“I‘ve worked for four governors, three Democrats and one Republican, and this has been the least functional government Alaska’s ever seen. To the point where the Cabinet took to having meetings on their own, because the governor never called the Cabinet together.” —Bob Poe, public administrator, commenting on the administration of resigning Gov. Sarah Palin, [...]
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Swim club president’s denial
of race bias doesn’t hold water
A swim club president with more than a chlorine cake for a brain and a modicum of kindness and decency could’ve handled the situation in a way that allowed all the kids to enjoy the pool, with no hurt feelings.
Thoughts on what prompted
Gov. Palin’s sudden sayonara
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s surprise, stream-of-consciousness announcement that she will resign effective July 26 raises questions and invites speculation, so here’s some for your consideration. Three possibilities come to mind, but some combination of these could be behind Palin’s sudden move. First up, some underling or associate gives up to investigators some potentially damaging information [...]
Enough of all Michael Jackson all the time
What’s going on reveals, once again, an egregious lack of news judgment, no doubt coupled with a bid to cash in on a celebrity’s death.
Bottom line for Bernie Madoff: 150 years
Although Madoff got to enjoy his ill-gotten gains for years, today’s court appearance revealed pathetic poverty at the core of his existence. First, none of his family members, friends or employees showed enough love and loyalty to be there for him.
More Republicans starring
in one life to live — badly
As if to provide comic relief from Sanford’s self-inflicted travails, Bachman held forth in a TV appearance, ragging on the object of her latest paranoid conspiracy fantasy: the U.S. Census Bureau. Yes, really.
Sanford earns scarlet-letter ‘S’
for exceptional selfishness
The way things are going, Republicans should forget about a governors association and create a Republican Adulterers Association — with Sanford, Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana, Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, former Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia as founding members.
Buchanan, racist blogger push
English-only strategy for GOP
How could the home of the brave and the land of the free, victorious in two world wars and one long, hard cold war, even survive if some working-class whites were challenged to learn a second language so they could improve their career prospects? Why, it’s downright un-American! Well, it’s only un-American in the narrow, disturbed minds of sour old pols like Buchanan, racist wingnuts like Brimelow and society’s relatively small fringe of insecure and/or bigoted lamebrains.
Ensign adds to GOP hypocrisy score
On MSNBC’s “Countdown” this evening, Keith Olbermann reported the senator has been involved in the Promise Keepers ministry, adding to the glaring hypocrisy revealed by Ensign’s announcement.
Tapped phone talk spells
big trouble for little guy
Nowhere in the conversation did Robert Blagojevich offer Burris the appointment. Nor did he give any indication a contribution would ensure or even help him be considered for it. Likewise, Burris doesn’t ask how much he’d have to ante up to get the nomination or to be considered for it.
