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Nosama Edition
That's right, friends, this is an Osama-free diary. I'm Osama-ed out. I will leave the subject for the TC section of this diary. So, instead, I thought we'd discuss something fresh and new, like Orly Taitz. These birther folks just won't go away (and of course the "deather" thing has inevitably begun). Now I love Orly Taitz. She just gets me all giddy with delight every time she shows up--especially when she shows up on Lawrence O'Donnell. Today, apparently, she's showing up in court--again--pushing her theory that the President uses 39 different Social Security numbers. Will she ever stop? Gosh, I certainly hope not. It beats the heck out of reality television, speaking of which....
Donald Trump won't go on Letterman because mean old Dave thinks he's a racist crackpot. I think the entire country owes a debt of gratitude to David Letterman, a man I personally have never found funny at all, for demonstrating Trump doesn't have the temperament to be a serious candidate. It can now be definitively stated that Trump has skin so thin he makes Paul LePage look rugged. Speaking of whom....
Paul LePage, the newly-elected Governor of my fair State of Maine is notoriously thin skinned. So much so, in fact, he once threatened to punch out the news director of the Maine Public Broadcasting Network. On live television. On the Maine Public Broadcasting Network. While the mural scandal has faded somewhat, he has recently felt compelled to accept the resignation of an administration official who suggested in a speech that public universities have gone downhill because of affirmative action. Interestingly, he accepted the resignation without public comment. LePage probably figures he's said everything he needs to say on the subject when he told the NAACP that they could kiss his butt.
See how easy it was to find other news? I do, however, congratulate the President and his team on their recent success.
Shameless Self Promotion Department
What do Orly Taitz, Donald Trump and the Governor of Maine have in common? They have all been nominated for this week's GDN award, awarded each week for rank hypocrisy and general asshattery in my Awards Edition Plus diary which appears most Wednesdays at 8pm EDT. Also this week managing editor Sirius the Cat talks about Trump's hairpiece and fun and games in the News of Dubious Veracity Department. So please do join us--you'll have plenty of time to read it before Top Comments!
Speaking of Top Comments, here they are:
From Mayim:
In Meteor Blades' front page 'Osama wasn't a Muslim leader, he was a mass murderer of Muslims', Trix shows how Bush was (almost grin) right on something. Follow up by oxfdblue.
From Puddytat:
Well, it's not exactly a top comment - it's a whole thread that gets better and better. Julie Gulden starts it off here and it just keeps getting better and better. By all means, enjoy it.
From first-time nominator meg:
Nominating this reply by * LaFeminista* to briefer's comment, all from LaFeminista's A Great Wailing And Gnashing Of Republican Strategists.
From trashablanca:
stunster pulls back the curtain and reveals the sordid truth about Obama in Nedsparks' diary. Let's see what this Kenyan fella does with political capital.
From lineatus:
In Clarknt67's Fox, Your Freudian Slip Is Showing, Brainwrap channels the Fox Chiron...
From Dragon5616:
In Barbara Morrill's Midday open thread, rbird puts another stupid Bachmann remark into proper perspective.
This one by pollbuster made me laugh in thereisnospoon's rec list diary What President Obama did NOT do.
And from the same diary, this one from pat of butter in a sea of grits (still my favorite username evah) expressed my feelings exactly.
From bronte17:
histopresto wondered aloud whether the competency behind this successful mission to nab Bin Laden was an example showing us the difference between a politician and a public servant in the outstanding diary analysis What President Obama did NOT do by thereisnospoon.
From commonmass:
middleagedhousewife clarifies the difference between public service and customer service in this comment in Wisconsin Kossack noise of rain's diary File Under WTF: Waker Rewards Public Workers! The rest of the thread is, well, interesting to say the least.
A great big thank you to all who contributed this evening. Top Comments is best when so many of us participate. Got something we missed? Please feel free to post a link in the comments section below. Thanks for joining us this evening, and keep those Top Comments coming!