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Saturday, February 09, 2008

SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD

Unless you're David Shuster, accused by the Clinton machine of saying the wrong thing. Dumb thing, yes. Unfair, sure. But last time I checked, the Constitution guarantees free speech, including stupid talk. Was the Shuster gaffe worthy of the issue being treated as a national media scandal, complete with threats to MSNBC? Good grief. (It was amusing to see the Clinton team accuse MSNBC of a pattern of such things... a charge you'd expect them to save for Fox.) Here's the apology and more video on this ridiculous attempt by Hillary & Company to get back into the news cycle on a weekend that is clearly Obama's: http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/02/08/video-david-shuster-apologizes-for-angering-clintons/ Just imagine how much free speech these people would love to curb... if they had all the power.

HUCKAMANIA: The former Arkansas Governor takes the Kansas caucus, much to the surprise of McCain. A combo of anti-McCain vote and Romney supporters shifting to Huck.
Now we also know that Texas Governor Rick Perry called Huckabee Friday to ask him to pull out of the race. It was a non-starter.

I WAS RIGHT: Despite ranting by other San Diego talkshow hosts who cried fowl after some GOP voters claimed disenfranchisement at the polls, the facts are clear. Most if not all cases were due to people not reading instructions, or making colossal assumptions about their registration as Republicans. Some hadn't voted in a long time either. I said it on election night and every day this past week week (while others steamed and claimed conspiracy). By yesterday, the story became a non-story... with one talkshow host sticking to the right view of what happened: Yours truly. That's not to say that the voting system is flawless. It's not. But it was pathetic to see some GOP'ers whine like disgrunted Democrats (ala 2000 and 2004), only to have their suspicions ramped up by talk hosts who should know better.