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PAGING HITCHCOCK
Chicago sinks into bird poop quagmire: while Aurora has finally lifted its boiled water order (cause: fecal matter from 'endangered' Canadian geese), junk food junkie seagulls have turned Lake Michigan beaches into E-coli hellholes.
CANUCKS NOT AMUSED
Speaking of funny shit from Canada: uproar in Ottawa after Triumph the Insult Comic Dog sparks an international incident by pointing out the obvious about the Quebecois. The indispensible Tim Blair is all over the latest poop... for me to POOP on!
THE SCANDAL THAT DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME
Via Drudge
NEWSWEEK's Jonathan Alter defended the aggressive adultery rumor line-of-questioning of the first President Bush on ABC's NIGHTLINE on August 12, 1992, on a broadcast titled: "The Media Charges George Bush With Adultery."
"In this situation, the Oval Office isn't a temple," Alter explained. "The President is a candidate and he has to be asked tough, often distasteful, but nonetheless important kinds of questions."
CUT TO 2004: NEWSWEEK'S Alter blasted any and all coverage of the Kerry infidelity probe last week on a New York City talkradio outlet -- calling the investigation "sleazy."
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The media outrage over an erupting story of possible infidelity of a presidential candidate -- 2004 -- peaked with Joe Conason's cover story in SALON late last week ["There he goes again! Matt Drudge and the GOP smear machine are back in the Democrats' pants"]
Conason lamented: "But the kind of proof usually required by national news organizations isn't what Drudge needs in order to put innuendo into circulation."
But is this really the same Joe Conason who in the Summer of 1992 wrote a magazine cover story entitled "1,000 REASONS NOT TO VOTE FOR GEORGE BUSH?" Consaon's reason #1: "He cheats on his wife."
Meanwhile, rumor object Alexandra Polier has issued a blanket denial. Personally, I'm skeptical of the whole business. I can't believe Kerry would ever screw someone with a French name.
I don't get it...its an insult to tell the French ""I can smell your crotch from here."???
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford | February 16, 2004 at 01:55 PM
That's "Je puis sentir votre fourche d'ici."
Anybody know why my fonts are appearing so damned big?
Posted by: iowahawk | February 16, 2004 at 02:40 PM
Nevermind, I figure it out.
"Dr. Rusty Shackleford." Heh heh. Say hello to Nancy for me.
Posted by: iowahawk | February 16, 2004 at 03:10 PM
Personally, I'm skeptical of a gal that "visits" for more than a month. According to APNews, Polier has been in Kenya since October 2003. Gee, just when JF**K's -Call to Service- was released. Call in, Call out.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/02/16/politics1300EST0543.DTL&type=printable
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040216/D80OIHSO1.html
http://www.growingsport.com/prod/0670032603.html
Posted by: | February 16, 2004 at 11:04 PM