2112

• There are a lot o’ reasons David Brooks is full of shit, this is just one o’ them … http://tinyurl.com/5dve7s #
• There’s a great Onion headline somewhere in this story, but where … http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080702/D91LLI5O0.html #
• Toke this mfkrs … http://tinyurl.com/5oos47 #

• This is just way far and away too much for a coffee free morn … http://tinyurl.com/44dysa #

[This is too darn typical for words] “It has long been known that Mr Clinton is angry at the way his own reputation was tarnished during the primary battle when several of his comments were interpreted as racist.

But his lingering fury has shocked his friends. The Democrat told the Telegraph: “He’s been angry for a while. But everyone thought he would get over it. He hasn’t. I’ve spoken to a couple of people who he’s been in contact with and he is mad as hell.

“He’s saying he’s not going to reach out, that Obama has to come to him. One person told me that Bill said Obama would have to quote kiss my ass close quote, if he wants his support.

“You can’t talk like that about Obama - he’s the nominee of your party, not some house boy you can order around.”

                                                   DIG IT, DIG IT HARD

Right around the time Senator Clinton coughed up that RFK remark I heard myself promise to send Chelsea Clinton’s first electoral oponent twenty bucks on general priciple … Maybe it wasn’t a big deal, but it was the straw that broke my particular camel’s back. So anyway I was wrong and today like a certain security guard I’ve heard tell of, I’d like to thank Bill for this.

Now I’ll never have to wonder how or what Bill thinks about us poor darker than not type folk again. Now I know … he thinks he’s Superman and that we’re his pets.

“Cease your inane ape grunts man spider” – Red Sonja

Guess what you two crazy kids, [and yes this mainly an excuse to post the photo above] Robert E. Howard’s “she devil with a sword” is back and Robert Rodriguez has her—literally and figuratively. The Sin City director will produce a new big-screen adventure featuring the crimson-haired pulp/comic-book vixen. [NOTE: Brigitte Nielsen wielded Sonja’s sword in a truly misguided and best forgotten 1985 version], Rodriguez’s Planet Terror zombie slayer and real-life home wrecker, Rose McGowan, will wiggle into Sonja’s metal mesh bikini for a 2010 release. [And maybe this is just me but maybe this time Sonja could have a friend].

[THE CHICAGO WAY?]“In a brief but animated Senate floor confrontation last week, according to a campaign aide who asked for anonymity when talking about private discussions, Obama told Lieberman he was surprised by Lieberman’s personal attacks and his half-hearted denials of the false rumors that Obama is a Muslim. Lieberman was “strangely muted” during the exchange;”

CAN YOU DIG IT?

Maybe a good VP audition would be chats in the wings with Joe. Hillary could take a basket of pecans and one of those infamous nutcrackers, Bill Richardson could steal a hot dog Joe’s still eating then straighten his tie and Jim Webb could bring along that aide who got busted with a pistol or just the pistol or just that shit-eating-grin from his four second [cock-blocking Bush] senate session.

[BAD ADVICE?] “With the primary race finally wrapped up, we asked a few friends of the magazine to consider the type of campaign Barack Obama should run against John McCain. Up first is William Galston, former policy advisor to Bill Clinton and current senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Seldom has the basic structure of an election tilted so strongly in the direction of the Democratic Party. In these circumstances especially, losing the presidential contest would be devastating for the party and would guarantee the continuation of divided government, at great cost to the country. In order to maximize his chances of winning, here are some of the steps Barack Obama needs to take.”

DIG IT?

The thing is that Galston’s entire line of thinking is at least 50.1% outdated [that it’s addressed to Obama not Clinton kind of freakin’ proves that doesn’t it?]. Or let me put it this way … if Obama and McCain are only going to fight over PA, OH, MI and FL it makes sense … if Obama and McCain are tied or better in CO, IN, IO, MO, NC, NM, NV, SC and VA its boneheaded and if the demographics in those last states favor Obama’s “creative class” appeal it’s downright silly. If anyone cares to place the bet that Obama can’t win without Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania – do the math yourself: 

I keep hearing that Clinton’s people are scared to death [to the point of threatening] that Obama will select a female VP not named Clinton and I suspect that she’s also concerned that an Obama admin likely to include at least two [Rice and Power] and as many as four [Sarah Sewall and Lori Swanson powerhouse women who’ll blunt her “last best chance in our lifetimes” time jedi mind trick. And frankly all of that there’s before 41 year old crowbars-n-cookies campaigner Lisa Madigan starts getting national press coverage – as either Illinois’ replacement Senator or its next Governor. [Personally, like Zorn I hope she skips appointment to the senate to challenge fellow Dem G-Rod for the statehouse thereby crushing his smarmy freakin’ balls beneath one or both of her practical but stylish heels].