Archive for May, 2008

Damn Goalie Set Me Up

May 28, 2008 at 7:57 pm

We just might be hearing that someday soon in Washington, with the news that DC City Councilman Marion Barry wants to build a $150 million soccer stadium.

But what would they name such a taxpayer-funded behemoth?

Simple.  Surely they’ve got to recognize DC’s most famous politician.  Marion Barry Stadium.  That name sings, doesn’t it?  Imagine …

Marion Barry soccer stadium

Of course, at Marion Barry Stadium you won’t see signs like, “Watch for batted balls.”  Instead, they’ll say something like, “Please do not snort the midfield line.”

Washington, DC  sports

Stone-Faced Resilience

May 28, 2008 at 2:25 pm

AP:

MOUNT RUSHMORE, S.D. - Hillary Rodham Clinton, her future far from carved in stone, paid a visit to the famed Mount Rushmore monument Wednesday.

Campaigning in South Dakota before the state’s June 3 Democratic presidential primary, Clinton bundled up against chilly temperatures to walk through the monument and listen as a national park ranger described the history of the mountainside chiseled with the visages of Presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt.

Trailing rival Barack Obama among delegates with just three primaries left in the calendar, Clinton has little chance of securing the nomination. Perhaps mindful of the odds, the former first lady carefully avoided questions about whether she or former President Clinton might be added to the monument one day.

“Why don’t you go learn something about the monument?” she told reporters, laughing.

Learn something about the monument, indeed.  It was Clinton’s first visit to Mount Rushmore since John Edwards was added.

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Hillary Clinton

Harold And The Purple Protest

May 28, 2008 at 12:05 pm

A young whipper-snapper send this note:

Who could forget the weeks of protests outside the Vice President’s residence after the 2000 presidential elections?

Or the months of protests in 1985 outside the South African Embassy on Massachusetts Avenue, which prompted the US government to pressure the South African government to end apartheid.

Both are examples of how civil disobedience changed the course of history, or at least how it was seen and remembered by millions on TV.

So imagine what it will be like for Clinton senior advisor Harold Ickes if he succeeds in overturning the Democratic nomination results, beginning with this weekend’s DNC Rules & Bylaws meeting.

The scene: outside Ickes’ residence in Georgetown.

The time: every evening around 5 p.m., beginning, say, next week or so.

The players: hundreds of young sign-carrying Washington interns, organized by MoveOn.org perhaps, diligently and emphatically protesting Harold Ickes’ attempt to steal the Democratic nomination on behalf of Hillary Clinton.

Stay tuned to your favorite cable television station.

Harold Ickes Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

With every DC insider scrambling to get their hands on former Bush White House press secretary Scott McClellan’s new book, “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and What’s Wrong with Washington,” here’s an exclusive look at current Hillary Clinton campaign communications director Howard Wolfson’s forthcoming tell-all …

Scott McClellan Howard Wolfson

President George Bush  Hillary Clinton

We Don’t Need Another Zero

May 28, 2008 at 7:53 am

Interesting equation in today’s Howard Kurtz story on MSNBC going left.

Do these two elements add up?

This:

Olbermann has also unloaded on the presumed Republican nominee, sometimes with the on-screen headline “Double Talk Express.” When McCain missed a vote on legislation to expand educational benefits for veterans, Olbermann accused him of “political opportunism.” When the Arizona senator suggested that as president he would regularly answer questions before Congress, Olbermann said: “John McCain would last 11 minutes doing it before he swore or punched somebody or stormed out or all three.”

And this:

But news and opinion often seem to merge on primary nights. MSNBC’s coverage is anchored by Matthews, a onetime Democratic operative, and Olbermann, the “Countdown” host who recently finished one anti-Bush commentary by instructing the president to “shut the hell up.”

On election nights, Griffin says, Matthews and Olbermann “put on different hats. I think the audience gets it. . . . I see zero problem.”

Zero problem, perhaps, if there’s zero problem with a presidential nominee being called the worst person in the world?

Keith Olbermann John McCain

John McCain  Cable TV

Let’s Go To The Greaseboard

May 27, 2008 at 5:24 pm

This special report from our exclusive Superdelegate Tracker, reporting live from the field:

Here’s the Superdelegate Tracker’s numbers, as of May 26, 2008:

Obama 320.5
Clinton 282.5
Undeclared 163
Add-Ons To Be Named 29
Vacancies 3

Bottom line:

Tim Russert superdelegate

Superdelegate Tracker

When Good Karma Goes Bad

May 27, 2008 at 3:21 pm

If Sharon Stone were really serious about wanting to help people, she might start by apologizing to the governor of California.

Hollywood

Obama Wins!

May 27, 2008 at 2:27 pm

Opening Day, Nationals Stadium, April 2009.

Middle of the 4th inning.

Once again, Teddy comes in last, embarrassing himself while losing to Abe, George and Tom.

But who’s that new President with the big ears and winning smile?

Could it be?

Barack Obama wins nationals baseball Teddy

Barack Obama

celebrity babble  Funniest 2008

A Heavy Dose Of Esther-gen

May 27, 2008 at 11:50 am

If you saw HBO’s “Recount” over the weekend, you might have laughed at this great scene featuring Laura Dern as Katherine Harris.

Focus your attention specifically on his hilarious Harris line:

“I have been reading my Bible quite a bit here lately, And I have been feeling this unusually strong kinship with Queen Esther. If you recall, Queen Esther, she was willing to sacrifice herself to save the lovely Jewish people.”

If that line is any guide, whom else might Harris have had a kinship with? Would you believe Hillary Clinton?

Afraid so. Here’s Clinton last month:

“… the recent Purim holiday for Jews raised the question of Esther. And I have been — ever since I was a little girl — a great admirer of Esther. And I used to ask that that be read to me over and over again, because there weren’t too many models of women who had the opportunity to make a decision, to take a chance, a risk that, you know, was very courageous.”

Harris and Clinton both inspired by Esther … Yup, that’s the whole megillah.

Megillah Esther

Politics  Hillary Clinton

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