Midday Open Thread 0
- I will be celebrating my 12th wedding anniversary this weekend to my wonderful wife Kristina. Thank goodness that, for the duration of our marriage, we have had that sacred institution defended by these guys:
Republican leaders aren’t the only ones who commit adultery, nor are conservatives or members of the Religious Right, including preachers, solely the ones to have violated the seventh and tenth Commandments. But, it is the “family values” Republican leaders, who have led the party of right wing moral indignation; it is the Religious Right that has overtaken the party and wears the now-tarnished shield of righteousness to protect itself against anyone who doesn’t share their own views of the world, including moderate and liberal Republicans, and anyone belonging to another political party.
The hypocrisy and moral turpitude of the leaders is just one reason why only 21 percent of Americans identify themselves as Republicans.
Check the link for what has to be one of the more exhaustive lists of the GOP “Do As I Say, Not As I Do” caucus.
- Scanning the internet today, you will (understandably) find yourself buried beneath an avalanche of Michael Jackson tributes and eulogies. For the record, you won’t find any better than the one that was written here by Hunter. Exquisite without being saccharine. One of the finest things you’ll read on this site.
- A victory for democracy: Governor Jodi Rell of Connecticut surprised many, her Republican colleagues in the legislature in particular, by signing a Democratic sponsored bill to make Senate vacancies now subject to special election. Might I suggest (as an homage to West Wing fans everywhere) that President Obama name Senator Lieberman to be the new ambassador for the Federated States of Micronesia?
- Ruh-Roh!:
City Council member Monica Conyers, the wife of powerful Democratic congressman John Conyers, pleaded guilty Friday to accepting cash bribes in exchange for supporting a sludge contract with a Houston company.
By the way, I might be late to the party here, but did you know that Conyers’ wife is just 44 years of age?
- Sorry, Sarah, but your comeback to John Kerry’s joke was lame. But you just know that her speechwriters did a collective high-five after writing it, saying “Ooooh, burned!” in unison.
- Way to go, Norm! I can’t think of a more fitting way for you to close out your political career:
Norm Coleman may be on the verge of losing his big state Supreme Court case against Al Franken for the U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota, but at least this long battle has raised his profile: He’s now a go-to punch line on the late-night-TV circuit.
- For political junkies like me, this has been a real killer to workplace productivity. If you want to see some of the creations that people have come up with, the diaries over at Swing State Project have been all over it.
- John Roberts urged Ronald Reagan not to send a letter to Michael Jackson. Roberts probably wanted Reagan to congratulate that wholesome singer who was lighting up the pop charts with his song Tutti Frutti, a fine young man by the name of Pat Boone. [Dana Houle]
- The National Climate Prediction Center thinks that we may be headed for another El Nino climate situation.
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