Grovel, wheedle, whine and beg

It's now official. Creepy Joe™ Lieberman's chairmanships in the Senate will come down to a vote of the Democratic caucus next week.

This time, Joe, it won't be Republicans voting for you.

This time it won't be uninformed voters who you can deceive with promises to work for a Democratic presidency.

This time it will be the colleagues you've been kicking all summer, Joe.

And constituents are making calls to keep you away from a chairmanship.

How does it feel to be so reviled?

And it looks like you might get kicked back. The votes are piling up against you, just like they did against your pals McCain and Palin.

Wear your shin guards. And for all the begging you're going to have to do, wear your knee pads too. And bring some condiments for all the crow you'll have to eat.

We'll all be out here in Connecticut cheering...against you.

Walter Reed, Donna Reed, read all about it

Someone running the RNC slide show apparently goofed, as TPM has pointed out today, mistakenly showing Walter Reed Junior High in Los Angeles, when they meant to show Walter Reed Hospital.

This is what they showed.














This is what they meant.






This is Donna Reed.








This too is Walter Reed.

Creepy Joe™ pricked by the AP

I've called him lots of things, but never what the AP did inadvertently, here.

His top contenders are said to include Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Less traditional choices mentioned include former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, an abortion-rights supporter, and Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential prick in 2000 who now is an independent.

Sometimes the truth will out. And that does nothing to defame the the dick who actually won the vice-presidential race.

Thanks to TPM for pointing it out.

Ummmm, hmmmm, duh...

Sure, the campaign trail is a rough road, but when it's right there in front of you on the telePrompter, you'd think you could get it right.

H/T TalkingPointsMemo.

Battle of the orators

In many ways, the speechs delivered last night by John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were an object lesson in style, substance and sincerity.



John McCain's "strategic" speech, timed to appear just prior to polls closing on the last of the Democratic primaries, was laughable from start to finish. McCain began by lashing at the media for not appreciating Hillary Clinton's fine qualities. Then he went after Barack Obama with a repetitive "laugh" line for which he never did find the comic timing. As a result, the line, which was designed to elicit response from the audience, fell flat. McCain was off his mark for the entire speech. He claimed he was in New Orleans, though he was in Kenner. He claimed that he would be an agent for change, though he didn't give any substantive evidence. He looked like he had never seen the speech he delivered before it appeared in front of him on the telePrompter. He appeared like an insecure bully.



For her part, Hillary Clinton delivered her "concession" speech without a concession in sight. She's can deliver a good speech, filled with concrete details and illustrations which give power to her ideas. But this speech, as was her entire campaign, was about the fact that she was entitled to the candidacy, and that somehow she had been cheated out of it. It was she who did the cheating. How else to explain that she made the claim to the popular vote, when that claim can only be supported by the technicality that she was awarded votes in Florida and Michigan which were truly unearned. I expect to feel wistful as she granted victory to her opponent. I expected to feel badly for her. I ended up thinking she was a poor sport. While she declared that she cared for everyone of the 18 million people who voted for her, she obviously doesn't give a shit about the rest of us, or the Democratic party.



Barack Obama is a superb orator. That has been acknowledged by supporters and opponents alike. He graciously praised Hillary Clinton. He exhibited humility. He inspired and he showed emotion. I believe he was close to tears as he finished (but likely remembered the fate of Edmund Muskie). Yes, I'm an Obama supporter, but neither of the other candidates can hold a candle to his oratorical skills.

H/T to Talking Points Memo for posting all three speeches.

Huh? Wha the? Say again.

God love her, Helen Thomas pins Dana Perino, and Perino dances around the lies and incompetencies of her boss. (H/T to TPM)

Over at Crooks and Liars, they point out that Bush mourned the announcement of the death of the 4000th US soldier on Easter Sunday by mugging with a 6 foot Easter Bunny on the White House lawn.

Oh, that kind of flag-wearing, finger-pointing patriotism

From Talking Points Memo, Rep. Jack Kingston of Georgia represents the party of the ass.

The American squirm

Attorney General Michael Mukasey is demonstrating today, to those of us who had strong doubts about his appointment, that he is a Bush man before anything else. Principle be damned. Rule of law be damned. Freedom and liberty be damned.

Mukasey won't give a direct answer to any question about waterboarding, torture, contempt citations or FISA. He's a mealy-mouth apologist for a criminal administration. In his refusal to answer questions, he's no better than his successor.

Here Senator Kennedy asks him the wrong question about waterboarding. The question should have been, "Would it be torture if it were practiced on your wife, or your son, or your daughter?"

Has George Bush cooked his own goo...er, ass?

Could it be that Attorney General candidate Michael Mukasey is a man of integrity? Could it be that he'll stand up to George Bush and Dick Cheney? Could it be that we'll get America back again?