"Right Wing News emailed more than 200 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a ranked list 1-5 of the candidates that they would most like to take the Republican nomination for President in 2008 and the 1-5 candidates they'd least like to see as the Republican nominee in 2008."

Check out the results here.

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Two prominent Democratic senators today announced that they are against the confirmation of the first black female secretary of state in our nation's history. When confirmed, Condoleezza Rice, Ph.D. will be the highest ranking African American woman ever. A milestone achievement by an admirable and deserving woman.

But two Democratic senators, Barbara Boxer of California and John Kerry of Massachussetts, do not want to see it happen. Today, these two senators placed on the record, for all to see, their announcement to the world that they are indeed bigots.

Oh of course Boxer and Kerry would deny such an accusation vehemently. They would insist that they've always fought on behalf of minorities and women. But using the same twisted logic that senator Boxer used to call Dr. Rice a liar, i think it should be clear to all that John Kerry and Barbara Boxer have something against the advancement of women and minorities.

i'm just pointing out the contradictions in their public statements, that's all.

At this historic moment in the history of feminism and civil rights, John Kerry and Barbara Boxer stand together at the doorway of the Harry S. Truman Building like twin modern day Orval Faubi.

More: Steve at The Black Republican has more on Sheets Bird's opposition to Dr. Rice.

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See what depths my lack of blogging inspiration has driven me to?

It's pathetic, really.

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1 You're LUCKY then.

Posted by: Casca at January 18, 2005 08:29 PM (cdv3B)

2 Uh... maybe you need to get away from Sacramento for a bit.

Posted by: d-rod at January 18, 2005 08:56 PM (RXLBx)

3 The best fortune I ever received was: "You are a nice guy who will make lots of money" Half of it became true.

Posted by: jake at January 18, 2005 11:35 PM (6BwFR)

4 I'm really taking to the fortune cookie blogging!

Posted by: Paul at January 19, 2005 04:57 AM (vbP6L)

5 You could always talk about your favorite JDB movie. "Charlie Varrick," if I'm not mistaken.

Posted by: Victor at January 19, 2005 06:49 AM (L3qPK)

6 Maybe the pic at this post at Lawren's site will inspire something? http://lawrenkmills.mu.nu/archives/063700.php

Posted by: JohnL at January 19, 2005 09:27 AM (YVul2)

7 These remind of those stupid Confuscious jokes that we'd tell in elementary school: "He who stands on toilet is high on pot." "Baseball is wrong. Man with four balls can't walk."

Posted by: Micah at January 19, 2005 10:12 AM (v/oTo)

8 LMAO!! you're crackin' me up with these things. i say, keep 'em coming!

Posted by: Amy Bo Bamy at January 19, 2005 10:50 AM (RpVKX)

9 these need to be consolidated into one fabulous post.

Posted by: candy girl at January 19, 2005 11:18 AM (Gj0AN)

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Interesting thought...

Sounds like fun, though.

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Wisdom for the munchies:

Okay, good one to keep in mind.

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i guess i should be happy that they're reading me in Peking, but still...

How rude.

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An oldie but a goodie:

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i do have some good news...

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Heyo yeh!

A Snoop Dogg fan at the Peking Noodle Company?

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Somebody stop me...

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Since the Pope has such influence, why doesn't he just get in his popemobile and go down to Iraq and ask the terrorists to stop killing people? It couldn't hurt.

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So i got that goin' for me...

...which is nice.

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Here's a cute picture of Mike and Coretta in 1956.

Read Why This Day Matters, by Soonerland, at Dustbury.com. Link via Michelle Malkin.

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Bill Clinton paid a visit to Moxie this weekend. Pool hijinx ensued, followed by drinks and a little spooning.

Happy belated birthday, Madison. You're the best!

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1 awwwww, thank you darling!! You rock the mike on stage, yourself

Posted by: Moxie at January 17, 2005 08:13 PM (tUFhb)

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Young Pundit has a rundown of the arguments against Social Security privatization.

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1999 Trinity Oaks Zinfandel, $4.99 at Bel Air Market. This is good shit. Tastes like a ten dollar bottle of wine. Looks and smells good too. The 1999 label isn't as pretty as the one pictured here, but don't let that fool you. At that price, i could drink two bottles tonight, but i won't.

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Huge games today. i predict TO-less Philly, (whom, all year long, i figured would go all the way) will lose to Minnesota, with bad-ass Randy Moss looking to silence his critics. i also predict that the Pats (famous for their winning streak) will go down at the hands of the Colts (famous for their QB's TD streak).

Halftime update: Moss' head is not in the game. My predictions have become like the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Postgame update: Philadelphia won pretty handily, 27 to 14, setting up a battle of the birds next weekend. (Can i take credit for being the first to call the NFC championship game the battle of the birds?) i totally forgot about the weather at Gillette Stadium, but i'm sticking with my prediction for the Pats-Colts game.

Post Pats game update: Fucken shit.

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It takes me about 20 seconds of watching network news before i get into a bad mood. NBC News this morning: "With the Iraqi elections only two weeks away, the Bush administration appears to be engaged in a campaign to lower expectations." WTF? Whose expectations are they talking about? The mainstream media has been on their own campaign to lower expectations about Iraq for the last two years.

The NBC reporter also made a point of saying that Bush's approval ratings are currently lower than Reagan's or Clinton's at similar points in their presidencies. Now, Bush is certainly not "the great communicator,"* but i have an idea how Bush can get his approval ratings to match the spike in Clinton's ratings after January 21, 1998. Bush should get a blow job!
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* U. S. Grant or Andrew Johnson might have been less articulate than Bush . . . but only when they were drunk.

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It is impossible to listen to Louis Armstrong's 1931 recording of Stardust without tearing up. Trust me on this.

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Peggy Noonan, whose grip on reality i thought was becoming a bit shaky based on some of her recent columns,* has rehabilitated my opinion of her with her latest piece, "MSM Requiem." i think it's the best post-Rathergate commentary i have read, or will ever hope to read.

Now anyone can take to the parapet and announce the news. This will make for a certain amount of confusion. But better that than one-party rule and one-party thought. Only 20 years ago, when you were enraged at what you felt was the unfairness of a story, or a bias on the part of the storyteller, you could do this about it: nothing. You could write a letter.

When I worked at CBS a generation ago I used to receive those letters. Sometimes we read them, and sometimes we answered them, but not always. Now if you see such a report and are enraged you can do something about it: You can argue in public on a blog or on TV, you can put forth information that counters the information in the report. You can have a voice. You can change the story. You can bring down a news division. Is this improvement? Oh yes it is.

Via Lopsided Poopdeck.

Update: Check out this Krauthammer piece too. Link via commenter Shelly.
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* Like when she suggested that Steven Spielberg could singlehandedly solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Come on! If Jason Alexander and Richard Geer can't do it, what chance does Spielberg have?

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