Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Kerning!

The right-wing kerning machine whirrs into action! This time, RedState's lead debunker, Erick, notes that David Shuster was wrong! wrong! wrong! when he stumped Tennessee congresswoman Marsha Blackburn on MSNBC the other day.

Mr. Shuster, filling in for Tucker Carlson, listened briefly to Ms. Blackburn's complaints about the now-infamous MoveOn.org "General Betrayus" ad, then asked her to name the last soldier from her district killed in Iraq.

Ms. Blackburn couldn't offer a name.

Shuster told her the name was Jeremy Bohannon who was killed by a roadside bomb early in September.

Mr. Erick steps to the fore to denounce Mr. Shuster's denunciation of Ms. Blackburn's denunciation of MoveOn's denunciation of General Petraeus: It seems the 18-year-old Pvt. Bohannon was NOT from Ms. Blackburn's district! Shuster was lying! Or wrong!

So what's the right answer, Mr. Erick? I bet Ms. Blackburn could tell us today.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

It Ain't Just a Bank.

RedState honcho Erick accuses Barack Obama of coming up with his own new, politically-too-correct designation for indigenous people:
In 2007, courtesy of Barack Obama, we now have a new designation for American Indians. They are . . . drum roll please . . . First Americans.

Apparently Mr. Erick believes First American is a financial institution. A quick check with Google returns...drum roll please...a half-million hits for "First Americans."

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Wile E. Coyote Syndrome, Part 42

Just a short time back--only a week ago--RedState contributor blackhedd posted some prime we're-better-than-they-are snark:

"I hear that Democrats are striking their foreheads for not having thought of this sooner.

They're thinking of making it a misdemeanor to be a US Senator or Member of Congress.

Then all of the Republicans will be forced to resign. The Democrats, en masse, will announce that they deeply apologize, but that the offense has no bearing on their ability to continue doing the job the American people expect them to do.

Great plan, no?"


Now, in the best tradition of hapless lupine cartoon characters, Mr. blackhedd is hoist by his own petard. How does the plan work if the guilty Republicans keep resigning and unresigning?