Comments on: PLEASE PASS THE SALT

By: pbuck

pbuck — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:18:49 +0000

People have made worse mistakes…”President” Dewey, anyone?

I could go on, but I’d just repeat kreiz.

By: kreiz

kreiz — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:06:11 +0000

No kidding, Charlie. The entired WORLD missed the call- but Rick gets the finger pointed at him. He’s a big boy- he can handle it.

By: charlie

charlie — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:19:59 +0000

Your mea culpa shows class, but are you the only blogger to have gotten this wrong? Unless I missed something you were the only one he called out. I think just about everyone- left, right and center- missed it. The cover of this weeks Weekly Standard- The Fall of the House of Clinton- pretty funny really. Kurtz had nothing about it.

By: kreiz

kreiz — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:39:28 +0000

One thing I’ve always liked/respected about you and Michael Reynolds is that you guys will always admit when you’re wrong. A little self-deprecation and humor goes a long way in my eyes. Politicians could learn a thing or two from you.

By: jnye

jnye — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:17:13 +0000

To err is human…

By: Juan Paxety

Juan Paxety — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:44:44 +0000

Netroots is defined here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netroots

However, you have to read between the lines and understand that the examples cited are all on the left of the Democratic Party. For instance, the term was first applied to Howard Dean supporters.

By: Jerry Buller

Jerry Buller — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:49:32 +0000

If she even thinks it might have been the tears, expect to see many more of them. But we really do need her in the race because she will do our dirty work for us. She will dig up every unsavorable thing about Mr. OHB so that the Republican machine won’t have to do anything. Then Republicans won’t have to appear the “racists” for the hit. They already have all they need on Mrs. Clinton, let her work on Obama. Save some of that Republican money.

By: Dan Smith

Dan Smith — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:42:36 +0000

Nothing like a little public humiliation for putting things into perspective. Don’t feel badly, your apology was manly and well said. Jump into the fray again when you feel able. Your blog is really a breath of fresh air at times.

By: zwhite

zwhite — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:38:03 +0000

“I knew that the Obama boomlet was media inspired and yet I ended up being seduced, stripped, and finally screwed by my own hubris.”

Don’t be too tough on yourself. Just about every poll was far outside the margin of error for O’Bomma. I doubt HRC believed she’d pull it out. I’m probably the billionth one to say it, but never, ever count the Clintons out (though I also did for NH).

There was alot of money made and lost on intrade yesterday (which also appeared to follow the conventional wisdom).

Unless Hussein turns into an absolute grassroots juggernaut (where it had seemed to be heading before last night), he’ll be shreaded by the Clinton machine, and failing that, the vast rightwing conspiracy. At least that’s my hope.

By: John Blake

John Blake — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:51:16 +0000

Don’t beat your breast: On Monday (January 7), several observers noted busloads of Hillary supporters converging on NH from points East and South. Since pollsters had no access to these trumped-up Hillary-ites, how could they have factored such fraudulent elements into last-minute prognostications?

But MzBill is her own worst enemy. Michigan, South Carolina et al. will be immune to such Begala/Carville stunts. Hillary’s “people of New Hampshire” were co-opted franchisees from neighboring States. Big Media most certainly knows this now, but we expect precisely zero commentary on, 1) MzBill’s subversion of the voting process; and 2) Reporters’ duckspeak record of absolving themselves from all complicity.

Should this debacle embolden the Wife of Bill (aka The WOB) to expand her modus operandi in new realms? Cheating comes cheap… but will Obama shuffle off to Buffalo? Goatherds have means of re-directing flocks.