Snippets of political discourse floating around the news world today, now with added snark.
I've always thought that asking people their opinion of the "news media" or even "television news" was like asking people their opinion of "lawyers" or "used-car salesmen."
Except that opinions on the suckiness of used-car salesmen are generally not driven by partisanship. In fact, people regularly claim to spend a lot more time reading the news or watching CNN than they actually do (the same as they claim to be watching PBS). Also, hasn't the sleazy used-car salesman stereotype kind of fallen out of favor?
Mimicking a Seinfeld episode, a Bush campaign spokesman, Terry Holt, characterized Mr. Kerry's message as "I went to Vietnam, yada yada yada. I want to be president."
It'd be a lot funnier if he was mimicking a different Seinfeld episode. For instance, if he'd shouted "Oh! Oh! Dolores!" Or poisoned himself by licking stale envelopes.
"One of his security guys yelled at me" for getting in Kerry's way on the ski slopes, 14-year-old Matt Trabert grumbled Saturday. Trabert turned to friend Brad Alvarez and said: "Wouldn't that be funny if he fell?"
"Yeah, wouldn't that be funny if he did a total face plant!" Alvarez said.
Heh heh. Heh heh. Fourteen-year-old humor. And California wants to give these kids the vote?
If you want to see the real Bush values agenda at work, watch him at the tee-ball games.
This from a conservative columnist. Am I the only one who thinks that you shouldn't have to look at tee-ball to discern a coherent agenda? If you want to see real Bush values at work, look at his record. Wait, that's not what the Republicans want us to do.
The only credible White House charge is the one about why Mr. Clarke didn't speak up sooner. But maybe he did... he resigned in March 2003 from the White House, just as Operation Iraqi Freedom was being launched. What message do you think Mr. Clarke intended to send by his resignation?
Good point! Let's incorporate this into our talking points ASAP.
The debate over debates in Pennsylvania's bare-knuckles Republican Senate primary ended Monday when challenger Rep. Pat Toomey agreed to face off against incumbent Sen. Arlen Specter next month. "Let's get it on," Toomey said in a statement released Monday afternoon.
I been really tryin', baby! Tryin' to win this election for soooo long! And if you feel like I feel, Arlen... come on! Let's get it on!
A robot Christ was used for crucifixion scenes in Mel Gibson's new movie The Passion, it emerged yesterday.
This isn't political discourse, it's just funny. "Robot Christ" is the name of my third album. Robot Christ! Rising from the dead like a cell phone from its charger! During tonight's performance, the role of God's only begotten son will be played by Voltron!
At least it wasn't CGI Christ.