Nightly Ramble: Themes And Schemes, The Gray Lady And the Iceberg, The Pope Shows Up, the Stars Fall, the Ground Shakes, And More

• In talking with a few people, I’ve decided that instead of going for an all in one shot theme change, I’m going to try and use the existing framework, and do a slow change over time. Dabble with the colors,

Shame on ABC: Enough Distractions!
ABC let voters down with last night’s abysmal debate. Bad debates aren’t just painful to watch-they actually hurt the country. Tell the media “enough distractions – ask about issues that affect people’s lives”.

MoveOn.org, via,

Michelle makes a great point, this monring:

How dare the ABC moderators ask questions about topics that are, you know, topical?

How dare they ask questions that-gasp!-conservatives are asking.

How dare they explore questions of character, truthfulness, and

• Look, gang, right off the bat… any server that goes down under 4000 hits in a few hours isn’t worth much.  Are we clear on this?
• For those of you complaining about Bush’s Global Warming day speech… Gang, I

And what was Obama’s response? He compared Ayers to Senator Tom Coburn, who opposes abortion. Of course, Coburn hasn’t bombed abortion clinics, but Obama can’t tell the difference between a Senator and a terrorist. That won’t help him in Middle

After the debate last night, I noted a whole lot of traffic… all asking questions about Obama and Ayers, apparently following up on Hillary Clinton’s questions during the debate itself. (Yes, I know it was Stephy who asked the questions,

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (CNN) – After a weekend spent making direct appeals to gun owners and church goers, Hillary Clinton said Sunday a query about the last time she fired a gun or attended church services “is not a relevant question

• That’s OK, Jon. Tell ya what; Greenwald can claim I’m pro-torture, if he likes… because under some conditions I am. .. and for all the moralizing that’s been thrown at the issue, nobody’s ever come up with an even

You may now take Mr. Heston’s firearms. Charlton Heston is dead at age 84. The Associated Press offers an ironic headline, “Oscar-winning star of ‘Ben-Hur’ was known for heroic roles:”

LOS ANGELES – Charlton Heston, who won the

OK, I’ve gotta give Joe Lieberman credit. From Time this morning:

Well, I say that the Democratic Party changed. The Democratic Party today was not the party it was in 2000. It’s not the Bill Clinton-Al Gore party, which was

Jackie Calmes at the Wall Street Journal:

WASHINGTON — The racially charged debate over Barack Obama’s relationship with his longtime pastor hasn’t much changed his close contest against Hillary Clinton, or hurt him against Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain, according to

Sister Toldjah:

It’s blaspheme! Pure and simple!

I don’t think he’s [John Coleman’s] serious about wanting to actually sue The Goracle and other global warming alarmists in order to resolve the global warming debate – at least I hope

From Bluto:

From MSNBC:

 

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., condemned racially charged sermons by his former pastor Friday and urged Americans not to reject his presidential campaign because of “guilt by association.”

Obama’s campaign announced that the minister, the

Preface:  One, it is neither my intent to blog about Silda Spitzer, nor to pass judgment.   She only  serves as the vehicle of this discussion.   Two, I find it aggravating when discussing issues pertaining to women that some can not,

Rochester Rocks, 13-WHAM.

Obama’s Weak in Review, RCP

Man bites Dog, George McGovern, WSJ:

Nearly 16 years ago in these very pages, I wrote that “‘one-size-fits all’ rules for business ignore the reality of the market