It’s nine o’clock on Friday morning and I think Joe Scarborough is about to confirm what the Smoking Jacket has pretended to know all along, Joe Liebermouse, or “Poor Loserman” as Joe likes to call him, will be McSame’s first choice for number two. And while I would like to have the luxury of waiting till eleven this morning to hear it from the candidate his own dang self before I start crowing in print, I can’t because we’ll be gone for ten days.
The Smoking Jacket is taking the show on the road. Maine for Joodster’s birthday bash, then down to Maryland for Hannah Medd’s fantasmagorical wedding and then heading up to Susannah Foo’s in Philly for some long sought after cuisine d’ Chinoise. Back via east Manhattan for the perfect bagle with Vic and Robin, before heading up to No Stamfo to scare the grandchildren.
Last night’s speech by that O’bama feller who thinks he would like to be the next commander in chief got glowing reviews from even Republican pundits like the estimable Mike Murphy. Peggy Noonan, who must write her own intros when she graces the news sets with her presence, thought it was flat and no one will remember anything but the pretentious set and that he didn’t soar. I have never liked this woman so I was thrilled when Andrea Mitchell, who was sitting next to Peggy, said in her demur way, that she disagreed thoroughly and thought it hit the mark. Egg on Peg’s puss is just as much fun for me as watching the guessing game galumph on toward eleven o’clock. This famous former speech writer for Reagan couldn’t even bring herself to pronounce “Barack” the way he does. She says BARE-uck, like the building soldiers sleep in. I wonder if she says CHEE-nee unlike the rest of the world, save the world class mispronouncer, Chris Mathews, and me.
New Prediction. The rascally Gustav is going to make it all the way to St. Paul next week where he will huff and puff and blow the stadium roof off the way Lieberman would have done with his own soaring rhetoric if they didn’t have to cancel.
Catch you on the flip side of Labor Day.
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Thank God for VP choices, should be great Daily Shows next few months....
ReplyDeleteDan Quayle in a dress.
ReplyDeleteThe psychic Pigge should not give up his day job with his 'Loserman' pick. It made sense though. Any story that drives Bob Novak apoplexic, must have some substance.
ReplyDeleteAs for Sarah Palin? Somewhere in Hollywood, a writer is making his pitch for the next great sitcom: "It's 'Men In Tree's', only the Anne Heche character runs for Mayor and WINS! And then...and then, you'll never guess...some old guy in Washington picks her to be his V.P. candidate! I know, I know, it may sound implausible but what if we make the old guy have an affair with her? His trophy wife finds out and, 'BLAM'! There are just too many ways we can go with this..we can't lose!".
The bottom line strategy for McMansion's entire campaign has been the Hall of Mirrors gambit.
ReplyDeleteFor the longest time he had the corporate media to deflect critical attention and distort his image and record. After so many egregious errors by the candidate on matters of basic fact and principle, his "base" could no longer protect him without further eroding their already damaged brand.
McCain then turned to the POW defense to deflect any and all criticism of his multitude of moral, ethical and financial conflicts..."he's a man who couldn't fatten the accounts of any lobbyists for five long years in prison!
Now that the media and even the uninformed sector of the public are tiring of this overworked ploy that has cheapened and debased his claim to being an American hero, he has unleashed the last, desperate, cynical deflector shield...Sarah Palin..to hide behind.
His only remaining hope is that Ms. Palin is such a horribly unqualified candidate to be a heartbeat from the Presidency that the ensuing howl of protest from all thinking Americans will arouse the sympathy and resentment of enough voters to "stop picking on that poor woman" that he can somehow manage to steal the election by adding these people to his coalition of racists, fundamentalist ideologues and morons.
What an inspirational leader!
The VP may have been decided on, but the moving and sadly neglected story of the devastation wreaked by Gustav on the Republican convention is a tragedy that is finally told HERE
ReplyDeleteAnd, as expected, everyone on the angry left (including all of the known media and many Republicans) is indeed picking on that poor woman!
ReplyDeleteWell at least someone among those despicable America-hating elite media vultures has issued a long overdue MEA CULPA.
If being governor of a state in close proximity to Russia automatically confers upon Palin an expertise in foreign affairs, think how this opens unlimited possibilities for cabinet appointees!
ReplyDeleteEven the Republicans know: John Bush in 2008!
ReplyDeleteYa think?
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