In December we noted that the wife of Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell was a Washington Redskins cheerleader back in 1974.

We ran this photo of Maureen.

We got a nice chuckle out of the item.  But we didn’t think we’d need to update it.

Turns out, we do.

Fast forward from the 1974 Redskins cheerleaders to the 2008 Washington Wizards cheerleaders.

Guess who, apparently, is the poster girl for the Wizard Girls.

See any similarity?

We noticed this photo on two blogs, here and here.Quite an inspiration.  And if you look at the linked blogs, quite a realization how much life was tamer 34 years ago.

Poor Michael Silence.  Our favorite blogger — indeed, our perennial choice to win the Pulitzer Prize for Community-Serving Blogging — seems to have lost command of his considerable senses.  Today he praises — egads! — Heath Shuler.

Michael uses this article …

In surprisingly blunt language, U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler complained this week of “a lack of maturity” in the U.S. House.

The North Carolina Democrat accused some of his fellow lawmakers of thinking they’re “Hollywood stars” and said many of them spend more time playing politics than doing what’s best for the country.

“It’s quite embarrassing,” he said. “I mean, I wish all constituents could sit sometimes in the gallery and just see what goes on on the House floor.”

… to make this observation (as conveyed by Instapundit):

Now this is some talk I can get behind. Shuler ought to team up with U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-TN, to bring some sense to both chambers. Isn’t it refreshing when members break ranks. I call that a sanity break.

The problem is, Heath Shuler is the last person who should call others embarrassing.

Consider Shuler’s track record with the word:

• The April 18, 1997 Washington Times:   Shuler threw five interceptions in an embarrassing home loss to Arizona.”
• The August 30, 1995 Virginian-Pilot: Shuler’s 11-of-32, five-interception performance against the Arizona Cardinals at RFK Stadium. That was a 19-16 overtime loss in which 46 of Shuler’s 158 passing yards came on a first-quarter toss to Brian Mitchell. Thirty-one other throws gained an embarrassing 102 yards and earned Shuler a three-week seat on the bench, officially with a sprained ankle.
• October 5, 1994 Philadelphia Daily News: “Redskins are 1-4 and are coming off an embarrassing, 34-7 homefield loss to Dallas in which high-priced rookie quarterback Heath Shuler appeared clueless.”
• September 5, 1994 Washington Post: “One of the more embarrassing plays was the first play of Shuler’s second drive in the second quarter. Left guard Ray Brown and left tackle Jim Lachey pulled, but Seahawks defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy knocked Lachey into Shuler before he could start the play.”

Our dear friend Michael Silence may praise Shuler for crossing lines.  But to folks familiar with Shuler’s history with the Redskins, it’s more like just another interception.

Since Hillary Clinton has introduced the memory of Robert F. Kennedy into the presidential campaign, it’s only fitting that we Redskins fans remember him, too.

After all, we are the football fans we’ve been waiting for.

As a loyal Redskin fan, this blog’s ears perk up whenever we see mention of the hated Cowboys — and politics.
But there it was, in today’s story about Jim Gilmore raising money for his Virginia Senate run:

Pete Coors, chairman of Coors Brewing, former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach, golfer Ben Crenshaw and Louis Beecherl, former chief executive of Texas Oil and Gas, have donated to the campaign in recent weeks, according to the statement.

Staubach.  Yuch!  Fortunately, we also saw this picture of Virginia’s Attorney General Bob McDonnell, who married a Redskins cheerleader from the Staubach era.  We felt great relief.  All is well again in Redskins country.

The Swamp nails it:

… the first party honcho to tip his hand following Tuesday primaries that boosted Obama signed up with … Hillary Clinton.

A cynic might note that in announcing his support for Clinton, Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina was aping his ill-fated pro football career — joining the roster of a losing team.

That’s hardly cynicism, though.  That’s Redskins reality.

The Sunday Washington Post Magazine imagines …

President Heath Shuler’s “New Pioneers” call in 2017 for Americans to decentralize, to leave behind the congested and crumbling 1960s suburbs and embark on a massive resettlement of the land beyond the exurbs. Shuler’s lure was the great open spaces that were now finally fully linked to AmeriWeb, the wireless information network that extended into every community in the land, the result of the most massive public works project since the construction of the interstate highway system.

President Shuler?   Nice dream.  About as likely to come true as our old dreams of a completed pass.

Hail To The Outsourcing!

Cheers to Politico’s Anne Schroeder Mullins for this sensational Shenanigans item:

As the NFL Draft approaches ESPN.com lists the “Can-Miss Kids” on their homepage — aka the biggest busts in the NFL.

It lists Shuler at #4.

4. QB Heath Shuler (Tennessee)

Drafted by: Redskins, first round, No. 3 overall, 1994 Shuler started eight games as a rookie and certainly didn’t look like an immediate bust, throwing 10 TDs and 11 interceptions. However, over the next three years with the Redskins and Saints, he would throw 21 interceptions to just five touchdown passes. He was out of the league by 1998.

Poor things.

From this ….

To this ….

At this rate, soon they’ll be appearing at openings of new Olive Gardens.

A proud salute to former Redskin Darrell Green — and of course Art Monk — for getting selected into the Hall of Fame today.  This White House photo proves that even a presumed Dallas Cowboys fan could be happy in #28’s presence.