Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Many Things Old is New Again (sic)
Of all the old faces I didn't want to see return to the public spotlight, Karen Hughes most assuredly tops the list (with the possible exceptions of MC Hammer and Deion Sanders). But she's back. How ironic that her return to the Bush Campaign coincides with Dana Milbank's re-introduction of Bush's daily malapropisms on the Trail. Connection or coincidence? Coincidence, surely. There's no doubting how much she's needed though.
E.J. Dionne - an often-overlooked TalkingHead with a big gift for hitting the nail squarely - really hits one hard with today's column. In summation, he itemizes some great retorts for Kerry to use if he really wanted to confront Bush's latest mischaracterizations and chest-thumping challenges.
Of all the possible ToughTalking Dems, Tom Harkin got downright snappy on Cheney yesterday. You go grrrl!
The NYDaily News has what I've only seen there as an exclusive on Frances Fragos Townsend - Bush's top homeland security adviser that made her debut during last week's utterly unexcusable but hopefully not forgotten Orange Alert charade. As reported, Townsend's proven quite the turncoat. She served in the Clinton Administration, but kissed all the right asses and donated $2K to Bush/Cheney '04 just 2 days before getting her cush Bushie gig. Lots of ugly asides make this article a guilty pleasure.
Since I've been away from daily posts for so long, I've completely missed some big stories. Many have been covered to death elsewhere, so I want to bring one to the nation's attention herein - the complete dissolution of this season's Milwaukee Brewers' hopes. Going into the All-Star Break in mid-July, the Brew Crew was a half-dozen games over .500 and looking like a legitimate team, albeit one run by the Selig family. Sure, their offense was suspect, but they had a truly complete pitching staff and that's 75% of Major League Baseball, right? Um, wrong apparently - they've dive-bombed into the cellar of the National League Central and show almost no hopes for getting their ship righted with the overwhelmingly competitive ball being played on the Senior Circuit this season. Hell, even the Expos managed a 7-game winning streak this past few weeks. Once again, America's favorite team named after the art of beer-making has been sent packing well before the season enters the final stretch. Myself and approximately 17 others have likewise had our secret dreams crushed.
But if any story has legs today given just how idiotic the press' attention is on matters of real significance in August, it will surely be Kerry's interview with GQ. Can anyone disagree with his comments about Charlize Theron? Personally, I'll take issue with his feelings about Catherine Zeta-Jones - she has to be a body-snatcher or something equally nefarious to have achieved her status at this point while still being small-minded enough to do all those T-Mobile commercials. Still, Kerry shows real gravitas in his admitting that all his past skirt-chasing was somehow beneath a man of his, um...height.
Of all the old faces I didn't want to see return to the public spotlight, Karen Hughes most assuredly tops the list (with the possible exceptions of MC Hammer and Deion Sanders). But she's back. How ironic that her return to the Bush Campaign coincides with Dana Milbank's re-introduction of Bush's daily malapropisms on the Trail. Connection or coincidence? Coincidence, surely. There's no doubting how much she's needed though.
E.J. Dionne - an often-overlooked TalkingHead with a big gift for hitting the nail squarely - really hits one hard with today's column. In summation, he itemizes some great retorts for Kerry to use if he really wanted to confront Bush's latest mischaracterizations and chest-thumping challenges.
Of all the possible ToughTalking Dems, Tom Harkin got downright snappy on Cheney yesterday. You go grrrl!
The NYDaily News has what I've only seen there as an exclusive on Frances Fragos Townsend - Bush's top homeland security adviser that made her debut during last week's utterly unexcusable but hopefully not forgotten Orange Alert charade. As reported, Townsend's proven quite the turncoat. She served in the Clinton Administration, but kissed all the right asses and donated $2K to Bush/Cheney '04 just 2 days before getting her cush Bushie gig. Lots of ugly asides make this article a guilty pleasure.
Since I've been away from daily posts for so long, I've completely missed some big stories. Many have been covered to death elsewhere, so I want to bring one to the nation's attention herein - the complete dissolution of this season's Milwaukee Brewers' hopes. Going into the All-Star Break in mid-July, the Brew Crew was a half-dozen games over .500 and looking like a legitimate team, albeit one run by the Selig family. Sure, their offense was suspect, but they had a truly complete pitching staff and that's 75% of Major League Baseball, right? Um, wrong apparently - they've dive-bombed into the cellar of the National League Central and show almost no hopes for getting their ship righted with the overwhelmingly competitive ball being played on the Senior Circuit this season. Hell, even the Expos managed a 7-game winning streak this past few weeks. Once again, America's favorite team named after the art of beer-making has been sent packing well before the season enters the final stretch. Myself and approximately 17 others have likewise had our secret dreams crushed.
But if any story has legs today given just how idiotic the press' attention is on matters of real significance in August, it will surely be Kerry's interview with GQ. Can anyone disagree with his comments about Charlize Theron? Personally, I'll take issue with his feelings about Catherine Zeta-Jones - she has to be a body-snatcher or something equally nefarious to have achieved her status at this point while still being small-minded enough to do all those T-Mobile commercials. Still, Kerry shows real gravitas in his admitting that all his past skirt-chasing was somehow beneath a man of his, um...height.
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