News today of a Republican and a Democrat dropping out of the Presidential race: Rudy Giuliani (R) and John Edwards (D). Oh well, good riddance to Giuliani I say. Sad to see Edwards go though. Poor fella: he was Vice-President candidate in 2004 and now he can’t even get a 2nd place finish in a [...]
Archive of entries posted on January 2008
The death of Verbal DiarLeah?
It occurred to me just now while reading this comment by Simon Jenkins from the Guardian that I will possibly have much less to write about once the new president comes in. I’ve spent many a post on this blog espousing ideas from my MA dissertation on how Bush and his war on terror has [...]
On to super-duper-tsunami-Tuesday
It seems that, for the most part, the Republican nomination is sewn up. John McCain looks liable to win the nomination. That doesn’t mean Romney can’t come and pluck it from him in the coming months but it is certainly looking less likely that he’ll be the nominee. Good on McCain. Except for the fact [...]
And by the way…
Well done Obama for racking up not one but TWO Kennedy endorsements. Ted and Caroline both compared him with JFK. I try not to stoop too low but I feel this calls for, ahem, pppppppppbbbbbbbbbbbbblllllllllllllttttttt (that’s the raspberry sound if you can’t tell) and nanner, nanner, nanner Bill and Hillary Clinton. Sorry, couldn’t help myself; [...]
Makes you wonder
I haven’t written about Giuliani in a while for a couple of reasons. One, there hasn’t been that much press on him that I’ve seen. He appears to have descended into the background by virtually ignoring New Hampshire and Iowa. It also now seems that concentrating on Florida has backfired tremendously and many doubt he’ll [...]
I think he should have kept his mouth shut
From what I’m seeing in the press, Bill Clinton is on the verge of ruining his legacy as the ‘good prez.’ It seems his attacks on Barack Obama are causing him and Hillary’s campaign more and more grief. Just as I wrote the other day, Bill was never going to take a backseat in this [...]
Humour: always a good attribute to have in a President
And, NO, I’m not talking about Bush’s ’sense of humour’ where he smirks and throws his shoulders up and down in one of the driest, most horrible laughs known to man. I’m talking about Barack Obama’s top 10 on Letterman:
“Barack Obama Campaign Promises”
10. To keep the budget balanced, I’ll rent the situation room for sweet [...]
What people will do for a vote…
Mitt Romney and Who Let the Dogs Out? Lord almighty.
It was bound to happen
Before I begin, let me say I like Bill Clinton. I have nothing against Bill Clinton. I’m from Arkansas and proud of the association. I’ve even met Bill Clinton. But it was bound to happen that people possibly started voting for Hillary as part of a package deal to, technically, get Bill back into the White House for [...]
Apparently, you have to be thin to get in to heaven
A diet programme called Weigh Down Workshop encourages members to pray and turn to God when they feel they want to eat. Some critics (former members now labelled ’survivors’) have lodged that, in reality, members are technically encouraged to starve themselves.
“I know people who’ve eaten five bites a meal and two meals a day,” said [...]