John Edwards: A Nightmare on Pennyslvania Avenue if Dems Nominate Hilary

Hillary Roughed up In Debate

This blogger thinks Edwards won last night's caustic Democratic debate. Let's keep in mind that it's in the media's best interests for this race to be competitive, and looking at it through that lens we might have anticipated them knocking Hillary down a few rungs. She's had basically a completely free ride for the past six months or so, with the media being fixated on vital national issues like John Edwards' hair and how Barack Obama can't seem to walk and chew gum at the same time. Today as we can see in this Politico article, it's being reported pretty universally that Hillary had a bad debate last night in Philadelphia. I'm not sure that it should be a newsflash to anyone that she's a quintessential politician who speaks out of both sides of her mouth, though. The press' coverage of the campaigns thus far for the 2008 presidential election has been completely and totally abysmal.

Edwards, Obama Rip Hillary in Debate

Well it's nice to see that these guys have finally taken their sniffing salts. Up until now all the candidates have been as quiet as church mice regarding Hillary, especially her unbelievable recent Senate vote to label the Iranian army a terrorist organization--a vote many see as the first step in the Bush's plan to attack that country. Competition is good, and it's vital for voters to have a real choice for this nomination. It's important to note that four years ago conventional wisdom had Howard Dean running away with the nomination, similar to how Hillary is viewed today. We all know how that finished up.

Barack Obama Dances on TV

Schwarzenegger: "Marijuana is not a drug..."

It's too bad Arnold isn't eligible to run for President due to the fact that he wasn't born in America, because the guy has clearly found his groove politically, if you know what I mean (story here). He's taken the lead on fighting global warming and on stem cell research, and has been widely praised for his handling of the recent California wildfires. One must question the legitimacy of a system that allows for someone like George W. Bush to ascend to the presidency, but does not allow other based solely on their country of origin.

Hillary and Rudy: Separated At Birth?

Certainly on the social hot button issues of abortion, gun control, and gay rights, you can't slip a piece of loose-leaf paper between the positions of Rudy and Hillary, as this article reports.

With Hillary recently voting to label the Iranian Republican Guard a terrorist organization, and Rudy increasingly surrounding himself with hawkish, neocon advisers one has to wonder if there's meaningful differences between them with regards to foreign policy, either.

With precious little on the policy front to separate these two New York liberals, if they do eventually become their party's respective nominee we can expect an unprecedented fuselage of negative personal attacks aimed towards each other in order to win. There will be no shortage of ammunition on either side.

Gerald Ford: Bill Clinton Is a Sex Addict

Obama Promises to Sack-Up Against Hillary

This news comes as a relief for those who hope Hillary doesn't waltz to the end zone for the Democratic nomination. Obama's donors, who've helped him raise an enormous amount of money, were becoming increasingly alarmed at his seeming complacency with regards to engaging Hillary and accentuating their differences. Tearing down Hillary will also benefit the current third choice for the Democrats, John Edwards.

Ron Paul Campaign Busted Taking Money from Neo-Nazi

No shocker here, Paul's libertarian campaign appeals to the most freakish extremists in American society.

My Email from Al Gore

I just got an e-mail from Al Gore. Literally two minutes ago, and here it is:

Dear Minor,

Current, the media company I co-founded six years ago with my partner Joel Hyatt, just last week launched a new web site that integrates television and the Web in an unprecedented way. It provides, as never before, a platform for citizens to make the media their own.

One of the features I'm most excited about on Current.com is called Viewpoints. Viewpoints is a virtual town hall where you can share your opinions, in video, about the issues that matter in the 2008 election: from global warming to government eavesdropping, and many more.

This digital town hall is already bustling, and you can find viewpoints from me and from a lot of people, including the candidates running for President. Come and listen to their positions and, more importantly, tell them and the rest of the world what you think!

http://current.com/viewpoints

Since Viewpoints is the only place on the Web where you can easily share your view in video, my hope is that you'll take this opportunity to go toe-to-toe with the pundits on TV and help contribute to a new platform for public discourse. All it takes is a webcam and 60 seconds.

And, since we'll be taking the most popular and most compelling viewpoints and airing them on Current TV -- now available in 52 million homes around the world -- you may very well get your voice heard on our global TV network.

I look forward to seeing and hearing you on Current.com, as we deepen the discussion on these important topics:

http://current.com/viewpoints

Thank you,

Al Gore

Why would he all of a sudden start talking about the issues that will clearly decide the election in 2008 instead of solely global warming? Hmmm.....

Cheney Falls Asleep During Cabinet Meeting on California Fires

Too bad this isn't a firing offense. As abominable as the Presidency of George W. Bush has been, the world should thank its lucky stars--and keep their fingers crossed, that its him in the Oval Office and not Cheney.

Mark Zuckerberg: Meet the 23yr Old Dork Worth $5 Billion

This is the cat who invented Facebook, which just sold a minuscule portion of itself to Microsoft. The amount Microsoft paid for its slice of the company makes its founder, this pimple faced 23yr old turbo-nerd, worth $5 Billion on paper. We could be in another bubble.

Klein: GOP to Play Anti-Immigrant Card in 2008

When you stop and think about it, the only truly 'legal' Americans were probably the American Indian. We all know what's happened to them. Joe Klein from Time magazine reports that Republicans in 2008 are planning to run a fierce anti-immigration campaign.

Top Investor: "US Already is In a Recession"

When Jim Rogers speaks about the economy and investing, people listen.

Colbert Reaches Double-Digits as 3rd Party Candidate

Even though he's a comedian and his campaign isn't serious, this still has to be disheartening to folks like Joe Biden, Bill Richardson, Duncan Hunter, etc. who have been running for six months plus now, desperately and thus far fruitlessly seeking attention of almost any kind.

George W. Bush: Massive Government Spender

The data contained in this article should crash once and for all the notion that Republicans are the 'small government, fiscally responsible' party. Put simply, in his six plus years in office George W. Bush has spent taxpayer money like a drunken sailor.

If It's Rudy against Hillary, It Will Get Ugly

This is a fascinating post: It appears that both parties are being pulled toward their outer edges in preparation for an all out war for the presidency in 2008. As Luntz's study shows (seen in the YouTube video), Republicans are more than anything terrified of Hillary winning the presidency and are looking at Rudy to save them. Democrats, mindful and fearful of what happened when Kerry was swiftboated by the right wing and balked at returning fire in 2004, seem predestined to elect the meanest, nastiest Democrat out there--someone who could return fire not with a cap gun but with a howitzer. That person of course being Hillary Clinton. If this match-up comes to fruition, it will make the election of 2004 look like Sesame Street.

Bolton Works To Undermine His Former Boss' Foreign Policy

If you'll recall this frothing at the mouth rabid dog of a foreign hard-liner was amazingly enough the United States' ambassador to the United Nations for several ignominious months earlier on in W's term. War crazed neocons like John Bolton got us into Iraq, and they are clearly Republican. One of the major reasons why Joe Voter might want to think twice about pulling the lever for the Republican candidate in the next election in 2008 would be to decrease the likelihood that nuts like this are in positions to create national foreign policy.

Man, 24, Loses 82 Year Old Wife

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GOP Debate Turns into Food Fight

With so much at stake and there still being nowhere near a clear front runner at this late hour, the Republican debate held in Florida over the weekend was very lively, with all the leading candidates taking turns flinging mud at one another. The caricatures that each are trying to paint one another as are as follows: Giuliani is a thrice married, pro-abortion, anti-gun city slicker who is the male version of Hillary Clinton. Mitt Romney is the ultimate flip-flopping political chameleon, who will say anything or do anything to get elected. Fred Thompson is a lazy, age 60 going on 90, undistinguished lightweight. John McCain, is, well John McCain--he can't be trusted to come through for the right wing.

Fred Thompson Campaign Devolving Into National Joke

Boy, it didn't take too long for this guy to crater, did it? Not exactly the next coming of Ronald Reagan, as he was initially advertised....

Huckabee Momentum Growing

David Brooks is the latest conservative pundit to hop on the Mike Huckabee bandwagon. He's the most intellectually pure conservative Republican in the race for president. Add to that he's an extremely good campaigner and apparently very good natured and likable. Huckabee might just be the Republican nominee when it's all said and done.

Coming: Mobile Phone Use on Airplanes?

Could air travel possibly become more of a miserable experience? That answer is a resounding yes: Imagine a half dozen noisy, rude people yapping away about useless drivel near you while you are attempting to fall asleep. As this article tells us, mobile phone use on airplanes might be right around the corner.

Trump Goes off on Bush

Obama on Tonight Show to Hillary: Not So Fast

Dick Morris: Here Comes Huckabee

I've long said that Huckabee should be taken seriously, being the only true conservative in the Republican field with a fighting shot at the nomination. Dick Morris, in this article, agrees.

Carville: Jeb Bush will be GOP Nominee

Carville, who's advising Hillary Clinton, is paid to say crazy things like this. In essence he's floating a trial balloon to see how it is received by the media and public. Jeb Bush very well may run in 2012 or 2016, but there's no way on God's green earth he's running in 2008, directly after eight years of his brother's deeply unpopular presidency. That would be dumb, and say what you will about the Bushes, they are not typically dumb when it comes to running for and winning the American presidency. Jeb 2012? You bet. Jeb 2008? No way.

Hillary Calls Gore to Congratulate Him

Story here. I wonder what else they discussed....

Putin Visits Iran, Lays Down Gauntlet with USA

Putin is telling Bush and Cheney here to think very carefully before attacking Iran. Under the Bush administration, America's loss of power and prestige throughout the world has been nothing short of remarkable.

Gore Begins Discussing Issues Other Than Global Warming on His TV Network

This is a very very interesting development. Starting yesterday, Gore began using his own TV network Current to speak out on major issues other than global warming, including American health care insurance, protection against warrantless invasions of our privacy, and the war in Iraq. In other words the very issues that will decide who wins the presidency in 2008.

Fox's New Business Channel Launches Today, Look for Heated Battle with CNBC

This pretty much pits Rupert Murdoch against General Electric, and as this article reports, sparks have already begun to fly. Expect many more, as Murdoch doesn't always play nice, and GE isn't exactly a shrinking violet when it comes to business, either.

Heat Rises in both Parties' Races

You've got Giuliani and McCain teaming up to try and torpedo Romney, and Obama and Edwards using increasingly sharp attacks against Hillary. Finally, things are starting to get interesting. Story here.

Reports: Sarkozy and Wife Headed for Splittsville

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McCain: The Comeback Kid?

Although it's pretty hard to call someone in his 70's a kid, it does appear that McCain has recovered a bit, as discussed in this Politico story. It's more a reflection of the pathetic state of the current lineup of Republican candidates, though, than a true groundswell of support for McCain.

Thompson Missing in New Hampshire

After an initial buzz, the Thompson campaign is officially on the ropes. He appears to be a somewhat lazy campaigner, and that is the one trait that you cannot be in the early primary and caucus states of New Hampshire and Iowa. Story on the NH situation here:

NYT: Gore Derangement Syndrome

For some reason, no one causes the right wing to hyperventilate and act silly more than Al Gore does, and frankly it is very weird. I think Paul Krugman is on to something here when he writes that it is mostly because George W. Bush is a mistake of history, a terrible aberration that happened because of the 2000 election fiasco. Smearing Gore is their attempt to bring him down to W's level.

Ex-US Commander in Iraq calls War a "Nightmare with no end in sight."

The Bush administration has been catastrophically incompetent on just about everything, from global warming to, of course, Iraq.

Microsoft's Ballmer Calls Rivals "Pretenders"

It seems like Ballmer is in a fighting mood these days, and with Google's stock price having eclipsed $600 for the first time this week, it's not too hard to see why. In today's increasingly web-based computing world, Microsoft is viewed as yesterday's news: a big, bloated dinosaur--while Google is the dynamic new kid on the block. Ask your average superstar computer nerd fresh out of college where they would prefer to work, Microsoft or Google: probably 9 out of 10 would say Google.

Al Gore: Nobel Prize, Presidency Next

Here's a pretty impassioned call for him to run, anyway. He still hasn't told supporters to stop organizing on his behalf--something he had done much earlier on 4 years ago. More about that here.

Bono's Comments on Torture in Speech Whitewashed

This stuff used to happen all of the time in the Soviet Union. Bizarre.

Coming: The Google Phone?

Or the Gphone, as they are calling it. Needless to say, this talk has caught the attention of AT+T, Verizon, Sprint, Nokia and all the other telcom giants. When Google does something, it generally doesn't half-step....Story here

Hate Mail from Rush Limbaugh Dittoheads

The fringe right are a scary bunch, and their hero is Rush Limbaugh. This Daily Kos story shows some of the email that was received by votevets.org after the started broadcasting this video:

Pelosi Unplugged at Lunch

Madam Speaker dishes on anti-war activists, poll numbers, etc...

Gov. Mitt Romney meets a medical marijuana patient--Oct. 6

Personally, I think Romney handled this pretty well. A trap was set and he avoided being snared in it. The right wing of the Republican party, whose votes he's desperately courting for the nomination, would support legalized marijuana when pigs begin to fly.

Kid Rock Blasts Pamela Anderson on Letterman

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Nixon on Fred Thompson: "He's Dumb but Friendly"

That's not exactly a ringing endorsement. Thompson served as council for Nixon's Watergate defense team. To say that his campaign for president is floundering would be an understatement.

Microsoft CEO Ballmer: Google Reads Your E-Mail

Snippy snippy! Story here:

Hugh Grant Rips Party with College Cuties

Story, more pictures here:

SNL Spoofs Fred Thompson

Novak: Republican Colleagues Knew About Craig's Behavior

Tommy Lee Parties up a Storm in Hollywood

Great pictures here, make sure you watch the 'our friend' video in the story as well.

Tennessee Man Kills Himself at City Council Meeting

Story here. There are too many guns in this country.

Chris Matthews and Jon Stewart Clash over Book

Sizzler Sister Kate and Wills Back Together--Drunken Pictures Included

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Rush Limbaugh Defenders Eager to See Elizabeth Edwards Die of Cancer

Read some of the blog comments in this story from The Politico discussing Rush's Vietnam draft determent (he had a pimple on his ass). This is as low as it gets, folks....

Bush to Puzzled Audience: "I Make a Lot of Decisions"

We've seen six plus years of this, but apparently the President's performance in Pennsylvania last night was one for the ages: story here.

"You know, when you give a man more money in his pocket _ in this case, a woman _ more money in her pocket to expand a business, they build new buildings. And when somebody builds a new building, somebody has got to come and build the building.

"And when the building expanded, it prevented (sic) additional opportunities for people to work. Tax cuts matter. I'm going to spend some time talking about it," the president said.

Kevin Everett... kicks cop? - Mixed-up Sports Video

Giuliani Dogged by Phone Call

Most people think it was flat out bizarre when Rudy Giuliani interrupted a major speech to the NRA to take a call from his third wife Judith Nathan, and the story simply will not go away, as the New York Post reports:

Limbaugh Compares VoteVets Soldier Brian Mcgough to Suicide Bomber

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Rush was referring to this ad:

Congressman Darrell Issa Issues Veiled Threat to Fellow Congressman Regarding Blackwater Hearings

Rush Limbaugh Meet Brian McGough

General Batiste Responds to Limbaugh

Gore at The Emmy's

Hillary's Campaign Hits Turbulence / Laugh Examined by Jon Stewart

As reported in today's Politico: The 'Hillary Laugh' has been coming under increased scrutiny, including by Jon Stewart.