Moe Lane

Perfect Halloween fodder. Also, a shame that it has to be seen at all – I won’t spoil the surprise by describing what’s on the other end of this link, except to promise that it isn’t a Rickroll.  Suffice it to say that there are certain abysses that you don’t really expect to have stare back at you…

Via, obviously, @RobinDLaws.

It’s not turning into a good year for the Obama administration – in fact, it’s not been a good administration for the Obama administration – but I think that this is hardly an excuse for a Cabinet level official to use low-rent sexual epithets in public:

At the Florida Democratic Party State Convention over the weekend, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis insulted members of the Tea Party, referring to the activists as “teab[*]ggers.” Teab[*]gger is a pejorative term used to refer to a certain sexual act. Liberal talk show hosts such as Rachel Maddow brought the phrase into the mainstream in 2009, using it as a tongue-in-cheek insult.

As reported by Tallahassee Democrat and Sunshine State News, after voicing her support for large federal programs, Solis warned, “I’ll be darned if I’m going to set that aside now because a few teab[*]ggers want to somehow muzzle my voice,” Solis said.

(Sanitizing mine.)

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And so do you, and so does Ed Morrissey:

The one argument for Romney that actually works with conservatives is that he’d be a better President than our current incumbent by a country mile. That’s also true of most of the rest of the field, though. If the nomination went to Romney, I’d have no trouble pulling the lever for Mitt in November 2012, and I’d be ruddy pleased to do so. But while the primaries are still in front of us, perhaps we can be spared the rationalizations aimed at getting conservatives to back Romney rather than test the rest of the field for a more principled conservative who could win a general election and properly lead this country in the right direction.

I expect that, should Romney get the nomination, the Online Right will suddenly find Senate and House races of particular interest. Particularly the primaries – especially if the nomination gets resolved early…

Which will be from November 11th to 13th, in Denver CO.  Heck, I’m even going to be on a panel, for my sins.  If you’re going to be there, stop by and say hi: fair warning, however.  People tend to be slightly disappointed when I turn out to be just a stout, amiable middle-aged geek.

Who likes beer, so feel free to hit my Boozing Fund:

…although if enough money comes in I’ll probably upgrade that planned order of a new (well, refurbished) iPod, instead.

Moe Lane