Seven weeks
By Carl
That's an eternity in a political calendar, particularly in the modern political calendar where stories no longer have "second day" details, but have follow ups in the second hour. I imagine we'll be seeing a lot of stories like these:
1) 'NAFTAgate' began with remark from Harper's chief of staff
2) ONLY GORE CAN STOP A MELTDOWN (relax... it's the Rupert Murdoch-owned NY Post... it can't be true!)
3) They must go for Hillary Clinton
4) Obama and Clinton Supporters Must Drop Out of the Race (a not-particularly comic take on the candidates themselves dropping out...I'd like to think I was some influence on this, but damn! I'd hate to bear any responsibility for "teh UNfunny"!)
5) The Sanjaya Effect? (And a Few Other Stray March 4 Thoughts) (skip the article -- it's NRO's The Corner)
6) HILLARY, 'MOST SECRETIVE POLITICIAN IN AMERICA'? (Surprisingly, not a Murdoch-onwed outlet, it's MSNBC (= Misogynists Slap Nice Blonde Candidate?))
...and so on, ad infinitum, ad nauseum, add Pepto Bismol and lie down...
You get the sense that a bunch of bloggers and writers, looking down at a blank screen after imbibing way too much Tuesday night and needing something to post because they're bumping up against their expense account limits, decided to, you know, get stupid.
Stupider, I should say. This goes beyond "hangover stupid" straight to "hair of the dog, and another, and another" stupid reporting and analysis. This goes straight to "Ohmygod, I slept with THAT?!" stupid. This goes straight to "Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9/11 and is trying to get uranium" stupid reporting.
It's hard to coax breathless prose to signify THE! MOST! IMPORTANT! STORY! EVER! when in fact nothing is happening and nothing is going to happen at least until Saturday. April 5, I mean.
Guys, give your livers, your brains and your readers a break! It's nearly Spring. Take a walk, stop imagining that you're still in Manchester, NH, and enjoy yourselves. We'll have plenty to occupy ourselves!
American Idol is in full swing! We're about due for a Britney sighting any day now! Baseball is about to get underway! Some celebrity somewhere is about to give birth to a baby! A bear's about to shit in the woods!
On the other hand, maybe you could, you know, write about something that matters?
(Cross-posted to Simply Left Behind.)
That's an eternity in a political calendar, particularly in the modern political calendar where stories no longer have "second day" details, but have follow ups in the second hour. I imagine we'll be seeing a lot of stories like these:
1) 'NAFTAgate' began with remark from Harper's chief of staff
2) ONLY GORE CAN STOP A MELTDOWN (relax... it's the Rupert Murdoch-owned NY Post... it can't be true!)
3) They must go for Hillary Clinton
4) Obama and Clinton Supporters Must Drop Out of the Race (a not-particularly comic take on the candidates themselves dropping out...I'd like to think I was some influence on this, but damn! I'd hate to bear any responsibility for "teh UNfunny"!)
5) The Sanjaya Effect? (And a Few Other Stray March 4 Thoughts) (skip the article -- it's NRO's The Corner)
6) HILLARY, 'MOST SECRETIVE POLITICIAN IN AMERICA'? (Surprisingly, not a Murdoch-onwed outlet, it's MSNBC (= Misogynists Slap Nice Blonde Candidate?))
...and so on, ad infinitum, ad nauseum, add Pepto Bismol and lie down...
You get the sense that a bunch of bloggers and writers, looking down at a blank screen after imbibing way too much Tuesday night and needing something to post because they're bumping up against their expense account limits, decided to, you know, get stupid.
Stupider, I should say. This goes beyond "hangover stupid" straight to "hair of the dog, and another, and another" stupid reporting and analysis. This goes straight to "Ohmygod, I slept with THAT?!" stupid. This goes straight to "Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9/11 and is trying to get uranium" stupid reporting.
It's hard to coax breathless prose to signify THE! MOST! IMPORTANT! STORY! EVER! when in fact nothing is happening and nothing is going to happen at least until Saturday. April 5, I mean.
Guys, give your livers, your brains and your readers a break! It's nearly Spring. Take a walk, stop imagining that you're still in Manchester, NH, and enjoy yourselves. We'll have plenty to occupy ourselves!
American Idol is in full swing! We're about due for a Britney sighting any day now! Baseball is about to get underway! Some celebrity somewhere is about to give birth to a baby! A bear's about to shit in the woods!
On the other hand, maybe you could, you know, write about something that matters?
(Cross-posted to Simply Left Behind.)
Labels: 2008 primaries, Barack Obama, Democrats, Hillary Clinton
posted by Carl at
10:50 AM
2 Comments:
Obama is finally asking Clinton some questions–here’s a few more he should ask:
Your husband made controversial pardons at the end of his term. Did you have anything to do with those pardons–especially Marc Rich and the Hasidim in upstate New York? If so, will you release any documents, etc. on them? If not, do you denounce and reject those pardons?
You and your husband have refused to release the donor list from his Presidential library, leading many to think that payoffs for political favors, including the pardons, were funneled through the Library. Will you release those records, and will you pledge that, if elected, your Library’s books will be open and transparent? and
Will you finally release your White House papers that the Clinton Library has refused to release?
Fair questions, I think– all of which relate to her supposed governmental experience and honesty
By
A Red Mind in a Blue State, at 4:03 PM
As soon as he stands still for a few questions about Rezko rather than dashing out the door, then he has stroke to ask them.
Until then, ehhhhhhhhhh, not so much.
By
Carl, at 4:36 PM
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