Hodgepodge
- I gave away my couch on Craigslist to someone with a Gmail address. Now that she’s in my contacts, I can see every time she’s online. Kinda creepy, but according to her status message, “Son of Rambow” was really good. Thanks, girl who has my old couch.
- The story of the teacher who was fired after being “accused of wizardry” might be my favorite since “whistle ass”.
- As much as I love the video of Bill O’Reilly throwing a temper tantrum on the set of his old show, I think I like this animated gif even more.
It’s like an amuse bouche of petulance.
- I went to M-W.com to find a word to use for the title of this post and setttled on this because I liked the example sentence :
the exhibit was a hodgepodge of mediocre art, bad art, and really bad art
I think I’ve been to that exhibit.
- This week and next would be good opportunities for Clinton to drop out of the race on a high note rather than spend the next month dragging her feet looking like a delusional, lame duck candidate who nobody thinks can win. Using her WV or KY victory speeches to graciously bow out would be better for everyone involved.
- I was all set to write a long blog post about potential VP picks, but Chris Bowers’ post about Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius pretty much sums up what I’ve been thinking. For the VP pick, I don’t see Obama picking someone like Sen. Webb who would be a tacit admission by the campaign that he’s lacking foreign policy credentials. I think he’d be better off picking someone who (a) is from a red state that isn’t in the deep south, (b) has executive experience, (c) who he’s comfortable with, and (d) can help unite the party. A female governor from Kansas who endorsed him would satisfy those criteria well. I think Govs. Tim Kaine and Brad Henry would also be interesting picks, though most red staters are going to have baggage that would piss off the base.
- I’m sure those pesky Catholics were just taking that whole “great whore” thing out of context. Nice to see that the Catholic League isn’t going to let a little thing like denigrating their entire religion get in the way of electing a Republican.
- Speaking of Sebelius, what the hell is Jerome Armstrong talking about here?
Plus, there’s something there that the media will binge over the couch– Obama choosing a older white woman from Kansas, where his now deceased mother is from originally.
I know Jerome can’t stand Obama, but the implication that choosing a female running mate from Kansas is somehow indicative of an Oedipus complex is just creepy. Ewww…
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As a Montana resident, at this point I’m really kind of hoping Hillary sticks it out until June. The contested primary has been producing some great voter turnout, and it would be nice if we could see some of that up here.
Comment by Cris — May 13, 2008 @ 3:39 pm
This VP sideshow promises to be entertaining,however the real fun will be had at the party conventions.The republicain convention should be pure maddness,with Ron Paul’s vocally active supporters demanding a portion of the platform,and the fundamentalist right’s lingering mistrust of McCain,we can count on a comedy of epic proportions.The democratic convention looks like a good show too,unless Clinton pulls a Lieberman,and cuts a trail to run as an independent,her supporters will demand their slice of the action,and if somehow,Clinton managed to wrangle the nomination,pandamodium is sure to ensue,all bets are off,and the resulting slapstick,will keep us all in stitches,for years to come.”Party unity” will be the cry for both parties this fall,appealing to the lowest commom denominator will be the strategy,but the obvious cracks in both parties will be the entertainment…
Comment by pogo — May 13, 2008 @ 7:02 pm
A rerun of ‘68 ain’t my idea of laff riot material, personally.
Tim Kaine is a good guy. I would be okay with him, myself.
Comment by Michael Harrington — May 14, 2008 @ 1:20 am
Jerome has turned into a sad parody of himself at this point. I really just wish he’d let Todd and Jonathan run the blog, they’re usually a pleasure to read. I’m just skipping all of Jerome’s posts as best I can, though I couldn’t help but notice he’s calling Obama “our Bush” now.
Comment by Chris O. — May 14, 2008 @ 4:42 am
The punchline from ‘68 keeps getting funnier,with modern “dixiecrats”,or Reagan “democrates”,frolicking in costume,pretending to repersent the party of the poor,and working class.The ‘68 convention has produced,a very dark comedy indeed.I do have some hope,that Senator Obama,will prove me wrong.just like ‘68,actions will speak,louder than words.
Comment by pogo — May 14, 2008 @ 6:46 am