There's a lot of people in the world that do deserve sympathy, but Paris Hilton is not one of them. There's plenty of people in jail that don't like the food, or are depressed because they can't hang out with their friends, but they have to do their time, or if they don't, it's not because they pouted and cried.

The fact is she's a grown woman that drove drunk and could have easily killed someone, and this is a woman that has access to millions of dollars, she could easily just hire someone to drive her and her friends around from club to club, but she chose to drink and drive. She, and her family, were already planning a big house party for her after her 3 day stay, which they were calling 5 days because that's what she got credit for. She needs a good dose of reality, maybe next time she'll hire a driver.

I guess Obama turned down your request for an interview.

I know you've been covering Bush long enough to know that he is a vile criminal with no shame, and that your questions are rhetorical. But you are right, the press corps should be hammering Bush with these questions, if for no other reason than to get it on the public record.

I'm not sure I really believe that the war is popular with the GOP base, I know they will voice support out of party loyalty, but I don't think even they really believe it. The other candidates give lip service to supporting the Bush troop surge, but they quickly move on to another subject.

McCain was one of the architects of this disasterous surge, and has pinned his presidential hopes to Bush and the war. The base doesn't believe McCain really even likes Bush (which I don't believe either), and even though they won't come out and say it, most just want the travesty in Iraq to be over, so I think Ariana Huffington may have been at least partially right.

McCain never had a chance in the republican primary, if you ever listen to Limbaugh or his clones, the callers hate McCain and Colin Powell almost as much as they hate Hilary.

"Governor, considering your hawkish stance on the war, what were you doing during the Vietnam war?"

"I served overseas during the Vietnam war, and I am proud of my service."

"Overseas? Cambodia? Laos?"

"(mumbling)France"

"Oh, France, well, you go where Uncle Sam sends you, what was your MOS, were you special forces? Officer? Enlisted?"

"I was a Mormon missionary...look, I served overseas during the war, let's leave it at that."

Now come on, that is a low blow, I can't think of any comic strip worse than The Family Circus. I agree that Opus seems an odd fit for Salon, but it's still cute, and hey, I'll be 40 in a year, and I was never hip to begin with, so I don't mind it.

But I actually liked Tammy Faye, not at first, but when I saw her on the Surreal Life, she was so sweet,and different from the rest of the scum of the christian right. When she was at a book signing, someone asked her what she would tell christian parents that just learned their child was gay, and she said to love and accept them, because you'll miss the best years of both your lives if you don't.

Like most, Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker disgusted me in the 80s, but that was a long time ago, and from what I've seen recently, she seemed like a good person to me. If there is a heaven, I hope she's there, and that it's everything she always imagined it would be.

would have to be Gingrich/Inhofe, two of the most unlikeable politicians to ever (dis)grace the public stage. Cheney would tap into the dark side of the force and use some jedi mind tricks and end up in office, and probably with Ashcroft as his vice president, so no thanks, keep him out of the race.

That line, spoken by the great American, Al Bundy, from Married With Children, came to mind reading this article.

Leave it on the sports page, I don't care about baseball, and a presidential candidates opinion on any sports figure, I really, really don't care about.

The CIA gave me a briefing about how Bin Laden was determined to attack in the United States, after they were finished, I told them their asses were covered, and I went fishing. Oh, wait, that wasn't me, that was Bush. I guess I've never actually had a briefing from the director of national intelligence on one of my vacations, but if I did, I would take it more seriously than Bush did.

1992 was the best year for the WWN, that was when that space alien was trying to decide which candidate to endorse for president. There was a picture of him meeting with Clinton, and Clinton held it up and said he was broadening his base.

I think the alien finally settled on Perot, and when asked about it, Bush acted surprised, and said the alien had betrayed him, lol. That's when politics was sort of fun.

"Lastly: Where the f*** were all you people who claim to have loved the WWN so much, when we needed you to buy the frickin' paper and maybe save our jobs?"

Oh, I never bought it, I just read it when the checkout line was long ;)

Actually, I did buy the one that had the cover story about Hilary Clinton having an affair with a space alien.