1 I've never been able to understand why the CA republican party always manages to put the good candidates up against Feinstein and the stupid ones up against Boxer. You'd think it would be the other way around since Feinstein is so much more moderate.... BTW Sen. Boxer is a TERRIBLE actress. I thought I was going to snort coffee yesterday when she laid in to Dr. Rice.

2 The bigger question is, how can there be so many stupid Californians? I say this being a former Californian myself and wanting someday to return there. Boxer is soooo phony that it is painful to watch her.

3 The bigger question is, how can there be so many stupid Californians? I say this being a former Californian myself... Too many of the smart ones have left. And I say that also being a former Californian.

4 Condoleezza Rice, April 8, 2004: "I believe the title [of the August 6, 2001 President's Daily Brief] was, 'Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States.'" Strike one... Condoleezza Rice, September 8, 2002: "The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly he [Iraq's Saddam Hussein] can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud." Strike two....

5 Both statements were true.