Category: The Dish

Some footage of the man who wants to be president. And some different footage here – of his obvious comfort around gays. (Hat tip: Ben.)

"[Giuliani] knows so little about foreign policy he confuses terrorists cells and organizations with countries. There was no al-Qaeda in Iraq before this war. Al-Qaeda became a Bush-fulfilling prophecy. It didn’t exist until Bush went to war. Even our own intelligence community says that. But these guys buy into this silliness that if you don’t fight them in Baghdad you’re going to fight them in Boston. Give me a break," – Joe Biden, to CBN.

… now Fabio.

"I supported the President when he asked the Congress for authority to stand up against weapons of mass destruction in Iraq," – Bill Clinton, May 18, 2003, in commencement remarks at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi. Hey, it was Mississippi. Oliver Willis:

As one of President Clinton’s strongest supporters and biggest fans, it pains me to point out that what he’s saying here is a load of bull.

Yeah, but it’s always good bullshit with the Clintons.

Scott Horton and Josh Marshall make the obvious cabinet post point.

A good summary of her political philosophy:

Context here. Hat tip: Ambers.

… that you’re asking for it. This link has been doing the rounds. Made me laugh. Love the bumper sticker.

Stephen Bainbridge thinks so.

"Mormons spend two years of their lives as missionaries, preaching an anti-Christian doctrine. I don’t want someone out there, if I can help it, who’s going to be acting on an anti-Christian faith as the basis of their decision-making," – Barbara Heki, 51, from Johnston, Iowa, a Huckabee supporter.

"I’m concerned a lot of Christians are thinking about the values issues and forgetting about the creator behind the values issues. I guess I feel like this country and this world needs a president who would be able to pray to the God of the Bible and he would be able to hear his prayers," – Glenda Gherkey, an evangelical from Evansdale, Iowa, on why she’s supporting Huckabee.

When you see the abuse of religion in politics come back to haunt its architects, it’s hard not to feel the deepest pleasure. Religious intolerance couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of cynics, could it?

Here’s what I was pining for the other day: a machine that would produce a simple paperback from a downloaded file in a few minutes. And here it is already. Now for a more affordable consumer-driven version, ok? As long as I can have my Penguin covers.