I know this is probably not how you wanted to spend your 52nd birthday. This whole FBI investigation thing probably puts a damper on that Chuck E. Cheese shindig you were probably planning. At least if you resign like everyoneandtheirmom wants you to, you won’t have to deal with any more Congressional appointing — toooootal pain in the bleep, right?! And you won’t have to deal with that pesky Chicago Tribune editorial board, asking you hard questions, and that whole, threatening-for-good-press thing. Maybe you, like Governor Spitzer can find a way to come out of this alive in about a year…as long as you avoid jail time, which you probably will. Let’s face it — this is Illinois politics, and you’re a protected man! Anyway, have a good one!
Hillary Clinton says the chances of her seeking the highest political office in the U.S are “probably close to zero.” The junior senator from New York also said she would be even less likely to being nominated to the Supreme Court or run the senate as the majority leader.
Well, as you remember, Clinton said before that she just wanted to concentrate on being the best senator from New York, and then she ran a long, thrilling, earth shattering campaign for the presidency. Is it a hoax, or do you think she’s hung her hat as far as the presidency is concerned?
Yaaaay, finally, a brilliant, awesome, woman is getting a news show on a major cable news network, and it has nothing to do with her looks (Paula Zahn) or her craziness (Nancy Grace) or her allegiance to the right wing (Greta Van Sustren).
Radio host and television commentator Rachel Maddow will have her own show on MSNBC starting September 8, right after the Republican convention. Her show will air at 9 p.m. following Countdown with Keith Olberman (he broke the news on daily kos today hehe)
She is possibly the first openly gay woman to host a prime-time television show, making her super awesome and probably a hell of a lot less likely to fall prey to being all glitz, cleavage, and big hair.
Maddow, 35, is a Rhodes scholar with a PhD in political science. She also has a background in activism, prison reform, and HIV/AIDS. She currently hosts The Rachel Maddow show on Air America radio, and has filled the guest chair for Olberman in the past.
I don’t know if you’re as tired of hearing the phrases, “black vote,” “white vote,” “working class vote,” and the “women’s vote” but in either case, Donna Brazile puts it down on Paul Begala’s divisive pissiness after his homie Hillary Clinton lost North Carolina to those black folks:
Miss U.K. 2008 Gemma Garrett is running for Parliament because, she wants “British politicians to be sexy not sleazy,” she told the press Monday, announcing her bid for an open seat. The long-time Labour Party incumbent, Gwyneth Dunwoody of Crewe and Nantwich, croaked last month.
She’s representing the Beauties for Britain party, a new org. who is trying to stop politics from being boring; instead, they’re striving to make it fun and pretty… sounds like “I hate math” Barbie.
“I think that people should be proud of Britain and proud of themselves especially the beauties that Britain has produced over the years and I’m very proud to be Miss Great Britain and standing for this.”
Asked if she could help Brown tackle the global credit crunch and recover from Thursday’s poll mauling, she replied: “No, but I could maybe give him some advice on beauty products.”
Ugh, can beauty queens please stop playing the dumb ass blonde? Thanks.
Dear Rod,
