So, we are at the vaunted 100 day mark, and that means that pundits everywhere have decided it is time to “grade” the Obama administration. Putting aside the fact that the first hundred days is just a made up metric that makes no sense whatsoever, what we can expect today is gushing reports about the …
Archives for April 2009
The First Dog
That is a picture of Bo Obama at the tender age of six weeks, which I found in this USA Today story about the trainer who is working with Bo.
Things I Wish I Had Written
This: The iron-girder he-men of the conservative blogosphere have greeted former Republican Senator from Pennsylvania Arlen Specter’s defection to the Democrats with whiskery hoots of “good riddance/get lost/don’t let the door hit your withered buttocks on the way out” and similar pleasantries. Many of them appear defiantly resigned to the Republican Party becoming a regional …
Regrets, I Have a Few
But Judge Bybee does not: Judge Bybee said he was issuing a statement following reports that he had regrets over his role in the memorandums, including an article in The Washington Post on Saturday to that effect. Given the widespread criticism of the memorandums, he said he would have done some things differently, like clarifying …
Just another word for nothing left to lose
Jim DeMint on the freedom of losing Arlen Specter: Derek Smalls and David St. Hubbins on the freedom of the break-up of “Spinal Tap”: David: It’s a freein’ up, innit? Derek: Yeah. David: It’s all this free time it’s suddenly time is so elastic.. Derek: It’s a gift, it’s a gift of freedom. You know. …
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Good news for Republicans!
I really can’t improve on the title of Bill Kristol’s “quick hit” about how great it is for Republicans to have lost Arlen Specter. Obviously, the big question is who it helps the most, Mitt Romney or Rudy Giuliani.
Open Thread
I just got back from a two hour session at the dentist. I got to experience the joy that is a “deep cleaning.” Good times. I will say this, though- my teeth look and feel much better, but I still hate going to the dentist. Also, as I was lying there looking at the ceiling …