Arafat is dead. Let the pain begin for the bastard, as he roasts slowly in hot flames for all of eternity. Scum.
Archives for 2004
Shorter Josh Marshall
Here goes:
Our guy keeps losing, so I want to abolish the electoral college. That way I can call the majority of the country ‘Jesusland’ and shit all over them and not have to pay a price. Plus, even though it will anger them, the smart people will be running things, so they will be better off even if they don’t recognize it.
Here We Go
The ink on John Ashcroft’s resignation hasn’t even dried yet, so you would think the Deocrats would take a moment or two to reflect in quiet joy. I won’t even point out that it was their electoral hijinks that put him in the AG position, just to be friendly. You would think they would be pleased. But, of course, there is no time to waste in the jihad. The Washington Monthly is already regurgitating the slurs:
….that the “best” choice we have is the man who came up with the idea of calling Anita Hill “delusional” and who signed off on sending Maher Arar to Syria to be tortured says something shameful and frightening about this country.
Anita Hill probably wasn’t ‘delusional.’ She was LYING.
You would think the possible elevation of a well-qualified African-American to Attorney General for the first time in the nation’s history would be a cause for celebration. You would be wrong- there are some members of the left who will be unhappy with ANYTHING this administration does.
For some background on Larry Thompson from someone who actually knows something, you should check out this post from Jeralynn Merritt:
A reader asked my opinion of Larry Thompson in the comments to the post below about Ashcroft resigning. I went on so long, I figured I’d make it a separate post.
I think Larry Thompson would be an excellent choice–the best of all the names that have been suggested so far–by miles. Is he conservative? Yes. But anyone Bush picks is going to be conservative. Most prosecutors are that way.
Larry Thompson has been a defense attorney and when he was, he was as committed to his clients and their defense as any career defense attorney.
I’ve known him since he was a defense attorney, and I am not the only defense attorney to have such a high opinion of him. He was a much admired and respected member of the defense organizations I belong to.
I believe that if he takes the job, he will be fair and not trample constitutional rights.
I wish he wasn’t such a strong believer in the drug war, but again, no prosecutor is going to be great on defense issues. I don’t know his side of the Maher Arar story, so I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt on that one.
Jearlynn also has this post regarding Thompson’s current job with Pepsi.
Why do I post all of this, when Thompson probably doesn’t even want the job and hasn’t even been offered the position? Because I think it is important to watch how some on the left (In this case Kevin Drum and Jeanne) ramp up the attack dogs before they even know ANYTHING. Forget their nonsense about wanting to reach out- they are bitter, and want nothing but failure from this administration. Why else would they launch a pre-emptive strike on the character of someone who isn’t even a nominee?
FWIW, Roger Simon has some parting words on Ashcroft.
Thanks for Nothing
Coy Andy writes:
I don’t believe that we should give up or change the fight for marriage equality. But I do think it behooves people like me to listen to what the other side is saying. I’m struck by how many of you have told me that your real objection is not with the issue of marriage equality itself, but by the means of achieving it. Court-imposed mandates rub people the wrong way, even those who support including gay couples within the family structure. Extra-legal tactics like Gavin Newsom’s particularly rankle. I wasn’t sanguine about this at the time but minimized it because I was so swept up in the emotion of seeing gay couples finally getting the respect they deserve. I should have been stricter in opposing Newsom’s grandstanding. I’ll have more to say in a forthcoming TNR piece. But it’s important to hear what others who disagree with me are saying. I’m trying harder.
I guess now that the election is over, Andrew is conceding that you can vote against gay marriage without being an all-out James Dobson-like bigot. Thanks for nothing, Andy- not that I need your approval one way or another. At any rate, it is too late for you anyway- now that the election is over, this is a meaningless gesture.
What is most disturbing is that it took us, Andy’s readers, to force him to finally see the light. Andrew fancies himself a deep thinker, yet he was never able to turn the table and run this quick little mental exercise:
“Say gay marrige is legal. How wouls homosexuals feel if activist judges in Alabama and Georgia, out of nowhere, decided to change the established understanding of marriage code so that homosexual marriages that today are legal would tomorrow be illegal??”
What He Said
Beautiful
Jonah with the line of the year:
Take the two leading liberal columnists at the New York Times, Maureen Dowd and Paul Krugman. As we all know, one’s a whining self-parody of a hysterical liberal who lets feminine emotion and fear defeat reason and fact in almost every column. The other used to date Michael Douglas.
Terrell Who?
The Steelers manhandled intra-state rival Philadelphia today, 27-3.
And it wasn’t that close. If you missed the game, this is what the Eagles scondary saw all day:
Da Bus rolls for 149 yards on 33 carries. Oy.
Go Steelers!
