What do you call a blogwar that erupts onto the public airwaves? A multimedia police action?

Glenn stated that the GOP deserved the drubbing they may well get in the midterms; he didn't say that the American people deserved the policy consequences if it happened. Fact: the party leadership—including The Mediocre Communicator in the White House—haven't earned much trust. They'd be in hot water if they weren't up against the Democrats.

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. . . and all the issues party leaders should contemplate, whether they hold onto the House or not.

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Drudge has it here.

Better yet, check it out at Darleen's digs; she's the first one to point it out to me.

Too bad the GOP pulled it from the airwaves; as Glenn points out, now no one will ever see it.

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1 Yup, no one will see it

Posted by: William Teach at October 11, 2006 02:02 PM (doAuV)

2 No one with dialup will see it... But we don't count anyway!

Posted by: Darrell at October 11, 2006 09:53 PM (X5uN3)

3 not true Darrell! if you have cable and it carries FNC you can catch it on Hannity & Colmes tonight.

Posted by: maggie katzen at October 11, 2006 10:15 PM (wIQcY)

4 Or I can visit your site and get to see some cute cat and dog pictures....

Posted by: Darrell at October 12, 2006 08:12 AM (7GhFV)

5 yes, that's probably better.

Posted by: maggie katzen at October 12, 2006 06:52 PM (wIQcY)

6 LMA.....Maggie's poaching readers again!!;-)

Posted by: Darrell at October 12, 2006 08:29 PM (ULuyg)

7 And yet . . . miraculously, they seem to come back!

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8 Joy Considering Zucker's Hollywood street cred & "ouvre", this ad is surprisingly amateurish and not that funny.

Posted by: yazoota at October 13, 2006 07:23 AM (xUyci)

9 sure, sure, come here for the politics go to my place for KITTIES!!!!! and the occassional puppy and very bad grammar. ;D

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"I have no idea."
"They just bend over the page."
"Cute," I tell him. "Are you done?"
"Not quite. What did the GOP leadership say when it got everyone together to talk about the '06 elections?"
I cross my arms and raise my eyebrows.
He continues: "We've got to get everyone on the same page."
"It's not fair," I scold. "The word 'page' makes it too easy. From now on, we should only send salacious emails to . . . I dunno. Hunky young armadillos or something."

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But all the cool kids are doing it, so I'll reiterate: I'm a right-wing sex fiend myself. And within my rather amazing middle-aged female body reside both a gay woman and a gay man.

Gay! I tell you. Gay, gay, gay!

And sex-loving! Yes!

Confess, right-wingers. ConFESS!

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1 I take nude photographs of women, do nude and semi-erotic artwork and once had a live-in girlfriend. I don't believe gay marriage is a threat to the institution of marriage. I believe in a woman's right to choose AND I tend to vote Republican. How's that for a confession?

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2 Just wanted to comment to Jennette. Jennette: Most certainly we ALL have the right to choose; God denies NO ONE free will. That said, most of us have wounds that run very deep, which is often the source of our being misguided in life and it's choices. I only hope and pray that you, and all of us for that matter, choose LIFE, not death. I'm afraid I have to strongly disagree with you that gay marraige doesn't effect the instituition of marriage. Too long to tell you why in this post, but just know for now that marriage is holy and sacred, and God created us AND our male/female bodies as a "signpost" pointing to heaven. That's why the bible starts and ends with a marriage, and the first miracle of Jesus is where else, "at a wedding in Cana." One of the many deep mysteries of Cana is "invite Jesus to your marriage, and "watch the miracles." You will be in heaven before you leave this earth. I suggest you read one of Christopher West's book on Theology of the Body, or Bishop Fulton Sheen Three in a marriage. When you really know what marriage is, as God intented, it will make you cry. I also assure you any choices you have to make will, by this beautiful and powerful knowledge, point towards life. Per ture Catholic teaching, the "body" is not only good, it's VERY good. There is certainly no offense in t nude pictures, PROVIDING you are taking them in the glory of God and SEEING THE BODY AS HE INTENDED. It only becomes lust when we don't understand what God/Jesus revealed to us. God Bless you Jenette. Mariam Jo

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3 There's a sardonic saying about vegetarian extremism to the effect that "if God hadn't wanted us to eat animals, He wouldn't have made them out of meat." And if God hadn't intended for the human body to inspire lustful thoughts, He wouldn't have made it so arousing. Marriage? Hard work. But fulfilling. Same as living in a committed relationship with anyone.

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4 This is to Mariam. If marriage were such a sacred institution, the divorce rate would not be so high. Many couples, married in the eyes of God, get divorced every day. Perhaps I'm cynical but I see very little 'sacred' about marriage and I happen to be very happily married... to my SECOND husband

Posted by: Jeanette at October 07, 2006 05:43 PM (pIn4M)

5 OK, I understand the gay woman part (we men tend to overlook that) but I am confused about the gay man part. Does that mean you like to get on top (works for me) or use some type of strap on device? That part would not work for me. As for the male and female form. I think the female form is very great but the male form can be better. Somehow the actual genitailia of the female looks a little funny. But amazingly I have absolutely no lust for men. I just think they look more,..... natural maybe when nude. As to sex, I'm conservative, republican, and love sex. Why I've been know to go way out of line, spend money, chase, and do whatever it takes to make mad passionate (or any other) sex with a woman (note:above 18 and female).

Posted by: Jack at October 08, 2006 04:23 PM (t0meH)

6 gay man = appreciation for the male physique; willingness to express this by paying appropriate tribute to the regenerative organs of my mate. Hey--at least female genitals don't jiggle when we run. (Boobies, of course, are another matter.)

Posted by: Attila Girl at October 08, 2006 09:06 PM (LEEsJ)

7 If Republicans and/or conservatives are so hung up about sex how come they reproduce more than lefties? I want to hear about someone "coming out" and declaring they hate sex. Now, that would be a story. And I'd think they were lying through their teeth.

Posted by: Sean Hackbarth at October 08, 2006 09:22 PM (RiZPJ)

8 Ah,... I hate to say this,.. but the reason Republicans reproduce more than Democrats is because we let them come to full term.... That may also be the reason for a decline in the Democratic ranks.

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9 Is the term "Party of Death" fitting?

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Or are the Democratic and Republican leaderships basically involved in a contest to see how far they can get their respective heads up their oversized asses?

Just askin'. In the most tactful way I know how.

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I'm not going to defend the GOP leadership, but it looks like ABC should be under the microscope along with Hastert.

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I'm with Brendan Loy and Glenn Reynolds: the "prank" interpretation of the Foley scandal doesn't really explain everything. And if it were pure prank—that is, Foley was in on it, and just screwing around—would he have resigned?

Unless, of course, the whole thing is part of the egregious habit Democratic bigots have of outing gay Republicans.

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. . . will be back.

Sure: on a strictly partisan basis, what happened in Connecticut is good for the GOP. Lamont is a probably the weaker candidate.

But I liked Joe, and I take no pleasure in this. The Democratic Party is self-destructing before my eyes.

Attila the Hub thinks we may be ripe for a replay of the McGovern candidacy. What a waste that would be. Sigh.

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. . . has become as meaningless as the words "feminist," "sexist," and "conservative."

We are all Humpty Dumpty now, talking past each other in a sort of linguistic masturbation.

Via Insty.

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I have a few on my blogroll; they're mostly written by people I know. But I could use a few more. Every time I find one, it either goes bad or has its comments section taken over by silly people.

Send me your favorites—not from an anthropological perspective, but rather an intellectual one.

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The instant you say to yourself, "oh, wait: I'm a total running dog these days."

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. . . is in trouble.

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Both parties. Just fuck 'em.

Via Insty, who's not the least bit pleased with the bipartisan assertion that Representatives are above the law.

If only they made rat traps big enough for congresscritters . . .

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sez:

The good news for each party is that they only have to run against the other, and not against a competent one. The bad news for each party is that the same thing is true for their opposition. As I've noted before, it's like the Special Olympics of politics or something.

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. . . He wouldn't look like a neocon at all.

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. . . the latest progressive insight:

“Yes, but how can you prove it’s Monday? And don’t go citing western calendars, either—because those are just evidence of how widespread the western hegemonic meme of dividing the week into 7 days has become . . ."

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Nice work, overall. I enjoyed the shot the President took at Teddy Kennedy. (Oh, come on. Do you think that segment on the importance of civility in debate was random?)

Bush is trying so hard not to smirk, and it just isn't in his nature: that goofy grin keeps sneaking back onto his face.

I'm wondering if anyone out there who voted for John Kerry perceived this, or whether perhaps it's a sign of bias on my part, but I really felt that G.W. at least tried to act the part of a parent adjudicating a dispute between children when he spoke of current Republican-Democrat tensions. With the mood so tense in the Senate lately, I felt he was attempting to communicate a sense of "don't make me stop this car!"

Most of my GOP friends won't be happy with his approach to immigration, but I am. Malkin, for example, probably gagged when he spoke about the guest worker program.

Energy policy: the olive branch here was in his not uttering the phrase "drilling in ANWR," but I found the "green" segment of the speech less startling than many probably will. Some of these government subsidies will indeed turn into boondoggles, but the fact remains that we need to lessen our dependence on foreign oil, so there is a need for a multipronged approach. And it wasn't like Bush was out there wearing his metaphorical Birkenstocks, either: he emphasized the fact that nuclear energy has to be part of the new game plan.

Hamas and Iran: These were both compelling moments in the speech, and the only two times that W. looked directly into the camera. He sent the same message twice ("do not fuck around with us, because we're serious"). And he delivered it forcefully.

And it was a nice touch, saying a few lines to the Iranian people. It's critical that we make the distinction between unfree people and the governments that oppress them.

And watching Mrs. Clinton, who could barely keep from rolling her eyes as she usually does during these addresses, I began to think some of us have exaggerated the threat she supposedly poses to the GOP: this pose of being above it all is not one that wil endear her to the American people. Her conduct on these occasions makes it harder to believe she's learned anything from her indisputably brilliant husband.

She is not, at heart, a real politician. She just happened to marry well.

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I live in the U.S., and I had the idea that there were certain last names that granted one a license to more or less unlimited drink and lechery, and automatically excuse any consequences related thereto.

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Last night Attila the Hub and I went to see Mark Steyn speak at the Claremont Institute's Churchill Dinner. He was there to receive the 2005 Henry Salvatori prize—and, of course, to entertain the Institute's supporters with his amazing wit and insight. In truth, his speech was inspiring and sobering, and I'll have further details tonight or tomorrow. In the meantime I'd like to thank the Institute for inviting us. We shared a table with Flap, PrestoPundit, Gay Patriot West, Matt Peterson, who blogs for the Institute, John of Write Enough, and Matt of Flash Report, along with Kevin and his charming wife.

I also got to meet John Hinderaker of PowerLine, who is a Fellow of the Institute. Naturally, he got swarmed somewhat when he showed up near the blogger's table, but I believe we were all polite about it.

Tammy Bruce was also in attendance, but she was also seated at one of the Fellows' tables. And there was at least one well-known actress there, but I'm not sure she's out as a conservative, so I'll leave her name out of this post.

Special thanks also must go out to The Bear Flag League (the glue that holds conservative Californians together) and to Justene, who does most of the heavy lifting therein.

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