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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories....92582&EDATE via Atrios This helps validate my opinion that Guiliani is the GOP's best shot. The Christian Right will vote for him because he's not Hillary, and white collar Republicans think he's their moderate messiah. The man shits charisma and has the kind of commanding presence no one in his party can match. They'll conveniently look the other way on his personal life and past sins like they did for W. McCain's the career senator they thought was a mentally ill psuedo-Democrat back in 2000. Both men hosted Saturday Night Live, and McCain had a cameo in "Wedding Crashers." The only issue McCain can use to beat Guiliani with is abortion, which will kill his chances in the general election when his opponent will probably be a woman. Guiliani is also the GOP's chance to milk 9/11 for yet another election victory. I don't think there ever was any chance of me saying this about Evan Bayh.

If it was so easy then how come nobody else did it? HUH????? HOW BOUT THAT???????

(Yeah, I know there's already a Lieberman thread, but the election is bigger than just him.) The election is little more than a month away. What's at stake: 33 Senate seats and control of the Senate 435 House seats and control of the House 36 governorships Democrats want this election to be a referendum on the currently unpopular Pres. Bush. Republican want everyone to forget they're Republicans and vote for them anyways. Voting is Nov. 7th. http://www.nytimes.com/ref/washington/2006ELECTIONGUIDE.html

I once read in a book that Warren Harding was our worst president. Just saying.

Contrary to popular belief, other humans exist outside the North American Continent. OMG SOURCE PLZ

They might still be that price at Walmart. Amazon.com's got 1-3 for $18 each, and 4 & 5 for $30 each.

Arguments about how unhealthy our diet is would be a lot more convincing if the average life expectancy in America wasn't 78 years old.

Funny how I never gloated about this.

Just because it was in a book, doesn't make it true.

Blah, blah...Warren Harding...blah, blah...

Well, I guess NO ONE has ever danced with the devil by the pale moon light, then, have they?

Yes, but that doesn't mean it was a "piece of shit". It was a fine movie, but just not the movie that the fans had been waiting 20 years to see.

I'm pretty sure Paris Hilton is Pestilence.

**cough**Hubert Humphrey**cough**

I was mad at Wellstone for not running in 2000. Sufficed to say, I was a bit more liberal back then.

Okay...you gotta draw the line somewhere. Snuffbox was probably right about Evan Bayh's early support for Iraq hurting his chances. I really didn't pay attention to it earlier, but the Russ Feingold quote about not supporting anyone who voted for the war is a pretty big "fuck you" to Hillary Clinton. If the Democratic primary voters make Iraq the number one issue and go so far as to withhold support for any and all early supporters of the war, quite a few campaigns are in serious trouble. Here's a list of all the Democratic senators who voted for the war: Max Baucus Evan Bayh Joe Biden John Breaux Maria Cantwell Jean Carnahan Tom Carper Max Cleland Hillary Clinton Tom Daschle Christopher Dodd Byron Dorgan John Edwards Dianne Feinstein Tom Harkin Fritz Hollings Tim Johnson John Kerry Herb Kohl Mary Landrieu Joe Lieberman Blanche Lincoln Zell Miller Bill Nelson Ben Nelson Harry Reid Jay Rockefeller Chuck Schumer Robert Torricelli Against: Daniel Akaka Jeff Bingaman Barbara Boxer Robert Byrd Jon Corzine Kent Conrad Mark Dayton Dick Durbin Russ Feingold Bob Graham Daniel Inouye Ted Kennedy Patrick Leahy Carl Levin Barbara Mikulski Patty Murray Jack Reed Paul Sarbanes Debbie Stabenow Paul Wellstone Ron Wyden

Hey...that'd make us 2 time winners. WATCH OUT FDR!!! WE'RE GUNNING FOR YOUR RECORD!!!!

So noted.

Here's a fun article: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/washington/17gingrich.html Burn. I'm sure his Fox News special about God will be good... (wait for it) "...FOR ME TO POOP ON!!!!" In other news... http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politica...cains-iraq.html I can't wait to find a transcript of this.

So, for those of you just tuning in, here's our contestants: Republicans John McCain Rudy Guiliani Sam Brownback Tommy Thompson Mike Huckabee Mitt Romney Duncan Hunter Tom Tancredo Democrats Tom Vilsack Dennis Kucinich Joe Biden John Edwards Hillary Clinton Bill Richardson John Kerry Chris Dodd Wesley Clark Not Interested in Playing Bill Frist Mark Warner Evan Bayh Al Gore Russ Feingold Howard Dean Tom Daschle Condoleezza Rice Jeb Bush Dick Cheney Coy Little Bastards that Like to Keep Us Guessing Newt Gingrich Barrack Obama Chuck Hagel Al Sharpton

Political Quiz The top headline on CNN's politics page is that John Edwards is getting ready to announce he'll run for president again. This is great news, because: a) there's absolutely no way for John Kerry to run without looking like a huge asshole. b) there'll be yet another person running with better campaigning skills than Hillary Clinton. c) it gives him something to do, since he doesn't actually have a job or anything. d) he can be the white Barrack Obama. Please mark your scantron sheet for the appropriate letter and pass them forward when you finish.

Time's Person of the Year plays for this baseball team I just bought.

::blasts "The Final Countdown":: <----me dancing

They just need to retire the award now. Who is it going to be next year? Them?

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/...1569514,00.html