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The NYT proves that with God all things are possible…

Posted: May 18, 2010 by datechguy in elections, opinion/news
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…even doing an expose on a front running democrat:

what is striking about Mr. Blumenthal’s record is the contrast between the many steps he took that allowed him to avoid Vietnam, and the misleading way he often speaks about that period of his life now, especially when he is speaking at veterans’ ceremonies or other patriotic events.

Sometimes his remarks have been plainly untrue, as in his speech to the group in Norwalk. At other times, he has used more ambiguous language, but the impression left on audiences can be similar.

Via this tweet by Joe Scarborough. Today Mika is talking about how he has done good work and has wanted this for years and how shocked she is about the story.

HotAir however is shocked that the NYT actually broke the story.

Credit where credit is due: No doubt it pained the NYT to drop a bomb on one of the few surefire Democratic winners this November, but they dropped it anyway.

Smitty is having none of it:

Why are we congratulating the NYT for doing the right thing? Should we as well give Blumenthal a medal for not firing a shot in a theater to which he apparently never deployed?

Smitty must still have scripture on his mind after our discussion yesterday and is remembering Luke 17:10b.

Bob Woodward is going on about what a good job and how relevant the NYT is. I think it really speaks volumes about the times that we expect so little from them that we cheer when they do their job.

Scarborough is talking about his prospects for recovering from this. They are going on about how he should handle it and how he could get though it. Sam Stein in particularly give him some defense but everyone is overlooking something important: His opponent’s real military record

Closing thought, how far has the times fallen for us to be so excited by them doing their job?

Update: Mika is really pained looking at these quotes as he knows and likes the guy and came out and said so. Her reaction and the reality of it has to be seen. She sang the praises of his record, but she is having none of the spin. It’s one of the reasons I like her, she is too honest to try to spin this any other way. Sam Stein however is spinning like mad comparing Cheney to Blumenthal. To my knowledge Cheney never misrepresented his record. On the advice of my wife I will not describe him with the adjective he deserves.

Update 2: Ruby Slippers talks about the implosion

Why should anyone be outraged about Family Guy?

Posted: May 17, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/news
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McFarline has had no problem going after the church, God, family, and has crossed the line of decency so many times that nobody who hasn’t already made a fuss has any business complaining about going after vets?

Of course it would be interesting if he would go after Islam the way he goes after Christianity but then again he already dodged these guys once, maybe he doesn’t want to risk it again.

So let me demonstrate how it’s done:

My favorite of the cartoons

The irony is despite the image in pop culture among liberals I have more to worry about from that photo than he does from Vietnam vets going after him.

I say we don’t allow liberals to score cheap point by going after him since they never complained about anything else he did.

I’m likely the only conservative who doesn’t have a problem…

Posted: May 17, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/news
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…with President Obama’s aunt staying.

You know I don’t care for or agree with the guy but he’s the president for crying out loud. I think he should have had to make a formal request, and pardon her for the violation, but either way what’s the point of being president if you can’t take care of your own family in a case like this?

Of course he should have handled this for his aunt as a Senator YEARS ago if he actually cared at all but there it is.

This might sound a little sexist, but I’m going to say it anyway

Posted: May 17, 2010 by datechguy in oddities
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We have a new miss USA.

I don’t know if she won due to affirmative action (wouldn’t surprise me).

I don’t know if Miss Oklahoma lost because she supported the Arizona law (wouldn’t surprise me).

I don’t know if she supports Hezbollah or not.

I wouldn’t have thought that a champion pole dancer would be in line to win miss USA (that did surprise me).

I do know this, when I saw that woman on TV this morning there was absolutely no question that in terms of just beauty, no offense to miss Oklahoma but there is absolutely no contest. This woman is simply stunning.

I know that beauty is a matter of taste so you might disagree, and it’s a fair argument that on other grounds she might not have deserved the crown, but when I looked at her my first reaction was simply: Wow!

I’m getting old and I’m very married but I’m not blind or dead.

Update: Guest blogging for Glenn Reynolds, Randy Balko reviews the evidence. That evidence is actually less impressive to me. All of the women involved are going to be shapely, but that is a twenty year face if I ever saw one.

I suspect if Miss Schlussel is correct than an old quote from the original Jon Sable comic might be in order, but we aren’t there yet.

Update 2: Miss USA photos available for further inspections. It’s like the blogs version of sweeps week.

Update 3: I was wondering when Stacy was going to join in sweeps week.

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