From everything I've seen of Katherine Weymouth, it appears the gene pool has been considerably diluted.

Posted at July 23, 2008 1:51 PM in response to Washington Post Editorial Falsely Claims Iraqi Political Leaders Don't Support Obama's Withdrawal Plan

Senator Schmendrake might be an orthodox Jew, while I, by comparison, am more or less of a non-practicing one (for all I know, moose are traife), but I'm going to say this anyway: Lieberman is a traitor to his religion. To consort and praise and endorse an intolerant extremist who believes all Jews are going to hell, who spreads hatred and bigotry, and who promotes injustice is a nothing less than a betrayal.

Posted at July 23, 2008 9:36 AM in response to Lieberman: "I Am Proud" To Speak At John Hagee Conference

And this doesn't even touch on how inspirational Obama has been to so many young black kids--that has to be a great thing.

And white kids -- like mine and their white friends.

Not sure what the impact is on mudbloods, though.

Posted at July 22, 2008 2:20 PM in response to At Jordan Presser, Obama Keeps Co-Opting GOP Language On Terror

McCain Meeting With Potential VP Jindal Tomorrow

McCain-Exorcist 2008!

Posted at July 22, 2008 10:09 AM in response to Election Central Morning Roundup

It is fun to see the other side eat their own, for a change.

Posted at July 22, 2008 8:45 AM in response to Conservative Senator Denied Delegate Slot For Not Being Right-Wing Enough

My understanding is that the Post editorial board made a conscious decision to position itself midway between The Wall Street Journal on the right and The New York Times on the left. I would say that puts them right of center, but regardless, this is a deliberate strategy.

At the same time, it's clear the news side of the paper has made a conscious effort to stay in the good graces of the powers that be. How else to explain their burying the lede on Maliki endorsing Obama's Iraq strategy or the decision to run a 12-part, front-page series on Chandra Levy instead of real investigative reporting about something that actually affects most Americans' lives?

One guess -- and I'm just speculating here -- is that the new publisher, Katherine Weymouth, is far more interested in sucking up to the D.C. establishment and far less courageous than her grandmother. Considering that Bush and Cheney have engaged in far worse abuses of power than Nixon, and that there has been nothing approaching Woodward/Bernstein during this time, this couldn't be more evident.

Posted at July 21, 2008 3:57 PM in response to Matt Drudge Doesn't Always Rule The Media's World, It Turns Out

Figures that the one time the MSM choose not to follow Drudge's lead, it's on an issue that works to the benefit of Obama. Further proof that the mythological term "liberal media" is an oxymoron.

Posted at July 21, 2008 2:22 PM in response to Matt Drudge Doesn't Always Rule The Media's World, It Turns Out

Obama To Meet With Merkel Next Week

Seems to me, all he's got to do to leave a good impression is not talk about eating pigs and not give her a massage. Anything beyond that would be icing on the cake.

Posted at July 18, 2008 9:22 AM in response to Election Central Morning Roundup

No surprise; I can't imagine him wanting to do it again.

I do think Obama should consider creating a global warming czar to coordinate EPA, DoE and other relevant departments/agencies and, if so, Gore would be the obvious person to do that.

Posted at July 18, 2008 9:21 AM in response to Gore: No VP Slot For Me

And down is up and left is right and right is wrong and the sun sets in the east.

Posted at July 17, 2008 11:18 AM in response to GOPers, McCain Camp Complain That Press Favors Obama!