October 2004
ArchPundit
And Then We’re Going to South Carolina
Thank you Steve Rauschenberger. Barack stumped for Inez Tennenbaum in South Carolina on Sunday too.
Moment of Zen
From the Daily Show last week–Carville and the Douchebag of Liberty criticizing Stewart.
Synergy Alert
I have two articles in last weeks Arch City Chronicle. The most recent edition with the articles is on the left as 10-13 in .pdf format.
One article is on Alan Keyes and his movements meaning for regionalism and the other is an analysis of Amendment 3 in Missouri.
Poop Valhalla
Close the office door first. Triumph is on a tear–all credit to Paul Begala who takes it and laughs.
Thanks to Ran for the heads up
He also has a fine link to what Gary Busey and George Bush chatting might be like
Historical? Probably
I’ve sent this to some folks, but I might as well as let everyone take a look at an Excel file that has all of the two party canidates since 1920, the %, the total votes and the two party votes and percentages. Fun to play with. By most chances, Obama is certain to beat the previous high, though without Franzen or Kohn getting any support, the high for two party vote is a good question. Regardless, nothing at which to sneeze.
Truth Girl indicates that it made it into an Obama e-mail. Frankly, I’m so lost on e-mail right now, I didn’t see it, but see the original post here.
But Weller Was So Excited About It
Daily Reminder–new material below.
Funny, I seem to remember Weller being excited about using his upcoming marriage for political gain before he got slapped around for marrying the right hand aid of a murderous dictator–who is also the murderous dictator’s daughter.
But no more according the Pantagraph:
A few months back, he also was pretty eager to announce his pending marriage to a Guatemalan congresswoman. He rounded up family and friends for an announcement in his hometown of Morris and even sent out a press release, complete with a biography of his fiancee.
Last week, we had the rare opportunity to chat with the incumbent Republican, who is facing a challenge Nov. 2 from Democrat Tari Renner of Bloomington.
At the end of the interview, which focused on Weller’s work as a congressman, we asked Weller if he and Zury Rios Sosa had set a date for their wedding.
“I wouldn’t tell you if we did,” Weller responded. “You guys in the news media would make a circus out of it and ruin it for us.”
As it turns out, The Pantagraph news chopper is out of service this year and we won’t be buzzing the treetops of some swanky private resort hoping to get exclusive footage of the ceremony, including the part where the bride’s father, a former dictator of Guatemala, hands her off at the altar.
Weller was then asked if he and his fiancee had picked a location for the wedding.
“I don’t know. We’ll see,” Weller said. “Maybe it will be on a beach in Bali. My marriage is a deeply personal matter.”
Guess we’ll just wait for a press release to tell us when the deed is done.
Mr. Weller is petty too:
Here’s an excerpt from one instance:
“I was shocked and could not believe the vicious personal attacks that the college professor made on my fiancee,” Weller said. “The professor owes my fiancee a personal apology.”
We interrupted and asked Weller why he only refers to Renner as “the college professor.”
“That’s what he does,” Weller responded. “I’m a congressman. That’s his job title.”
It could be worse. Weller could be calling Renner something worse … like “politician.”
And for the daily reminder:
Top Renner aides are hoping for a repeat of 2000, when Democrat Mike Kelleher raked in nearly $200,000 from the national party in the closing days of his campaign against Tim Johnson in Illinois’ 15th Congressional District.
Insiders say the added money is a possibility because their internal polls show Weller has not put much distance between himself and his challenger despite spending large sums on advertising.
“He should be blowing us out of the water,” one Renner staffer remarked.
For Renner to have a realistic chance, Democrats in the 11th District are going to have to come out in droves.
And so, help the DCCC have enough money to do exactly that. In the other race, I’m behind Liberal Oasis, but you all have been amazing. Liberal Oasis and ArchPundit have raised over $5,000. Let’s improve that and reward and encourage the DCCC to get in this race and continue in others.
ArchPundit sits at $2250, let’s give Liberal Oasis a run for the money.
You can also visit Tari’s campaign by clicking on the ad at the right.
And more on DeLay in the Extended
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Insider Scoop?
Or just having fun?
From Comments:
Inside Scoop: Watch for Alan Keyes to display his fluency in “Klingon” during the third and final U.S. Senate Debate on WTTW – Ch. 11 tomorrow night in Chicago.
(Yes, Keyes is a Trekkie and yes, he has likely fantasized about Jack Ryan’s ex-wife)
Gentleman, start your other world jokes….
Keyes Makes DU Top 10 List
Not a fan of DU Message Boards, but this is pretty funny via Truth Girl
With the polls showing him about 45 points behind Barak Obama, there’s not long to go before Alan Keyes becomes nothing more than an unpleasant memory in the minds of Illinois voters. We’ll be sorry to see Alan go because he’s provided us with such great material these last few months – but fortunately it looks like he’s got some left in him.
Last week Alan told a campaign rally (in attendance: two homeless people, three passers-by, and a stray dog) that incest was “inevitable” for children raised by gay couples. “If we do not know who the mother is, who the father is, without knowing all the brothers and sisters, incest becomes inevitable,” he said.
But… doesn’t this means that incest is inevitable for any adopted child, whether their parents are gay or straight? And considering Alan’s extreme pro-life views, does this mean that he now thinks adoption should be outlawed? What’s he going to do with all the unwanted pregnancies?
But don’t confuse yourself thinking trying to figure this out, there’s actually a very simple explanation: Alan Keyes is a homophobic nutcase who’ll literally say anything to slam gays.