Category: The Dish

Maybe history will surprise us again in the next year or so – but it’s not looking good for 43.

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A reader writes:

Sure, there are all the obvious reasons. But I think what it comes down to is this. The one thing the GOP can’t abide is being knocked out of its comfort zone. And they know HRC doesn’t have a prayer down South. With the possible exception of Romney (Mormonism), any of the main GOP guys will effortlessly sweep the South vs her. And FLA will probably come fairly easily too. That basically leaves OH as everywhere else will likely stay about the same as in 2004 (though McCain could put a state like MI or PENN into play).

Throw Obama into the mix and that dynamic changes. He’d present them w/ some curveballs down South they’d probably rather not deal with. And with Edwards, it’d be similar.

Harder than it might appear.

The usual bullshit from one of the masters of the art.

Greenwald simply gapes at the fact that president Bush can give a speech with these words in it:

When the Founders drafted the Constitution, they had a clear understanding of tyranny. They also had a clear idea about how to prevent it from ever taking root in America. Their solution was to separate the government’s powers into three co-equal branches: the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary. Each of these branches plays a vital role in our free society. Each serves as a check on the others. And to preserve our liberty, each must meet its responsibilities — and resist the temptation to encroach on the powers the Constitution accords to others.

One has to ask: is the president an idiot or just shameless? I truly can’t see a third option, except such clinical denial of reality that he should be removed from office for incapacity.

A Dallas institution is closing its doors.

I mentioned some promising new bio-energy research here. Kentucky Fried Movie was ahead of the game:

This Michael Dobbs column strikes me as a fair exposure of the fiscal consequences of abolishing the federal income tax. It’s the kind of criticism Paul should welcome and respond to.

Novak has some troubling inside scuttlebutt. There’s no way to know if it’s legit, bluff or just another attempt by Clinton to intimidate her way to the nomination. But if I were Hillary Clinton, I don’t think I’d be eager to start a media war over the details of people’s personal lives, if that’s what this is about. When you are married to Bill Clinton, and when the world has decided to ignore, for now at least, the details of his personal life since he left office, best to leave the dirt alone, don’t you think?