Category: The Dish

I don’t want to pile on, and won’t, but this reader has a point:

I voted for Spitzer for governor. I believe prostitution should be legal. I have no interest in sex scandals. But, I do not feel sorry for this guy, at all.  Eliot enjoyed expressing his moral outrage when he was busting prostitution rings as AG, yes of course he was only doing the job he was elected to do.  The unpopular governor will now attempt to salvage his leadership by apologizing to all, state how wrong prostitution is and asking for forgiveness. 

But what of the laws against prostitution itself, surely as Governor and former AG he could have an opinion?

It’s pretty slam-dunk. But I still feel sorry for him. Being human means failing.

And Glenn Reynolds cheers him on.

A website for relieving eco-angst. Multiple pictures of fingers! And obscenely large, gas-guzzling, planet-destroying cars!

"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept," – Geraldine Ferraro, on an uppity senator.

I couldn’t. I mean: it’s fine for a bit of a laugh. But seriously?

A Northwest tale of Starbucks and selflessness.

Mark Penn:

"Independent and Republican support is diminishing as they find out he’s the most liberal Democratic senator … As they get more of a sense that he’s not ready to be Commander-in-Chief, a lot of Independents who were supporting him are disappearing."

I agree with Clive:

The problem is that the fiscal conservative core of the program, as it stands, is just not credible. McCain is promising to extend the Bush administration’s tax cuts — and cut some more. He is also promising to reduce and then eliminate the budget deficit. To do both of those things, McCain would need to make correspondingly savage cuts in spending, and he has not come close to saying how.

We need straight talk from McCain: on how we can sustain (and pay for) an indefinite Iraq occupation and how we can restore fiscal sanity without some increase in taxes.

Funny:

He really said this about Michigan with a straight face:

Tim, you run against uncommitted, that’s the toughest election to win. I’d rather run against an opponent anytime than against uncommitted, and Hillary Clinton got 55 percent of the vote against uncommitted.