Category: The Dish

Even celebrities don’t get the last word any more.

"Who would have ever imagined that the next Ronald Reagan would be a black Democrat?" – Royal Masset, long-time Republican analyst in Austin, Texas.

Clinton is pressed to say that Obama is not a Muslim. She does – but then she pulls it back. Video here.

Relatives of slain Israeli soldier Staff Sergeant Eran Dan Gur comfort each other during his funeral procession at the Mt. Herzel military cemetery in Jerusalem on March 02, 2008. Staff Sergeant Eran Dan Gur was killed with another soldier during a fire exchange with Palestinian gunmen in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday, the army said. By Gali Tibbon/AFP/Getty.

Hilzoy:

About once a month, I read something that makes me think: this just might be the dumbest thing ever written.

Matt concurs:

I’m having trouble believing this was actually published.

Ackerman:

When the Feministing crew gets ahold of this it’s going to be like a multiple EFP incident garnished with an SVBIED.

Ahem.

A trial balloon floats.

"Suppose John McCain had been Joan McCain and Joan McCain had got captured, shot down and been a POW for eight years. [The media would ask], ‘What did you do wrong to get captured? What terrible things did you do while you were there as a captive for eight years?’" – Gloria Steinem.

A lovely anecdote from Ross where an old but energetic aristocrat becomes

a flash of plummeting white flesh in the darkness.

A reader writes:

How awesome is it that the three main characters advocating for Clinton in the Jack Nicholson ad (The Joker (Batman), Jack Torrance (The Shining) and Col. Jessep (A Few Good Men) are all psychopaths?

Actually, misogynist psychoaths. Add her husband to that list.

A reader writes:

The conventional wisdom is that Rhode Island will be a clean sweep for Hillary. I tended to agree until yesterday.

My girlfriend and I took a spin down to Rhode Island College yesterday for the Barack Obama rally. Unfortunately, we were unable to get into the main rally inside the gymnasium (capacity: 5000), and were relegated to the overflow crowd. The overflow crowd also numbered around 5000, and we waited in the cold and rain for over 3 hours to see Obama. He spoke to us first, and gave a very abbreviated version of  his stump speech.

10,000 people came to his rally. In comparison, Hillary Clinton drew 2000 (This is the same venue where she invoked "celestial choirs" in order to mock Obama’s inspirational message). There are very few times that I have seen this many Rhode Islanders show up for something (the annual airshow and Waterfire being the only other events that come to mind). The crowd was very diverse, while in line I spoke to or observed a whole bunch of vastly different people: Black, White, Hispanic, Pakistani. Working class, Middle class and Upper class. Single, Married and parents toting children – young and old. I noted people sporting sweatshirts and jackets from Brown university, R.I. college and the local community college. Catholic (mostly) and protestant. Freemasons, Hippies, Punks, Yuppies, Soccer Moms and Anti-war activists. I even ran into some Ron Paul supporters, anti-illegal immigration activists and 911 truthers.

I noted many comments about how poorly Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been run.