Rum, Romanism and Rebellion

Okay, okay, I’ve been bad about posting lately. It’s not a lack of ideas for posts, it’s mostly just a lack of motivation. That’s right, blogging is just like method acting.
Yesterday morning, I made the mistake of watching Late Edition. Wolf Blitzer irritates the heck out of me. I realize that all of these guys […]

The Hillary Clinton campaign has been making a lot of hay of last week’s comments by David Shuster that she was “pimping out” Chelsea. Not only was the comment offensive, but Shuster was attacking Clinton for doing something that other candidates with adult children have done (Was Mitt Romney “pimping out” Tagg?).
I’m not sure I […]

Get this straight, y’all:
- Hillary Clinton is finished because she came in third.
- Mitt Romney is finished because he came in second.
- John McCain came in fourth, but will win it all.

Okay…get this straight:
- John McCain lost his appeal among independent voters because of his unwavering support of a now unpopular war.
- Joe Lieberman was forced to leave his party because of his unwavering support of a now unpopular war.
- Joe Lieberman endorses John McCain, largely because of McCain’s unwavering support of a now unpopular war.
- Joe Lieberman’s […]

As Rusty points out, I don’t watch Fox News, so I missed this one this morning. The folks at Salon’s War Room blog managed to pick it up. It’s Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade, with a question from his hard hitting interview with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani:
Mr. Mayor, this is an odd question but I […]

MSNBC has just discontinued his show, and CBS may do the same soon. So, I’m trying not to pile on too much, but I’ve always been lost on the fascination with Don Imus. He seemed to be always a run of the mill curmudgeon, a dime a dozen in any decent sized media market. What made […]

This morning’s Arizona Republic features an article about Kyrsten Sinema.  The article had some silly aspects, such as Warde Nichols saying that Sinema is out of touch and lets her emotions guide her rather than doing things at an “intellectual level.” Geez, Nichols, have you looked at your own caucus? Check out the who actually […]

I suppose I should appreciate Mike Barnicle’s writting, but he sucks as a political commentator. His recent turn as a sub on Hardball was untouched by any knowledge of American political life and the inept questions almost ventured into territory previously explored by The Chris Farley Show.
His political commentary gives us such “gems” as this, […]

I can tell that Barack Obama must be scaring the Republicans, because they have already made a couple of butt-stupid attacks on him over the last couple of weeks.
Most of you already heard the one about Obama’s middle name being Hussein. So effin’ what? Other than the bozo that said it, it doesn’t seem to […]

I was going to wait for a transcript to be posted, but it appears it won’t be until later today.
As some of you know, Boston-based curmudgeon and plagiarist Mike Barnicle has been hosting the show while Chris Matthews does whatever Chris Matthews does when he ain’t working. Yesterday, we viewers were told that Tom DeLay […]

So, here is another media “meme” I’m trying to figure out:
The Republicans had contests for all three of their leadership postions. John “Merkle” Boehner defeated Mike Pence 168-27 for Minority Leader, Roy “Insert Cheech & Chong Reference Here” Blunt defeated our own John Shadegg 137-57 for Majority Whip, and Adam Putnam had to beat back […]

Some of the students I work with have, well, a history with our justice system. Inevitably, they are always blameless for their arrests, or, they were arrested because the victim “snitched.” I don’t know why it counts as snitching when it’s the victim, but that’s how it goes.
Republican lobbyist, strategist and svengali Grover Norquist, from […]

I haven’t had a chance to comment on a few things I saw in the media on Thursday.
Is the name Hardball supposed to refer to the fact that going on the show is tantamount to something that is difficult? The only thing difficult on that show is wading through the thick substance created by Chris […]

Ann Coulter is apparently in a boatload of trouble for voting in the wrong precinct. In the state she votes in, Florida (always Florida, ain’t it?), this is a felony.
The problem has been compounded because she and her lawyer have refused to respond to an information request from the local prosecutor. The prosecutor has already […]

Ann Coulter went on Sean Hannity’s radio program the other day and the subject came of the dropping of her column from the Arizona Daily Star. She claims it was because of an attempt to “keep conservatives out.” Never mind that she is being replaced with a speech writer for former President Bush, Tony Snow […]

I haven’t felt like I have much to say about the damage to New Orleans, Biloxi and Gulfport. Watching the television, I get this sense of helplessness. We haven’t yet even figured out how many hundreds of thousands have been left homeless by this, and we seem to be unable to do anything to help […]

The Arizona Daily Star has cut Ann Coulter’s column. This is a revealing comment from the new editor:
Finally, we’ve decided that syndicated columnist Ann Coulter has worn out her welcome. Many readers find her shrill, bombastic and mean-spirited. And those are the words used by readers who identified themselves as conservatives.
I’ll resist saying anything about […]

I have resisted the urge to say anything on here about my brother’s troubles. Unfortunately, the Arizona Republic decided to run a smart alecky piece about them. Not only was it expressly an off the record conversation between my brother and the reporter, Mr. Sherwood (Sherwood saying “this is off the record” I guess is […]