No Home Run
You’d think a baseball manager would know
There are certain lines in Miami one must toe.
If there’s someone you’re snubbin’,
Best make sure they’re not Cuban —
Oh, and never say you “love” Fidel Castro!
Year: 2012
It’s Over, Olbermann!
I’ll admit to having once been a fan,
Feigning outrage when he got the can.
But now that Al Gore
Has decreed, “No more!”
Will we finally be rid of Keith Olbermann?
Priebus: GOP’s ‘War on Women’ Created by Media
If the Democrats said we had a war on caterpillars and every mainstream media outlet talked about the fact that Republicans have a war on caterpillars, then we’d have problems with caterpillars.
— RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, quoted by Bloomberg TV, insisting that the GOP’s “war on women” is fiction.
Insiders Not So Hot on Rubio for Veep
34%
Of GOP insiders and 28% of Democrats say Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is the Republican party’s best hope for the No. 2 spot on the presidential ticket, according to a new National Journal Insiders Poll. That’s a significant drop from the same survey taken in October, when 60% of Republicans and 65% of Democrats considered him the party’s best possible running mate.
Newt’s In Hock to the Tune of $4.5 Million
We owe much more than we wanted to. Florida got to be a real brawl. And I think, unfortunately, our guys tried to match Romney and it turned out we didn’t have anything like his capacity to raise money.
— Newt Gingrich, in an interview on Fox News, acknowledging his campaign was roughly $4.5 million in debt.
Obama Approval Rating Edges Up
46%
President Obama’s average job approval rating in March, according to Gallup, up from 45% in January and February, and significantly improved over his term-low 41% monthly averages recorded last summer and fall.
Axelrod Blames GOP for Dems’ Complacence
There is still ambivalence on the part of people. Perhaps people are too complacent because the Republican race has been so much of a spectacle.
— David Axelrod, quoted by BuzzFeed, on the ambivalence of some Democratic campaign donors.
If You Could Only Have One Joke About Romney…
A liberal, a conservative, and a moderate walk into a bar. The bartender says, “Hi Mitt.”
Russ’ dad, via email
Rick Warren: Evangelicals’ ‘Sticking Point’ – Mormons ‘Don’t Believe in the Historic Doctrine of the Trinity’
RICK WARREN: Well, the key sticking point for evangelicals and actually for many is the issue of the Trinity,” the evangelical pastor explained. “Orthodox Christians, Catholic Christians, Protestant Christians, evangelical Christians and Pentecostal Christians all believe in the Trinity; that’s the historic doctrine of the church, that God is three-in-one. Not three gods; one God in Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Mormonism denies that. That’s a sticking point for a lot of Catholic Christians, evangelical Christians, Pentecostal Christians, because they don’t — they don’t believe that. Now they’ll use the same terminology, but they don’t believe in the historic doctrine of the Trinity,” Warren added. “And people have tried to make it other issues. But that’s really one of the fundamental differences.
