Monthly Archives: July 2008
Bone Of Convention
It’s their party and they can cry if they want to. They might have to scuttle the giant inflatable Bill Clinton they were going to launch over the Pepsi Center. The New York Times wiped away the makeup and revealed … Continue reading
Filed under Democrats - The Dogfight
Imprompter
My 62-year-old boss gets very angry when stories emerge that John McCain doesn’t know how to use a computer. “He was a goddamned fighter pilot,” says my boss, who served eighteen months in the Marines in Vietnam. “My father was … Continue reading
Filed under GOP Candidates - Not Entirely Doomed
Our Inalienable Right To Blow Shit Up
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Short one tonight. I have … Continue reading
Filed under Distractions
Veep Your Friends Close
Regardless of our quadrennial fascination with the Vice Presidential dog and pony show, it’s still a statistical truism that America doesn’t vote for its Vice Presidents. But screw it up, and you could queer your patch but good, and wind … Continue reading
Filed under Veeps/Almost-Veeps - Hall of Fame
Rhymes With Bitch
I don’t want to cast any aspersions on Cindy McCain’s character. She’s talked a little smack about Michelle Obama, but by all accounts she’s a very nice lady (though, with those creepy eyes she looks, as a caller a few … Continue reading
Filed under Supporting Cast
Miffed Boaters
Paging Senator Webb, please pick up your belongings and move up the short list. It’s been almost 60 hours and Randi Rhoads has spent two consecutive shows being practically apoplectic about the fine Wes a respected General and Democratic Vice … Continue reading
Filed under The Campaign
