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Thursday, June 01, 2006

Quick Hits

Not going to have a lot of time today... here goes:

-The guy who wrote a front-page article in the New York Times about the sex life of two 60 year-olds, one of whom recently had quadruple bypass surgery, admits that they don't spend any more time apart than any other Washington couple. But it's the Clintons, so it's somehow different. I don't think ANYBODY wants to know how many times a week their grandparents sleep together, so why is the media all hot and bothered about Bill and Hill?

-The Justice Department will give copies of all the documents they seized in the Jefferson case. Somehow I doubt this will stop the controversy about THE CORRUPT DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN, if the Rove machine has anything to say about it.

-Speaking of Rove, Francine Busby's campaign manager must be related to him, because she started running an ad slamming her Republican opponent's position on immigration, and highlighting the extreme anti-immigrant position of independent candidate William Griffith. In a close race, moving some people to the third party might just tip the balance. If it seemed like a straight Griffith ad I'd be really uncomfortable with it. But Busby didn't hide anything, inserting herself and her position at the end, and it was clearly marked as a Busby ad.

-Amir Taheri makes up out of thin air that Iran is passing a law forcing non-Muslims to wear badges on their clothing. As a punishment, he gets sent to the White House as an "expert" on Iraq and the Middle East. Can the Medal of Freedom be far behind?

-Harry Reid could not have paid for his "free tickets" to a series of boxing matches because he was given credentials by the Nevada Athletic Commission, which have no market value. It's illegal for the commission to accept payment for credentials. The AP responded with yet another Reid hit piece. Keep reaching for the stars, AP, you'll take him down yet!

-Cheney's office screens legislation before it reaches the President, "searching for provisions that Cheney believes would infringe on presidential power." Well OF COURSE Cheney does that! He's the President, isn't he?

-Cheney also might end up being called to testify in the Scooter Libby trial.

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