Thursday, September 24 is National Punctuation Day! Please mark you’re calendars. ***Update*** open thread.
Ethics waivers
Attention, Goldman haters, the Times has a big piece on Paulson’s interaction with his former company. “I operated very consistently within the ethic guidelines I had as secretary of the Treasury,” Mr. Paulson responded, adding that he asked for an ethics waiver for his interactions with his old firm “when it became clear that we …
Re-Writing History, One Day at a Time
The nonsense continues from the WATB caucus: “My name’s Tom Price and I represent the Sixth District of Georgia and [am] the privileged chair of the Republican Study Committee,” Price said. “It’s now noon on Wednesday. I’m standing outside the office of the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. The door is closed. We just …
When Black Friday comes
As Politico says, this has been the toughest week for Obama yet. The Daschle withdrawl (which I’m glad to see) will be discussed endlessly for the next 68 hours or so. And we’ll see another two days of approving coverage of the McCain-Wurzelbacher anti-stimulus jihad. But Friday morning, there’s going to be a very scary …
Ohforchrissakesyouhavetobeshittingme
I give up: Larry Sinclair is one of the most outrageous anti-Obama smear merchants. So why is the National Press Club hosting him this coming Wednesday? Apparently Jeff Gannon wasn’t available. Sinclair’s story about having used cocaine and having sex with Obama in 1999 is not credible. As Stoller says, it’s another “whitey” style rumor …
Like Three Little Fonzies
Yeah, you mocked me a couple weeks ago when I likened the current primary to a hostage crisis. Who is laughing now: In a move that could foreshadow a public push from the Hillary forces to get Barack Obama to invite her on the ticket, Hillary’s top campaign fundraising official said in an interview that …
Clinton Rules
The GOS notes: In one of the threads last night, commenter theran made a good observation: At some point the concept of “Republicans will do X” has turned into a license for Hillary to do all the same things. It’s bizarre, but I don’t really consider her a Dem any more. Actually, in fairness, Josh …