How Awesome Is The Republican Youtube Debate?

8:30 pm EST November 28th, 2007 | News | 35 Comments

I have not seen a better bitchfest since the Dynasty catfight in the pool in the 1980s. Oh my goodness, all these guys trying to out-wingnut each other to prove how much they really really are going to be the next president. If Hillary vs. Obama is a “fight”, this is a war.

UPDATE: Man, John McCain is a crazy warmonger, but his statement against waterboarding torture rings with such moral authority and it makes Mitt Romney look like the little rich boy he is. It won’t get him any help with the nutty Republican base, but John McCain is so right. “Life is not 24 and Jack Bauer”. This is the one guy who was actually tortured in the field.

UPDATE2: I love how the Republican candidates just get totally pwned by Gen. Keith Kerr on the question of “don’t ask don’t tell” and how stupid it is – because they’re so afraid of teh gay, and so is the Republican base.

UPDATE3: Mike Huckabee says we should send Hillary Clinton to Mars. But remember, they don’t hate women.

Topic: 2008 Election

Rudy Giuliani Apparently Used Taxpayer Money For His Affair With Judith Nathan

5:05 pm EST November 28th, 2007 | News | 3 Comments

Once again, Rudy Giuliani’s judgement comes into question.

As New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani billed obscure city agencies for tens of thousands of dollars in security expenses amassed during the time when he was beginning an extramarital relationship with future wife Judith Nathan in the Hamptons, according to previously undisclosed government records.

The documents, obtained by Politico under New York’s Freedom of Information Law, show that the mayoral costs had nothing to do with the functions of the little-known city offices that defrayed his tabs, including agencies responsible for regulating loft apartments, aiding the disabled and providing lawyers for indigent defendants.

At the time, the mayor’s office refused to explain the accounting to city auditors, citing “security.”

This is a Ben Smith story, so caveats clearly apply, but the documents seem to back it up. It is stories like this – and I’m positive there are tons more – why people like me do not fear a Rudy Giuliani candidacy.

Topic: 2008 Election

All Of A Sudden, Andrew Sullivan Notices

2:43 pm EST November 28th, 2007 | News | Comments Off

Yes, Sullivan, I think President Clinton is not telling the truth when he says he opposed the Iraq War, but President Clinton would have to bow at the altar of Andrew Sullivan in order to study a true Bullshit Master.

White Male Broadcasters Support Racist White Male Broadcaster

2:38 pm EST November 28th, 2007 | Media | 8 Comments

The media establishment can’t run fast enough to suckle on Don Imus’ teat.

links for 2007-11-28

7:24 am EST November 28th, 2007 | News | 1 Comment

Time Magazine: Everything that is rancid and corrupt with modern journalism

Hillary Hate: They Can’t Contain Themselves

4:19 am EST November 28th, 2007 | News | 35 Comments

The Hillary Hate just makes Senator Clinton stronger, and if she’s the nominee these clowns will undoubtedly go over the line – again – and turn public sympathy in favor of Sen. Clinton.

Clinton’s corps of high profile enemies on the airwaves include populist conservative radio hosts like Glenn Beck, who has branded her “Satan.”

Another popular conservative radio host Sean Hannity, has dubbed his show the “Stop Hillary Express.”

Clinton, a veteran of the fiercely partisan war raging through US politics, has in the past lambasted the “vast right-wing conspiracy” targeting her and her husband.

But the fierce attacks against her may amount to a back-handed compliment — testimony to a hardnosed, highly competent campaign, and a formidable politician.

In the battle of the wingnut misogynists who comprise the GOP base, bet on Clinton.

Topic: 2008 Election

President Clinton Didn’t Oppose The Iraq War

11:43 pm EST November 27th, 2007 | News | 5 Comments

UPDATE: Those of you visiting via Andrew Sullivan and other conservative blogs should know that I think Sullivan is full of crap and that President Clinton is one of the nation’s greatest presidents, I just happen to disagree with him on this.

bill clinton in iowa As one of President Clinton’s strongest supporters and biggest fans, it pains me to point out that what he’s saying here is a load of bull.

During a campaign swing for his wife, former President Bill Clinton said flatly yesterday that he opposed the war in Iraq “from the beginning” — a statement that is more absolute than his comments before the invasion in March 2003.

That’s just not true. I don’t think its right to put President Clinton in the role of war supporter, but if he was against the war only he and Sen. Clinton know for sure because he didn’t say a thing about it. Maybe, as the article goes on, he was silent due to presidential protocol or to not overshadow Sen. Clinton’s vote and subsequent statements, but President Clinton was noticeably silent as the nation went to war in 2003.

You can easily compare his silence to that of his vice-president, Al Gore, who was vocally and clearly opposed to the war from day one. I wondered at the time – and I still do – why President Clinton sat on his hands when he easily would have had a national platform to nullify Bush’s war policy.

There is no public record of any sort to support President Clinton’s assertion that he “opposed Iraq from the beginning”. That just didn’t happen.

Topic: 2008 Election

Carson Daly Has Writers?

11:34 pm EST November 27th, 2007 | News | 1 Comment

The news really isn’t that Carson Daly is going to cross the strike picket line, but that his show has writers. Even by the very low standards of network television, the Carson Daly show is a singularly unfunny bit of material. I’ve occasionally seen the beginning of the show after leaving the TV on NBC after the actually hilarious Conan O’Brien, and never seen a thing worth cracking a smile let alone a laugh over. I just always assumed Daly had compromising photos of some GE executive and thats how he kept his Byron Allen style TV show on the air.

Politico’s Ben Smith Gets Fooled Again

12:39 pm EST November 27th, 2007 | Uncategorized | 21 Comments

Now Ben Smith gets fooled by a parody site. This isn’t the first time Smith has gotten something wrong or just stupid.

And it likely won’t be the last. The urge to get things out to Drudge and Co. trumps the need to actually practice journalism.

Topic: The Politico

Rudy Giuliani’s Judgement: Kerik’s Racist Issue

11:45 am EST November 27th, 2007 | News | Comments Off

Kerik, Giuliani Again I note, this is the man who Rudy Giuliani thought should be entrusted with the safety of every single American citizen as Secretary of Homeland Security.

The city will pay $125,000 to settle a suit by a former Correction Department officer who claimed that disgraced ex-Commissioner Bernard Kerik sidetracked his career because he’s African-American.

Former Deputy Warden Eric Deravin agreed to the payout on the day his federal racial discrimination trial was set to start in Manhattan.

Kerik, recently indicted on federal conspiracy charges, was expected to take the stand to defend himself.

Deravin’s lawyer Gregory Lisi said Deravin had accomplished his goals.

“The major reason why Eric brought this lawsuit was to right the wrongs caused by Kerik’s actions and to bring out the type of person Bernard Kerik was,” Lisi said.

Topic: 2008 Election