The morning of the West Virginia primary, I posted a diary of suggested "talking points" for Keith and the gang in case they got bored during primary coverage. I won't be able to do this tomorrow; I will be in higher education assessment meetings for most of the day; by the end of the day, I'll be looking for my ice pick to gouge out my eyes and ear drums. I've been doing a bit of homework about the state to my immediate south, Kentucky. Some of this comes from personal experience; some I looked up. I've visited Louisville twice - to see Miss Saigon and Phantom of the Opera. Apparently, the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival is in Louisville. Can you imagine "the Bard" with Kentucky accents? I hate Shakespeare, but I might be persuaded to listen to that! I've driven by Churchill Downs a number of times but never stopped. Kentucky is home of the famous Louisville Slugger factory. I've been to the Abraham Lincoln birthplace. I'm sure a number of us have sampled some of the fine bourbon made in Kentucky. And, finally, this one took me by surprise; guess what the state drink is? Milk! I would've thunk it'd be a mint julip or, say, maybe, bourbon! Shows what I know! You all take over from here and contribute your way-more-then 2 cents' worth about tonight's Countdown!
#5 "Channeling TurdBlossom" AKA "Can You Feel the Rove?" AKA "Campaign and Suffering" AKA "Karl Marks" - Um...I’d rather not "feel the Rove", thank you! The GOP nutjobs still want Senator Clinton to be the nominee because they know they don’t have a chance in Hades against Senator Obama. Thank you, Senator Byrd! I’ve already quibbled about timing in another diary, so I won’t do it here. Senator Clinton dropping out is "...a matter of psychology" according to Howard Fineman? Senator Clinton needs help in the psych area. So, Senator Clinton and the family are going to be less than 2 hours south of me tomorrow night? Maybe, she’ll have dinner at the Top of the Bat Restaurant! Her getting a reservation there is as likely as her getting the nomination! The Clintons may want to tour one of the fine bourbon distilleries to sample the product tomorrow. Hey! Senator Clinton was in Kentucky basically endorsing Karl Rove?! THAT’S IT! She’s already been to a bourbon distillery! That explains it!! Sorry, Jonathan Alter, I can’t give Senator Clinton "a break." She’s long past deserving of a break for anything from the sewer that comes out of her pie hole at this stage of the campaign.
#4 "McShame" AKA "Lobby Horse" AKA "John McPaid" - Foreign agents are working for Senator McCentury? Does Senator McCentury remember what country he’s in? He’s running for President of...hm...uh...well... give him time; he might remember. So, is McCentury-Feingold not even worth the paper on which it was printed? I guess not.
**Where did Hoof Hearted place in the race this past weekend? Wow, when you want a Whopper, you REALLY want a Whopper! Yea for Rachel Maddow – AGAIN!! Oh, the poor Double-Stuff Oreos – oh, the tragedy! Oh, the cookieanity!**
#3 "Muddle East" - OK, I’m going to try to make time to catch this Engel interview. I guess GWB did a whole lot of huffing and puffing and pouting. GOOD! OK, all the talk about GWB not really supporting the troops absolutely has to stop; he wore a flag pin during the interview. This discussion is over; now, watch this drive. Oh, Keith, you had the perfect opportunity to talk about the role that GWB’s grand pappy had in supporting the Nazis and, had FDR not died, would’ve been brought up on treason charges. OK, maybe I better not watch this interview. Whatever computational device upon which I watch this interview may end up being chucked out of a second story window either at my office or my house.
#2 "Cursed?: The Sequel" – OK, if someone finds out that a Red Sox jock strap is buried in the cement at the new Yankees stadium, I really don’t need to know; honestly, I don’t need to know!
WPITW – Why hasn’t the New York Times fired Kristol yet??!! He’s really giving "the old grey lady" more grey hairs than what she needs. It’s a well-known fact that any and all 10th graders (hell, preschoolers) are more intelligent than "the comedian"! Oh, Ollie North is just having a "senior moment" when it comes to discussion of dealings with Iran. C’mon! Extend a little love to the lieutenant colonel (if he’s still a lieutenant colonel); he doesn’t have Fawn Hall "shredding his stuff" for him (and anything else she may have done!).
#1 "Special Comment Postscript" – I wasn’t confused about what Keith meant! What about y’all? Who the f*ck would think Keith meant our troops?! Keith, you need to get more specific on who said this because we need to give them the a$$ ripping they deserve! Laura Ingram and Mark Levin are responsible?! OK, gang,let’s let ‘em have it!!