About Me

My photo
This blog is the work of an educated civilian, not of an expert in the fields discussed.

Tuesday, February 10, 2004

 

The above is Get Fuzzy at its finest ... the highlight is the final frame in which there are three separate clever lines.

Given the president's record as a businessman, and since he's now run the country hopelessly into debt, isn't it about time he sells the country off to some rich friends who will swallow the loss so he can move on to greener pastures?

-- Josh Marshall

Politics: John Kerry won Tennessee and Virginia today, but Clark + Edwards combined beat him in Tennessee. This suggested the ultimate stupidity of having them split the anti-Kerry vote, surely in Southern states. Clark bowed out of the race (thus I'm editing this entry), but imagine if the two combined forces earlier on. They would have won Tennessee and got about a third of the vote in Virginia, a respectable finish, or perhaps more because combined they result in a much stronger candidate (political skill plus gravitas).

As it is, the non-Kerry vote is split between a couple of jokers, a lost cause (Dean, who has probably driven off the cliff already and is just waiting to land), and a second fiddle sort of candidate in Edwards. Combined, the competition has less delegates than Kerry, but is substantial enough to be something if they truly joined forces somehow. Probably not ... and I share Clark's concern that voters will have "buyer's remorse'' if Kerry just sails right in. Thanks for the effort, Wes, and you'd be an asset to the ticket/administration.

Happy Birthday ... Laura Dern