New podcast is up. Features include: Hot Topics (Susan Boyle, McAuliffe); Hunting Sotmayor; Petreaus on Gitmo – Torture; Israel, Obama, Saudis, Egypt. In other news today, Newt keeps pushing, now calling Judge Sotomayor “un-American” in an email blast. Michael Scherer at Time has the whole email. Not even reading it is believing. You read that [...]
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Palin, Miss California & Keith’s Breast Implant Implosion
–updated– You know the most popular Democratic position on gay marriage has imploded when a beauty pageant winner and Sarah Palin are using it against you. Gov. Sarah Palin just nailed Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton (both pro civil unions, against same-sex marriage) and any number of other Democratic stars. It’s quite humorous, actually, considering, well, [...]
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Wanda Too Mean To Rush
When you clip and truncate quotes, or in this case, a comedienne’s routine, you’re actually guiltier than the person you’re attempting to smear, due to the dishonesty of your actions. You also don’t have to like the comic’s routine, but when you book her you at least know what you’re getting. The final evidence is [...]
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This and That
Enjoy. …and happy Mother’s Day, including dads who play both roles, as well as all the grandparents and relatives who for one reason or another find yourselves raising another generation. It happens across this country. It’s also a day to remember, as many of us have lost our mothers (or guardians, caretakers, whatever you want [...]
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Outrage and Political Betrayal
There is an article on the new film “Outrage” tucked in the Style section of the Washington Post today with a final line that is fitting today: If our leaders aren’t true to themselves, how can they possibly be true to us. The answer is easy, they cannot. The film “Outrage” arrives on a week [...]
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Field Trip to Ray’s Hell Burger
**This is a live Twitter feed* –updated– O-Biden yesterday at Ray’s Hell Burger 4:08:05 PM: Orders placed at burger joint made more famous by the O-Biden lunch yesterday. 4:22:40 PM: Ordered burger w/ white cheddar, dill pickles, charred jalapenos. Hubby: burg w/ works. 4:33:18 PM: Burger on toasted Brioche bun w/ poppy/sesame seeds. Easy to [...]
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Elizabeth Edwards Opens It Up Again
–read the follow up– “I’ve seen a picture of the baby. I have no idea. It doesn’t look like my children but I don’t have any idea,” Edwards told Winfrey. – New York Daily News The federal probe of John Edwards campaign funds all leads back to the affair. It’s the latest chapter in the [...]
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Dear David Gregory
Oprah? Seriously, David? She’s your dream guest? For ratings, maybe, and having women on “Meet the Press” would be shocking, because you sorely need a Sunday game changer. But you’ve got bigger problems than worrying about snagging Oprah. So you knew this was coming, right? The obligatory Tim Russert’s mystique still dogs David Gregory byline. [...]
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Culture Break: ‘Brand Obama’
Not since Jacqueline Kennedy redecorated the White House and used it as a showcase for arts and culture, which helped create the Camelot mystique, has a first family so captured popular fascination, first-lady historian Myra Gutin says. – WSJ.Magazine Artwork by Tamara Shopsin Besides being drop dead gorgeous, Desirée Glapion Rogers has a job fit [...]
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Sect. Vilsack: Don’t Be Afraid to Eat Pork
It’s not “Swine flu.” It’s “H1N1 virus.” Got that? Who comes up with these names? Where’s your “Mad Men” who you need them? That seemed to be Tom Vilsack’s main message on Andrea Mitchell’s show today, as he pushed hard on the Administration’s efforts to save the hog industry. “Swine flu” is a killer in [...]
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BoA’s Ken Lewis v. Everybody
The SEIU (an advertiser on this blog) isn’t the only one wanting Ken Lewis fired at the upcoming shareholders meeting on April 29th. Via the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), we get a look into a transcript from Lewis’ recent testimony in front of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office. According to WSJ, Lewis [...]
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Clinton on Pakistan: Zardari Abdicating to Taliban and Extremists
Tough talk from Secretary Clinton yesterday, which is well placed. “I think that the Pakistani government is basically abdicating to the Taliban and to the extremists…” She added that the deterioration of security in nuclear-armed Pakistan “poses a mortal threat to the security and safety of our country and the world.” Zardari has now sent [...]
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Tip O’Neill Time, with Sarah Palin Posturing on the Side
So many emails going around on this clip. There was no question about what music to pick for tonight. Susan Boyle, let ‘er rip, lady. For everyone who ever had a dream and refused to say die, Susan is singing for you (and me). It’s perfect for cocktail time whether you’re talking online or sitting [...]
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Easter in the Nation’s Capital
Whether you believe in something greater than your physical self or not one thing is certain. To be part of the journey of It is to embrace doubt, because what is part of discovering is personal, private, and cannot be proven. Be Infinitely Patient… Being infinitely patient means having an absolute knowing that you’re in [...]
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Tip O’Neill Cocktail Time
–This post has been bumped from Friday night– Friday night free for all remains. Comments are open every Friday at this hour. But “In the News” is open, too, if you prefer. Have a glass of whatever calms you down or revs you up, your choice. You know the rules. We shake hands, talk politics, [...]
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