Category: The Dish

If Kerry had taken on his swift-boating as forthrightly and as quickly and as honorably as Obama, he’d be president today:

Can someone tell me why the Clintons have not released their tax returns?

"An act of betrayal," said James Carville, an adviser to Mrs. Clinton and a friend of Mr. Clinton. "Mr. Richardson’s endorsement came right around the anniversary of the day when Judas sold out for 30 pieces of silver, so I think the timing is appropriate, if ironic."

After the last few weeks, I’d say it’s an act of simple judgment. But it’s good to see the mindset of an unreconstructed Clintonite partisan like Carville: the Clintons are Jesus and all disagreement is treason. Sound like the Bush administration to me. Which is why a third Clnton term, while marginally different in policy, would be very similar on issues of transparency, paranoia, entitlement, secrecy and vindictiveness.

Running to cars, ducking under sniper fire at the airport? Roll the tape:

A reader writes:

I felt the same way as you about B. Clinton’s "love America" remarks, until I saw the whole thing: he ended with the words (as I recall them) "That’s my argument for Hillary." In saying that, he, in fact, made it particular and implied that the same would not apply to Sen. Obama. As you have noted many times, there’s not much they say that’s not carefully calibrated. So whereas I agree with the core of his sentiments — that it would be nice to have a campaign strictly about issues — he actually made a differentiation between Hillary and Barack. I’m a strong Democrat, and a (former) admirer of both Bill and Hillary. I heard her talk a year or two ago in Seattle and was highly impressed. Now, I find myself wanting to switch channels when I see her; as I do when I see Bush.

The usual.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 10.30 am.

Mikhail Gorbachev comes out as Christian:

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Communist leader of the Soviet Union, has acknowledged his Christian faith for the first time, paying a surprise visit to pray at the tomb of St Francis of Assisi.[…]

Mr Gorbachev’s surprise visit confirmed decades of rumours that, although he was forced to publicly pronounce himself an atheist, he was in fact a Christian, and casts a meeting with Pope John Paul II in 1989 in a new light.

What a lovely final rebuke to Karl Marx.

I kid you not:

One man makes his move, and respectfully looks up to the gentleman seated across from him. The second man pensively nods his head in recognition of a good move. He thinks to himself: One more move like that will bring about a checkmate, unless I can…

Then they stand up, don a pair of gloves, and proceed to beat the living crap out of each other while others gape in horror! In a few minutes, the first man falls unconscious to the floor. Man number two walks away a champ in spite of the impending checkmate against him.

This is almost as painful as a Clinton supporter made video: