Building on DougJ’s post about Lanny Davis reciting nonsensical right-wing talking points, the whole silliness of the empathy outrage has really been pretty funny. Aside from the fact that archives show both Samuel Alito and George H. W. Bush waxing eloquent about the benefits of empathy, the notion that you can take Obama’s appeal for …
How Bad Are Things For Jane Harman?
She believes that hiring Lanny Davis as a spokesperson is a step in the right direction: Rep. Jane Harman has hired lawyer Lanny Davis, a former special counsel to President Bill Clinton during the Lewinsky affair, as a media advisor, The Cable has learned. The enlisting of the heavyweight help is the latest sign that …
Please Just Shut Up and Go Away
If there is anyone who, regardless of the outcome of this election, has made sure that he will never work again in Democratic politics at any meaningful level, it is this jackass: ABC News’ Jennifer Parker reports: A longtime friend of Sen. Hillary Clinton said it’s “incomprehensible” that Sen. Barack Obama would choose another woman …
Help
I have Office 2003, and I need a file that will allow me to convert .docx files from Word 2007 to .doc files for Word for Windows. I have looked everywhere and can not find it. Oddly enough, I have the upgrade for my MAC and can convert .docx to .rtf, but so far I …
A Question
Why is Jim Gaffigan chairing the RBC meeting? Consider this an open thread. *** Update *** At least the Clinton position is clear: “We have no problem taking every delegate from the state of Michigan, and fair reflection would suggest that not one single voter in the state of Michigan voted for or would have …
Some Other Proposals
It is Wednesday, so you know what that means- another opportunity for Lanny Davis to make a contorted and stupid argument about delegates and humiliate himself before the general public. To save him some time, I have come up with a few arguments for him. Here are some arguments he should advance before the Rules …
This Should Go Well
Death throes of a campaign can be ugly: The Democratic National Committee is bracing itself for protests outside its Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting on Saturday in Washington, where the fates of the Florida and Michigan primaries could finally be decided. Supporters of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton are organizing to march and then gather on …