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I hope she’s having an affair with Ted Stevens — anything that would prevent her inevitable bid for the White House. She belongs on the sidelines, literally: Speaks in empty platitudes. Often mentions teamwork. Masters many cliches, repeats accordingly. Huge ego. Told Larry King she wants to help lead the effort to make reporters less biased ’cause, you know, she used [...]

While searching for some redneck photos, I happened upon the Web site for the Alabama Council of Conservative Citizens. I thought that neo-Klan outfit had gone the way of George Wallace, but ignorance is stubborn: When I was in the airport yesterday, the first thing I saw after finding out that Barack Hussein Obama was [...]

Bill Richardson — a top contender for U.S. Secretary of State — is well-liked and generally moderate. And, for the diversity-minded, he’s part-Hispanic. He’s also part-incompetent. Remember Los Alamos?       

He plans to start blogging soon, but you’ll have to pay to read it. Joe has also “written” a forthcoming book, “Fighting for the American Dream.” I wish I had a son just so I could name him Joe.       

Heading out to Jaye P. Morgan’s pad for mimosas, but first a little dish and ‘dat:  Arte Johnson was a troubled man.  All my non-heterosexual friends are angry with me because I voted Yes on Prop. 8. I don’t get it. I voted Yes for gay marriage. Methinks there’s some self-loathing going on.  Robin Williams + septic tank [...]

The slimy former House whip unveils his latest scam: The Coalition for a Conservative Majority, an organization I helped start in 2006, is trying to pull conservative organizations back together after too many years of internecine squabbling. Only under conservative government will groups like the National Rifle Association, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and National Right [...]

Zealous guardians of his words and his likeness, the family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is demanding a share of the proceeds from the sudden wave of T-shirts, posters and other merchandise depicting the civil rights leader alongside Barack Obama. Isaac Newton Farris Jr., King’s nephew and head of the nonprofit King Center in [...]

When asked if there’s anything she regrets from the campaign, Sarah Palin told Wolf Blitzer, “I just wish there had been more hours in the day.” Party of personal responsibility, eh?       

Maria Shalhoup has compiled some of the more inflammatory reactions to Obama’s win. It includes yet another Hitler comparison. “If you look at Nazi Germany, how many Jews said, ‘Oh, c’mon he won’t do that?’” Talk show host Glenn Beck, doing his best Paul Broun impression       

Conservatives blew it, P.J. O’Rourke writes. (Please refrain from comments suggesting that O’Rourke is not a “real” conservative.)       

Next week marks the 30th anniversary of the mass suicide in Guyana. The Jonestown massacre, in which 909 people died, remains the creepiest event in my lifetime. Jonestown: The Life and Death of People’s Temple is the definitive documentary on the tragedy. The audio of Jones exhorting his followers to drink the Kool-Aid is harrowing [...]

What happens if the feds bail out the auto industry? If recent management’s history is any indication, they’ll probably produce a new line of gas-guzzling behemoths. Or maybe a pricier version of the PT Cruiser. Nice to see incompetence rewarded.       

Already sorted out 1990s nominees and the best of ‘91 and ‘92. Four automatic entries: Goodfellas, Fargo, Unforgiven and the 1992 French classic Olivier, Olivier. Six to go. Here’s 1993’s contenders: The Remains of the Day, True Romance, Short Cuts, This Boy’s Life, Schindler’s List and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? Quick takes: Anthony Hopkins’ performance [...]

There’s no replacing Jackie Harvey, but I’ll try. Look up sexual tension in the dictionary and you’ll see a picture of Bonnie Franklin and Pat “Schneider” Harrington Jr. from “One Day at a Time”.   What can’t she do? Mary Hart and “ET” contributed the best political coverage of the campaign.  Television personality Pat O’Brien is the most [...]

Terry McAuliffe is apparently under the delusion that people find him likable. Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe signed papers Monday signaling a possible run for governor next year in Virginia.  McAuliffe told The Associated Press he set up a campaign committee and will tour Virginia for the next 60 days before making his candidacy [...]

Gotta be Lynn Westmoreland, right? Unfortunately, the bar has been lowered. A Republican congressman from Georgia is calling President-elect Obama a Marxist and warning that he might be planning to form a Gestapo-like security force so he can rule as a dictator. Two-term Rep. Paul Broun of Athens cited a July speech that has circulated on the [...]

Latinos helped Democrats flip the battleground states of Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Florida. “Without the Latino vote, we would not have won those states,” said Federico Pena, Denver’s first Hispanic mayor and a national co-chairman of the Obama campaign. In 2004 George Bush received nearly half the Latino vote. Last week, about two-thirds of Latinos voted [...]

I’ve considered posting on this topic before but resisted because my evidence was strictly anecdotal. Turns out I underestimated the problem. The reaction from some gays following Prop. 8’s passage — supported by 70 percent of black voters — shames us all and merits widespread condemnation. It was like being at a klan rally except [...]

Yep, we were biased, writes the Washington Post ombudsman: The Post provided a lot of good campaign coverage, but readers have been consistently critical of the lack of probing issues coverage and what they saw as a tilt toward Democrat Barack Obama. My surveys, which ended on Election Day, show that they are right on both [...]

I posted these clips on Saturday, unaware that Nov. 9th marks the 19th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Hasselhoff was there, “Looking for Freedom”: Bonus cruelties: