Monthly Archives: April 2008
Habitat For Sean Hannity
I had some idle time this weekend so I made a rare foray into Sean Hannity’s America, because I wanted to see what angry rich white people do on the weekends when they aren’t sending jobs off to Vietnam or … Continue reading
Filed under Punditzes and Pundunces
GI Bull
There was a time when we didn’t send our kids off to kill and risk being killed without the quid pro quo of a hearty and generous “Thanks, fella!” It was called the Serviceman’s Readjustment Act of 1944, or the … Continue reading
Filed under GOP Candidates - Not Entirely Doomed
Inanity Defense
George Stephanopoulos was no apologies this week after one of the most banal and trivial debates in the history of them all. “The questions were tough and fair and appropriate and relevant. We wanted to focus on the issues that … Continue reading
Filed under Punditzes and Pundunces
Tiny Baubles
Which is what I’m pondering tonight, as I’m busy drinking this evening puzzling over the mind-blowingly awful debate last night. VeepsBlog will return Friday evening, with probably more griping about the mind-blowingly awful debate Wednesday night. Before you start, just … Continue reading
Filed under Slacking
Obombad
Well, I hope we’re over the canard of the Neverending Barack Lovefest by the American Media after the flurry of bombs tossed at Barack Obama by the moderators at this evening’s Philadelphia debate. It may not have been the long … Continue reading
Filed under Democrats - The Dogfight
Ship Out Of Luck
It’s generally accepted that April 15 isn’t a day to book travel on any seafaring vessel, and that appears to be the case for metaphorical ships as well. The news today was nothing but bad for the Clinton campaign and … Continue reading
Filed under Democrats - The Dogfight
Veepstake Monday – The Inside Line – 04.14.2008
The parimutuel window is now open. We’ve got just over four months until post time and it’s that every other Monday again, so shake out those sofa cushions, raid the kids’ piggy banks, and find a clinic that will let … Continue reading
Filed under Veepstakes
A Woman’s Right To Booze
I remember back in my days of recreational drug use we would always be suspicious of the person who was passing over the bong or the crystal meth that we made in a soup pan in the kitchen. Narc. He’s … Continue reading
Filed under Democrats - The Dogfight
Odumba
Let’s forget for the moment that he’s right. It was a dumb, impolitic thing to say about a state that James Carville described as “Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in the middle.” Keith Olbermann put it better than I ever … Continue reading
Filed under Distractions
Billoquence
When I used to manage a cookie and muffin distribution center in the 1990s, we were pretty far removed from the corporate office in California. I ran a good center, but the corporate management wasn’t very good at rewarding the … Continue reading
Filed under Democrats - The Dogfight
