The Liberal DoomsayerThe Liberal DoomsayerMy blog deals primarily with national politics in the U.S. as well as, on occasion, local politics in Pennsylvania. From time to time, I may have something to say about sports and entertainment as well. I try to interpret information that shapes the Articles
Words To Live By (Mostly)
2008-07-03 21:03:00 The New York Times published some excerpts here from graduation commencement speeches on Sunday June 15th, and though I should have gotten to it long before now, I?d like to bring you some excerpts that I thought were particularly good (something to think about as we head into the holiday weekend; I found them to be interesting and uplifting but for one rather obvious exception).Gavin NewsomMayor of San FranciscoSan Francisco State UniversityWhat is the secret of all success? Winston Churchill, he said it was moving from failure to failure with enthusiasm. ...Guys like Elvis Presley and Michael Jordan, Dr. Seuss, Henry Ford ? if you don?t know him you probably drive one of his automobiles ? all of them had failure in common.Jordan was literally rejected from his high school basketball team. Michael Jordan wasn?t good enough. That guy Churchill finished last in his class. ... Henry Ford went bankrupt not once, not twice ? three, four, five times went bankrupt. Dr. Seuss tried to publ... More About: Words , Live
Where The Rubber Meets The Road (7/3/08)
2008-07-03 19:55:00 As reported in last Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer, here is how Philadelphia-area members of Congress were recorded on major roll-call votes last week.Disabilities act expansion. Voting 402-17, the House passed a bill (HR 3195) to negate Supreme Court decisions that have narrowed the types of disabilities and number of disabled workers protected by the 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act. The bill awaits Senate action.A yes vote was to pass the bill.Voting yes: Robert E. Andrews (D., N.J.), Robert A. Brady (D., Pa.), Michael N. Castle (R., Del.), Charles W. Dent (R., Pa.), Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.), Jim Gerlach (R., Pa.), Tim Holden (D., Pa.), Frank A. LoBiondo (R., N.J.), Patrick Murphy (D., Pa.), Joseph R. Pitts (R., Pa.), H. James Saxton (R., N.J.), Allyson Y. Schwartz (D., Pa.), Joe Sestak (D., Pa.), and Christopher H. Smith (R., N.J.).A commendable show of unanimity, if I do say so myself.Alternative minimum tax. Voting 233-189, the House sent the Senate a bill (HR 6275) to exem... More About: Road , Rubber , The Road
The KevMart Chronicles Continue
2008-07-03 19:33:00 I?m not quite sure why, but the Inky ran a long article today on FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, reminding us of how Martin is oh so loved by those wonderful ?values voters? out there who are largely responsible for the predicament we have dealt with under George W. Milhous Bush?"Kevin Martin has been our hero," said Tim Winter, executive director of the Parent Television Council in California, a group with 1.2 million members.Yeah, well, what a shame that the ruling of their ?hero? on ?fleeting expletives? was struck down by a federal appeals panel here (with the predictable hissy fit from Martin).Also?Martin says the nation's cable problems could be solved by requiring Comcast and other providers to sell cable channels individually, or a la carte. This form of sales could reduce cable bills by allowing customers to buy just the channels they truly like and watch.Customers who found some cable entertainment distasteful would not have to subsidize the offensive channels that come in 200... More About: Chronicles
Another Reason To Stand Tall on FISA
2008-07-03 16:02:00 Last November (as noted here) a federal appeals court ruled that a branch of the al-Haramain Islamic charity in Oregon could not use a call log that it had accidentally received from the Treasury Department as evidence in a lawsuit that it had been illegally wiretapped by our government (al-Haramain had been officially designated as a terrorist organization with links to al Qaeda). The ?state secrets? privilege was used as a Bushco defense at the time.Even though this ruling basically torpedoed the case of the charity against our government, al-Haramain challenged the so-called ?state secrets? privilege, and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals asked U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker to determine the technical question of whether the state secrets privilege conflicts with FISA (noted here).Well today, we have our answer (here)?WASHINGTON ? A federal judge in California said Wednesday that the wiretapping law established by Congress was the ?exclusive? means for the president to ea... More About: Tall , Reason , Stand
Wednesday Stuff
2008-07-03 04:03:00 200 days to go, people (ostensibly, a bit of humor)...Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency...OMIGOD! The "Terrorist Fist Jab" didn't start with Obama!!......Sy Hersh talks to Candy Crowley of CNN about Bushco's shenanigans inside Iran (Hersh has been "crying wolf" as far as some are concerned about Iran, but he's a pro, and he's credible, and I don't want anything more to "hit the fan" than what already has)...Update 7/3/08: I'd expect this from Dana Bash, not Dana Priest....and more "Worst Persons" from K.O. (the Kings County story is awful and Turd Blossom is lying as usual, and BMW Direct too; channeling Zero Mostel/Nathan Lane? "If you've got it baby, flaunt it!" - tired of screwing around with MSNBC's videos). More About: Stuff , Wednesday
Patrick Murphy Responds On FISA
2008-07-02 22:30:00 (Trying to clean out my ?in? bin in time for the 4th ? posting may be light to normal tomorrow before it trickles out just about entirely for the holiday weekend.)A friend of mine who shares a sense of outrage over Patrick ?s recent FISA vote communicated with our congressman and received the following response (emphasis is from Patrick's response, not me)?Thank you for writing to me regarding amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Please know how much I appreciate you sharing your views with me as I make the decisions that affect our community and our nation.My decision to support this legislation was not an easy one nor one I took lightly. This bill deals with the most serious of Congressional debates: How to protect our nation while preserving our constitutional rights. As you know, this bill resulted from a compromise and as with any compromise it is not perfect. Still, I decided to support the final legislation because I believe it strikes an appropriat... More About: Murphy , Patrick Murphy
A Summer Dubya "Two Minutes Hate"
2008-07-02 21:18:00 President Highest Disapproval Rating In Gallup Poll History tells us from the White House web site today that?Next week I'm going to travel to Japan for the eighth and final G8 summit of my presidency.?As I said the other day, we need people who not only make promises, but write checks, for the sake of human rights and human dignity, and for the sake of peace."This link from March 2003 tells us of our POW mistreatment in Iraq (3rd) as well as the laughable inclusion of some nations in the "Coalition Of The Willing" (remember them?); this from May of that years tells of how we shielded human rights abusers; this notes the response from our allies to the revelations of torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo in March 2005 (no word of anyone protesting the claim of former Judge Advocate General (JAG) Kyndra Miller Rotunda that Gitmo is ?really more like a Boy Scout camp than a prison camp? here, by the way); and this notes our own human rights violations in Iraq from May of 2005.You may ... More About: Summer , Hate , Minutes , Dubya
Another Blissful Union Thwarted
2008-07-02 20:33:00 I don?t know about you, but I?m just so bummed right now that Blockbuster has withdrawn its million-dollar hostile bid to take over Circuit City (here).I mean, here we have Blockbuster, a company sued by the state of New Jersey over fraudulently hiding its late fees (here), sued also by Netflix over patent infringement since BB tried to allow customers to rent videos by mail (here ? Netflix is great, by the way) and sued also by a Texas woman because BB participated in the Facebook Beacon program and shared her rental information online without her permission (what geniuses ? here).And they were all set to purchase Circuit City, a company sued for age discrimination (here) as well as violations concerning the California ?Do Not Call? law (here), and in addition to that, a gang that faced more legal action in NJ on charges of false advertising and consumer fraud (here). What a match it would have been!Sharing each others? litigation costs alone would have driven both of them out of b... More About: Union
Has Tom Manion Learned From His Masters?
2008-07-02 18:56:00 According to this story in the Bucks County Courier Times, the Republican (!) mayor of Riegelsville, PA has some issues with a fundraiser conducted for Tom Manion, the Repug challenger against Patrick Murphy for the PA-08 U.S. House seat...According to the letter, originally filed by Tom Myers of Riegelsville on June 19, a fundraising event that was described as a ?champagne reception? for Manion's campaign was held at Worth & Company Inc. in Pipersville March 25.It's illegal for corporations to make political contributions. In his letter, Myers claims Manion's campaign violated this law since there's no record that the campaign paid the company anything to cover the cost of the event, according to a campaign finance report filed with the FEC in April.Myers also claims in his letter that a Worth & Company employee had organized the fundraising event. Under federal campaign finance law, corporations may only use employees to work at fundraising events if payment for those... More About: Masters , Learned
?Dubya The Dud? Becomes ?Dubya The Stud??
2008-07-02 18:00:00 This Think Progress post tells us that, with many of the economic stimulus checks in the hands of loyal Americans doing their best for the economy, guess which industry has seen an immediate benefit?If you said porn, then you?ve automatically entered yourself in the drawing for free passes to the Bunny Ranch in Las Vegas!(just kidding?)An independent market-research firm, AIMRCo (Adult Internet Market Research Company), has discovered that many websites focused on adult or erotic material have experienced an upswing in sales in the recent weeks since checks have appeared in millions of Americans? mailboxes across the country.According to Kirk Mishkin, Head Research Consultant for AIMRCo, ?Many of the sites we surveyed have reported 20-30% growth in membership rates since mid-May when the checks were first sent out, and typically the summer is a slow period for this market.?And can you say ?irony,? given the fact that this administration once set out to bust the ?adult entertainment?... More About: Dubya
The Tainted Tomato Travesty
2008-07-02 15:48:00 NBC News chief science correspondent Robert Bazell tells us here that that mystery of the salmonella-tainted tomatoes will likely remain exactly that?The FDA and the CDC, the agencies responsible for the investigation, said that tainted tomatoes remain ?the lead suspect,? and offered their recommendations on what kinds of tomatoes you should avoid and what is safe to eat. You can see those recommendations here.But in a conference call with reporters Tuesday, government investigators grew increasingly testy as more and more outside experts criticize their efforts."I just think they're really screwing this one up," said Dr. Michael Osterholm, a professor at the University of Minnesota and Minnesota's former state epidemiologist, who has discovered the source of tomato contamination in other outbreaks.Osterholm says the current investigation has been characterized by a lack of cooperation and communication among agencies, as well as some faulty methodologies?especially the failure to... More About: Tomato
Tuesday Stuff
2008-07-02 02:13:00 "The Pap Attack" tells us all about the PNAC crowd, the "pay no price, bear no burden" bunch......Sweet Mother of Abraham Lincoln! First Satullo "finds the nut" - and now Smerky too??!! Kudos to him, actually (now wait for the "other shoe to drop")......and by the way, Crooks and Liars tells us here that the Federal Marriage Amendment, which of course would ban gay marriage (an amendment I don't support, by the way - call me whatever names you want, within reason) was reintroduced this week; that's ridiculous enough, but two of the original sponsors were "Diaper Dave" Vitter and Larry Craig, so with that in mind, here's a "tribute" to Senator Wide Stance, who gets a mention in this spoof of Baba Wawa's book (long setup, I know)......and this has been cracking me up all day (h/t Avedon Carol)......and finally, how awesome is Russ Feingold anyway (h/t The Daily Kos). More About: Stuff , Tuesday
Our Most Popular Export These Days
2008-07-01 22:57:00 Returning a bit to the Chris Satullo column from earlier today, I wanted to take note of this story; apparently, we?re trying to help create ?the miracle of Abu Ghraib? south of the border?Videos showing city police practicing torture techniques on a fellow officer and dragging another through vomit at the instruction of a U.S. adviser created an uproar Tuesday in Mexico, which has struggled to eliminate torture by lawmen.?One of the videos, first obtained by the newspaper El Heraldo de Leon, shows police appearing to squirt water up a man's nose ? a technique once notorious among Mexican police. Then they dunk his head in a hole said to be full of excrement and rats. The man gasps for air and moans repeatedly.In another video, an unidentified English-speaking trainer has an exhausted agent roll into his own vomit. Other officers then drag him through the mess.?These are no more than training exercises for certain situations, but I want to stress that we are not showing people how ... More About: Popular , Days , Export
Monday Stuff
2008-06-23 23:04:00 This "Pap Attack" should be required viewing for anyone blaming the Democrats for the price of gas (you can blame the Dems for a lot, but not this)......and hey, check this out (wow, between Charlie Black saying another terrorist attack will help "Senator Honor And Virtue" here and this, John W. McBush is having one hell of a day - so, what exactly is it that Michelle Obama is supposed to apologize for again?)......K.O. brings us Monica Crowley, the "Worst Person In The World" (OMG! Obama's a SCARY MUSLIM!!)......and once more paying tribute to George Carlin, the AP put together this nice little video. More About: Stuff , Monday
The Supremes Go For A Swim
2008-06-23 17:48:00 This is an update to a story I previously posted about here; Bushco and the Navy have been fighting environmental groups off the southern California coast for awhile now over the issue of conducting military exercises involving sonar because of the harmful effects on marine life.In February, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the environmental groups. Well, today, it turns out that the case will be heard by the Supreme Court...The court is also in the habit of overturning the 9th Circuit. The Supreme Court has reversed the 9th Circuit in seven cases and upheld it only once this year, according to statistics compiled by scotusblog.com."Today's decision was anticipated, and we have already begun to prepare for Supreme Court review," said Joel Reynolds, Natural Resources Defense Counsel senior attorney.Oh, goody.I can just see it now; Dubya and the Supremes have the mammals declared ?enemy combatants,? and since the Geneva Conventions don?t apply to marine life, t... More About: Swim , The Supremes
The John W. McBush P.R. Agency Strikes Again!
2008-06-23 15:56:00 I?m still trying to figure out exactly why anyone would care about any possible association between John W. McBush and BobDole BobDole BobDole, since this is the second week in a row that Adam Nagourney has written a column about the two, alternately trying to compare them and also show how they are different (here).Maybe it?s because George W. Milhous Bush has done such a thorough job of destroying the Republican ?brand? that the Times wants to create some kind of a linkage between the present day and a time before the life form from Crawford, TX and his fellow crooks took over the White House and anything dealing with the executive branch of our government.Maybe Nagourney thinks that we?ll just consider Dubya to be nothing but an aberration who has ?governed? in a manner atypical for Repugs, though in reality, his horrific term in office has been the manifestation of everything they sought during our last period of prosperity in the ?90s, when the ?government is bad? crowd could d... More About: Agency
A Word For Harris Martin
2008-06-23 13:13:00 Local PA political stuff; maybe I?ll concentrate on non-FISA-capitulating Dems for awhile?The 18th State House District has been in Republican hands ever since the district was moved entirely into Bucks County.On this past Primary Election Day, April 22, 2008, I received 7,439 votes to become the Democratic nominee for State Representative. The incumbent Republican candidate, Gene DiGirolamo, received only 3,439 votes. Although these numbers do not translate into a guaranteed victory in November, they do show that this race will be closer than those in the past.Democrats now outnumber Republicans in the 18th House District by 3,014-19,401 Democrats to 16,387 Republicans. This is the biggest margin between Democrats and Republicans since the late 1970s. In addition, out of 29 voting precincts in the 18th District, 22 are now majority Democratic and only 7 are majority Republican (LE5, LM2, LM3, U1, U10, U11, W7).Two years ago, when Gene DiGirolamo was elected to his 7th term, the Dem... More About: Word , Harris , Martin
If Lies Were Fuel, Our Vehicles Would Run Forever
2008-06-23 11:47:00 (It gets a little tiresome trying to come up with plays on words having to do with the number one topic on everyone?s minds, so I just came out and said it ? oh, and by the way, while we?re all bitching about the price of gas, myself included, anybody remember the war?).So President George W. Milhous Bush thus spoke the following here?"If congressional leaders leave for the Fourth of July recess without taking action, they will need to explain why $4-a-gallon gasoline is not enough incentive for them to act."I?ll bet that?s sure to get all of the congressional ?Bush Dogs? to howling; I mean, gee, they just handed FISA to him on a silver platter ? why not just let him gut the Rocky Mountain West while they?re at it to mine for oil in shale so that 35 percent approval rating can shoot all the way up to 36 (as noted here)?And how sad is it that Little Tommy (?Suck. On. This.?) Friedman is actually the voice of reason here (re: his New York Times column yesterday)?This from a president ... More About: Fuel , Vehicles , Forever , Lies
?Supporting The Troops? On Kristol Mess Monday
2008-06-23 10:42:00 The New York Times conservative quota hire columnist attacks the ?Not Alex? MoveOn ad below (from here)?The ad is simple. A mother speaks as she holds her baby boy:?Hi, John McCain. This is Alex. And he?s my first. So far his talents include trying any new food and chasing after our dog. That, and making my heart pound every time I look at him. And so, John McCain, when you say you would stay in Iraq for 100 years, were you counting on Alex? Because if you were, you can?t have him.?Take that, warmonger!?The MoveOn ad is unapologetic in its selfishness, and barely disguised in its disdain for those who have chosen to serve ? and its contempt for those parents who might be proud of sons and daughters who are serving. The ad boldly embraces a vision of a selfish and infantilized America, suggesting that military service and sacrifice are unnecessary and deplorable relics of the past.If that were true about MoveOn, then I would hardly think they?d enjoy the popularity that they do among... More About: Troops , Monday , Kristol , Mess
A Voice For Our Times Departs
2008-06-23 07:55:00 R.I.P. George Carlin; I obviously don't agree with some of his sentiments about voting and politicians, even concerning THIS Congress, and there are a few "F" words along with some suggestive stuff here, but still funny and thought provoking as always. More About: Voice , Times
Non-FISA Sunday Stuff
2008-06-22 22:33:00 Don't blame the people working at the Quickie Mart for the high price of gas, OK? Blame the Repugs who have fought funding for alternative energy (through H.R. 6049) and repeal of tax breaks for the Chevrons and ExxonMobils of the world, OK?...Update 6/23/08: I should have noted that I learned about H.R. 6049 from Tom Friedman's column today in the NYT....and The Onion catalogues another "failure of big government." More About: Stuff , Sunday , FISA
Sunday Stuff
2008-06-22 21:26:00 I'm replaying K.O.'s Special Comment on FISA from last February just to remind those in the Senate who are hesitant about the stakes concerning the issue of telco immunity (the House has already done its worst - and by the way, I'm thinking of having T-shirts like the ones Keith describes made for Patrick Murphy, Joe Sestak and every other "Democrat" who voted to sell us out last Friday; sorry the audio is a little off).(And by the way, for anyone wondering why we care so much about this, Hunter at The Daily Kos sums it up pretty well here.)And I should have embedded this Keith Olbermann interview with Jonathan Turley last Friday before now, but there you are (I was so mad about FISA I forgot that they chose to fund the war without timelines for troop withdrawal again). More About: Stuff , Sunday
How A Real Democrat Stands Up On FISA
2008-06-22 09:04:00 I received the following correspondence from NY State U.S. House Rep John Hall last Friday evening...Dear Friends,Today the House of Representatives voted on H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008.I have consistently supported modernizing the existing FISA law to give our intelligence community the tools it needs to identify and defeat terrorists in today's high-tech world, while at the same time preserving the freedoms and rights that define America. Three times I voted to pass legislation that would strengthen and modernize FISA and reaffirm the rule of law. Although today's bill made some improvements over previous attempts to update FISA, H.R. 6304 regrettably fell short of achieving that critical balance. The rule of law lies at the core of America's founding principles, and the language in this bill was too weak to ensure that any breach of our laws that may have occurred under the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping program will be fully addressed. It is wro... More About: Real , Democrat
Where The Rubber Meets The Road (6/20/08)
2008-06-20 16:26:00 As reported in last Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer, here is how Philadelphia-area members of Congress were recorded on major roll-call votes last week.(I have to be honest; at this moment, I feel like doing this as much as I feel like sticking my head in the microwave and turning it on, but there you are?I was planning to walk away from this for a few days anyway, but I especially feel that way now after this post.)HouseBush impeachment bid. The House voted, 251-166, to send to committee, or shelve, a resolution (H Res 1258) sponsored by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D., Ohio) presenting 35 articles of impeachment against President Bush. As a privileged resolution, the measure was not debatable.A yes vote was to shelve the impeachment bid.Voting yes: Robert E. Andrews (D., N.J.), Robert A. Brady (D., Pa.), Michael N. Castle (R., Del.), Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.), Tim Holden (D., Pa.), Frank A. LoBiondo (R., N.J.), Patrick Murphy (D., Pa.), Allyson Y. Schwartz (D., Pa.), and Joe Sestak (D., Pa.... More About: Road , Rubber , The Road
A Message For Steny
2008-06-20 14:28:00 Het tip to Glenn Greenwald...Update 1: Never could I have imagined that this would be a message for Patrick Murphy also, but it is.This is an unconscionable sellout, Patrick. You just handed Tom Manion a whopper of a campaign issue, though I know he'll never use it (then again, maybe he will, but not in the way I think).Welcome to the club (I guess the "Bush Dogs" finally got you). Now we have to fight you too!Update 2: Wow, kudos to CNN here for reporting this..."The telecom companies simply have to produce a piece of paper we already know exists, resulting in immediate dismissal," said Caroline Fredrickson, the head of the ACLU's Washington legislative office. She said the bill "does nothing to keep Americans safe and is a constitutional farce."Yep (and how does it feel to be on the same side as Roy Blunt, of all people, Dems?). More About: Message
(Morally) Dead Flowers
2008-06-20 13:40:00 The wingnuttia representative from the Philadelphia Daily News told us the following today (from here ? re: the Boumediene v. Bush Supreme Court ruling)?(By the way, I?m going to try and winnow through the layers of freeper agit-prop and get to the heart of her argument, which is ridiculous enough.)?five justices?held that the Guantanamo detainees are entitled to a full rainbow of constitutional rights, including habeas corpus, (and) have taken it on themselves to strip the executive and Congress of the right to determine foreign policy and, more important, national security.Well, that was predictable.The phrase ?a rainbow of constitutional rights? is just bad writing; I think Flowers was going for ?a cornucopia of constitutional rights? or something like that. Either way, she?s wrong, of course; I didn?t see anything addressed in the Boumediene ruling except the issue of habeas corpus rights for Guantanamo detainees and civilian review.And she goes on, of course?In other words, fiv... More About: Dead , Dead Flowers
?Big Time? Inky Friday Funnies
2008-06-20 10:51:00 Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Jonathan Last tells us today, see, that the fact that this country is an utter mess at this point (economy, environment, government enforcement and policy affecting an infinite number of issues negatively, utter failure of executive leadership, and the war of course) is because Dubya is a ?bad manager,? not because he's "evil or stupid."Yeah.Oh, and by the way, he says the following about a certain best-friend-accidentally-shooting-in-the- face vice president?Cheney is in nearly every way an admirable figure.It is to laugh, utterly.While the absurdity of that statement is obvious to any life form with the cognitive processing ability greater than that of a cockroach, it nonetheless gives me an opportunity to take a little ?stroll down memory sewer? (here and here).Also, I?d like to know how our ?admirable figure? will do in this situation one day (assuming he lives that long), and let?s not forget this either (so much more that could be added to this ... More About: Funnies , Time , Friday , Inky
Thursday Stuff
2008-06-19 22:18:00 Yes I'm partial, but I still think this ad is outstanding......Bill Moyers asks, "just who is waging this class war?" We know the answer, but this is still solid reporting......and in case anyone thought Dennis Kucinich was going to go away......and I love the Murdoch riff from K.O. (arrrgghhh!), but I sincerely hope I never encounter Paula Froelich or a life form of her type, assuming such species can be found anywhere except a petri dish or the bottom of a garbage can. More About: Stuff , Thursday
I Disagree, Rep. Clyburn
2008-06-19 17:27:00 Regarding this story, there is a term for conservative ?Democrats? who withhold their support for the presidential and vice-presidential ticket in this fall?s general election (including Dan Boren of Oklahoma, the character in the photo ? I don?t think such a tactic is ?justified? in any way).They?re called Republicans.
The Timmeh and Smerky Show
More articles from this author:2008-06-19 16:47:00 Philadelphia?s pre-eminent conservative pundit (a label not to be worn with pride as far as I?m concerned) tells us the following (from here)?Tim Russert didn't become the pre-eminent political journalist in the nation by browbeating, condescension or debate-stifling. He was a facilitator of intelligent, political conversation, not an enabler of the stark left-right, black-white, Democrat-Republican, liberal-conservative cable world in which we now live.Smerky makes it sound as if he and "Big Tim" were just so honorable at all times, doesn?t it?I?m definitely seeing the same type of mythologizing concerning Russert as I did when The Sainted Ronnie R rode off into the sunset to That Great Hollywood Back Lot In The Sky (on a lesser scale, I?ll admit; it was sickeningly omnipresent when The Gipper kicked).As far as ?debate-stifling? is concerned, here is an episode of Russert slapping down John Harwood of the New York Times when Harwood got a little too close to Russert?s inflated sen... More About: Show 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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