Thursday’s political round-up

April 19, 2007

Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:

* It looks like Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign has moved from “if” to “when.” Thompson met with a series of Republican lawmakers at the Capitol Hill Club yesterday — estimates go as high as 60 House Republicans in attendance — and apparently made a very positive impression. ABC reported: “Multiple House Republicans who attended the hour-long Q&A session with Thompson gushed over him as someone who ‘checks all the boxes’ in a way that the current crop of leading Republican contenders do not.”

* Rudy Giuliani praised the Supreme Court’s decision yesterday on banning a specific kind of abortion procedure, despite having taken, in writing, the exact opposite position as mayor of New York. Kelli Conlin, president of NARAL Pro-Choice New York, accused Giuliani of “flip-flopping.” “I am absolutely astounded that Mayor Giuliani would do a 180-degree pivot on his former position,” she said.

* Speaking of inconsistencies, John McCain delivered a speech yesterday in which he vowed that “we’re going to win” in Iraq — just minutes after saying, “Am I telling you we’re going to succeed? No.”

* And speaking of McCain, the Arizona senator declared yesterday that he believes in “no gun control.” In a speech in South Carolina, McCain said the Virginia Tech massacre had no effect on his policy positions. Asked whether ammunition clips sold to the public should be limited in size, said, “I don’t think that’s necessary at all.” The position generated some heckling from the audience.

* And in Minnesota, Minneapolis attorney Mike Ciresi (D) announced yesterday that he is running for the U.S. Senate, setting up a primary fight with Al Franken for the DFL nomination to oppose Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in 2008. Ciresi, who has never held public office, first ran for the Senate in 2000, narrowly losing to Mark Dayton, who ultimately won the seat.

Regarding McCain’s position on “no gun control” I was talking yesterday with a friend who reminded me that in the days after 9/11 there was a national news story and no small amount of hysteria when a couple of dark skinned men bought a very large quantity of candy at Costco. CANDY! Before HALLOWEEN! So sweets control (not to mention racist attitudes) are fine, and should make us all feel safer, but guns and ammo are sacrosanct.

A kid of any race purchasing hundreds of bullets sets off no alarm for anyone, but dark people buying candy raises us to code orange or whatever.

They can have my peanutbutter cups when they pry them from my cold dead hand. My cold dead hand!!!!!!!!

  • Speaking of John “Batshit” McCain, has anyone seen Drudge today? McCain was asked about Iran in a packed auditorium, and to the tune of the Beachboy’s “Barbara Ann”, he sang BOMB, BOMB, BOMB…BOMB BOMB IRAN….

    Hilarious. Just hilarious.

  • The Catholic majority on Bush’s Court didn’t ban “late term abortions” at all, just the safest way of performing them. Women (at least) should be outraged.

  • … to the tune of the Beachboy’s “Barbara Ann”, he sang BOMB, BOMB, BOMB…BOMB BOMB IRAN….

    Cripes. That joke’s over 25 years old!

  • McCain needs more sleep or something. A couple of things are becoming apparent; 1) McCains mouth is running on without any brain involvement and 2) anybody who wants to be President this bad is dangerous.

  • “Hilarious. Just hilarious.

    What’s so fucking funny about bombing people, Walt #2? McCain is a piece of shit for joking like that.

    Rather than ‘talk straight’ about what Bush did to him in 2000, he bent over and took it in the ass, then he got on his knees and sucked the dark master’s cock for six ‘straight’ years.

    McCain is nothing to me now. He’s finished in politics forever.

  • Chief,

    My guess is that the right to keep and bear peanut butter cups is not an ammendment to the Constitution. Having said that any time I hear someone say ZERO REGULATION of anything I cringe.

    Where is Former Dan? I want to see a rebuttle to McCain’s Barbara Ann!

  • MNP, I hear you. But I was endowed by my creator with certain inalienable rights, and the good people at Reese’s provide a special kind of happiness that I pursue from time to time.

    In all seriousness, the past six years have been all about restricting access to things, snooping on what people are reading, who they are calling, and where they send their money, etc. It just seems a little… fucked up that given all this infringing, nay, trampling on everyone’s rights in all directions, that instruments of death and destruction (whatever else they might be used for) are outside that scope.

    Next thing you know they will bar the FDA from regulating tobacco in any way… hey, wait a sec!

  • Glad to see the Dems get a choice in the primary of someone who at least knows about the law. Don’t believe Franken is smart enough to pass a bar exam

  • MNProgressive,

    Always up for a challenge. Not gonna use Barbra Ann, but I can stick with the Beach Boys.

    Sung to It’s the little old lady from Pasadena:
    It’s the Grand old McCain from Arizona

    The Grand old McCain from Arizona
    Go Johnny, go Johnny, go Johnny go
    Has a pretty little entourage of sullen soldiers
    Go Johnny, go Johnny, go Johnny go
    But parked beside him are some APCs
    And a pair of shiny Apache Gunships

    And everybody’s saying that there’s nobody deluded
    Than the Grand old McCain from Arizona
    He lies real fast and he spins real hard
    He’s the mayor of Fucked up Wars Boulevard

    It’s the Grand old McCain from Arizona

    If you see him speaking on TV don’t try to hear him
    Go Johnny, go Johnny, go Johnny go
    You might state facts but that’ll never phase him
    Go Johnny, go Johnny, go Johnny go
    Well, he’s gonna get reality sooner or later
    ‘Cause he can’t keep his polls out of the crapper

    And everybody’s saying that there’s nobody deluded
    Than the little Grand old McCain from Arizona
    He lies real fast and He spins real hard
    He’s the mayor of Fucked up Wars Boulevard

    It’s the Grand old McCain from Arizona

  • Drat, you guys have me craving a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup now, and I don’t have any cash for the vending machine……

  • The number of rounds in the magazine didn’t matter. Listen to the spacing of the shots. At least one of the pistols was only using a 7-round mag. No extended clips there. (not making light, just stating fact.)

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