I personally believe in rehabilitation. But as far as I can tell, Chris Brown hasn't done anything that proves he's any sorrier than any other wife beater when the "incident" in question is over. First, he beat this woman unconcsious. Read the police report and look at that photo -- it was a brutal beating by any stretch of the imagination. Then, he cops a plea and is actually praised by the judge in court for telling the truth. Then the story goes away for a news cycle or two until Brown makes a court-ordered (or not?), stepford-like mea culpa that is so generic it could be about anything from stealing a dollar he found in the street to parking in a no loading zone. Look, I'm all for this guy having a life after making a mistake. But shouldn't he have to - once and for all - tell his fans specifically what he did and why he's sorry he did it?

"Seems that there was more than a little harsh words directed towards Bush."

Gee, and that probably didn't start with the impeachment of Clinton over a sexual act and the whole Florida debacle of 2000. I think the screaming mobs chanting "sore loserman" and outright attacks against democracy in Florida kinda set the tone for the decade. Of course, had it not been for 911, Iraq, Katrina, et al I don't think the vitriol would've been nearly as ugly as it got on the left.

There is almost no substantive policy difference between Perry and Hutchison. So she's more Dallas and he's more east Texas redneck. But I would reckon they completely agree on 95% percent of the issues, and are just degrees of more or less conservative on the issues that divide them. The real question is why there are no talented democrats in Texas who can mount a credible challenge to the GOP Juggernaut.