...Graham would make the poetry of William Blake sound like Barney's "I love you, you love me" song, only a lot less macho.

Here's how WaPo's thoroughly impartial media watchdog Howie Kurtz (you know, the one who's literally in bed with GOP media strategist Sheri Annis) noted this insignificant little incident in his column last Thursday:

Speaking of McCain, A.J. Rossmiller at Americablog jumps on his gaffe of saying Iran was training al-Qaeda operatives, which the senator corrected a moment later: ....

A blunder, to be sure, but can the Democratic candidates really argue that they know more about foreign policy?

See, not only was it a tiny little one-time slip-up, he corrected himself (unassisted) a moment later! And we'll stick to that story no matter how many times and how many ways it happens!

"Can the Democratic candidates really argue that they know more about foreign policy?" Not when the fix is in and the media will cover for the Republican candidate's mistakes, no. Under those circumstances, can the Democratic candidates really argue that the sky is blue or Tuesday follows Monday?

You go right ahead and organize it, cowboy. Who's stopping you?

...but this little exchange is pretty interesting:

Acton, Mass.: Mr Kurtz, you have written about McCain's "gaffe of saying Iran was training al-Qaeda operatives, which the senator corrected a moment later." But McCain previously made that statement at least three times on his trip without correction. It is clear that this represents a severe policy misconception on McCain's part, not just a one-time "gaffe." So why are you (and the media in general) playing this as just a slip of the tongue?

Howard Kurtz: I was just recounting what happened. The fact that McCain has made this "mistake" before suggests that either that he believes Iran is actually training al-Qaeda operatives or is not being very careful about sticking to established facts.

How does that last statement square with last Thursday's "A blunder, to be sure, but can the Democratic candidates really argue that they know more about foreign policy?"

Maybe Sheri Annis could explain it, but I can't.

I suspect both Proximity Warning and SomeNYGuy but that is still open.

-- bucky1

Consider it closed, shithead. I have never posted here under any other name.

Including members of his own family! Including portions of his own body!

Thanks for reminding me why I haven't posted here in months. Trolls are one thing; you are a disease.

That song always chokes me up. Now I'll have to listen to it before I go to sleep, damn it.

If my pillow is moistened with tears, I blame Sir Noel -- and you.

Bush is simply a moron.

It's McCheney, I mean McSame, I mean McAncient, I mean St. Maverick the Straight Talker who's the fool and the fraud.

That's a face that even a mother couldn't love.

"Anybody who thinks McCain is merely continuing the Bush agenda is not paying attention."

Anybody who can read Brooks without laughing out loud at his shameless dishonesty and blithe disregard for reality is not paying attention.

I have a new favorite image of Brooks; here he is fact-checking his latest column:

http://tultw.com/pics/eggjr0141.jpg

Sounds like an excuse for Jo-blob and his flabby playmates to dress up in spandex costumes and jump around the basement yelling "Shazam!" Which is a dreadful idea on so many different levels...

As in General Robert E. of the Confederate States of America. Hope that clears up the linguistic confusion.

haphazardly wanton

-- shooter242

But enough about your mother. The point is, you were born, and now we all have to live with the unfortunate consequences.

This installment of Tom Tomorrow is about as clever as the poor dumb bastard who believes that Saddam was behind the 9/11 hijacking attacks.

-- Elephantman

When did you stop believing? Someone should alert the media!

I know. You never believed it, you just repeated it.

...is a dog-eat-man-on-dog world.

I doubt even the "Hillarepublicans for McCain '08" will be impressed.

Why would NewsCorp report anything that ill-serves Rupert Murdoch's political agenda?

"A lot of my liberal journalist friends got so fired up about the ABC debate questions, they sent a letter of protest to ABC news. (Nobody asked me to sign it, but then, they probably thought they already had too many women.)"

Get some help, Ms. Walsh. Your brain seems to be seeping out of your ears.

To a startlingly large percentage of Americans, anyone who is capable of tying his/her own shoelaces is an elitist.

...until Rupert Murdoch controls all American news media.

Chris Wallace's father is an asshole. Chris is what any asshole produces.

Obama will answer all those questions for you right after McCain proves he can find Iraq on a world map.

I wish more right-wing, Israel-first neocon Jews would follow Robert Novak's example and convert to Catholicism.

Brain Williams is just another expensive weapon of mass destruction manufactured by G.E. and aimed straight at the heart of American democracy.

...to run a sideshow.

Let's get this geek out of Congress and back into his cage where he belongs -- with a bottle of Thunderbird and a live chicken.

... I have a "cakewalk" in Iraq I'd like to sell you. Also a Christian "family values" senator in Louisiana.

Remember who else was rumored to be among Palfrey's clientele? Mission accomplished, Mr. Cheney.

Hypocrisy? Her clients committed a crime, too. Have any been prosecuted? Isn't Christian family-values "Diaper Dave" Vitter still in the Senate? You must really hate women to imagine any kind of "feminist" double standard in this story.

So, can we now look forward to you changing your screen name to something wimpy and defeatist? May I suggest "KickMe" or "TakeMyLunchMoney"?