“The best thing about this group of candidates is that only one of them can win.”
~Will Rogers
Happy Wednesday.
Steve Breen — The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Jeff Stahler, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio
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Poor Sarah. She’s getting hit harder by conservatives these days than she is by liberal pundits. This time it’s Ed Rollins, former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Ms. Palin, serious stuff needs to be accomplished in Washington.
If you want to be a player, go to school and learn the issues. Put smart people around you and listen to them. If you want to be taken seriously, be serious. You’ve already got your own forum. If you want to be a serious presidential candidate, get to work. If you want to be an imitator of Ronald Reagan, go learn something about him and respect his legacy.
If you want to be a gadfly, just keep doing what you’re doing.
Imagine the gall of Palin comparing herself to the greatest, most wonderful, caring, brilliant American ever to con impress a gazillion people with his “trickle down” sham gem. How dare she.
Are you starting to get the idea that there is real panic brewing from within conservative ranks with the growing possibility that Palin might actually pull it off and get the nomination? Great theater for the rest of us.
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Via Political Humor…
“Rep. Peter King says WikiLeaks presents a clear and present danger to our national security and should be branded a terrorist organization. Former Vice President Dick Cheney says we should waterboard the Internet.” —Jimmy Kimmel
“President Obama held a ceremony at the White House to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah. In response, Republicans said, ‘It’s even worse than we thought. He’s a Jewish Muslim.’” —Conan O’Brien
“According to the TSA, most of the people protesting the new body search procedures are men. At last they’re getting to see what it’s like to be groped by someone who won’t take no for an answer.” —Jay Leno
“In a recent interview, Sarah Palin said we must stand with our North Korean allies. When she was corrected she said, ‘Listen, geometry was never my strong suit.’” —Jay Leno“In a recent interview, Sarah Palin said we have to stand with ‘our North Korean allies.’ When told that North Korea is not our ally, Palin said, ‘Sorry, I meant East Korean allies.’” —Conan O’Brien
“President Obama has set aside over 180 million acres of land for polar bears. When Sarah Palin heard about it, she said, ‘Todd, get my gun.’” —Conan O’Brien
“Tonight President Obama issued his annual Hannukah message. When the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas, elected President thanks to Latino voters, gives an address over his Japanese computer, serviced by technicians in India, to Hebrew people of this land we took from Native Americans, that’s what this country is all about.” —Jay Leno
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On the matter of repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, John McCain has said in the past that he would defer to the judgment of the military brass. We now know what he actually meant to say was that he would defer to the judgment of the military on DADT if and only if they came to the exact same conclusions which he, Mr. Phony Maverick and homophobe, held firm to. Namely, gays pose a dangerous threat to the stability and cohesiveness of the armed forces.
We know all this because the Pentagon’s review paper states that they are in favor of repealing DADT and yet, Sen. McCain is still holding strong to his beliefs.
In his opening statement today, McCain challenged the comprehensiveness of the report, saying only a quarter of the armed services were surveyed. The report, he said, “does not lead to one unequivocal solution.”
He also said he wanted to make sure the debate is “focused on the military and its effectiveness, not broad social issues being debated in our society.” McCain has earlier this week questioned the military experience of those supporting repeal — who include those testifying today, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen and the co-chairs of the review, Gen. Carter Ham, who is on tap to become the next commander of AFRICOM, and Jeh Johnson, the department’s general counsel.
Jackass. Let me say it one more time; John McCain is the best reason for introducing term limits in Congress.
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You’re not going to learn much from the following video exchange between Anderson Cooper and Texas State Rep./birther Leo Berman except what you already knew: birthers are blithering idiots. What I found of more interest was how this clip is a classic example of what any attempt to reason with a wingnut/birther/teabagger/Fox News groupie sounds and looks like: an exercise in futility.
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