirdness…