In Brief
No More Years

  • With any luck, this weeks Iowa Straw Poll may cut the number of unelectable Republican assholes down to a manageable three or four. [USAT]
  • In November, you voted for change. In August, you got a change in the FISA survailence law allowing the president to spy his little tar-filled heart out. Thanks, Congress of accountability! [NYT]
  • 10 years in Iraq would mean the death of about 10,000 US soldiers which is exactly what Patraeus is pushing for.[The Hill]
  • Hillary is running her campaign just like Bush ran his, meaning that even though nobody likes her she’ll be president for like a million years. [Politico]
  • Tom Tancredo hopes his newest pogrom initiative will speak to the tyrant in everyone. [WP]
  • Bush speech writer might have been the best since Sorensen if only he hadn’t stolen his material and if the president knew how to speak. [WP]
  • Iowa’s Governor (a guy named Chet!) is going to spare us a presidential campaign season that starts in 2007. Wait. What? [Politico]
  • Though Barrack Obama may not be “black enough” to be president, he’s probably white enough to be vice president. [WT]

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