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Media Bias Several weeks ago,Post + Comments

I am not sure why Krugman is employed by the NY Times as their economic analyst. It seems to me he does nothing but provide third-rate commentary on social/political issues. I thought that was Dowd’s job description.

Dance With the Girl WhoPost + Comments

Apparently I am not the only one who was left utterly unmoved and unimpressed by Lott’s performance on BET.

President Bush will not intervene to rescue Senate Republican leader Trent Lott from a leadership struggle brought on by his remarks seen as endorsing racial segregation, Bush administration officials said on Tuesday.

The decision basically left the Mississippi Republican isolated in his struggle to hold on to power. He would be Senate majority leader when Republicans take control of the Senate in January.

Why should he? Any way you look at it, if I were President Bush, I would want Lott dead. And since when is Lott totally, across the board, in favor of affirmative action?

Dead Man Talking Apparently IPost + Comments

Instead of meeting now and dealing with the Lott affair, Republicans have decided to wait until JANUARY 6TH, the day before Congress convenes, to discuss Lott’s leadership position. So, for three weeks, Democrat hacks and the media will be free to beat up on all Republicans while swinging at Lott.

Good thinking. Why not just wait and take all the bad press you can get for three weeks so that when you convene the collective reputation of the Congress is already besmirched. Why didn’t I think of that?

The reason they are probably waiting is because there is NO ONE competent enough to be Majority Leader.

Idiots.

Are Republicans Morons? Instead ofPost + Comments

A narrow majority of Americans said that Al Gore deserved another chance to run for the presidency, but fewer than half said they actually wanted Gore to run, according to a Washington Post poll conducted in the days immediately before the former Vice President announced his decision not to enter the 2004 race.

And fully half the country expressed a desire to leave the rancorous election of 2000 behind.

Republicans are most upset he is not running, I assure you.

The Real Reason Gore isPost + Comments

It seems someone else is changing registration from Republican to Independent if Lott is Majority Leader in the next congress.

30 Days to Independence ItPost + Comments

Sharpton ain’t gonna know what hit him. I have seen Donna Brazile on several cable programs, and came away damn impressed despite the fact that we see eye to eye on NOTHING. Her performance on election night 2002 this year was excellent, despite how awful she must have felt. Let’s not forget that she, too, is prone to the occassional racial gaffe.

Sharpton vs. Brazile Sharpton ain’tPost + Comments