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south Jersey, that is. I will be back on Sunday after a day or more of chilling, watching movies and noshing. Not a bad way to spending the weekend. Hope you all have a relaxing and warm weekend (where the hell did this cold weather come from?).
Obama Responds [to Hillary ad]: I Will Never Use "Threat Of Terrorism To Scare Up Votes". TPM reports: Okay, Obama has now directly responded to Hillary's ad asking who you want in the White House at 3 A.M. when the red phone rings and your kids are safely asleep.
And his reply suggests that the Obama camp is grabbing at this as an opportunity to draw the contrast yet again that they've been drawing throughout the campaign -- that judgment, rather than the reflexive use of force, is what's required most in national security crisis situations.
TPM then cites the transcript of Obama's reply at a campaign event today: I don't think these ads will work this time because the question is not about picking up the phone. The question is, what kind of judgment will you exercise when you pick up that phone. In fact, we have had a red phone moment; it was the decision to invade Iraq.
Senator Clinton gave the wrong answer. George Bush gave the wrong answer. John McCain gave the wrong answer. I stood up and I said that a war in Iraq would be unwise. It cost us thousands of lives and billions of dollars. I said that it would distract us from the real threat that we face, and that we should take the fight to al Qaeda in Afghanistan. That’s the judgment I made on the most important foreign policy decision of our generation.
Now that was an excellent reply. Just excellent. There is no doubt that Obama is a good speaker, but the way in which he has run his campaign shows that he can do more than make pretty words. His campaign has been pitch perfect in countering attacks and employing a first rate ground game in every state (because despite what Hill's team thinks, every state does matter).
And say what you will about Obama, I think most people would agree that he ended his statement about the ad the absolutely right way: I will never see the threat of terrorism as a way to scare up votes, because it's a threat that should rally the country around our common enemies. That is the judgment we need at 3:00 a.m., and that's the judgment that I am running for as president of the United States of America.
Earth to Hillary Clinton: the politics of fear is so yesterday.
HORROR NIGHT AT THE PLAZA. The NY Post (yeah, I know) writes: It would only take a second, thought Joanna Cutler. Throw out the trash and pop back into her 14th-floor apartment at The Plaza hotel.
But while she was in the garbage room, the door closed automatically - and then jammed.
And so began the top Manhattan real estate broker's night of horror at The Plaza, a seven-hour ordeal in which Cutler says she:
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Broke down and wept believing that rescue from her dank hell was hopeless and fearing that someone would rob her apartment, whose door she had left open.
She broke down and sobbed because she thought that "rescue from her dank hell was hopeless?" Christ, this self-absorbed bitch is sprung after spending seven hours trapped in the Plaza garbage room and she acts as if she had just been released from capitivity by FARC after six fucking years. Oh, and do click the link to see a photo of Ms. Cutler embracing her Faberge egg. Priceless.
William F. Buckley Jr. dies at 82. Click the link if you want to see the AP give Buckley's shriveled corpse a tongue bath.
Gracious Hillary? Hillary the scold? Or mocking Hillary? I'm going to find out by surfing the blogs because I don't have a tv and I am not going to stream the 123rd democratic primary debate. Let's just hope that either the debate is substantive and civil or Hillary decides to go out with a bang. Either outcome would be cool with me.
Republican Senator Larry Craig Is Looking For Summer Interns. Yep, Larry Craig is looking for some good interns. Really, who isn't?
Thanks to Mr. Slice for the link.
Khmer Rouge torture chief weeps at "Killing Fields." Sure, people can change, but I'm guessing this monster was motivated to cry given his company: 80 judges, lawyers and other officials of a U.N.-backed tribunal. "I saw Duch kneel in front of the trees where Khmer Rouge soldiers smashed children to death," a policeman told reporters after the four-hour tour.
"He cried and apologized to the victims" in the former rice fields outside Phnom Penh, he said.
Aw hell, he aplogized, so why not let him go? I have to tell you, I am against the death penalty, but I wouldn't be upset if the police released this filth into the hands of the parents whose children were smashed to death. The people who torture or direct others to torture have to be hunted down and severely punished (i.e., a life sentence with no hope of parole), or this sickness will continue. Looks like the U.N. has Duch under control, so I guess they can next focus their attention on W, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al.
Dodd to endorse Obama. do endorsements mean much really? I don't know, but I like Dodd and the endorsement is a plus. That said, this little bit in the AP article was interesting: Obama and rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton had been vying for Dodd's support since he exited the presidential race after a poor showing in the Iowa caucus last month. Dodd, 63, who won his Senate seat in 1980 and chaired the Democratic National Committee from 1995-1996, has long-standing ties to the Clintons.
Not any more, I reckon. Ok, maybe I'm reaching here, but I have heard that the party insiders are concerned about Team Hillary's tactics and, given her cheap antics this weekend (and the photo of Obama in African dress---oh my god, he's a muslim!--bullshit), I'm wondering if Dodd is endorsing now as a way of sending a signal to Hill. Any thoughts?
