Funniest thing I have heard this election cycle (via Instapundit).
LMAO
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Funniest thing I have heard this election cycle (via Instapundit).
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Speaking of elections, here is this welcome news:
With nationwide elections three months away, the senior United Nations official here says his office and the interim Iraqi government have assembled a list of nearly 14 million Iraqi voters, set up 550 voter registration sites around the country and hired 6,000 people to staff them.
Carlos Valenzuela, chief United Nations elections adviser here, said in an interview that the list of 13.9 million Iraqi voters, drawn from the country’s food’s distribution program, represented a tentative voter registration roll. It will form the basis of a more complete list of voters scheduled to be compiled when the official registration period begins on Nov. 1.
Mr. Valenzuela and Iraqi election officials said these developments marked significant steps toward holding the elections by Jan. 31, the deadline imposed by the Iraqi interim constitution and endorsed by the Americans.
Mr. Valenzuela said he believed the elections could indeed be held at that time and that although the United Nations team of 14 advisors is small, the large numbers of Iraqis involved in the process were helping the enterprise meet its schedule.
I am sure this will come as a surprise to the increasingly strident and equally cynical Andrew Sullivan, who the other day snarked:
Let’s review where we are. There aren’t even faintly enough U.N. troops to prepare for a legitimate election in January. The reason is the security situation. Will it improve enough by December to goad the U.N. into sending the hundreds of experts to make it work? The odds must be massively against it. The one major obstacle is Falluja, and a successful incursion there seems to be prompting some in the Sunni leadership to threaten to boycott the elections entirely. Could we simply police the elections ourselves? First question: with whom? We don’t even have enough troops to retake Falluja and keep Baghdad from blowing up. And if we did, our troops are now so unpopular they would themselves undermine popular legitimacy for the elections. What is Bush’s answer to this? He simply asserts that elections will take place. That’s it. Say after me: if Bush says it, it must be true. If Bush says it, it must be true. Feel better yet? This is what Republicans have to do every day. Faith, not facts. Faith, not facts. Believe … and you will be healed. All will be healed.
Nyah, nyah nyah. Today Sully notes:
At last, some positive news about the prospects for the elections.
I am getting a little tired of Andy’s breathless hysterics and he has become more prone to getting the vapors than getting his facts straight. I am glad there is some good news so the elections can continue on your timetable, Andy.
And, btw- Bush said it would happen.
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I don’t know why I read the NY Times anymore- all it does is piss me off. Today, Paul Krugman makes sure all the bases are covered regarding the election:
A lot can change in 11 days, and Mr. Bush may yet win convincingly. But we must not repeat the mistake of 2000 by refusing to acknowledge the possibility that a narrow Bush win, especially if it depends on Florida, rests on the systematic disenfranchisement of minority voters. And the media must not treat such a suspect win as a validation of skewed reporting that has consistently overstated Mr. Bush’s popular support.
Talk about trying to deligitimize an administration before the election has even happened. Krugman is just following the DNC playbook, preparing us for a long court battle after the election, and putting the GOP on notice:
Even if you win, we are going to act like you didn’t.
I guess this is not that big of a surprise really, when you consider the source. After all, the NY Times is openly partisan, bltantly political, and not only did they never find anything wrong with Saddam Hussein’s elections, but they openly admired the Iraqi voter turnout.
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I woke up this morning and was reminded of the stunning Red Sox victory over the hated Yankees (although as a Pirates fan I always root for the NL, I also root for anyone but the Yankees). My first thoughts were: “How long before this is part of the Kerry campaign?” According to a conversation I had with Matt Yglesias, all the DC insiders think this is a sure sign that Kerry is going to win, so apparently we will hear this a great deal in the next few weeks.
In a related vein, all of the cable news coverage of the celebrating fans really drives home how accurate the Jimmy Fallon skit spoofing Boston really was- and it is frightening. I always thought the skit wass hysterical, now I have a new found appreciation.
Finally, as far as sports and prediction goes, there is this piece of information that is always interesting:
FOOTBALL + ELECTION
Did you know….??
The Washington Redskins have proved to be a time-tested election predictor. In the previous 15 elections, if the Washington Redskins have lost their last home game prior to the election, the incumbent party has lost the White House. When they have won, the incumbent has stayed in power.
According to Snopes, this has been accurate for every election since 1936. This year the matchup is Green Bay (2-4) vs the hometeam Redskins (2-4) at 1 pm, 31 October.
Go Skins! Does this mean Oliver will be rooting for the pack?
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The Red Sox are currently leading the Yankees 6-0 in the bottom of the second. I hope someone is planning to send crisis intervetnion counselers to Jay Caruso’s house.
You know what they say- the 27th World Championship is always the hardest.
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I am sick as a dog. Sore throat, headache, and that over-all body ache that makes it hurt to move.
Blech.
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That didn’t take long. Another hit piece trying to stir up racial divides.
Did you know that as a Republican today, you are responsible for Jim Crow? Time to go cut some holes in my pillow cases, I guess.
If the African-American community continues to buy this shit wholesale from the Democrats and the professional race-baiters who masquerade as ‘black leaders,’ I have come to the decision that perhaps they just deserve each other. They have a weird symbiosis going, anyway. Every election, the black community gives the Democratic candidate 80-90% of the vote. In return, the Democrats ignore them for four years. Then, when it is election time, the Democrats send another white liberal to black churches all over the country to court their vote again.
I guess if it works for them…