Mike Huckabee started bugging Gretchen for a telephone consultation with me starting Thursday afternoon, but it wasn’t until after six o’clock on Friday night that my schedule actually allowed for it. While every American who votes has heard of Mike Huckabee, international readers of this Web log may be unfamiliar with him, so for their benefit… Continue reading Mike Huckabee Offends Entire Political Spectrum in a Single Speech
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NRCC Tries to Fix the GOP’s Legitimate Female Troubles
First thing today was a consultation with Magnus Cockburnor, Rebranding and Message Adjustment Subject Matter Expert for the National Republican Congressional Committee. To say that he was a distracted, nervous wreck would be the understatement of the month – although to be fair, it’s only the sixth. “Tom,” he confessed as he anxiously perched on… Continue reading NRCC Tries to Fix the GOP’s Legitimate Female Troubles
GOP and Dems Alike, Everybody Wants to Pound Julia
Poor Mexico – so far from God, and so close to the United States. – Mexican folk aphorism, often erroneously attributed to José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori Cinco de Mayo isn’t Mexican Independence Day; that’s September 16. It isn’t the date of the Mexican Constitution – that’s February 5. It isn’t the date… Continue reading GOP and Dems Alike, Everybody Wants to Pound Julia
When Rush Limbaugh Goes too Far – Is It a Fluke?
Late this afternoon, I concluded a long and arduous consultation with the representatives of former Icelandic banks. It seems the Icelandic authorities are about to try their former Prime Minister for raping their economy, and the people behind those banks are, let us say, extremely concerned. It was grueling; I was exhausted. But the first… Continue reading When Rush Limbaugh Goes too Far – Is It a Fluke?
Virginia Catholic Church Excommunicates the Girl Scouts
My dear sister Rose and I have lunch together about once a month – on me, of course, as regular readers of this Web log would readily surmise. Yesterday, she selected Tosca, on F Street. She started off with prosciutto di Parma con cavoletti di Brussels e pecorino pinzani tartufo “riserva” and I with guazzetto… Continue reading Virginia Catholic Church Excommunicates the Girl Scouts