Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Today's Political Notes

I don't care if John McCain was having an affair a few years ago. I don't care if he's having one now. Yes, there could be a certain impropriety since the lady in the news reports is a lobbyist...but that impropriety is one I already expect. These guys are all in bed, one way or another, with lobbyists. The sex stuff, if true, is none of our business.

So let me see if I have this straight. Bill Clinton was engaged by a heckler on the campaign trail. NBC News and MSNBC aired some sound bites of the heckler. Bill O'Reilly criticized them by saying, "There are plenty of nuts on the campaign trail but if you're a responsible news agency, you don't legitimize them by giving them airtime." Meanwhile, Sean Hannity — who works for the same news agency as O'Reilly — had the guy on as a guest, thereby giving him a lot more airtime and legitimacy. Jay Leno is having O'Reilly on his show this Friday night. Hey, Jay...how about asking him if he thinks Fox is not a responsible news agency? (Yeah, like that's gonna happen...)

Lastly, if you want to see a political campaigner humiliated on national TV, check out this clip of Chris Matthews interviewing a Texas State Senator named Kirk Watson. Watson was on to stump for his guy, Barack Obama...but when Matthews asked him to name any of Obama's legislative accomplishments, Watson couldn't name one. There actually are a number of things he could have said but apparently he didn't think it necessary to have any of them at hand.

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From the E-Mailbag...

From Chris Dosevski...

Your announcement of a surprise birthday party for Larry Storch gives me a great opportunity to notify you and your readers that the Encore Westerns Channel is playing this month a 1957 movie called Gun Fever which features Larry Storch in the role of a vicious Mexican outlaw named Amigo. It's hard to reconcile Larry's comedic role in F Troop with the serious role he plays in this adult violent Western. I was amazed to see Larry shoot down a man in cold blood, beat another man nearly to death, and get into fistfights. Larry affects a Spanish accent in this movie which is so indescribably bad that it's good. For Larry Storch fans, this movie is not to be missed.

And you can "not miss it" on Sunday, February 24 at (on my satellite dish) 10:40 AM. Consult some listing to tell you when it's on in your area. That's assuming you even get that channel.

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