Giuliani Vying for Third

The only campaign run as badly as Thompson's has to be Giuliani's and his all-in bet on Florida. Polls now show the mayor running third! How's that strategy working for you now? If you're dumb enough to listen to a campaign strategist who tells you to campaign in just one state, you don't deserve to be president. I can hear Giuliani's lisp now..."maybe if I mention 9/11 to every person I meet and in response to every question, my numbers will go back up".

Fair and Balanced Moment of the Day

Could FOX be any more reverent of Bush? The featured story is FOX's upcoming documentary "George W. Bush: Fighting to the Finish" about the hunt for bin Laden, with the following picture of him bathed in the American flag. It's disgusting.

This picture is far more appropriate.

The Phelps Clan Can Rot in Hell

The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, KS, known for picketing soldiers' funerals with signs like "Thank God for IEDs" and "God Hates Fags", is planning to protest outside Heath Ledger's memorial service in response to Ledger's role as a gay cowboy in "Brokeback Mountain". Shirley Phelps, ignorant bitch of a daughter to the ignorant bastard Fred Phelps, said "You cannot live in defiance of God. He (Ledger) got on that big screen with a big, fat message: God is a liar and it's OK to be gay," If we thinned these people from the herd would it really be a crime? Surely it is a capital offense to be so voluntarily stupid that you're this hateful.

Oh Yeah Hunter's Out Too

Duncan Hunter, who never had a shot in hell of becoming the nominee, announced the other day that he's out. But here is what gets me: Hunter and Huckabee are nearly the same candidate and yet Huckabee is a front runner. Both are essentially Bush 2.0 with extra religious zeal. And yet one pulled way ahead. The only difference I can spot is Huckabee's support of the "Fair Tax".

Thompson Opts for More Sleep

Thompson announced today that he's out of the race, ending possibly the biggest non-starter in the history of political campaigns. He had massive support and coverage going into this and he let it all go. I would bet there has never been a candidate so completely responsible for their own failure. It was his to lose and he just didn't show up. And it probably didn't help that when he did wake up long enough to campaign he spoke in Forest Gumpisms. It'll be really interesting to see how quick his trophy wife leaves.

Delegates or Headlines?

The results of the Nevada Democratic caucuses present an interesting question: Who really won, Hillary or Obama? While Obama picked up 13 delegates to Hillary's 12, news headlines gave the victory to Hillary for winning the "delegate equivalent". In an age in which people rely on headlines and soundbites rather than read into the meat of a story, I would argue the victory goes to Hillary, especially since she is presenting herself as a candidate who stumbled in the beginning but has since "found her voice" thus allowing her to regain the confidence of the American people and regain the momentum. The public wants a quick decision and news outlets gave it to them. Furthermore, in the wake of the 2000 elections, in which Bush won the presidency despite the popular vote, there may be a particular sensitivity to the will of the people, particularly among Democrats.

God's Forgetting About Huckabee

According to the Baptist preacher it is God's desire that he become president. With recent losses in New Hampshire, Michigan, and most recently South Carolina, it would appear that God is forgetting about his intolerant, ignorant, bigot of a child. Unfortunately he is still in the running, which still presents a sad commentary on the state of the Republican Party and its shift to the religious right.