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CNN just called it. Looks like those college towns don’t really matter. Congrats to HRC.
Update: Can I just say that Barack Obama gives me goosebumps every time he speaks?
Update II: Did Bill Bennet just fall out of a dryer? Good god man. Dude… hairgel is f**king cheap!!
Update III: If you’re not interested in the primary, but ARE interested in the Wii, check this out.
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McCain beats Romney and the Huckster.
Clinton leads Obama.
Erick at Red State rubs Hugh Hewitt’s nose in it.
I pour another Scotch.
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Other than massive turn-out, what is the word?
by John Cole| 69 Comments
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Not to be all glass half-empty, because I am very happy that American casualties are down, but it sure seems like the insurgency has just changed tactics:
Militants assassinated two key leaders of American-backed neighborhood militias in northern Baghdad over the past two days, highlighting the militants’ strategy of eliminating militia commanders who have embraced partnerships with American forces but who themselves remain vulnerable to attack.
On Monday morning, a suicide bomber on foot killed Col. Riyadh al-Samarrai, a founder of the Sunni Awakening Council in Adhamiya, a Sunni stronghold that until recently was a haven for insurgents.
The Awakening Councils are groups of Sunni — and in some cases Shiite — fighters who have renounced ties to insurgents and are now on the payroll of the American military, standing guard in areas that not long ago were controlled by militants.
No evidence other than my own personal impressions, but it seems like there has been a shift from the usual violence to suicide bombings. Now, obviously suicide bombings are a bad thing, but how are they on the scale of bad compared to the widespread violence of the past year and a half? Granted, there still appears to be little to no movement on the political front, but I am just trying to make some sense of what is going on.
Any ideas?
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Have at it. Exactly wtf does “Iron my shirt”+ mean anyway? Is that some sexist remark or something, because I iron my own shirts when they have not been dry-cleaned, and never thought of it. Not to mentio0n my dad ironed all the time, and the guy who runs the dry-cleaner I use is named Bill and is a big burly man. Just not getting it.
By the way, by popular demand, we will not be re-designing the site.
by John Cole| 27 Comments
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That seems to be the recurring theme coming from the Democrats. As good as change would be, given what we would be changing from, I can’t help but think of an episode of Cheers, when Woody was elected to office:
Woody: “I believe I was elected to the City Council as an agent of change. And I fully intend to live up to that pledge: I will make change.”
Dr. Crane: Change ‘change’ to ‘a change’.
Woody: A what?
Dr. Crane: You see, in here, you make ‘change’. There, you make ‘a change’. So, just make the change. Change ‘make change’ to ‘make *a* change’.
Dr. Crane: [frustrated and yells] Oh, just change it!
[Frasier storms off]
Woody: [to Norm] Boy, I think I see why Dr. Crane never cures anybody.
Update: I have been watching CNN since about 9:45. It is now 11:15. I think I have seen the Hillary Clinton “almost crying” cut about 8-10 times now. Enough already. Christ.