Romney Bumbles

In honor of the "conservative" candidate who used to be pro-choice and pro-gay and who just dropped out of the presidential race, below is a repost from Jan. 6 about Mitt "American Dad" Romney. It should also be noted that Romney's "I spent $86 million dollars of my own money to win a few states" speech yesterday, in which he said Democrats want to "surrender to terror," was even more annoying that the Nasonex Bee's Spanish conquistador accent, if this is humanly possible.

According to lore, it's been said that the laws of aerodynamics prove that the bumblebee shouldn't technically be capable of flight.

According to other lore, Mitt Romney is the perfect presidential candidate: good looking, well spoken, and with a proven track record of attracting Democratic and independent votes.

So technically, we should be looking at President Mitt Romney around one year from today.

Mitt Romney: A bumblebee who just won't fly.

Mitt Romney: Democrats Want to Surrender to Terrorists!

From an AP story reporting that Mitt Romney is leaving the presidential race:

"If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror." (SOURCE)

Maybe it's a good time to remind Mitt that the War in Iraq, which Obama has opposed from the start, has actually created more terrorists and America-haters around the world.

And, if he didn't know it, Mitt should also note that Iraq was not responsible for 9/11, either.

People like myself who have been against the War from the beginning don't want to "aid" terrorists, and it's highly offensive for someone to suggest that we do. Highly offensive.

Mitt Romney is a complete a-wipe.

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UPDATE: He just said the "surrender to terror" line on MSNBC. And, yes, he is still an a-wipe.

Memo to Mitt: Five People Worse Than Bob Dole

Mitt Romney recently said that former Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole is "probably the last person I would have wanted to have write a letter for me."

The remark was in response to a letter Dole supposedly wrote to conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh in defense of John McCain.

I'd just like to say that I strongly disagree with Mitt. In fact, I can think of at least five other people whose support I would not want, despite the fact that Mitt Romney can't think of a single other soul (other than War hero and veteran Dole) whose support he would dread more than a respected member of his own party.

I'd say my five would be:

1) Omar al-Bashir, Sudan. His ethnic cleansing has killed hundreds of thousands of civilians in Darfur. I would HATE IT if this man wrote me a letter of support, and (completely disagreeing with Mitt Romney) would much prefer a letter of support from a War hero like Bob Dole.

2) Osama Bin Laden. For obvious reasons that I'd be happy to explain to Mitt if wants to call me or send an email.

3) Kim Jong-il, North Korea. It is estimated that up to 250,000 of his own people are confined in re-education camps in a country where real freedom doesn't exist. Just awful.

4) Roseanne Barr.

5) Janice Dickenson

Have a Super Tuesday

Hillary Clinton was on the Late Show with David Letterman last night. She was terrific. She came off as likeable and wise. I won't be voting for her today.

I will be voting for Barack Obama. The LA Times endorsement from last week put the "why" better than I can.

In the language of metaphor, Clinton is an essay, solid and reasoned; Obama is a poem, lyric and filled with possibility. Clinton would be a valuable and competent executive, but Obama matches her in substance and adds something that the nation has been missing far too long -- a sense of aspiration.

Here's hoping that you aspire to vote today.

Quote of the Night

"In my White House, you'll know who wears the pants suits."

-- Hillary Clinton, to David Letterman on Super-Tuesday-Eve, on The Late Show.

Quote of the Day

"He wasn't experienced enough to authorize the invasion of Iraq."

- Robert De Niro, endorsing Barack Obama.

Obama Girl

Liberty

Yes, you should be worried.



It is befuddling why this issue doesn't alarm conservatives. My bells are ringing, and it's certainly not an AT&T ringtone.

Lost Season Premiere

Terrif.

It Still Floated My Boat

Last night, ABC re-aired the sensational season finale for Lost that originally aired last spring.

This time, however, they included a scroll at the bottom of the screen to help new viewers (and maybe some old viewers) learn more about the plot and characters. With the writer's strike, I don't believe the show's writers had final input into just what finally went into the scroll, and I think this was noticeable.

I found the scroll distracting, and often I wouldn't read it at all. I was too busy closely watching some truly heart-breaking performances.

Bravo.

Here's my original review of the finale from May, and I haven't changed my mind.

State of the Union

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on you."
-- Gomer Pyle

This quote has both nothing and everything to do with a very tired looking George Bush's State of the Union address last night.

Thanks to the folks at Think Progress, here's some fact checking from the address.

SIDE NOTE: I don't believe Gomer ever
opined about being fooled 935 times.
He wouldn't be pleased.

State of the Union, Part II

"It was such a riveting speech, the State of the Union speech. Senator Larry Craig only took two bathroom breaks."

-- David Letterman

Oh Mickey You're So Fine (And Old)

Last night, at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Mickey Rooney presented the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries. He has been a SAG member for 74 years and drew applause when mentioning that he is 87 years old.

Then, he introduced the first nominee, Ellyn Burstyn, and the clip from her performance (in Mitch Albom's For One More Day) was a scene in which her character comments that if living a healthier life means adding five years to her life, and those years were between the ages of 85 and 90, then it's simply not worth it. The implication is: Who wants to be a complete old fart and have zero quality of life just for the sake of quantity over quality, if it expands your life to live those awful years between 85 and 90?

I wonder what Rooney was thinking?

Ruh-roh.

The Man I Voted for Twice

I've been meaning all week to write something about the fairy tales that Bill Clinton has been telling about Barack Obama ... about his flat-out falsehoods and misrepresentations ... about how "the first black president" has astonishingly played the race card ... and how I now kind of take anything that comes out of his face with a grain of salt.

Peggy Noonan writes on this today, among other things, and for the first time in the history of this former Reagan speechwriter's career as a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, I agree with every single word.

Every single word.

Obama on Letterman Last Night

His Top 10 campaign promises:



Here's hoping he follows through and does, indeed, put Regis on the nickel.

Passed on, Without Comment (Part I)

New Fox News Channel graphic.

Passed on, Without Comment (Part II)

Henry Kissinger meets Chris Crocker: