Tuesday’s Mini-Report

November 7, 2006

This will not be the last post of the day, but I had a few quick hits for readers anyway.

* Right-wing talk-show host Laura Ingraham not only disagrees with Dems setting up a free voter-protection hotline, she apparently wants to use her audience to shut it down. She gave out the number on the air this morning and urged listeners to bombard the line. They did. Conservatives are a classy bunch.

* Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), who is facing re-election today, announced his belief that non-Christians are going “straight to hell with a nonstop ticket.” Asked to elaborate a bit, Perry said it’s in his “faith, that’s what it says, and I’m a believer of that.” Any chance this might have an effect on his election chances?

* Honestly, we’ve reached a point in which right-wing fat-cats are running TV ads with Dem candidates’ home phone numbers? One of these days, grown-ups will be in charge again; I just hope it’s sooner rather than later.

* Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), who will hopefully lose tonight, lashed out at a local newspaper, the Great Falls Tribune, for reporting on the results of a Gallup poll. In fact, Burns pulled the Tribune’s press credentials, despite the fact that the paper didn’t even commission the poll, because Burns found the Tribune to be “irresponsible” for even mentioning it. The campaign later backed down and reinstated the credentials.

* Watch Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) try to use a vote-scanning machine. I can’t decide if it’s funny or depressing.

* Did MSNBC seriously hire Ben Ginsberg to be its resident lawyer for its Election Day coverage? Ginsberg, of course, is best known for his legal work on behalf of the Swiftboat Liars and Bush’s 2000 recount fiasco in Florida. Your “liberal media” at work.

* The RNC does seem unusually touchy about exit polls this afternoon….

* On a related note, Rich Lowry has far better GOP sources than I do, and he sounds a little depressed.

* Investors seem to be looking forward to a Democratic, and fiscally sane, Congress.

* Bob Novak said Republicans’ “handling of key issues…displayed incompetence.” It’s not much, but for Novak, a little reality is progress.

* And, finally, why must the New York Times’ movie blogger torment me so? (thanks N.R.)

Remember, this isn’t an end-of-the-day post, just some quick hits. I’m going to have some dinner and I’ll be back shortly.

Frankly, I think the spam filtering question should be a little tougher: say, list the prime factors of 2006. I’m certain you’ll exclude more R’s than D’s. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)

  • You really should try to do something about the NY Times blog. I remember last year you let it go because it was only going to run through Oscar season, but my impression was that you didn’t expect it to become an annual event. I don’t know a lot about trademark/intellectual property law, but you might want to solicit the advice of someone who does.

  • Did MSNBC seriously hire Ben Ginsberg to be its resident lawyer for its Election Day coverage? Ginsberg, of course, is best known for his legal work on behalf of the Swiftboat Liars and Bush’s 2000 recount fiasco in Florida. Your “liberal media” at work.

    Well, Mark Halperin must be happy. Halperin to Hugh Hewitt:

    The people in old media should stop hiring people from Democratic politics. It’s just…it is not conducive to moving us in the right direction.

  • Rumor has it that Laura Ingraham would look really, really good—on top of a bonfire. Or, I suppose one might use her as a club to beat a dead horse with. Other than that, the fact that she exists is a sure sign that God must have been really hopped-out on crank once-upon-a-time….

  • Rick Perry, the Texas far right pig behind the “Free Enterprise Fund” is a perfect example of the kind of person being referred to in the old Texanism, “He needed killin’!”

  • non-Christians are going “straight to hell with a nonstop ticket.” Translation: Juden Raus!

    I guess he didn’t want to be out done by Katshit Harris’ prayer that God bring the Jews into “alignment.” (Did anyone ever figure that one out? It either sounds like a queue for the “showers” or some Scientology moonbat crap.)

    Still it is yet another example of why mixing religion with politics is a bloody stupid idea: “Uh, when I said you’re going to hell, it’s just like, you know, like my opinon. Vote for me anyways.”

    Prick.

  • Good gosh, all this blather and not a single word on the biggest story of the day: Birtny dumped K-Fred!!!

    Also, this equation thing is messed up. Under new precepts of the Rove math, in predominantly Democratic neighborhoods, 8+10=14; in mostly Republican areas, 8+10=23. Addition isn’t nearly as straight forward as you and the Mrs. seem to think…

  • Any chance this might have an effect on his election chances?

    Yes. Sadly, it will likely help them.

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