Category: The Dish

My friend Congressman Frank doesn’t want to say "goodbye to all that." Presumably, that’s why he’s backing Clinton.

He defends his own character and views from the newsletters. YouTubes here and here. I’m sorry, but he just doesn’t seem like a bigot to me. That doesn’t excuse his at best negligent association with them. I’m shocked by the newsletters. Jamie Kirchick deserves kudos for unearthing them. But one point Paul does make that resonates: why is there no other evidence of his bigoted statements? I think Brookhiser’s judgment remains the soundest. But I’m not going to deny I feel embarrassed for not knowing more about this.

A reader makes a good point:

Both India and Pakistan are "front page" news today, all over the world. India, because TATA unveiled the world’s cheapest car. Pakistan, because, yet another suicide bomber killed 25 people in Lahore.

The contrast is breathtaking, but the reason is simple: one chose the path of secularism, the other, Islamism.

And one is a democracy and the other isn’t.

The rock-star gets a little criticism from environmentalists.

Makes Clinton on Obama look mild. Keep watching for Kennedy’s classy response. Thanks for keeping me on my toes. Just for the record:

A vulnerability in Michigan?

My preferred super-power gets closer and closer to reality.

From MSNBC:

Bush calls for end of ‘occupation’ of Arab lands

Ahem. Take it away, Ron!

Meghan McCain catches the wave. But she’s supporting her dad and went on a date with a Ron Paul backer. She really is one of her generation, no?

The full context suggests the "shuck and jive" metaphor was not referring to Obama at all:

Update: We just talked with Karlin, who told us that Cuomo’s "shuck and jive" remark was "so far removed, temporally and contextually, from any discussion of Obama," that he didn’t hear it as a reference to Obama at all. Karlin pointed us to Newsday’s Spin Cycle blog, which has posted a partial transcript of the radio interview made from a tape provided to it by Cuomo’s office. The transcript confirms that Cuomo was answering a general question about the retail nature of politics in Iowa and New Hampshire generally, and there’s nothing in his long answer to suggest that he was referring to Obama rather than to politicians in general.