One Other Thing

Is dissent still the highest form of patriotism? Can somebody get Chris Matthews on the phone for me?

You see, Mr. Matthews has decided that it is his job to make sure the Obama presidency is a success.

His justification?

The country NEEDS a successful presidency.

Funny story, you crackpot hack, the country could have used a successful presidency the past 8 years, but you did everything your hyperpartisan little (ha!) head could think of to rake Bush over the coals.

He does his best to make it all sound noble and patriotic. Do you think for a second he would be saying any of this if McCain had won?

Just so no one has to read between the lines for this:

Chris Matthews, I question your patriotism.

If you wanna get down, down to the ground;

Cocaine.

Something just occurred to me. I don't want to insinuate anything, I just have one question, particularly for the "To 48 From 52" types:

If it was ok for you to call President Bush a cokehead for the last 8 years, to send your kids to school in t-shirts depicting him as such, will you be just dandy with it when someone does the same to President Obama?

I mean, he actually admits using cocaine in high school and college.

Now, I have no intention of being the guy to do it, I thought it was distasteful with Bush, but I wonder: when someone makes that t-shirt, and they will, how will you take it?

Gwen Ifill

sure was smug in the opening of Washington Week just now, regarding Obama's victory.

As she should be, she's getting a boatload more money from her Obama book because of the win.

Clearly, this was the right person to host the Vice Presidential debate.

Ok, maybe that's a bit stale. Fine, but calling her a journalist or a "moderator," as they do on the show, is a joke.

Moving On

Yesterday's elections didn't go how I would have liked, but I'm glad they're over. I congratulate Senator Obama on his win, and hope that I was wrong about him, thought I doubt it.

Senator McCain ran an honorable campaign. Just think how well he could have done if he understood how to combine "honorable" with "strong" or "effective."

At least we can hope that he learned a thing or two about campaign finance.

I am pleased with the overall conservative response to the election results. There was nothing so gracious, dignified, or magnanimous in 2004 (or 2000 for that matter).

While I firmly believe that it would have been better for the country to have elected McCain, I do appreciate that, like it or not, the Republican Party and Conservatives to reconsider who they are and what they stand for. A hint: it isn't that we've been too conservative.

I haven't agreed with President Bush on everything he's done, but mark my words: He will be much better remembered than many (especially those of you itching to point out in the comments that he's a war criminal and a moron and a facist) now expect.

Bill Ayers, Obama buddy and unrepentant terrorist.

The major news outlets/Obama campaign satellite offices refuse to cover anything about Bill Ayers other than Obama's own statements. Want to know more about the guy and his terrorist group? Read this.

Also, from Rush yesterday:

"What do Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden have in common? They both have friends who bombed the Pentagon."

Exactly. If I started hanging out with someone like Charles Manson or the Unabomber, launched my political career at one of their homes/shacks/cells, served on a board with one of them, etc... would you buy it for a second if I told you that what he did in his past shouldn't matter because I wasn't born/was 12 when he committed his crimes?

Oh, that reminded me. Ayers' wife, Bernardine Dohrn, speaking of the Manson Family murders, said: "Dig It. First they killed those pigs, then they ate dinner in the same room with them, they even shoved a fork into a victim’s stomach! Wild!"

Horse Massaging?

Nice Washington Post article on one of the Institute for Justice's latest cases. Woman massages horse. Woman recieves cease and desist letter from state veterinary racket. I feel like I've heard this story before. Oh right.

Note: I worked as a law clerk at IJ during my 3L year, and will probably post on some of their more intersting cases from time to time.

Bidenism

You can bet that if President Bush said something like this it would be irrevocable evidence of his stupidity. Thankfully we know, from the horse's mouth, that Joe Biden has a higher IQ than we do.