Monday, May 07, 2007

Spin Till You Puke

Campaign 2008 quote of the day, from Dean Barnett:

I’m beginning to think Hillary’s position is stronger than I originally realized.

I'd say "I told you so," except that (1) there's still a year and a half to go, and I have to pace myself; and (2) it's not like I'm going to be enjoying being right about her inexorable victory.

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Y'know, it wasn't until the advent of "reality" shows like Survivor and American Idol (aka the glorified Gong Show) that "the several states" started jockeying with each other for first dibs in the presidential primary schedule like it was Roller Derby or something. Frankly it mystifies me what's so blasted important about being first. Aren't NBA games meaningless until the LAST two minutes?

OTOH, California moving up its primary forces the Donk hopefuls (i.e. Queen-in-waiting Hillary and her royal court jesters) to pander to some acutely embarrassing lefty extremism (i.e. the global warming hoax, free healthcare for illegals, sodomarriage) months earlier than they otherwise would have, insulating them from how such outrages would play out in general election Jesusland, so perhaps it's not an entirely unmixed blessing.

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Lessee, what else is going on?

***Mrs. Clinton will get on her knees for Adolph Ahmadinejad. But she'll be far from the first American president to do so. Besides, being "serviced" by a woman will give the Islamist Peter a bit of a change of pace, as that and the mushroom cloud over Tel Aviv compete for the honor of pushing him over the orgasmic edge.

***My God, is Opie Edwards a dumbass.

***My God, could Chuck Hagel make his status as stalking horse for his mentor, John "Sailor" McCain, any more friggin' obvious? Mrs. Clinton's people are going to have to have a "talk" with him about his lack of discretion.

Meanwhile, NRO's Denis Boyles points out how many lessons Republicans here at home can take from the weekend's election triumph of incoming French conservative president Nicolas Sarkozy. Distilled to its essence, it sounds an awful lot like what Rush Limbaugh has been saying for years: Be conservative, be proud of it, and stay on offense, no matter what.

Beats me why this lesson has to be endlessly relearned, but better late than never.