Packers' Favre to Return Next Season
Thank you Lord! (cues up rousing chorus of "Dropkick Me Jesus Through The Goalposts Of Life")
Saturday night was a historic disappointment for the Pack but with the mighty Favre around they'll always be in the running...
6 Ocak 2003 Pazartesi
Roll Call Goes Subscription
"Roll Call is back with a new site design and an additional publication day, but is no longer free to non-subscribers."
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Great. We just lost one of the best Web sources on DC inside baseball. $199 a year anyone? (Anyone paying out of their own pocket, that is.)
"Roll Call is back with a new site design and an additional publication day, but is no longer free to non-subscribers."
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Great. We just lost one of the best Web sources on DC inside baseball. $199 a year anyone? (Anyone paying out of their own pocket, that is.)
5 Ocak 2003 Pazar
I'm leery of the Edwards "NASCAR strategy". How much pandering to Southern whites does this entail?
When is someone gonna say to the Confederate Flag People:
"You know, y'all - I can call y'all y'all, right? - when y'all talk about the Confederate flag as 'heritage' y'all remind me of an 85 year old German who was 'just following orders'. Neither one deserves any honor at all. Know what else you got in common with the Nazis? Y'all both LOST! State's rights my ass. The Confederate cause was the enslavement. of. human. beings. It's time to take that flag, soak it in a barrel of Jack Daniel's, and burn it on the infield of the Daytona speedway. And as for you, Lynyrd Skynyrd - y'all ain't even Lynryd Skynyrd! I don't care how many little brothers Ronnie Van Zant had, the band died in the plane crash. And what's the deal: 'Saturday Night Special' or 'Gimme Back My Bullets'? Make up your mind, change your name to the Southern Rock Old Fart Tribute Band, AND GET A NEW STAGE BACKDROP!"
Is John Edwards going to say anything even remotely resembling this in the South Carolina primary?
When is someone gonna say to the Confederate Flag People:
"You know, y'all - I can call y'all y'all, right? - when y'all talk about the Confederate flag as 'heritage' y'all remind me of an 85 year old German who was 'just following orders'. Neither one deserves any honor at all. Know what else you got in common with the Nazis? Y'all both LOST! State's rights my ass. The Confederate cause was the enslavement. of. human. beings. It's time to take that flag, soak it in a barrel of Jack Daniel's, and burn it on the infield of the Daytona speedway. And as for you, Lynyrd Skynyrd - y'all ain't even Lynryd Skynyrd! I don't care how many little brothers Ronnie Van Zant had, the band died in the plane crash. And what's the deal: 'Saturday Night Special' or 'Gimme Back My Bullets'? Make up your mind, change your name to the Southern Rock Old Fart Tribute Band, AND GET A NEW STAGE BACKDROP!"
Is John Edwards going to say anything even remotely resembling this in the South Carolina primary?
Most Obscure Godfather Political Reference Ever Seen
"New York Daily News"
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Zev Chafets of the NY Daily News dismisses John Edwards by likening him to Merle Johnson, Connie's pretty boy golddigger in Godfather 2.
Now I'll leave Edwards aside for the moment. I haven't met him yet. Now that might sound like the old New Hampshire primary joke but in Iowa it's the truth. So far this cycle I've met Dean, Gephardt and Kerry without leaving town, and skipped out on Edwards at least twice and Daschle once. No big deal. In Iowa there's always another chance.
Now, back to important stuff: The Godfather. An ongoing discussion at the Godfather bulletin board is whether Merle married Connie. I think he took Michael's disapproval as An Offer He Couldn't Refuse, since after the communion party that opens the Pacino part of the film we never see Merle again.
Another movie-politics note is the forthcoming Civil War flick "Gods and Generals". Senator Robert Byrd, who got to be the GOP's favorite whipping boy in the Lott debacle due to his ancient Klan membership, makes the spectacular poor timing gaffe of appearing in a cameo in this film as a Confederate officer! However, most stories on this don't mention that fellow Senator George Allen (R-VA) and recent retiree Phil Gramm (R-TX) also appear as Southern officers, making the gaffe bipartisan. However, near as I know neither Gramm or Allen is on tape saying "nigger" in the last year... also seems odd that Byrd would play a Confederate since West Virginia's very existence is due to the region's loyalty to the Union. Anyway, no traction on this bipartisan oops.
So the Godfather connection: Robert Duvall plays Robert E. Lee, adding to his portrayal of illustrious and/or infamous historic figures including Adolf Eichmann, Josef Stalin, Eisenhower, and Jesse James - not to mention the original (movie) Frank Burns, Boo Radley in "To Kill a Mockingbird," the absolutely unforgettable Col. Kilgore ("I love the smell of napalm in the morning") in Apocalypse Now, and of course Tom Hagen in Godfather 1 and 2 but most unfortunately not 3.
I also should mention that Troy Donahue's real name was Merle Johnson.
"New York Daily News"
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Zev Chafets of the NY Daily News dismisses John Edwards by likening him to Merle Johnson, Connie's pretty boy golddigger in Godfather 2.
Now I'll leave Edwards aside for the moment. I haven't met him yet. Now that might sound like the old New Hampshire primary joke but in Iowa it's the truth. So far this cycle I've met Dean, Gephardt and Kerry without leaving town, and skipped out on Edwards at least twice and Daschle once. No big deal. In Iowa there's always another chance.
Now, back to important stuff: The Godfather. An ongoing discussion at the Godfather bulletin board is whether Merle married Connie. I think he took Michael's disapproval as An Offer He Couldn't Refuse, since after the communion party that opens the Pacino part of the film we never see Merle again.
Another movie-politics note is the forthcoming Civil War flick "Gods and Generals". Senator Robert Byrd, who got to be the GOP's favorite whipping boy in the Lott debacle due to his ancient Klan membership, makes the spectacular poor timing gaffe of appearing in a cameo in this film as a Confederate officer! However, most stories on this don't mention that fellow Senator George Allen (R-VA) and recent retiree Phil Gramm (R-TX) also appear as Southern officers, making the gaffe bipartisan. However, near as I know neither Gramm or Allen is on tape saying "nigger" in the last year... also seems odd that Byrd would play a Confederate since West Virginia's very existence is due to the region's loyalty to the Union. Anyway, no traction on this bipartisan oops.
So the Godfather connection: Robert Duvall plays Robert E. Lee, adding to his portrayal of illustrious and/or infamous historic figures including Adolf Eichmann, Josef Stalin, Eisenhower, and Jesse James - not to mention the original (movie) Frank Burns, Boo Radley in "To Kill a Mockingbird," the absolutely unforgettable Col. Kilgore ("I love the smell of napalm in the morning") in Apocalypse Now, and of course Tom Hagen in Godfather 1 and 2 but most unfortunately not 3.
I also should mention that Troy Donahue's real name was Merle Johnson.
4 Ocak 2003 Cumartesi
Hatch Interested In Supreme Court
"Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orin Hatch (R) "has been spreading the word" that "perhaps it's time his name should be sent to" his committee as the next Supreme Court nominee, the Washingtonian reports. "Hatch has surfaced in the past as a potential Supreme Court nominee. If anything works against him..."
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Well, the Rehnquist Retirement Watch is underway.
A Hatch appointment would be hard to Bork. Part of why Ashcroft got through as AG with relative ease was the ancient tradition of Senate collegiality. It's harder to bash a colleague. Hatch has cross-aisle friendships, most notably with Ted Kennedy. And the dilemma for Judiciary Dems: if by some miracle they actually block Hatch, he's right back as committee chair.
A non-Iowan might not have ever noticed, but anyone else remember Hatch running for President in 2000? Dead last in Iowa - McCain beat him not only not coming to Iowa but actively attacking the Iowa Caucuses (the old Gore '88 strategy). Tangent: Which Democrat is going to be the anti-Iowa Caucus candidate? I'll bet Bob Graham if he gets in (Edwards is already playing here).
Back to Hatch: That would tighten the Senate margin at least temporarily, but UT has a GOP governor and is so weak for Democrats that Clinton actually finished THIRD in 1992. But Jim Matheson could be a player. Maybe Gov. Leavitt could appont SLC Olympic chair Mitt Romney... oh, wait. I forgot.
It gets worse. Four words: Chief Justice Clarence Thomas.
"Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orin Hatch (R) "has been spreading the word" that "perhaps it's time his name should be sent to" his committee as the next Supreme Court nominee, the Washingtonian reports. "Hatch has surfaced in the past as a potential Supreme Court nominee. If anything works against him..."
On Political Wire via News Is Free
Well, the Rehnquist Retirement Watch is underway.
A Hatch appointment would be hard to Bork. Part of why Ashcroft got through as AG with relative ease was the ancient tradition of Senate collegiality. It's harder to bash a colleague. Hatch has cross-aisle friendships, most notably with Ted Kennedy. And the dilemma for Judiciary Dems: if by some miracle they actually block Hatch, he's right back as committee chair.
A non-Iowan might not have ever noticed, but anyone else remember Hatch running for President in 2000? Dead last in Iowa - McCain beat him not only not coming to Iowa but actively attacking the Iowa Caucuses (the old Gore '88 strategy). Tangent: Which Democrat is going to be the anti-Iowa Caucus candidate? I'll bet Bob Graham if he gets in (Edwards is already playing here).
Back to Hatch: That would tighten the Senate margin at least temporarily, but UT has a GOP governor and is so weak for Democrats that Clinton actually finished THIRD in 1992. But Jim Matheson could be a player. Maybe Gov. Leavitt could appont SLC Olympic chair Mitt Romney... oh, wait. I forgot.
It gets worse. Four words: Chief Justice Clarence Thomas.
2 Ocak 2003 Perşembe
TWO DIE AFTER BEING TREATED BY REPUBLICAN SENATOR
"Right-wing Senate majority leader Bill Frist, a wealthy surgeon, was spotted by witnesses at the scene of a major highway disaster in Florida on New Years Day. Although Frist claimed to authorities that he was, "just trying to help", that came as little consolation to the two victims who perished -- including a 10 year old boy. Four others "treated" by "Doctor" Frist were listed in grave condition.
Frist, a conservative right-wing Republican from the Southern state of Tennessee, was once a heart and lung surgeon before quitting medicine nearly a decade ago. It is unknown whether Frist is still technically qualified to treat victims of serious accidents..."
Read on, it manages to touch a lot more bases.
"Right-wing Senate majority leader Bill Frist, a wealthy surgeon, was spotted by witnesses at the scene of a major highway disaster in Florida on New Years Day. Although Frist claimed to authorities that he was, "just trying to help", that came as little consolation to the two victims who perished -- including a 10 year old boy. Four others "treated" by "Doctor" Frist were listed in grave condition.
Frist, a conservative right-wing Republican from the Southern state of Tennessee, was once a heart and lung surgeon before quitting medicine nearly a decade ago. It is unknown whether Frist is still technically qualified to treat victims of serious accidents..."
Read on, it manages to touch a lot more bases.
1 Ocak 2003 Çarşamba
Outflanked Democrats Wonder How to Catch Up in Media Wars: New York Times: Politics: "Democrats are scouring the nation for a liberal answer to Rush Limbaugh and others on the deep bench of Republican friends."
This is a good read and about time...
This is a good read and about time...
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