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Dick Mell holding a fundraiser for Jack Franks.
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Randi Rhodes on El Geraldo!
Weller gets the Rhodes treatment just about halfway into the show last Friday. She points out that his wife is the political aide of genocidal dictator. But Weller thinks it’s a low blow….
He?s a senior?sort of, 62 years old. Harold was that way.
Tom Roeser has a senior moment himself over on Jeff Berkowitz’s blog
Berkowitz: Who?s that?
Roeser: Danny Davis.
Berkowitz: You want Danny Davis to be Mayor of the City of Chicago? He?s your guy?
You?re supporting [Cong.] Danny Davis [D- Chicago, 7th CD]?Roeser: He?s not ?my guy.?
Berkowitz: This could be the kiss of death for Danny.
Roeser: Well, I know.
Berkowitz: Just kidding.
Roeser: Well, it probably is. But, he reminds me of Harold [Washington], in many ways. He?s a senior?sort of, 62 years old. Harold was that way.
Berkowitz: He has what [Cong.] Mark Kirk has called the ?Voice of God.?
Roeser: The voice of God and also he has a presence and a grace
What Atrios Said about Hemmer
There are so many things one can say about Bill Hemmer leaving CNN. First, of course, is thank God! Next thought is what does it fucking say about CNN that they’d make Bill Hemmer their White House correspondent. What does it say about Bill Hemmer, who’s usually even more smug about the art of journalism than Aaron Brown is, that he’d quit rather than actually have to do something besides read a teleprompter or stand in a storm.
Not that I care to watch 24/7 coverage of a runaway blonde or frank discussions of Michael Jackson’s penis, but Miles O’Brien is one of the more tolerable newscasters and he actually has some expertise in a subject area other than runaway brides (he was the space correspondent and does a great job).
Hemmer’s worst work had to be covering suicide bombings in Israel that instead of dealing in facts, he just went on and on about how horrible it was. Of course, it was horrible and any idiot could see that when the people were crying and bleeding and in terrible distress. It’s like he didn’t realize he was on TV and they had these things called pictures we could observe to pick up that point.
It’s come to the point where I only watch Nancy Grace and I do that because it’s such a trainwreck and want to be entertained for a few minutes while she screams about convicting the hordes.
Ralph’s Back, and Quite Amusing
Republicans are griping that the budget was only passed by doling out pork projects. No?!? In Illinois? Whodathunkit? Translation: This budget shouldn’t have been passed before the first of June and then Republicans would have gotten some of that pork.
Atrazine Special Coming Up!
Man catches 124 pound catfish in the Mississippi.
In the two weeks since Tim Pruitt hauled in a world-record, 124-pound blue catfish, he has been on ESPN and the “Today” show, set up his own Web site and been to Springfield, Ill., to promote fishing with the lieutenant governor.
I think I’d pay to see Pat Quinn try and hold a conversation about 124 pound catfish.
8th’s McSweeney: Reported rapes and incest
Fascinating discussion in the Leader on Dave McSweeney’s view of when abortion is acceptable:
IL: You do allow for exceptions for abortion – the life of the mother and in the case of reported rape and incest, is that right?
M: Life of the mother, and reported cases of rape and incest. But what I?ve also said is that if on the final text of legislation rape and incest exceptions are not included, I would still vote for it. The reason I would vote for it is I think it?s imperative that we protect the unborn and I?ve been consistent and won?t back down from the view that in the cases of reported rape and incest.
IL: What makes the value of a baby?s life different if it was conceived as the result of reported rape or incest?
M: The distinction is whether it has been reported – not a question of the baby?s value. It insures that an incident has occurred. There have been stories and concerns in the past that someone could just say they were raped or a victim of incest. That creates too broad of an exception up to that point. That?s where I?m drawing the distinction – why I use the word ?reported.? Someone has to actually go to a police department and then be in a situation of reporting.
So taking this further—umm..so what if the police find it to be unfounded? Is the police department then to decide whether an abortion can take place?
Or more fun in trying to control women’s bodies, what definition of rape are we going to use? Does it have to be an aggravated sexual assault? Or just a lessor offense? Do the police have to agree? Or do we get to have a fun game of trying to figure out if it’s a false report? Do you prosecute false reports? And how do you know if it isn’t a rape that results in significant physical damage?
While I usually don’t buy that most pro-lifers just want to control women, the result of this kind of crap will almost certainly lead to just such a thing and resemble the Handmaid’s Tale a lot closer than anyone would like to admit.
At What Point Does Israel…
Just tell crazy evangelicals to go bug some other country
JERUSALEM — More than two decades ago, John Brown grew mesmerized by an evangelical preacher’s theory that the Bible hinted at a major oil field deep beneath Israel’s soil.
Now, armed with unshakable faith and millions of dollars from American Evangelicals, Brown is leading a major exploration he hopes will uncover a reservoir of black gold in a New Jersey-sized country that produces only 80 barrels of oil a day.
”It’s my destiny in life to come to Israel and help the people of Israel become energy independent,” Brown said Monday.
And then see them all die at the Rapture.
Dick and Barack Defending The Right to Privacy
Durbin was just on the floor defending the Court’s decision in Griswold vs. Connecticut. The justices struck down the ability of the state to regulate contraception by married couples. He, Barack and Snowe are introducing a resolution celebrating the 40th anniversary of the decision.