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Typical

Once upon a time I wasn’t so cynical, I like to remind myself. But the first thing that crossed my mind when I saw this headline on Yahoo news today was, “There’s the October Surprise”.

U.S. Official Says Close to Catching Bin Laden

Cofer Black, State Department coordinator for counter-terrorism, said in Islamabad the entire “infrastructure” was in place to capture bin Laden and his close lieutenants, Pakistan’s English language Daily Times reported.

[snip]

“Success against people that you know about, Osama, could happen tomorrow, could happen the day after, a week from now, or a month from now,” he added.

Of course. Right in time for the election run-up. How convenient.

I wasn’t always this cynical. I don’t LIKE being this cynical. But when it’s this obvious, it’s damn hard to NOT be cynical.

Gimli has settled in very well indeed. Tasha doesn’t mind him, grumpy old lady Tina only hisses at him when he gets in her face. Tommy stopped hissing at him after about two days and now they play and groom each other a lot. Here’s a sample:

He’s taken to stealing the dish and hand towels off their racks and dragging them all over the house, which is pretty funny to watch. I have some pix of that too but need to get them developed.

Happy Labor Day weekend to all!

Get Well Soon Bill!

A quadruple bypass is not a walk in the park. I’m sending President Clinton & his nearest & dearest some good energy today.

Update – I’m also sending a get-well card – like anyone who’s been sick, I’m sure he’ll appreciate the support. If you’re of like mind here’s a mailing address:

The William J. Clinton Foundation
55 West 125th St.
New York, NY 10027

This explains a lot

This president sees America as we think about a 10-year-old child,

So said White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card.

I suspect Card was trying to express how much Bush loved America when he chose that phrase. But the way it came out, it sounded grossly paternalistic and insulting to the intelligence of Americans.

And to me, this is a classic example of what’s wrong with the crew in the White House. They really do think they know better than the rest of us, and that this justifies their actions.

2 months to Election Day. Bring it on.

About Freaking Time!

I was wondering if Kerry was ever going to step up to the plate and do something about the vile smear campaign BushCo is running against him. Tonight he did:

“For the past week, they attacked my patriotism and my fitness to serve as commander in chief,” Kerry said. “We’ll, here’s my answer. I’m not going to have my commitment to defend this country questioned by those who refused to serve when they could have and by those who have misled the nation into Iraq.”

Indeed.

Welcome Back Hesiod

I know you wanted to just relax and enjoy life but I’m glad to see you back. Otherwise I might have missed this gem from the dirty tricks book:

It seems that a Republican polling firm is conducting push polls in Wisconsin that explicitly use the accusation of the Swift Boat Liars for Bush in their misleading questions.

Unfortunately for them, they called the wrong guy: A democratic activist who jotted down their questions, and signed an affidavit confirming all of it.

They also made a boo boo by trying that in Wisconsin, which has a state law requiring any polling firm to reveal who is paying for a poll if asked. Naturally, the gentleman asked the caller who was paying for the poll.

Just as naturally, they clammed up.

What really pisses me off is that the SCLM just lets this stuff slide 99.99999% of the time. Without the Blue Blogosphere we’d be in even deeper doo-doo than we already are.