CPAC 2012: Extremely Controversial!
Posted on | February 9, 2012 | No Comments
Grover Norquist (right) interviewed on WMAL radio
by Brian Wilson and Mary Katharine Ham
WASHINGTON, D.C.
It is inevitable: Every year, left-wingers find something on the CPAC agenda that they can “expose” as controversial, so as to suggest that the entire conference is irredeemably tainted through this guilt-by-association method:
Following speeches from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Rep. Michele Bachmann, CPAC is hosting the panel “The Failure of Multiculturalism: How the pursuit of diversity is weakening the American Identity” with Peter Brimelow, the founder and head of VDARE.com.
Shock! Horror! Because Brimelow and his Web site have been labeled a “hate group” by . . . the Southern Poverty Law Center! And if you know anything at all about SPLC, you’re laughing at the designation, because they have deployed the “hate” designation so promiscuously in the past 15 years as to destroy their own credibility.
Peter Brimelow is no more a hatemonger than I am, although we’ve both been smeared as such by SPLC, as have, inter alia, the Family Research Counci, the American Family Association, the Federation for American Immigration Reform. The list of the defamed is long. In 2003, the SPLC published a report in which they named such respectable organizations and individuals as the American Enterprise Institute and David Horowitz as part of a right-wing conspiracy to “mainstream” extremist views.
Being denounced by the SPLC is like the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for conservatives: You’re nobody in the movement until you’ve been labeled a dangerous extremist by those bozos. Here are a few photos of my radical, far-right friends at CPAC:
Notorious extremist John Hawkins of Right Wing News and extremely notorious Tiffiny Ruegner of TheTeaParty.net.
Extremely controversial Pete Dingledey and controversial extremist Joseph Farah of World Net Daily.
Radical right-winger Joel Mowbray of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and right-wing radical Elicia Huffaker of Cain Solutions.
Obviously, these people are all very dangerous — a hate crime waiting to happen. And they must be relentlessly exposed as known accomplices!
Stacy’s Future Is Grim
Posted on | February 9, 2012 | No Comments
by Smitty
Scenes from Stacy’s future:
We sat there in the casino and burned a stogie when Kevin, Stacy and I went to Vegas. For all I don’t mind the very occasional stogie, the thought of being so chained to any habit that I’m going through ritual abuse over it is worse than withdrawal.
Also stupid are public policies that seek people doing ‘sinful’ things like smoking for abuse. You jack the taxes, and people quit, and revenue goes to ash. Governments behave as though stupid policy is nicotine.
Via Collins
Separated At Birth, Robert Reich Edition
Posted on | February 9, 2012 | No Comments
by Smitty
It takes a special kind of gasbag to arrive at the conclusion that “Obama Has Handed The Election Over To The Super Rich” What, did #OccupyResoluteDesk somehow disenfranchise us all by playing along with the SuperPAC game?
“Good ends don’t justify corrupt means,” whines Reich. Which of Obama’s ends was the good one? <sarcasm>Isn’t ‘good’ some kind of social construct, anyway?</sarcasm>
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- I can’t figure out if Reich is really that stupid (given the lack of validation on Obama’s donation site in 2008), or
- he’s trying to put up some sort of moral facade, or
- this argument is a fat joke.
Ultimately, you can’t make the argument that ‘$’ => ‘negative ads’ => ‘vote control’ without implying that voters are so criminally stupid that we shouldn’t give Americans the right to vote in the first place. Two things I know:
- Barack Obama, whatever the reason, is no source of factual information, and
- The GOP candidates, overall, are only slightly better.
Everyone is on the hook for doing their own homework on candidates and their claims.
via Althouse
LIVE AT FIVE – 02.09.12
Posted on | February 9, 2012 | 2 Comments
– compiled by Wombat-socho
TOP NEWS
Syrian Assault On Homs Continues
Homs under fire from Syrian rockets and mortars
Lavrov’s Potemkin diplomacy proves ineffectual
Santorum Ready For The Long Haul As Hat Trick Sends Romney Reeling
Fund raising up, Romney’s aura of inevitability down
Arrest Warrant Issued For Ousted Maldives President
Facing arrest after failure of street rioting to return him to power
POLITICS
Washington Lawmakers Pass Gay Marriage Bill
Governor Chris Gregoire hugs state rep Jamie Pedersen after vote
Washington House votes 55-43 to approve bill
Gingrich Hoping High Road & New Funds Can Save Campaign
Michigan’s Governor Snyder Proposes More Money for Rainy-Day Fund
Bay Area Catholics Join Contraception Fray
House Ready To Pass Insider Trading Bill
Military To Seek More Front-Line Jobs For Women
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
North Sea Crude Tops $117, NY Crude Hovers Below $99 On Lack Of U.S. Demand
Gold Edges Back Up Amid Greek Uncertainty
California, New York Help Push Foreclosure Accord To Completion
Greek Finance Minister Heads To Brussels With Incomplete Bailout Deal
PRC Inflation Rises On Lunar New Year Splurging
Credit Suisse Slumps To Q4 Loss
Caesars Debuts With Massive Pop: Investor Trap Or True Value?
Daimler Quarterly Profit Surges On Record Mercedes Demand
News Corp Books 65% Profit On Film, TV Operations
Sprint Loss Widens On iPhone Costs
Microsoft’s Shift On Industry-standard Patents Timed To Undercut Google
Group Urges FTC Action On Google Privacy Changes
Ten Strategies To Fight Anonymous DDoS Attacks
Investor Activists See Little To “Like” In Facebook
SPORTS
#10 Duke Stuns #5 Tarheels 85-84
Duke's Austin Rivers after his last-minute shot wins it for the Blue Devils
Victory ends UNC’s record 31-game home win streak
#2 Syracuse 64-61 In OT Over #12 Georgetown
Knicks’ Jeremy Lin Becomes Overnight Sensation, Sparks “Linsanity”
Jokinen Scores Hat Trick, Leads Flames Past Sharks 4-3
Coach Rips Clippers After 99-92 Defeat At Hands Of Cavaliers
Memphis Is Final Piece For Coast-To-Coast Big East Conference
New Zealand Clinches Clean Sweep Of Zimbabwe In ODI Series
Bryce Harper Confident He Can Make Nationals This Spring
FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Katy Perry, Russell Brand Agree On Divorce Settlement
Russell Brand, Katy Perry
No fireworks in the courtroom for this pair
“Vampire Diaries” Actors Strip Down For Trio Of Sexy EW Covers
“Bend It Like Beckham” Star Breaking Out Of Her Marriage
Adele Opens Up About Career-Threatening Throat Surgery
Picture-Perfect Duchess Kate Visits Art Gallery
Gary Busey Files For Bankruptcy
Ray Romano: My Wife Anna Beat Breast Cancer
Natalie Portman Sets First Post-Oscar Roles
Fresh Tail? Courtney Stodden Plays Sexed-Up Mermaid In New Ad
FOREIGNERS
Russia Defends Its Diplomacy In Syria Despite Ongoing Bloodshed
Egyptian Judges Detail Accusations Against Americans And Other NGO Workers
Karnataka Ministers Banned From Assembly Over Porn Row
Al-Shabaab Car Bomb Hits Mogadishu Cafe, 15 Dead
Canada’s Harper Reaches Pact With PRC On Uranium Exports
Prince Harry Qualifies As Apache Gunship Pilot
PRC Police Chief Visited U.S. Consulate, Suspected Of Defection Attempt
Argentina To Raise Falklands Militarization At UN
BLOGS & STUFF
Rush Limbaugh: Establishment Shocked By Santorum Sweep
NRO Corner: Santorum Fights Back Against Romney Attacks
CatholicVote.org: Compromise On Religious Freedom? Never!
National Review Editorial: Unconscionable
Lonely Conservative: White House Has No Opinion On Whether Senate Should Pass A Budget
Weasel Zippers: Steny Hoyer Says “The Fact Is You Don’t Need A Budget”
Weekly Standard: Rasumssen Poll Shows Voters Oppose Obamacare’s Contraception Mandate 50-39
Vodkapundit: Kathleen Sebelius Next Under The Bus?
Gateway Pundit: Obama Promises Dems To Keep Boot On Neck Of Catholic Church
Just One Minute: Oatmeal Later
Don Surber: Himalayas Have Lost No Ice In Ten Years
Allahpundit: Majorities Of Democrats Now Support Drone Strikes, Keeping Gitmo Open
Marginal Revolution: Whence Comes This Wave Of Economic Determinism?
Rod Dreher: Our Strange New Respect For Rick
Clayton Cramer: “The Marriage Ran Its Course”
WyBlog: NJEA Honcho Says No Vouchers For You Because “Life’s Not Fair”
SOTD: It’s Still Rock & Roll To Me
CPAC Is Already Happening
Posted on | February 8, 2012 | 8 Comments
by Smitty
I made it up to the Marriott Wardman Park to get the conference package for CPAC12. The blogger lounge was the same room as two years ago, but they have cut down on the actual seating. This will make it harder to sit down and blog, but might make the bandwidth more reasonable for those who do find seating.
Ladd Ehlinger and Pete Ingemi were there in the lobby, along with The Lid and his wonderful daughter. Conspicuously absent was the Rarely Silent Man, but we had very studiously avoided making any plans to meet, so disappointment was impossible. Also absent: #Occupy goons. I remarked to Ladd that I thought the AFL-CIO’s trash-talk may have been a stunt; if they really wanted to make mischief, they should have shown up as a surprise.
I couldn’t hang out, needing to get home for daddy duty. Keeping the domestic peace is crucial, especially if I’m going to be flaking off significantly over the next three days.
Quote of the Day
Posted on | February 8, 2012 | 49 Comments
“There are a lot of yellow-stained drawers in Washington Cocktail Party haunts this morning.”
– Bill Quick, Daily Pundit
The Establishment is nothing if not confident and, although their confidence was surely shaken by Rick Santorum’s Tuesday sweep, Mitt Romney still has an overwhelming advantage in terms of money.
The Mitt Machine is probably even now gearing up to flood the airwaves in upcoming primary states with TV attack ads highlighting scandals like the time Rick got a C-minus on his fifth-grade report card.
People who don’t live in New Hampshire or South Carolina probably don’t realize that the Romney campaign aired attack ads against Santorum in those states, labelling him a “Washington insider” addicted to “pork barrel spending.” Indeed, one reason Newt was able to beat Mitt in South Carolina is that Santorum’s Iowa win distracted Team Romney from their previous destroy-Newt-at-all-costs mission.
Given that history, I do not underestimate Romney’s continued likelihood of winning the nomination. Beating Mitt is going to be a lot harder than most conservatives imagine, and if you don’t want Romney to be the GOP nominee, you’d better start praying now.
Early this morning at The American Spectator, I outlined a possible strategic scenario that might help stop Mitt. Please read that, and pray.
Also, please go give Rick Santorum some money – $25, $50, $100 — because these “upset miracles” can be kind of expensive.
Does It Make Eastwood A Bigger Chump Than Griffith, Though?
Posted on | February 8, 2012 | 16 Comments
by Smitty
The Hollywood Reporter tells us that, while Clint himself may not work for Mr. Obama, his collaborators on his Super Bowl pep talk did. I thought the ad was actually well done, except for the lack of context, as private sector unions are substantially at fault for Michigan’s plight. It turns out, however, that “Two members of the creative team that produced the two-minute minute spot for ad agency Wieden+Kennedy donated their personal time in 2008 to make pro-Obama art.” I’m sure that there wasn’t any, you know, collaboration going on between those guys and #OccupyResoluteDesk’s minions.
I hope that the ad cost less than the $3.66 million spent on Andy Griffith’s ObamaCare fare. Neither dude looks cool being an Obama tool.
Maybe an enraged Eastwood will make a film celebrating American exceptionalism and liberty, if we poke him enough.
via Rhetorican
Bill Clinton Did Try To Bring About Peace For Israel
Posted on | February 8, 2012 | 9 Comments
by Smitty
In the credit where due department, Bill did make some effort:
Half a dozen snarky things come to mind, but one will relax and opt for graciousness.
via DavidVida004
I Guess DeMint Isn’t Endorsing Romney
Posted on | February 8, 2012 | 9 Comments
by Smitty
He says he’s ejecting from the Senate in 2016. Spot on!
Here is the book he is touting:
via American Glob
My Take On The Birth Control And Prop. 8 Decisions
Posted on | February 8, 2012 | 20 Comments
by Smitty
I think that the war on Catholics and the war on marriage arrive at a good time. There seems to be a great deal of bellyaching about GOP candidates “they all suck–get over it” and a general lack of vigor amongst conservatives.
- We’re burned out on fluffy debates and negative ads.
- The House GOP don’t seem to have any real strategy, legislatively, on Solyndra, on Fast & Furious.
- #OccupyResoluteDesk, buoyed by quantitative easing on the stock market and statistical easing on the job numbers, is doing orders of magnitude better than he has any right to expect.
And so the Administration picks a fight with CatholicsChristians, and the 9th circuit dogs bite a man in a gimp suit in a ritual that must make sense in their San Francisco digs. Also, CPAC is hours away, and the ObamaCare oral arguments are next month.
That, fellow conservatives, adds up to what should be some intense motivation. Various Ruling Class Overlords and their sad little tools would like to pronounce the Tea Parties dead. And so they bring this noise.
LET US CALL THEIR BLUFF,
YE PATRIOTS
More at The Camp of the Saints.
And, mostly unrelated, I can’t not include this, via Sissy Willis:
See, now, *that* is very well played.
LIVE AT FIVE – 02.08.12
Posted on | February 8, 2012 | 6 Comments
– compiled by Wombat-socho
TOP NEWS
HAT TRICK
Rick Santorum and wife Karen take the stage at an election night party in Missouri
Wins Colorado and Minnesota caucuses, also Missouri primary
California Gay Marriage Ban Struck Down
Anyone really expect anything different from the 9th Circus?
Supremes virtually certain to grant cert, experts say
Syrian Slaughter Continues Into Fifth Day
Follows promise by Assad to Russian envoy that’s he’ll stop the violence
POLITICS
Obama Tries To Ease Ire On Contraception Mandate
Presidential adviser David Axelrod
Administration firm on maintaining mandate, looking for spoonful of sugar to make it go down easier
Poll Says TV Still Trumps The Web For Campaign News
Obama Flip-Flops On Super PACs
Pa. Governor Corbett Seeks Budget Cuts, No Tax Hike
Payroll Tax Extension Talks Bog Down
Gingrich Goes Back To Positive Approach In Ohio
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
NY Crude Gains For Second Day As Stockpile Decline Indicates Increased Demand
Gold Edges Up, Copper Gains On Europe Hopes
Greeks Seek Elusive Bailout Deal, EU Tempers Fray
Yahoo Board Shaken Up In Push For Revival
Nokia Cuts 4000 Jobs
Bernanke Repeats Vow To Shield U.S. From EU Fallout
Disney Profit Up 12% On ESPN Growth, Domestic Theme Parks
Google Finally Launches Chrome For Android
Hacker Posts Symantec Source Code As Ransom Demand Fails
Greenpeace Hates Big Tech But Wants To Kill Google Least
Halliburton Replaces Blackberries With iPhones; U.S. Military Experiments With Google’s Android
Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios Releases First Videogame
SPORTS
Pierce Points The Way For Celtics
Paul Pierce: Second only to Havlicek now on the Celtics' all-time list
Moves into second place on Boston’s all-time scorers list as he leads team past Bobcats
Ellis’ 48 Not Enough As Warriors Fall To Thunder, 119-116
Caps Regain Southeast Lead With 4-0 Shutout Of Panthers
Chauncey Billups Out For Season With Torn Achilles Tendon
Fighting Sioux Nickname Lives Again In North Dakota
WWE Superstar John Cena To Start Daytona 500 Engines
Cricket And Politics Collide On Twitter With Hilarious Results
Probably funnier in the original Australian
Restless Nationals Could Leave Brevard
FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
InStyle’s Cover Girl: Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston, cover girl
What Jen likes about Justin Theroux and other tidbits of interest
T-shirts, Tuxes, And Rap Without Frills
Beyonce Reveals Sexy Post-Partum Body
Robert Downey Jr.: It’s A Boy!
Lana Del Rey Tour Postponed After SNL Flop
Jospeh Gordon-Levitt To Make Directing Debut
Jennifer Love Hewitt Goes Blonde
Katharine McPhee: The Roles That Got Away
Nicole Scherzinger On “X Factor” Departure: “I Have No Regrets”
Fox Delays “This Means War ” Release
FOREIGNERS
Obama Administration Flounders On Syria
A Resignation That Keeps Democracy Afloat In Maldives
Crackdown Threatens U.S. – Egypt Relationship
9 Jihadis Killed In Pakistan By Drones
Britain Rules Out Falklands Talks With Argentina
Would-Be Car Bomber Killed, Barracks Windows Shattered In Nigeria
Brazilian Police Strike Talks Break Down In Bahia
Ahmadinejad Summoned To Testify Before Iranian Parliament
Gulf States Expel Syrian Ambassadors
BLOGS & STUFF
Legal Insurrection: 9th Circuit Holds Proposition 8 Violates 14th Amendment
Michelle Malkin: Romney Gets Rick-Rolled
Hit & Run: Ron Paul Second In National Poll
Powerline: Democracy In Action?
Gateway Pundit: McConnell On Mandate – Congress Will Act If President Doesn’t Reconsider
Allahpundit: White House Having Second Thoughts On Contraception Mandate?
David Freddoso: Dirty Tricks In WI State Senate Recalls
Atlas Shrugs: Pro-Jihad BBC Gives The K-Dash Treatment To Osama Bin Laden’s Right Hand Man In Europe
Wall Street Journal: Planned Parenthood’s Hostages
Jihad Watch: Occupy DC Thugs Plan Violent Disruption Of CPAC
Lonely Conservative: Occupy DC, Unions Plan To Thwart Security, Infiltrate CPAC
Ed Driscoll: Combat Journalism
Weasel Zippers: Obama Appoints Public Advocate For Illegal Immigrants
SOTD: Goodnight Saigon
Santorum Surge Returns: Wins Missouri, Minnesota; UPDATE: Wins Colorado UPDATE: NY Times ‘Unexpectedly!’
Posted on | February 8, 2012 | 54 Comments
They’re still counting votes in Colorado at this hour — 1 a.m. Eastern, 11 p.m. Mountain — and Rick Santorum is barely leading Mitt Romney with about half of the caucus vote counted there.
Santorum won both the Missouri primary and the Minnesota caucuses, and you have to wonder if Newt Gingrich’s angry rant Saturday after losing in Nevada hasn’t shifted the GOP battlefield.
UPDATE: Readers will excuse my long delay in blogging the results tonight, as I was working on my annual CPAC preview feature for The American Spectator. But as I was writing, I had the TV on Fox News, where the commentators kept repeating that (a) the Missouri primary is just a “beauty pageant”; and (b) the caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado are “non-binding.” In other words, they were trying to suggest that the vote didn’t matter.
The Iowa GOP caucuses were also “non-binding,” but Fox News commentators didn’t say a word about that on caucus night, did they?
UPDATE II: With the Associated Press reporting just 67% of precincts in Colorado, and Santorum leading Romney 39%-35%, the chairman of the Colorado GOP just called into Fox News to say that he has results from 99% of precincts, and Santorum has definitely won there.
UPDATE III: The results from Missouri:
Rick Santorum ………..138,957 — 55.2%
Mitt Romney ………….. 63,826 — 25.3%
Ron Paul ………………… 30,641 — 12.2%
Newt Gingrich didn’t make the Missouri ballot. It is true that no delegates were bound by Tuesday’s vote. However, unlike Karl Rove, I’d say Santorum beating Romney by 30 points might be kinda important.
UPDATE IV: The results from Minnesota:
Rick Santorum ……….20,932 — 44.9%
Ron Paul ………………..12,627 — 27.1%
Mitt Romney …………..7,890 –16.9%
Newt Gingrich ………. 4,993 — 10.7%
Once more, Karl Rove is correct to say that the caucus vote in Minnesota is “non-binding.” But when Santorum got 45% while Romney and Gingrich got 27% combined? Might be kinda important.
UPDATE V: The results from Colorado:
Rick Santorum ……….. 26,580 — 40.2%
Mitt Romney …………. 23,097 — 34.9%
Newt Gingrich …………. 8,457 — 12.8%
Ron Paul …………………. 7,782 — 11.8%
Yeah, Karl Rove, I know: “non-binding.” But Rick Santorum just scored a hat trick — 3-for-3 — in three crucial swing states, and got more votes in one night than Romney got in Iowa and New Hampshire combined.
Might be kinda important.
UPDATE VI: Let me put some numbers on that last point. In Iowa, Romney got less than 30,000 votes. In New Hampshire, Romney got less than 100,00 votes. Tonight in Missouri alone, Rick Santorum got more votes than Romney got in Iowa and New Hampshire combined, and in all, Santorum got nearly 180,000 votes Tuesday.
Might be kinda important.
UPDATE VII: O, ye of little zero faith! Now with the benefit of hindsight, let’s re-read Allahpundit’s preview of Tuesday’s vote:
No delegates at stake tonight, but this is probably Santorum’s last chance to breeze past Newt as the race’s designated Not Romney. . . . If he wins both easily, then he gets a bunch of positive media coverage this week and maybe a few more big-name conservative endorsements, which in turn could mean enough movement in the polls to put him on at least an equal footing with Gingrich. Once that happens, the pressure will shift to Newt to explain why he should stay in and divide the conservative vote on the strength of having won one state while Santorum should drop out after having won three.
Excuse me, Allah: This surprising hat-trick — you kinda low-rated Santorum in Colorado, didn’t ya, buddy? — actually makes it four states in which Santorum has beaten Romney.
And as to the bizarre self-perpetuating media meme that “no delegates” were at stake Tuesday: This was legally true in Missouri, but given Santorum’s 2-to-1 margin in the “beauty pageant” vote, does anyone really think someone other than Santorum will get the lion’s share of the delegates at next month’s Missouri caucuses?
As for the presidential preference votes at Tuesday’s precinct caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado, yes — those votes were “non-binding,” officially. But if a precinct caucus votes 45-27 for Santorum over Romney (i.e., the typical Minnesota precinct), do we suppose that this caucus will then send a slate of Romney delegates to the next phase of the state party nominating process who will vote for somebody else besides Santorum? Or should we, as I suggest we should, assume that the delegates chosen at the precinct level will eventually vote at the state level to send delegates to the national convention in roughly the same proportion as the preference expressed in the precinct votes?
Like I said, the Iowa caucus vote on Jan. 3 was also “non-binding” in the same sense as the Minnesota and Colorado precinct caucus votes, but almost nobody mentioned that at the time. However, it seems that somebody’s campaign – and I’m thinking it might be somebody whose name sounds like “Ritt Momney” — was very diligent in spreading the message about these “non-binding” votes that Rick Santorum won Tuesday.
UPDATE VIII: In politics, as in economics, the New York Times is always caught by surprise:
His candidacy all but dismissed just days ago, Rick Santorum won the Minnesota and Colorado caucuses and a nonbinding primary in Missouri on Tuesday, an unexpected trifecta that raised fresh questions about Mitt Romney’s ability to corral conservative support. . .
His performance added another twist to an unruly nominating contest that has seen Republican voters veering among candidates and refusing to coalesce behind anyone. It came after Mr. Romney scored back-to-back victories in Florida and Nevada that had led to predictions that he was finally on a straight march to the nomination.
By whom was Santorum’s candidacy “all but dismissed”? Why, by all the smart guys at the New York Times, that’s who!
Kind of interesting that Romney’s top surrogate in Minnesota was the state’s former governor, Tim Pawlenty, and yet Romney placed third in Minnesota, with 17 percent. Thanks, Tim!
Tuesday’s trifecta was not “unexpected” by a certain Colorado resident:
What did I tell ya? Santorum’s got game. . . . Nothing is inevitable in politics.
Attagirl, Michelle. And she makes an important point: This would be a good time to go give Rick Santorum some money: $20, $50, $100 — whatever you can afford, give it now. Super Tuesday’s coming soon, and the Romney attack machine is going to pour on millions of dollars in attack ads to try to destroy the Comeback Kid they thought they buried weeks ago.
UPDATE IX: Linked by Fire Andrea Mitchell — thanks! Guess Tuesday’s vote doesn’t bode well for “Sweet Meteor of Death,” eh?
One of my friends from Team Santorum pointed out on Twitter that a tropical storm just hit Vanuatu. Coincidence? I don’t think so.
UPDATE X: My libertarian friend in Missouri, Tom Knapp, seems to grasp the Fear and Loathing element in this campaign. And the truly bizarre thing is, I’ll be hanging out with Rick Santorum this weekend at CPAC. Because the going just got weird . . .
UPDATE XI: Evil Blogger Lady: “This reminds me of that moment of recognition by Michael Corleone in Godfather II that the rebels in Cuba could actually win…” Because no discussion of 21st-century politics is complete until somebody makes a Godfather reference.
It’s 3:30 a.m. Good-night, everybody.
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