Fruit of the Lunatic

03 Oct, 2023

Fruit of the Lunatic

May 21, 2005 Jon Ponder

The Saddam-in-Skivvies pix reflects one or more of the following:

* An abysmal state of discipline among U.S. troops charged with a fairly important task;

* A crackpot gambit in psychological warfare directed at residual Ba’athist elements in Iraq that shows how incompetent the U.S. military is;

* An old dude who is in pretty good shape, all things considered;

* A typical entry on Craig’s List.

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Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Nick Catoggio

“Honestly, every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber for what you say.”

— Nikki Haley, at the Republican presidential debate, to Vivek Ramaswamy.

“Ahead of the second Republican debate, the DeSantis camp is plagued by growing doubts among donors and allies that their biggest unspoken problem may be the candidate, not the campaign.”

— Tina Nguyen

“This week, I hope to see my colleagues fully address the alleged systemic corruption of Senator Menendez with the same vigor and velocity they brought to concerns about our dress code.”

— Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), in a statement.

“House Republicans are gleefully letting Donald Trump function as their chief political strategist at the expense of American families. Trump’s behavior is shameful, but unsurprising from someone who has demonstrated he couldn’t care less about the American people.”

— A spokesman for President Biden’s campaign hit House Republicans for heeding Donald Trump’s calls to dig in on a government shutdown if they don’t get “everything,” The Hill reports.

Numerati

$250 million

New York Times: “He now faces not only the prospect of having to pay $250 million in damages, but he could also lose properties like Trump Tower that are inextricably linked to his brand.”

56%

A new NBC News poll finds that 56% of registered voters say Congress should not hold impeachment hearings to start the process of removing President Biden from office, while 39% say it should.

43%

A new Monmouth poll finds that if the federal government does shut down, 43% of the American public will hold the Republicans in Congress most responsible while 27% will place the blame on President Biden and 21% will blame congressional Democrats.

11th

President Joe Biden’s younger dog, Commander, bit another U.S. Secret Service agent at the White House Monday evening, the 11th known biting incident involving the 2-year-old German Shepherd, CNN reports.

65%

A new Pew Research poll finds that 65% of Americans “say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency. …. A third favor keeping the current Electoral College system.”