After all, the only allegations we’ve heard about Senator Craig relate to oral sex. And as we were told 24/7 by the Democrats about a decade ago, oral sex isn’t sex at all. Just ask Bill Clinton.

[Update in the evening]

Slate editors are conflicted.

In a post about the effect of California splitting its electoral votes:

…it has been more than 40 years since the Democrats won a sizable majority of the popular vote.

I hadn’t thought about it, but that’s true. The last time there was a Democrat landslide, in terms of popular vote, was 1964. Every popular-vote landslide since then was a Republican one (Nixon in ’72, Reagan in ’80 and ’84, Bush in ’88). Clinton only got 43% in ’92, and couldn’t get a majority in ’96.

Maybe next year will be different, but given the current approval rating of a Democrat Congress (it’s currently lower than that of Michael Vick, I believe), and the disapproval rating of the person most likely to head their ticket, I wouldn’t bet on it.

Affirmative action is keeping blacks out of the legal profession. Get out the crayolas and color me shocked. As the article points out, good intentions aren’t enough, and when they implement racist policies, they’re all the more egregious.

[Late evening update]

Jeff Goldstein has further thoughts.

For some unaccountable reason, Senator Kerry has decided not to sue the Swift Boat Vets for Truth for libel. Beldar gives him one last chance.

I just don’t understand. How can he pass up this golden opportunity to clear his name?

The French are prepared to apologize to Iraq.

A smart Republican presidential candidate will make a big deal out of this story, and promise to do something about it (such as reining in the BATF). It won’t be Rudy, though.

Burt Prelutsky has some thoughts. I have to dispute this particular point, though, because it continues to nurture the myths of that incident:

Frankly, I didn

From a mail list I subscribe to:

If a Republican is elected President in November ’08, Roe v Wade is a dead fetus walking.

Of course, I think that Roe should be reversed simply because it was such an atrocious opinion, independently of my opinion on abortion. People should also understand that a reversal wouldn’t outlaw abortions, per se. It would simply restore the issue back to the states, and the political process, where it always belonged.

Just in case you had somehow deluded yourself that Robert Fisk was sane, he’s apparently joined the 911 Truth Brigade. As someone at The Corner pointed out, the title should have been “Especially I…,” not “Even I…”

I don’t have time, but anyone want to have a go at fisking Fisk?

Just in case you had somehow deluded yourself that Robert Fisk was sane, he’s apparently joined the 911 Truth Brigade. As someone at The Corner pointed out, the title should have been “Especially I…,” not “Even I…”

I don’t have time, but anyone want to have a go at fisking Fisk?