Merlin’s List of five possible career moves for John Ashcroft:
- become genial TV spokesman for Crisco, the preferred ad hoc head-anointing oil of evangelicals everywhere
- hang out at the food court; throw piping-hot buffalo wings at breast-feeding mothers
- take internet veterinary course; learn to euthanize cats
- write and produce one-man, all-singing, all-dancing revue: Room 101!
- find similar country with too damned many civil rights on the books
It’s an inimitable Bush tactic: point out a problem in order to bolster your ideological plans… but don’t ever actually do anything about the problem itself. He’s been traveling around (on your [more...]
– Actress Julianne Moore, when asked if she gained a newfound respect for Sarah Palin after delving deeper into Palin’s life to portray her in the upcoming film “Game Change.”
The Senate has passed the tax cut, with Dick Cheney doing the necessary honors by casting a tie-breaking vote. Gee, if Bush’s policies were so great, why is the Vice President getting such a workout at his only [more...]
