Mrs. Pelosi: Loser of the Year

Mrs. Pelosi:

“The war in Iraq is the biggest disappointment for us,” … “I mean the inability to stop the war in Iraq.”
 

Don Suber, honorary Swamp Stomper:

Never bet against the American soldier. King George III did. He lost.

Word from the Jerusalem Post just now :

Palestinian Authority officials on Monday expressed deep disappointment after learning that US President George W. Bush, who is expected to visit Ramallah soon, does not intend to lay a wreath at Yasser

It’s New Year’s Day, and I’ve got a day off.

I’m watching a huge orgasm in non-coverage occurring in the primary states this morning, particularly Iowa. in watching all of this nonsense the last couple of days I am reminded

Sen. Clinton, a candidate for the leadership of the free world, apparently doesn’t know the first thing about the country referred to by some as “the most dangerous place on earth”

 Thomas Houlahan, Middle East Times.

Hat Tip, John 

Mike Huckabee’s campaign is over.  the campaign  has self destructed, video, via Stop the AC:LU.

Much more, Memeorandum.

 If Huckabeee got upset by Mitt Romney going negative, what would he have have done when Mrs. Clititon went negative?

I want to mention this before it gets too far off the pages of our papers:

The SanFranChron:

The two San Jose brothers mauled by a tiger on Christmas were released from a San Francisco hospital on Saturday, hospital officials

I could not let Bit have all the fun with the best articles of the year.  Retrived an utterly delicious Snark of the Day from the archives. 

The best Snark of 2007 is “Snark of the Day: Scarlet O’Clinton

…in OTB’s Caption contest

I fully recognize that taking Paul Krugman down a peg or three is akin to arm-wrestling an infant. The contest can only go one way, Krugman’s going to loose…and the winner is invariably left with the task of dealing with

First Mrs. Clinton was famous for answering questions from plants. Then she stonewalled David Gregory’s. Now she is stonewalling her audience. The Des Moines Register reports on [Mrs.] Clinton’s Silence:

Iowa Falls, Ia. – Iowans have noticed that

It appears Improved Clinch has a heartbeat. Nice to have you back, John. Been too long.

Here’s a few posts from BitsBlog that caught my eye and my immediate memory, as I scanned over the posts from the last year.

Harry Reid,man of the land…. deal.
Barbara Boxer back in CAIR’s good graces
Joe Biden: Barack

Daniel W. Drezner asks,  “Should celebrities set the global agenda?”

Rosie O’Donnell, winner of Barbra Streisand IQ Award for Celebrity Vacuity, via New York Post,

“I just want to say something: 655,000 Iraqi civilians are dead. Who

Maybe it something in the water in Arkansas.  I dunno, but Mike Huckabee and Mrs. Clinton share something in common besides their both from Arkansas.  While Mrs. Clinton is shrill liar.  Huckabee is just a calm and smooth liar.

John

James Joyner, under a banner Fred Thompson: Not Interested in Running for President, writes today:

There’s a minor blogstorm developing around a report from Bill Theobald in USA Today about Fred Thompson’s answer to a question as to how badly