Roger Ebert’s interview in Esquire magazine has caused quite a commotion, as has Mr. Ebert’s response, especially to the cover photo of the movie critic. Boy, did it home for me. When I was a little girl, after we’d moved to St. Louis, I remember one ordinary day I was playing in my room with a [...] [...more]
cross-posted and expanded at Huffington Post According to ABC News (with video), Elizabeth Edwards “may be preparing to sue her husband’s longtime aide for allegedly contributing to the demise of her marriage.” Mrs. Edwards also making demands of Andrew Young, while threatening to charge him with “alienation of affection.” Whether she does or not is immaterial [...] [...more]
Comes from the Alfalfa Club annual dinner, compliments of Show Me Stater, retiring Sen. Kit Bond. “Secretary Hillary Clinton wasn’t at the State of the Union because she was in London. Which was a relief to the White House — they were afraid she might have been in Iowa.” – Sen. Kit Bond I met Mr. Bond [...] [...more]
–updated– Compliments of Ed Morissey of Hot Air Thought you might like to see my appearance with Matt Lewis on MSNBC earlier this week. Ed might want to rethink this line: There are more death panels in ObamaCare than there are monopolies in health insurance. Also, I’m not against health care reform, what Ed calls “Obamacare,” but what [...] [...more]
updated Rosie read “In Pelosi’s House, 64 Democrats Sell Women Out” over at Huffington Post, enjoying it very much, which was the jumping off point for the interview with Rosie on health care. As an aside, Wednesday, December 2nd, is going to be a lobby and national action day in D.C. on the issue of [...] [...more]
Sometimes Google search results from the Internet can include disturbing content, even from innocuous queries. We assure you that the views expressed by such sites are not in any way endorsed by Google. – Google If you want to know what powerful women are up against, this photo gives you an example. I’m thankful that [...] [...more]
Reported live from the White House. “Our core goal is to achieve peace and security for all peoples of the region.” – Pres. Obama The most important thing Pres. Obama said about Afghanistan is that “It is my intention to finish the job.” For more see Jake Tapper, with ABC News having video. When Mark Knoller asked his question [...] [...more]
Bumped, with important note added. “The audience is there, the need has never been greater,” he added, saying his team planned to launch a new, independent publication. Douglas-Brown agreed, saying, “It’s a tremendous loss. … None of these publications have been shut down for a lack of stories.” – Gay publications close after bankruptcy TM NOTE: If [...] [...more]
Pres. Obama opened the door to sell us out when he decided to put the Hyde Amendment in the budget, something Bill Clinton never did. But Mr. Obama didn’t stop there. During the stimulus fight, at the first sign of displeasure, our President personally asked that contraceptives be taken out. Now the President seems ready [...] [...more]
All that persecution Miss Prejean cried about. She should get an award for her performances. You just can’t make this stuff up. Carrie Prejean has a homemade sex tape. Well, of course she does. TMZ has the goods and some great pictures of Prejean. It begins: Carrie Prejean demanded more than a million dollars during her settlement negotiations [...] [...more]
multiple updates below (Post originally logged @ 8:38 pm) Earthquake in New Jersey, according to Fox News and CNN. On top of the independent voter news, this is huge. But in NY-23, the tea party activist candidate Hoffman is on his way to a loss, with the Dem possibly winning in a district we haven’t won [...] [...more]
bumped That was the question asked by the National Journal in its weekly new media poll, getting answers from the left and right. Both lefties and righties agreed that it would be the economy: left by 93.8%; right by 82.4%. From there partisan opinion diverged. I was the only one who weighed in by adding another choice [...] [...more]
“LEADERLESS” … One of Barack Obama’s strongest new media supporters during last year’s primary season slams him today on its front page. Resurrection Sunday… for the public option, that is. At least, that seems to be the most fitting label today when reading traditional journalists’ take on the public option. Dan Baltz: The resurrection of the public [...] [...more]
–updated – bumped– Backdrop… The setting for my conversation with Richard Holbrooke was Kati Marton’s book salon and wine reception at the New American Foundation. Ironically, Josh Rogin had an exclusive interview with Richard Holbrooke several hours after I had a conversation with him, with the following from Rogin the exact same thing Holbrooke revealed in our [...] [...more]
–bumped– UPDATE: You can watch the entire Sunday Washington Journal on the web, which includes the other guests today as well. Thanks to Peter, John and everyone at Washington Journal who make it so very easy. Thanks also to Tim Carney, who was a pleasant surprise from the Rep. v. Dem shoot outs I’ve done over [...] [...more]
