This Cannot Be!

George W. Bush just flipped the coin for the first game at the new Cowboys Stadium. How can this be? Barack Obama is the first president to like sports! I know this because ESPN has told me so! Surely, there can only be one explanation. Jerry Jones is racist.

Sarcasm meters on high, please.

I Almost Forgot...

I have to correct Charlie Mitchell about something he wrote in his column a few days ago.

In it, he says that George Bush used the term strategery. It's not true (I read it on Wiki!). George Bush wasn't the first to use the word. It wasn't used by a real president, but a fake one.

You know, the kind that does outrageously stupid things.

Not To Be Outdone...

Joe Biden yesterday suggested prosecuting the Bush administration for its crimes.

I love Joe Biden's mouth. It's almost as fun as that of one Jamie Franks Jr.

How Did I Miss This?

Jay Nordlinger of National Review points out:

"...he doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.” Um, there’s actually only one president on the dollar bill. If Quayle had said that . . .

Oh, God, Jay, what if GWB had said it? Add that to the list of gaffes nobody calls him on.

The Wheels on The Bus

The latest casualty of the Obama International Bus Tour is none other than rapper Ludacris, whom the Bus-Drivin' Messiah had met with and had discussions about 'empowering youth' in late 2006.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15972471/

A recent bit of poetry from the Sage of the Dirty South:

Said I handled his biz and I'm one of his favorite rappers

Well give Luda a special pardon if I'm ever in the slammer

Better yet put him in office, make me your vice president

Hillary hated on you, so that b**** is irrelevant

The Bus-Drivin' Messiah's flack today retorted:

This song is not only outrageously offensive to Senator Clinton, Reverend Jackson, Senator McCain, and President Bush, it is offensive to all of us who are trying to raise our children with the values we hold dear. While Ludacris is a talented individual he should be ashamed of these lyrics.

Ah, that's the Barry we all know and love: A guy whose use for someone extends only as far as their usefulness to him. The wheels on the bus, once again, go round and round. I believe, Luda, you'll find Mrs. Dunham, Rev. Wright, Trinity Church, 2/3 of the Veep selection committee, several advisors...ah, you get it.

Since Andy Taggart Started It

Here's another thing GWB is responsible for, Andy: John Edwards' love child.*

Mr. Rove wants us to pass this along: Shampoo When Wet Cleans Hair. This is all.

* Alleged. He is a lawyer after all.

And Milk Shot Through My Nose

Hampton is still fighting the 2000 election and toting water for AlGore. Let us count the things that are funny in his blog today:

1. "I understand why Gore has given up politics after the Florida/Supreme Court maneuver that took the presidency away from him."

That would be the Florida that George Bush led from wire-to-wire, won by over 500 votes, was confirmed by a number of newspapers, and, oh, yeah, was called for Gore before the polls closed in the panhandle? That Florida?

2. "And, I think he has offered tremendous worldwide leadership on a critical issue facing the planet. His work has made a difference as the Nobel Prize accurately reflected."

Yes, by driving around in fuel-inefficient vehicles, flying everywhere, staging a concert that was so carbon-inefficient that it was hilarious, having a mansion with a $17000 a month electric bill, and generally being the Webster's definition "for me, but not for thee."

That, and most of the people he won his Nobel with think his theories are full of it. Mostly, this is an excuse to backdoor socialism into our lives and extend the power of the government.

3. "Gore was one of the most capable and prepared for the presidency than any candidate in decades. At least a majority of Americans thought so."

So you admit that Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, and, oh, yeah-Barry Messiah himself (honor and glory be unto his name) weren't ready for the presidency? Admitting it is the first step, Davy.

Anyway, let's define something: Ma-jor-uh-tee, according to Dictionary.com: the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total (opposed to minority): the majority of the population.

AlGore's share of the vote in 2000: 48.4. Unless my math skills are worse than I remember, that means that 51.6% of the American people disagreed with that assessment, Davy. In fact, a majority of people living in Gore's 'home state' of Tennessee (though Gore was born and raised in Washington and spent a majority of his life there or at Harvard) didn't agree with that statement.

But just to get it straight: Since GWB won 51% of the vote, and had more people vote for him than anyone in the history of American elections, by your standards, he's the most qualified president ever.

By the way, the biggest supporter of removing Saddam Hussein from power during the 1990s? Albert Gore Jr. Don't go around telling people that, though-it might be that people will figure out he's less St. Al and more opportunistic pol.

Keep fighting 2000 Davy. It just makes you look like the guy from The 40-Year Old Virgin who is still obsessed with a woman he dated years ago.

The Ministry of Truth Hath Spoken

I make a lot of 1984 allusions because, well, it's a great book. It's either the liberals' favorite conservative book or the conservative's favorite liberal book. But sometimes, maybe I take the comparisons with current-day politicians a little bit too far.

Not today however. Today, Obamessiah's Ministry of Truth has erased any criticism of the Surge in Iraq. Oceania is no longer at war with Eurasia. Never have been.

I wish I could make this up. One day, I really do wonder if we'll have pictures of him up everywhere, with eyes that follow us around, and be required to do the two minutes of George Bush Hate. I bet Hampton or Nash will be my section leader.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/07/14/2008-07-14_barack_obama_purges_web_site_critique_of.html

Another Universe Heard From

Jere Nash is blaming the Bush administration for the economy. I suppose that's as surprising as me having a headache on Saturday morning.

He puts the president at fault for the IndyMac bank closing. And I guess, when you live in one of Jackson's trendy liberal enclaves, you miss all of this stuff:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121581435073947103.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news

I find this quote very interesting, Jere:

In a written statement, the Office of Thrift Supervision, which regulated IndyMac, said "the immediate cause" of the failure was statements made by Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat. Mr. Schumer in late June publicly raised concerns about the bank's solvency.

"Although this institution was already in distress, I am troubled by any interference in the regulatory process," said OTS Director John Reich.

Did ya catch that, Jere? A little Democratic grandstanding is OK, though, right? It's all to stop the corrupt and inept Bush administration, right?

I really hope somebody will post that quote on Jere's blog.

Over at Salter's Blog

He has a gripe with GWB about the traffic flow in Rankin County during the Presidential visit. Fair enough. He's wondering whether or not this could tip the election to Musgrove.

I wonder what Sid had to say a couple of years ago during the Saints/Colts preseason game at VMS, where traffic in downtown Jackson was an absolute disaster. How many people swore they'd never go to a Saints game again? Was Sid one of them?

Absurd, Sid. You can do better than that.

Does Not Compute

For someone who apparently has never heard of Barack Obama, Monty Rushgrove sure does campaign like him.

Recently (a hat tip to my guys over at Mississippi Dish) he termed President Bush's visit to Mississippi for a Wicker fundraiser a 'distraction.' Yeah, because it might distract people to the fact that two guys who put approximately $250,000 in your coffers are in jail.

Is there anything inconvenient that isn't a distraction to you guys? Heck, the next thing you know, an election is going to be inconvenient.

A Question for Monty, Snidely, Et Al

It seems that Robert Wexler, D-FL, is intent on calling Scott "Huh?" McClelland to testify before the House Judicial Committee that he chairs (Hey Barry, that's what chairmen do-they call meetings. Shouldn't you do that since, um, your subcommittee oversees NATO?), that being the committee that oversees any impeachment hearings. It also seems that there is a list of pro-impeachment candidates running for office:

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/2008candidates

Do you support impeachment for the President and Vice-President? Remember that for two weeks, your term would overlap with theirs. This is a question that you have to answer, since you might be put on the hot seat by your party, seeing as over 100 candidates for the House and 13 in the Senate are signatories to the Downing Street site.

The people who are voting for you deserve to know: Are you willing to drag the country through an impeachment in January 2009?

On This Site Especially...

We here at the Spot simply cannot go without mentioning this:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080523.html

The effects of Climate Change (or is it Global Warming? The Climate Crisis? Which are we using this week?) are being seen as far away as Jupiter. This comes after scientists note the polar ice caps on Mars are shrinking.

Damn you for not signing the Kyoto Economic Suicide Note, I mean, Treaty, George Bush. Your carelessness is going to destroy the Martians and the Jovians too.

Which Senator Said That?

“Lord, if only I could have talked with Hitler, all this might have been avoided.”

If you said Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, Joe Biden, or even Chuck Hagel, you'd be wrong, but you'd know that. It was the quote used today by President Bush as he addressed the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, discussing appeasement and the idea that all we need to do for there to be peace in the world is simply to talk to our enemies. It's an appropriate quotation, since so many of us believe that if we meet face to face with those whose stated desire is the destruction of our country and its way of life, they'll change their mind and love us.

Neville Chamberlain was had at Munich, and the entire world knows it. You can probably see the piece of paper that Hitler and Mussolini signed somewhere in the British or French archives (it's probably not on display in, say, the Czech Republic or Poland). People who are fanatics, Churchill observed, will never change their mind or the subject. And so it is with those who desire your death, destruction, or subjugation. You would think that Jimmy Carter would have learned that after the Soviets duped him on Afghanistan. Is it any different today? Apparently so, as all that stands between us and peace in our time is cowboy diplomacy.

The quote, by the way, was Idaho Republican Senator William Borah, an isolationist, made in 1939, as recorded in William K. Hutchinson's book Borah, 1961. Hutchinson records it made in a conversation with Borah. Apparently, Borah held himself in the same high regard as today's Congress does itself. Would that the rest of us felt the same, eh?