Why I Hate the Holidays
Posted by TRex@ 7:15 pm Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 Posted in Beltway Bores | 116 Comments »You know, every year I wait for news that Cokie Roberts has drowned Mara Liasson in some Georgetown hairdresser's sink (or vice versa) over an invitation to the Widow Russert's Christmas Ball and it never, ever comes. The season is just ...
“You Didn’t Clap Hard Enough. Tinkerbell’s Dead.”
Posted by TRex@ 9:20 pm Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Posted in Beltway Bores, low-hanging fruit, media | 10 Comments »Okay, I want everyone to acknowledge just for a moment what admirable restraint I have exercised thus far on the topic of Meghan McCain. I mean, you know, she's trying. She's smart and pretty and she's got a great job ...
Posse Comatosis
Posted by TRex@ 8:37 am Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in 2008 Race, Beltway Bores, Cap'n Mac | 12 Comments »Like a pack of whipped dogs, the McCain press junket are whimpering and scratching at their master's door. Reports Politico: Reporters traveling with John McCain are slightly miffed that the senator hasn't had any face time with them in, well, a month ...
La Noonan: “It’s Over” for McCain
Posted by TRex@ 7:45 pm Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 Posted in 2008 Race, Beltway Bores | 3 Comments »Beware, oh, beware the unexpectedly live microphone! Did Jesse Jackson teach us nothing? This is what Peggy Noonan said about Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin in her Wall Street Journal column today, entitled, "The Clear and Present Danger to the ...
The Unflushable James Carville
Posted by TRex@ 10:41 pm Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Beltway Bores, why the fuck are you still here? | 200 Comments »He's just never going to go away, is he? WASHINGTON (CNN) – Democratic strategist James Carville told CNN Wednesday that former Vice President Al Gore should reprise his role as the No. 2 on a Democratic ticket. “I think if I was ...
And This Will Be Going On Your PER-manent Record…
Posted by TRex@ 8:36 am Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in 2008 Race, Beltway Bores, Hillary Clinton | 7 Comments »(Get your own horse head vendetta pillow here.) Just so you know, all that "no hard feelings" business? Not so much. As the Obama bandwagon has swelled, so have the lists of people Clinton loyalists regard as some variation of “ingrate,” “traitor” or ...
Disingenuous Crap
Posted by TRex@ 10:54 pm Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Beltway Bores, media | 146 Comments »There's a couple of people I'd like to take out behind the barn and deliver a very special kick in the pants to after all this primary dust has settled, and one of them is Huffington Post's chief political correspondent, ...
Dire
Posted by TRex@ 8:17 pm Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Beltway Bores, Cap'n Mac | 82 Comments »John Cole has taken some time out from drawing Hillary's face on every square of toilet paper in his bathroom to post a highlight reel (via TPM) of the Opinionati's sound thrashing of McCain's godawful speech from Kenner yesterday. Did you ...
Dial ‘M’ for MoDowager
Posted by TRex@ 11:19 pm Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in 2008 Race, Barack Obama, Beltway Bores, Hillary Clinton, Wingnut Welfare Queens | 53 Comments »Yeeeeeeech. It's hard to say what, if anything, is going on in Maureen Dowd's head these days. Her latest column is the usual train-wreck of wretched metaphors, cutesy phrasing, and totally fucked up psycho-sexual maunderings. It seems that these ...
Don’t Bring Me Dowwwwwwn….
Posted by TRex@ 11:50 pm Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in 2008 Race, Beltway Bores | 61 Comments »Well, as expected, I suppose, the back and forth media brawling over Pastor Jeremiah Wright has slashed away at a Democratic candidate's approval rating with the public. Just not the one you think: From NBC's Chuck Todd As expected, one of the two ...