Sense and Nonsense

The Logic of Southern Fatties

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Drop Joe Biden? Utter Nonsense.

You've probably seen the arguments, made by people as different as Bill Keller of the New York Times and Ben Heineman at The Atlantic's website, that Obama ought to drop Joe Biden from the Democratic ticket and go with a different running mate this year.  These ideas are nonsense, as I'll explain more soon. 

Meanwhile, take a look at Joe Biden, in the video below, ripping into Romney.  What's not to like?  Go, Joe!

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Ready to Name Book of the Year: Dog on the Roof!

YES!  The incredible true story of Mitt Romney strapping his dog to the roof of the car for a long roadtrip. Now available in book form.

Here's the book description, via Amazon:

Publication Date: June 19, 2012

They were the typical American family on a typical American road trip—Dad behind the wheel, Mom in the passenger seat, their five adorable kids piled in the back. And, of course, their beloved dog strapped to the roof.

Wait . . . what?

Now for the first time, here is the completely true—and only mildly embellished— shaggy-dog story of Seamus Romney, the famously fetching Irish setter whose master, future presidential candidate Mitt Romney, plopped him atop the family station wagon for that infamous 1983 car trip. From the majesty of Mount Rushmore to the fabulousness of San Francisco, from the sacred temple of Salt Lake City to the hallowed halls of Washington, D.C., here at last is Seamus’s rooftop account of that headline-grabbing journey . . . unleashed.

Doggedly chronicled by satirists Bruce Kluger and David Slavin (NPR’s All Things Considered), and cleverly illustrated by Colleen Clapp (The Chris Matthews Show, NBC News), this American tale is more than just the story of a dog on a hot tin roof. It is the inside (well . . . overhead) look at the Man Who Would Be President and the wild ride that’s sweeping—and bewildering—the nation.

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Poor Mitt.  He just can't shake this awful story.  Not only has he had New York Times columnist Gail Collins bringing it up repeatedly over many months and videos that ridicule him over the incident, but now his mistreatment of his dog will be memorialized between the hard covers of a certain bestseller.  I know I'll buy it. 

Suckling Run Amok

That recent Time magazine cover make you uncomfortable?  Well, here are the real stories about contemporary suckling trends that should have you really upset:

 

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