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New Hampshire Republican Primary Results

(via Musings of a Philosophical Scrivener)

The best story of the night? The one that should unite us all? From the Republican primary results:

    Bush 57,670
    Kerry 835
    Dean 633
    Clark 545
    Edwards 541

That’s over 2,500 registered Republicans who wrote in a Democrat in their ballot.

For what it’s worth, here’s the latest results (from here):

    George W. Bush 53,749
    John Kerry 1,420
    Howard Dean 974
    Wesley Clark 851
    Richard P. Bosa 826
    John Buchanan 816
    John Edwards 808

It should be noted the George W. Bush got 115 write in votes in the Democratic primary.

Joementum != Momentum

From Joe Lieberman for President 2004:

Joe Surging In New Hampshire

1/27 — Today is the day! Since Joe’s amazing debate performance on Thursday night, his support in New Hampshire has been surging. Buoyed by newspaper endorsements, terrific television ads that your contributions keep on the air, and Joe’s own stamina and optimism, New Hampshire is becoming Lieberman Country just when it matters most: on the eve of the Primary! Just look at what’s happening on the ground. Voters are flocking to see Joe, right before they make up their minds about their vote…

According to CNN, as of 10:32 EST, Joe Lieberman’s has surged to a fifth place finish with a whopping 9% of the vote in New Hampshire.

If 9% is the best he can do in “Lieberman Country”, maybe it’s time for Joe to go…

New and Improved?

This web log has mostly been converted to Movable Type. While the conversion continues, unconverted entries can be found here.

I’m also still messing around with the new templates and style sheets.

Update: The conversion is complete. For now, Quote of the Day fans can get their fix here.

Some People Never Learn

Pete Rose headed to Foxwoods for book-signing:

A few weeks after admitting he bet on baseball, Pete Rose is going to an eastern Connecticut casino to sign his new book and dine with high-rollers.

Some Advice for Howard Dean

(via August J. Pollak)

Things Howard Dean can do to look more “presidential”:

Announce proudly that no president has ever done as much as him for human rights.

Dress up in a crotch-accentuating flight suit and land a jet on an aircraft carrier.

Brag repeatedly about a sub-standard college grade point average.

Get arrested for public rowdiness at a football game.

Attempt to recite a cliché adage at a press conference and promptly forget how it goes in the middle of saying it.

Mount, and promptly fall off, an unpowered Segway scooter.

Drop his dog in front of cameras.

Consistently mispronounce the word “nuclear.”

Condescendingly mock the upcoming execution of a death row inmate.

Trade away Sammy Sosa.

Choke on pretzel bits to the point of losing balance and bruising his head.

Attend a public event in which Stevie Wonder is performing and wave to him from the balcony.

OK – the last one is likely a UL…

Just when I started thinking Saint Louis was a good place to live…

Something like this has to happen: Station to Rerun ‘Average Joe’ Segment

ST. LOUIS (AP) – After Missouri’s own Dick Gephardt finished fourth in the Iowa caucuses, the local NBC affiliate cut away from network programming to broadcast his speech. That didn’t sit so well with the Average Joe.

Viewers jammed KSDK-TV’s switchboard and Web site in the hours after the decision Monday to pull away from the final segment of “Average Joe: Hawaii.”

Gephardt’s concession speech ran over the final nine minutes of the program and beyond. He officially pulled out of the race for the Democratic nomination Tuesday.

NBC granted KSDK permission to rebroadcast the final segment. It was scheduled to air at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.

A statement on the station’s Web site said KSDK understands “the frustration after investing time in a television program and not being able to see how the show ends.”

But for a station whose slogan is, “Where the news comes first,” there really wasn’t any choice, news director Mike Shipley said.

“Unfortunately, we can’t orchestrate when breaking news happens,” Shipley said. “We’d do the same exact thing again. The only thing I wish we could change was the timing.”

It’s bad enough people are actually watching this show, but to invest the time and energy to complain about missing nine minutes – Jeez!

Another Google Oddity

This site is the the number 1 result when searching for “waffle irons” on Google.

Kind of funny, becuase this web site, despite the title, has nothing to do with waffle irons…

Trent Lott is a Hypocrite

(via Eschaton)

THEN:
“Any appointment of a federal judge during a recess should be opposed.”
— Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) opposing the appointment of an African American judge, December 2000

NOW:
“Judge Pickering’s record deems this recess appointment fully appropriate.”
— Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS), 1/17/04

Honestly, is anyone really surprised by Lott’s blatant hypocrisy?

Compassionate Conservatism in Action

(via Blah3.com)

Check out the hate mail Margaret Cho has received concerning her MoveOn appearance.

Another George W. Bush Joke

In my email today:

Three Texas surgeons were playing golf together and discussing surgeries they had performed.

One of them said, “I’m the best surgeon in Texas. A concert pianist lost 7 fingers in an accident, I reattached them, and 8 months later he performed a private concert for the Queen of England.”

One of the others said. “That’s nothing. A young man lost both arms and legs in an accident, I reattached them, and 2 years later he won a gold medal in field events in the Olympics.”

The third surgeon said, “You guys are amateurs. Several years ago a cowboy who was high on cocaine and alcohol rode a horse head-on into a train traveling 80 miles an hour. All I had left to work with was the horse’s ass and a cowboy hat. Now he’s president of the United States.”