Holy shit. There are numbers that suggest Bush is more unpopular among Democrats than Clinton ever was among Republicans. Know what that says to me? It says what the hell is wrong with Democrats that we can’t get an impeachment going?
You know the old Will Rogers line, don’t you?
“I am not a member of any organized political party. I’m a Democrat.”
Bright man, that Rogers.
Now this is fun…Salon.com asks the musical question, Is this the neocon century?
…what have we here? We have the vile Rumsfeld visiting Bagdad in 1984 to reassure them that the United States didn’t really mean what they said about chemical weapons, that’s what we have here.
…same as the old boss. Or not. Clinton vs Dean, what’s the difference?
Filmforce has a witty and thought-provoking interview with Ian McKellen in which he discusses everything from his party-going stamina to his outspoken-ness as a gay man:
“…gay people have been forced to be silent for so long that the rest mustn’t be too surprised if, given the chance, we speak perhaps at length about something that hasn’t been spoken about at length for far too long and still isn’t in certain areas of the world, like in this country and mine…In Florida, I was talking to a gay group in an appalling situation…there’s was…a boy at this reception who, at age 16, had told his friends he was gay at school and been expelled. Not allowed to have an education because he’d told the truth about himself. … To me those people are just reminding what I can easily forget. That it isn’t over. There’s a fight still going on.”
Another good day to go and check out the Talking Points Memo. (Hey, it’s that whole poet/didn’t/know it thing.)
Among other things, Josh Marshall gives his thoughts on whether the capture of Saddam not only doesn’t make any of us any safer but actually increases the danger to US troops.
Radio Berlin. And everybody tune in!
“Baghdad” Jim McDermott. And I have a sneaky feeling he may be right about this…but I’d be bound to say that, wouldn’t I?