Whenever wingnuts start immodestly praising Harry Truman, sensible people are advised to hold onto their wallets and hunker down, the BS will blow like a hurricane I assure you.
Today Jeff goes to great lengths to laud the simplicity of Harry Truman's post presidential rectitude with the exorbitant speaking fees and lavish money-grubbing of the current crop of Ex-Presidents.
Well it is true that Truman turned down a lot of lucrative deals on the grounds that they would diminish the office of the Presidency. However Jeff declines to note that Former President Truman lobbied then House Speaker Sam Rayburn for a Federal pension, he requested such on grounds that he might have to take some undignified offers down the road owing to his own lack of resources.
That is the little know origin of the current presidential pension system, it is quite literally "keep-em'-out-of-trouble" money.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
The Inevitability of Betrayal Part II
A power-point presentation from out the Romney campaign reviewed by the Globe,advises the Former Viceroy to "run against France" in the coming GOP primaries.
Aside from the ugly cynicism of this notion, just what the hell did the Fifth French Republic ever do to Mitt Romney to deserve such scorn and contempt?
As I recall,Mitt made ample use of the traditional French hospitality towards refugees when the Future Viceroy was dodging the US Draft by posing as Mormon Missionary in Paris back in '68.
You see what a vile little backstabbing ratfink Willard Mitt Romney really is...the French kindly help him to avoid an early death in the Mekong Delta and how does he repay them but with catcalls and brickbats.
Shameful really.
Oh and by the way, that proposed campaign slogan "First Not France" sounds patently idiotic, if Romney's campaign actually paid for that moronic sound bite they have good grounds to demand their money back.
Aside from the ugly cynicism of this notion, just what the hell did the Fifth French Republic ever do to Mitt Romney to deserve such scorn and contempt?
As I recall,Mitt made ample use of the traditional French hospitality towards refugees when the Future Viceroy was dodging the US Draft by posing as Mormon Missionary in Paris back in '68.
You see what a vile little backstabbing ratfink Willard Mitt Romney really is...the French kindly help him to avoid an early death in the Mekong Delta and how does he repay them but with catcalls and brickbats.
Shameful really.
Oh and by the way, that proposed campaign slogan "First Not France" sounds patently idiotic, if Romney's campaign actually paid for that moronic sound bite they have good grounds to demand their money back.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Al Gore Uber Alles
The Former Vice President, wins an Osar for Best Feature Length Documentary at last night's Academy Awards.
Even as I write this, there are activists with no small amount of organizational muscle and money who are staking all on a last ditch attempt to tempt Gore into running for President in '08.
There is out there, the annual democratic disillsionment with the current field concurrent with the eternal hope of someone from out Neverland who can unite the party and smite the GOP.
Alas Gore may not be interested and if Lieberman does jump to the GOP then there will be some hard questions asked about the former VP's judgement out on the campaign trail...to say nothing of the baying hounds of the DC Punditariat.
Even as I write this, there are activists with no small amount of organizational muscle and money who are staking all on a last ditch attempt to tempt Gore into running for President in '08.
There is out there, the annual democratic disillsionment with the current field concurrent with the eternal hope of someone from out Neverland who can unite the party and smite the GOP.
Alas Gore may not be interested and if Lieberman does jump to the GOP then there will be some hard questions asked about the former VP's judgement out on the campaign trail...to say nothing of the baying hounds of the DC Punditariat.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
The Inevitability of Betrayal (Part One)
If....Senator Joe Lieberman makes good on last week's airy threat to switch to switch over to the GOP, will he take Radio Talk Show host Ed Schultz with him?
Will "Big Ed" bow his head in agreement when Lieberman starts up with that "I didn't leave the dems, the dems left me" routine?
Schultz did alibi for Lieberman quite a bit last year, I wonder what he thinks now of all these "I'm outa here" trial balloons Joe has been sending up?
Okay this is snarky, churlish and mean...even more so when you consider Humble Elias was a regular listener to Ed's show when he was on via the Air America Radio package last year.
Will "Big Ed" bow his head in agreement when Lieberman starts up with that "I didn't leave the dems, the dems left me" routine?
Schultz did alibi for Lieberman quite a bit last year, I wonder what he thinks now of all these "I'm outa here" trial balloons Joe has been sending up?
Okay this is snarky, churlish and mean...even more so when you consider Humble Elias was a regular listener to Ed's show when he was on via the Air America Radio package last year.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Item!
the word on the street is, if he gets an offer he'll take that job everyone is talking about.
Why?
He has mouths to feed and the perks and pay for the new gig can't be beat.
So if it happens, and it might not, an old fashioned donnybrook contested primary will be the inevitable result, the Commonwealth's favorite spectator sport.
Why?
He has mouths to feed and the perks and pay for the new gig can't be beat.
So if it happens, and it might not, an old fashioned donnybrook contested primary will be the inevitable result, the Commonwealth's favorite spectator sport.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Another in an ever lengthening list of reasons why
The Chimes at Midnight eschews all comment fields and message boards.
I hardly have time to disgorge my demented and churlish opinions onto the internet let alone police a notional Chimes at Midnight comments board for any freeperish skullduggery.
Anonymity gives netizens a false sense of power, it is however a wonderful tool for shills and advertisers.
I hardly have time to disgorge my demented and churlish opinions onto the internet let alone police a notional Chimes at Midnight comments board for any freeperish skullduggery.
Anonymity gives netizens a false sense of power, it is however a wonderful tool for shills and advertisers.
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