Thursday, December 13, 2001

Quote of The Day

With Friends Like This Award

The comedian (Al Franken) who is friendly with both Gore and Clinton, said he couldn't remember Clinton's exact words but that the former president did mention the possibility that Gore might have been impeached. "I think he said they'd probably be impeaching him right now," Franken recalled. Franken told ABCNEWS his chat with Clinton "may have been a private conversation."

Long Day. Well Done, Soldier

Shock of the Day: Janet Maslin, in (amazingly) the New York Times comes dangerously close to praising Bernard Goldberg's book on leftist media bias. After Bernie did his landmark piece on the subject for the Wall Street Journal in l996 we feared for his job. Now we fear for Janet's.

Heddo Mudduh, Heddo Fadduh: Evidently a nice Red Cross lady visited John Walker, the Marin County Mullah, in his steel container at Camp Rhino and helped him write a letter home. Anyone notice he signed it "John Walker Lindh"? Odd. We wonder how long ago his parents forgot who he was.

Shell Game: As we continue to blow the flip-flops off the remaining al-Qaeda, officials continue to argue about the whereabouts of binLaden. The Christian Science Monitor told us yesterday that he'd split for Pakistan. Today our military officials say wrongo - he's still in Tora Bora. Question: How would they know either way?

And The Beat Goes On: We waited all day yesterday to see the grainy amatuer video of binLaden at dinner supposedly chortling over the Sept 11th attack. Half the guests on TV yammer-fests seem to have seen it and still nada, nothing, zippo. Could it be the four language specialists the White House hired can't figure out how to translate "You want fries with that?"

Another One Bits the Dust: Remember Peter Paul? He's the big Clinton donor who sued both BJ and Hillary claiming Clinton promised he would work for him after his term if Paul ponied up a million or two. He also claimed Hillary never reported the donation. A judge has thrown Paul's case out because Paul is currently in some legal trouble out of the country. Its a fascinating case and if you have the time check out JudicialWatch.org (link is on post #3 of the thread here) it will get your engine started this cold December morn.

TV Note: Dan Rather, on Imus this morning, petulantly called his not being permitted to hook up with the Marines in Afghanistan "a political screw-up" and says that he was "hurt" about it and came home.

-Your Rained In LComStaff