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Who’s Actually Running?

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My-my-my, the consternation Willie J seems to be causing on the Hillary side.

He just cannot seem to keep his graying mug off television, the internet, news shows. He’s ramped up campaigning for Hillary because, in my opinion, by transference, he’s running once again.

Who’s been making all the news the past few days? Face time? Sound bites? News bits? It hasn’t been Hillary.

DILLON, S.C. (AP) – He’s not on the ballot but Bill Clinton seemed to dominate the South Carolina presidential campaign, disparaging Barack Obama and journalists and predicting that many voters will be guided mainly by gender and race loyalties.

In response, Bill Clinton said Harpootlian’s comments were a distraction, and he accused the Obama campaign of funneling smears through the media.

Because of she AND Bill, some media are accusing the Clinton campaign of “going negative.”

Willie J’s tactics are actually beginning to backlash in the liberal media. And Bill Clinton really IS the legacy that won’t go away, as I wrote here waaaaay back in 2004.

But, bottom line, you can’t tell me that some won’t vote for Hillary because they actually want to have Willie J back in the White House. Once there, if there, my question is this: who really will be running the White House? The country? You believe, even for the faintest of moments, that WJ will simply step back, fade into the woodwork? And if he does not — can you feature the behind-the-scenes flying sparks? Which would, by logical extension, tend to bleed into quite public sparks? Willie J will not be “background” — he won’t stand for it. And I think a good portion of the electorate will “enable” him on the matter as well.

On second thought, this really might be a most interesting potential Presidency. . .
BZ

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Massive Clue

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We’ve all been thinking — and some bloggers have been writing — that the GOP and Conservatism appear to be on geometrically diverging paths. There have been no end (myself included) of posts wondering what to do, how to solve the problem, and the resolutions that some are considering — to include not even showing at the polls this November.

Now, the Number One Republican protagonist, the Number One Carrier of President Bush’s Water, Rush Limbaugh, has come out on-air and said:

Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh stunned his listeners by announcing that he might not support the Republican presidential nominee in this year’s election.

Limbaugh said on Monday’s show: “I can see possibly not supporting the Republican nominee this election, and I never thought that I would say that in my life.”

The reason: “You don’t have a genuine down-the-list conservative” among the GOP candidates.

But Limbaugh’s remarks are not quite so surprising in light of statements he made about GOP candidates Mike Huckabee and John McCain last week:

“I’m here to tell you, if either of these two guys get the nomination, it’s going to destroy the Republican Party. It’s going to change it forever, be the end of it. A lot of people aren’t going to vote. You watch.”

Coming from Limbaugh, this borders on complete and utter heresy.

Yes, people, we have actually sunk that low. How depressing.

Solutions in sight?
BZ

P.S.
Many thanks to Texas Fred for the heads-up.
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A Moment On Fred

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Perhaps like some of my readers, I had initial hopes for Fred Thompson. He has officially pulled out of the Presidential race.

Sometimes “what people have been saying” turns out to be correct. In my opinion:

1. Fred entered the race too late.
2. The application of verve and excitement to his running was primarily absent.
3. He had some good occasional soundbites; a soundbite does not a campaign make.
4. He wasn’t the extemporaneous speaker everyone expected him to be.
5. His advisors weren’t. Many thought his advisors were too linked to Bush.
6. He avoided many speaking and appearance venues. That never helps.

And finally: many of us now realize he may have been doing nothing more than “dabbling.” No matter what he says, I’m still not convinced he applied himself to the campaign.

And so goes Fred.

BZ
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Box of Rocks

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1. Green Bay Packers

. . . are not going to the Super Bowl. They lost the NFC Championship yesterday by one field goal in overtime, 23 to 20, against the New York Giants. The better team won, simple as that. After missing two prior field goals, Tyne hit his final and most important kick in overtime following a Favre interception.

On Sunday, February 3rd, 12 days from now, Super Bowl XLII will feature the New England Patriots vs the New York Giants. This is a “gimme” prediction: New England will walk away with the game and be the first team to ever have such a “perfect season” in all of NFL history.

On the continuing NFL front:

Tony Dungy (probably the finest Class Act in professional football today), who was considering retirement, has said he’s coming back to the Indianapolis Colts for 2008.

Brett Favre’s return to the Green Bay Packers is uncertain. He was seriously thinking of retirement after the rather disappointing 2006 season. His decision was, obviously, to return for 2007 and Green Bay turned their record around astoundingly for ’07. My gut says: Brett will be back. I think he still enjoys the game too much to walk away yet; you can see it in his face.

Baltimore Ravens coach Brian Billick (and his entire coaching staff!) was fired following the Ravens 5 & 11 season. The Ravens then hired former Philadelphia Eagles secondary coach John Harbaugh.

I’ve just about had it with Microsoft and, by extension, PCs. I walked into an Apple Store the other day and eyeballed the hell out of a gorgeous 24″-monitored iMac. The newest issue of PC World magazine indicates that Apple is one of the best (if not the best) brands out there. I’m tired of the Windows bugs; I’m tired of the 3-Fingered Salute; I’m tired of the constant updates; of the slow speeds on boot-up and shutdown; I’m tired of the constant threats of viruses aimed directly a Bill Gates and anything he makes; I’m just tired of most any PC I’ve had just being plain unreliable. Period.

In the new iMac, I can get a 2.8Ghz dual core Intel processor, already running a 64-bit system, max of 4 gigs memory, and up to a TB of drive. I’m considering using this unit to learn video editing via Final Cut Pro or Express.

Anyone have experience with Apples and perhaps an iMac in particular? Experience with Apple’s new OS called Leopard? Thoughts on video editing with Final Cut Pro or Express? Opinions about PC vs Mac? Am I about to make a mistake, or step into a new and liberating dimension?

Obviously, I’m politicked out for now. . .
BZ
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