The Book Of Ruth

The Mother Of All Sore Losers - In More Ways Than One

2008-11-07T20:49:00+00:00

By late Tuesday evening as John McCain was conceding and hundreds of thousands of people were descending upon Chicago’s Grant Park to witness history-in-the-making as Barack Obama assumed the presidency of the Untied States, radio talk show bloviator Rush Limbaugh had to be feeling like a bigger self-made chump than…

The Jimmy Buffet Careeer Protection Act

2008-11-04T15:00:00+00:00

Some final campaign season scribblings.

Is it a state law, or something that Jimmy Buffet must appear somewhere in the Tampa area on the eve of every presidential election? Look, I like Mr. Parrothead as much as the next guy, but isn’t this shtik getting a bit old?

Can we…

A Twisted Take On “Patriotism”

2008-10-23T20:34:00+00:00

Who knew that when President Bush suggested Americans should go shopping as a gesture of patriotism, Sarah Palin would take it to Imelda Marcos proportions of “Give me liberty or give me Donna Karan!”

Perhaps it is not too late for the John McCain campaign to change its slogan…

I’m Satan - Fly Me

2008-10-09T20:35:01+00:00

It was probably not a good idea to offend the Beelzebub of Business Class, but the AirTran gate agent apparently was willing to tempt fate.

The flight was only minutes away from departing from its Tampa International Airport gate for its brief trip to Atlanta when two very wadded passengers…

C’Mon You Didn’t Actually Believe He Wouldn’t Show, Did You?

2008-09-26T19:16:00+00:00

There’s probably a very good reason, despite John McCain’s posturing comments to the contrary, why all the network and cable news outlets continued to promote tonight’s presidential debate in Oxford, Mississippi using the names of both Democrat Barack Obama and the Republican nominee.

For despite McCain’s broad hints he wouldn’t…

Waiting For That 2009 Best Seller

2008-09-04T17:48:00+00:00

Generally, post-mortem books on presidential campaigns are about as interesting as “How To Do Stand-Up Comedy,” by Vladimir Putin.

But when the dust settles on the 2008 run for the White House, don’t you suspect the behind scenes soap opera of the John McCain campaign could make for some compelling…

The Witness Protection School Of Politics

2008-08-14T18:38:00+00:00

There’s an old line, while often attributed to many people, is more closely associated with Abraham Lincoln, which would seem to be guiding principle of the re-election campaigns of Hillsborough County Commissioners Brian Blair, R- Witness Protection Program and Ken Hagan, R-Marcel Marceau.

Better to remain silent and be thought…

Picky, Picky, Picky

2008-07-30T18:31:00+00:00

Look, I have no idea how good a Catholic William Donahue is. But if you equate buster to devotion, this guy is a walking College of Cardinals.

It’s also pretty fair to say the head of the Catholic League is easier to torque than Yosemite Sam meets Lou Piniella.

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Whatever Happened To “It Aint’t Beanbag?”

2008-07-24T17:39:00+00:00

What a pity Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has decided not to heed his own advice. Or maybe he forgot what it was.

It was McCain, who in the heat of the hard-fought 2000 Republican primary campaign famously noted that: “Politics ain’t bean bag.”

And he was absolutely right.…

Some People Just Can’t Take A Joke

2008-07-17T17:57:00+00:00

As offensive satire goes, you would have thought this week’s The New Yorker magazine cover lampooning all the lies, distortions and attempted character assassination of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama fell somewhere between those Danish cartoons of Mohammad wearing a bomb for a turban and that insane “art” work from…