Mid-Week Tidbits

A few interesting things to report on, some funny, one, well, we’ll start with that and you can judge for yourselves.

Former CIA person and current crazy person Michael Scheuer, speaking to another crazy person, Glenn Beck, actually expressed his wish to see Obama bin Laden detonate a major weapon in the U.S. JUST TO SHOW EVERYONE!!!

Listen for yourself:

Kind of takes your breath away a little.

via Crooks and Liars.

So, after that, I’m ready for something funny. 

The long article in Vanity Fair (titled “It Came from Wasilla” /snark) about Sarah Palin and the presidential campaign and all the infighting and name calling by staffers about her has sparked some great contemperaneous name callling and fighting, especially between Bill Kristol and Steve Schmidt.  Here’s an example:

Asked about the accusation, Schmidt fired back in an e-mail: “I’m sure John McCain would be president today if only Bill Kristol had been in charge of the campaign.”

“After all, his management of [former Vice President] Dan Quayle’s public image as his chief of staff is still something that takes your breath away,” Schmidt continued. “His attack on me is categorically false.”

Make some popcorn, settle back and read the whole thing at Politico.

Mark Sanford continues to make news.  Just to recap, the SC Gov made news recently when he went missing, supposedly hiking the Appalachian Trail but in reality, as someone noted in comments,  was “banging his Argentinian mistress on Father’s Day”.  After tearfully confessing everything in a press conference, he later decided he couldn’t let well enough alone so confessed to the fact that he’d made a few trips to Argentina to see the mistress and, pre-mistress of course, had “crossed lines” with other other women.  But, at the same time, he’s trying to fall back in love with his wife.  Who is, one would hope, in the process of changing every lock in the house and getting an unlisted phone number.

So despite Mark’s feelings that a chastened governor is a better governor and that “I would ultimately be a better person and of more service in whatever doors God opened next in life if I stuck around to learn lessons rather than running and hiding down at the farm”  CNN is reporting that calls for his resignation are getting, like, really loud.  (Who does that bit about God opening doors remind you of, hmmm?  Scary.)

And last, but definitely not least, the editorial staff of the Wall Street Journal is whining that Franken cheeaaated, waaahhh, waaahhh.  Demanding a recount was gaming the syyyyssstemmm!!!  His lawyers knew how to play the gaaaaaame!!!  Hey, wankers.  Remember the 2000 presidential election?  So suck on it!

Posted by marindenver on 07/01/09 at 05:29 PM • Permalink

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