Joe The Plumber & Sarah Palin

Can these two go away for awhile?  Seriously.  Sam errr Joe the Plumber has now looked for a multi-million dollar book deal, traveled to Gaza as a “war correspondant” for Pajama TV and now he’s providing strategy to Republican congressional aides.  I mean, come on.  This guy is not qualified for any of these things, and frankly he is just seeking publicity for himself so he can become some kind of folk hero to the Joe-The-Plumber-Tito-The-Builder set.  GO AWAY!

Same goes for Sarah Palin.  She has done nothing but travel to national events in order to keep her face in the public eye so she can supposedly lead her party in 2012.  Did she forget that she was elected to serve the people of her home state of Alaska first and foremost?  Did she not get the hint that the American people sent her when they overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic ticket in the 2008 presidential race?  Enough already.  Go be a governor for a while and then worry about your personal ambitions.  If I were an Alaskan I’d be asking Sarah “what have you done for me lately Madam Governor?”

John McCain unwittingly did his country a great disservice by unleashing these two clowns on the American public.

This guy seriously needs a new hair style…

The most amazing thing to me about the whole Rod Blagojevich sentate seat scandal has got to be this guy’s hair. I mean, come on? Who actually has hair like this? The phrase “what was this guy thinking” comes to mind in many instances with Blagojevich, that’s for sure. What the hell did he think would happen if he tried to basically sell Obama’s vacated sentate seat? Why the hell did he act so arrogant and dare the feds to wiretap him just a day before they showed up at his front door? And finally, what in the hell is his wife doing letting him go out in public with that hair?!

Political Archaeology

David Sanger of the New York Times has an excellent article on how the executive branch of our government has changed over the course of the Bush administration.  He talks to several Clintonites who are involved in the Obama transition that note that the Defense and National Security apperatus has grown immensely.  He also takes a rather deep look at the video-on-demand technology which Bush has had access to (and that his predecessors did not) and how it has had some unintended consequences on the flow of information and freedom of open debate.  Definitely worth a read!

Joe Lieberman

Joe Lieberman is such a weasel.  I don’t know if you caught his appearance on Meet the Press this morning, but it underscored why I do not care for him.  The non-answers, the smug smile, the nasally I’m better than you attitude.  Ugh.  Click the image below for a recap from Huffington Post…

hillary clinton? really??

the rumors swirling around about hillary clinton as secretary of state are intriguing.  she would certainly be the kind of heavyweight that obama probably wants in that position, and she surely has the relationships with key foreign leaders built up over the years of her husband’s presidency.  i am just a little concerned that she might also bring the clinton “baggage” along with her, and that she may constantly try to overshadow her potential boss (i.e. obama)…  but i do think she could be very effective.  wondering what other people think…