It’s funny how it all works

I give the tagline I used below, then I find this on FARK.

Democratic Party Strategy

The Democrats have a huge image problem. Many people have noticed they are simply not credible on National Defense. There are many, many people out there who have made comments like “I voted for Bush only because he was strong on defense”.

So, the Democrats need to get credible. One way to do that is to run candidates who happen to be veterans of the Iraq war and dislike the administration’s policies. The Senate race in Ohio was a case in point. The Democrats recruited Paul Hackett, a war veteran, to run there.

Then they decided to go with a different candidate who happens to already be in Congress. They went so far as to call Mr. Hackett’s contributors and ask them not to give any more money to him.

Mr. Hackett dropped out of the race today. He’s also likely dropping out of politics altogether.

Who the hell is doing their strategy? Alfred E. Newman?

Valentine’s Day

My wife is my best friend. She is the mother of my children, even to the older two who are not really hers. She is the best fan I have ever had. She encourages me, stands by me and loves me, even though I am far from perfect. She puts up with my moods and my hobbies.

On this Valentine’s Day, I bought her flowers and a card. That’s all she will want and she’ll likely be somewhat miffed that I even bought those for her. She’s funny like that. But still, I had to do something to show her I love her.

I am also in charge of getting flowers to my son’s fiancé today. He’s at Fort Riley preparing to deploy to Iraq and asked me to help him out. So I had the florist deliver two bouquets today. I think he feels the same way about his intended as I feel about my wife.

I hope he does. There is no better feeling than being loved.

Well, the MSM is up to their usual high standards

Today we have reporters and editors all over the MSM carrying on about Cheney and his hunting accident. Reporters are whining that they weren’t told about the accident soon enough. Editors are whining about the dark conspiracies. The NYT really steps in it be declaring:

“The vice president appears to have behaved like a teenager who thinks that
if he keeps quiet about the wreck, no one will notice that the family car is
missing its right door.”

To which one has to answer: Chappaquidick

I swear these clowns would be pathetic if they weren’t so potentially dangerous.

By the way, the local sheriff’s office cleared Cheney of any wrongdoing in the accident.

Update: And a lot of these jokes from TV “comedians” are frankly not very good. They really blew it by trying to get too political. They don’t need to be ham handed to be funny. (And I thought my joke was ‘way better, too!)

Good for him

The spokesman for the new Ex-Dictator Diet!

So Saddam isn’t eating. Good for him. Maybe he’ll understand what it was like for many of his victims then.