‘…for something that’s really popular.’ That’s from RS colleague (and friend) Caleb Howe, during his time with the American Liberty Tour. Some good stuff here:
Pay particularly close attention to the assumption that some in the Republican party’s leadership are making.
Moe Lane
PS: The Shirt.
Crossposted to RedState.
Of course it’s going to be the Wayne’s World version.
That’s how people my age remember that song, now.
…than I don’t want to be right.
Err, I don’t want Jack of Bad Machinery to be right. Except that I do. But then the joke doesn’t work. Not that they usually do.
You get the drift.
Right?
Moe Lane
Well, you knew this was coming. I almost picked it up yesterday, but I can get it for roughly a quarter off if I’m willing to wait a few days for it. I did look through enough of it to assuage my main fears; the author took his assignment seriously.
So we say good-bye to Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season
Moe Lane
Sped-up cloud video always interested me. I assume that’s true for most people, more or less.
Why was I looking for a ‘O Fortuna’ video in the first place? Because it was on the radio.
[UPDATE]: Welcome, Instapundit readers.
Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter, in the process of telling the Democrats that they need to damn the torpedoes and go full speed ahead, drops this gem:
Charles Kraut-hammer doesn’t represent any swing voters.
Not having the print edition of Newsweek handy – like pretty much the rest of America – I don’t know if this is reproduced there. But I’m curious: is the ethnic sneer there Alter’s, or his editor’s? I suspect it’s the latter, actually, but you never know.
Moe Lane
PS: What? No, actually, the Democrats should totally listen to Alter. Really. Please.
Crossposted to RedState.
Fair’s fair: if the previous administration had to take the heat for refusing to flush the American economy down the toilet for the sake of that nonsensical treaty, then so can this one. This one goes out to every voter whose primary motivation for voting Democratic was climate change:
The United States never ratified the agreement because it doesn’t require any action from the developing world, including China, the world’s largest emitter. The Bush administration considered that a fatal flaw. And so does the Obama White House.
“The notion that we should have an agreement which looks explicitly and exclusively at a handful of countries, doesn’t seem right. The whole purpose of this is to move the world to a better place, not to move one set of countries down that road,” said Jonathan Pershing, a top U.S. negotiator.
Odd how this never came up during the campaign; in fact, quite the opposite. Of course, now that the President’s in charge he has to actually do something besides pander to religious extremists like the Greens; so a more… nuanced stance becomes necessary. Besides, it’s not like “It’s Bush’s fault” isn’t this administration’s handy-dandy, one size fits all excuse anyway.
Via Ronald Bailey of Reason Hit & Run (via Instapundit), who wants to know when Waxman-Markey’s going to go away now. I assume that he’s being sarcastic: there’s too much money earmarked towards Democratic allies in that monstrosity to make it disappear right away.
Moe Lane
Crossposted to RedState.
When the trailing candidate’s campaign starts talking about GOTV as the primary strategy for victory, it’s over.
…the question that remains unanswered is whether they can prevail in a campaign in which Virginia’s many independent voters have turned against the national Democratic brand and with a nominee who many in the party privately believe has run a mediocre race.
The answer will be revealed on Election Night when the returns come in from northern Virginia, and particularly Fairfax County, the commonwealth’s largest jurisdiction. The Deeds campaign believes it needs to carry the region with at least 55 percent to win the election and at least approach the 60 percent threshold that recent Democratic candidates have captured in populous Fairfax.
As for turnout, the hope is to push the percentage of northern Virginia’s vote from 33 percent of the statewide electorate to above 35 percent.
I am a little surprised that this post can be written now, though: I had it scheduled for some time around the 29th. Obviously, turnout is very important; but it’s usually not until about a week or so before the actual election that losing campaigns start using it as a tool to backstop eroding enthusiasm. Seeing this happen this early suggests that Virginia Democrats are worrying about the downticket races.
Moe Lane
PS: Bob McDonnell for Governor. Because it’s not over until it’s over.
PPS: The big question for Chris Christie in NJ isn’t turnout for him; it’s whether Daggett’s going to break double-digits on Election Day (at this moment, this question makes the difference between a 1-point win for Christie, and probably a 3-point one). Which I’ll believe when I see it.
Crossposted to RedState.
Well, this was probably inevitable. Via Hot Air Headlines:
Suicide bomber kills 30 in attack on Iran’s GuardsA suicide bomber blew himself up at a meeting of the elite Revolutionary Guards in southeastern Iran Sunday, killing at least 30 people including top commanders and tribal leaders, a senior official said.
The attack took place in the city of Pisheen near the border with Pakistan in restive Sistan-Baluchestan province, which hosts a substantial Sunni population, local news agencies said.
Do enough digging into the various accusations of who was responsible and you’ll discover that they’re actually all claiming that the CIA did it; because, of course, the American government is eager to wreck a regional meeting in a country that we’re trying to engage with diplomatically, using tactics that would guarantee impeachment proceedings being initiated against the President once we caught him doing it*. I mention this because the Iranian regime is happily blaming the US for this attack anyway, which should (but won’t) demonstrate the futility of our actually negotiating with said regime with any hope of good faith on their part…
Moe Lane
*Seriously. Name a Democrat willing to defend the USA using suicide bombers. And name a CIA agent willing to carry out an operation like this without a signed pardon from the President.
Crossposted to RedState.
In the middle of complaining about the President’s curiously limited visit to New Orleans, Washington Post opinion columnist Eugene Robinson wrote:
It was stunning that he would spend only a few hours on the ground and that he wouldn’t set foot in Mississippi or Alabama at all.
Well…
Not really, no.
Moe Lane
PS: Louisiana is part of a critical bit of Democratic mythology (How the Right Wing Left Black People to Die), so it needs to get at least a little attention. Provided that it can be also used to push something truly important, such as pushing the Democratic health care rationing bill.
Crossposted to RedState.
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