Bob Dole Lets Fly

by sarabeth

This has to be a hoax, right?
Bob Dole yesterday sent a scalding email to Scott McClellan, excoriating the former White House spokesman as a “miserable creature” who greedily betrayed his former patron for a fast buck.
In an extraordinary message obtained and authenticated by Politico, Dole uses his trademark biting wit to portray McClellan as a […]

The Last Throes?

by sarabeth

(1) Just In Case You’d Got Your Hopes Up
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced yesterday that nobody should expect any resolution of the Michigan-Florida stalemate from the Democratic Party’s Rules and Bylaws Committee, which is scheduled to meet tomorrow:
While saying she believes those two states’ delegates should be seated, Pelosi added that it must happen “in […]

Quote Of The Day, Pt. 2

by sarabeth

From our Equal Time Dept., here’s Obama’s chief strategist, David Axelrod, defending himself against a recent Newsweek story charging that he had essentially lobbied Chicago officials on behalf of his communications firm’s clients:
He called the piece a “red herring,” and contrasted his record with that of his counterpart in the McCain campaign, chief strategist Charlie […]

Quote Of The Day

by sarabeth

John McCain, explaining why he won’t be there to vote next week when the Senate considers a landmark bill imposing mandatory limits on greenhouse gases, even though he claims that action on climate change is a central theme in his campaign (in fact, he touts it as the biggest difference between him and George Bush):
“I […]

Note to Marc Ambinder

by matt

You’re not allowed to mention Bush and Zidane in the same sentence.

You know, it’s a really good thing the President gave up golf. Shit was unseemly.

Gobbledygook By A Real Professional

by sarabeth

Scott McClellan:
“I blame myself for putting myself in the position of going to the podium and passing along information I didn’t know was false, but later learned that it was,” McClellan said.
What on earth does that mean?
Maybe the only way to make sense of it is by a process of elimination.
He couldn’t be blaming himself […]

Delegate Math: Yet Another Reality Check

by sarabeth

On May 14, just after the West Virginia primary, I wrote:
… if the remaining pledged delegates are split evenly between Hillary and Obama, then Clinton would need to win 204 of the remaining 239 superdelegates (89%, up from 82% last week) to take the total delegate lead.
It seems this hilarious lady has just launched […]

Clueless Condi Rides Again

by sarabeth

Our Condi is in Stockholm doing whatever it is that Secretaries of State do when they’re not achieving world peace, but she wasn’t going to let that stop her from joining in wholeheartedly in the “stomp McClellan” loyalty ritual.
However, it is virtually impossible for Condi Rice, Ph.D., to do anything right. So here’s one […]

Prostitution And Poetic Justice

by sarabeth

For 33 months, Scott McClellan stood at the podium in the White House press room, and prostituted himself day in and day out in the service of his president rather than serve his county with honor.
Now he’s written a book admitting that he prostituted himself day in and day out by participating in the propagation […]

The Michigan-Florida Delegate Impasse

by sarabeth

According to the AP, when the Democratic Party rules committee meets this Saturday to try to resolve the Michigan-Florida delegate impasse, it is constrained by party rules that will not allow it to restore more than 50% of the states’ delegates. Only the Credentials Committee can restore 100% of the delegates. But that […]