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How are the Dead Voters

by John Cole|  October 1, 200211:13 am| Leave a Comment

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How are the Dead Voters Ever going to Figure Out Who the Democrat Candidate Is?

A mistake would have had absentee voters in rural northwest Missouri are choosing between Republican Jean Carnahan and Democrat Jim Talent in a US Senate race. How’s that again? Yes, officials confirmed Monday that the party affiliation of the two Senate candidates was reversed on thousands of ballots printed for Holt County. Carnahan, of course, is a Democrat now serving in the Senate, and Talent is her Republican challenger.

Fortunately, the mistake has been caught in time, otherwise a friendly judge in St. Louis might have had to keep the polls open later so that the dead could figure out who to vote for. Don’t want anyone ‘disenfranchised,’ now, do we? Except for living voters who vote for candidates other than Democrats.

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Alex Knapp states: Alright, by

by John Cole|  October 1, 20028:42 am| Leave a Comment

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Alex Knapp states:

Alright, by now everyone knows that Torricelli is out of the race. I’m only gonna comment on the GOP’s desire to block a replacement candidate. Guys, grow up. Yes, you’re technically right. By the law, they probably can’t put in a replacement candidate. But take the high road, will ya?

Since when did insisting that election law be followed as it was written constitute taking the low road???

*** Update ***

Bo Cowgill agrees with me.

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Welcome those of you coming

by John Cole|  October 1, 20028:08 am| Leave a Comment

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Welcome those of you coming from Andrew Sullivan and the Instapundit. The story you are looking for is down a few.

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Are There ANY Decent Democrats?

by John Cole|  October 1, 20028:05 am| Leave a Comment

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Are There ANY Decent Democrats?

Two aides to Sandy Berger have this to say in a new book:

More broadly, the authors argue that the Bush administration failed to respond to the terrorist threat before the Sept. 11 hijackings. Senior military officers who served during the Clinton-Bush transition are quoted in the book as saying that terrorism moved “farther to the back burner” in the early days of the Bush administration

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Some light fare to start

by John Cole|  October 1, 20027:58 am| Leave a Comment

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Some light fare to start the morning:

1.) Will Warren on bomb-sniffing (ar anything sniffing, for that matter) police dogs.

Are the dogs a good idea? I suppose.
But a chap who does his thinking with his nose
Does not in me much confidence inspire:
It

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Is Barbara Streisand the Most

by John Cole|  October 1, 20021:10 am| Leave a Comment

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Is Barbara Streisand the Most Vain Person on the Planet?

Let’s put aside the bizarre political opinions.

Let’s put aside the fact that she thinks she should be able to influence political policy because many think she can sing well and she has earned a great deal of money.

Let’s put aside what she charges for concerts.

Let’s put aside that she is a singer, and she has her own self-adulating web-site rife with her political opinions.

I can put all that aside- but this is too much. In her defense (displayed prominently on her website) of the memo riddled with spelling errors that she sent to ‘Dick Gebhardt’ last week, she is not content telling us that it was dictated by phone and that her assistant made the mistake. That by itself is boorish- where I work, the boss is in charge of quality control, not the underlings. But check out this gem:

THE IRONIC FURTHER TRUTH.. Hidden in this example of diverted news priorities is the fact that Barbra Streisand is a former spelling bee champion, meticulous in her written communications!

That’s right, folks. All that AND a spelling bee champ!

*** UPDATE ***

Apparently, although she is a spelling bee champion, Babs is not a Shakespeare buff. According to Drudge, she was fooled by an internet hoax and recited a fake quote at a DNC Gala. Here is the Snopes debunking of the quote.

What a Maroon!

*** Update #2 ***

Scrappleface comments.

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More Noise Before The Storm

by John Cole|  September 30, 20027:38 pm| Leave a Comment

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More Noise Before The Storm

The United States hit determined opposition from Russia and France over its stance on Iraq on Monday, threatening its bid for tough new U.N.-imposed arms inspection rules as experts met in Vienna to discuss them.

I am sure that this story will be used by some to create an image of a unilateralist image of the United States and our renegade and dangerous President. If there is anything I have learned, it is that Bush’s policy opponents squeal the loudest right before completely they completely capitulate.

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