Since I blew you guys off yesterday, you get a couple extra doses of my inane prattle today:
I was going to put this at the bottom, but I didn't think anyone would read that far and I'd miss out on tooting my own horn. I ran the Columbus Marathon this morning, notching a personal best 2:55:43 in cold, windy conditions. I'm pleased with the effort, especially considering that at Mile 12 a volunteer handed me a letter of resignation from my left hamstring. Big ups to my buddy John, who chased me down to hand me my second bottle of electrolyte replacement at 18 miles.
Charles Johnson calls John Kerry "a self-aggrandizing liar of the worst sort". Deservedly so; check out Lurpy's paltry list of achievements in two decades in the Senate. It's really quite stunning. Notice that 2 of the 5 of the bills he sponsored that actually became law (yeah, five in 20 friggin' years) had to do with naming a building after a WWII hero and granting someone citizenship. Worthy endeavors, to be sure, but not exactly complex or substantive.
I was talking to a good friend (and frequent, funny, commentor to this site) yesterday, who likened the Democratic strategy in this election to the barbarians at the gate leading to the fall of the Roman Empire. In other words, Democrats and their minions (like MoveOn.org) figure they can throw enough lies out that Republicans can't possibly counter them all. Let the bodies pile up; we'll eventually break through. That seems to be their strategy with this draft nonsense. Today, the President had to respond yet again to ridiculous allegations that he's going to reinstate the draft, even though the bill to do just that was introduced by two Democrats. What a waste of everyone's time (also part of the Dems' strategy, no doubt; make the President focus on the lies so he can't get to the substance of his plans).
There's something else noteworthy in the article. Kerry is apparently accusing the President of being responsible for the flu vaccine shortage. Putting aside the fact that a flu vaccine is not like the polio vaccine; it's a luxury, one we managed to do without for decades, nor is it particularly effective. Tell your kids to dress warm and stop being such wussies. Okay, got sidetracked there. Where I was really going with this is that it reminds me of a Bloom County strip in which the members of the Meadow Party are sitting around blaming everything on James Watt. Eventually, Portnoy pipes up, "Watt's behind my aunt's gout!" Change "Watt" to "Bush" and that pretty much sums up the Dems' position on everything.
There's apparently an "Apologize for America" movement, sponsored by some whackjobs calling themselves "The Fellowship of Reconciliation." I guess they go around taking pictures of themselves holding up signs that say sorry for whatever foreign policy actions we've taken this week. You can see what I'm talking about at Power Line. While Hindrocket supplies the contempt, Tim Blair supplies the mockery. You owe it to yourself to check out the Tim Blair link. And share it with someone you love.
U.S. News' John Leo pummels Dan Okrent the NYT, and both deservedly. (Link via Spoons, in turn via Mrs. Spoons.)
David Zucker, of Kentucky Fried Movie, Airplane, and Naked Gun fame, has created a brief and humorous look at John Kerry's flip-flops. (Link via everybody.)
Did you happen to hear about the vile poster Tennessee Democrats were disseminating last week? Craig Fitzhugh, the politician from whose office the poster originated, is, predictably, blaming the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.
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