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Nightly Ramble:The Dying Newspaper (A Death of Their Own Doing), Obama: Card Carrying Member of the Wright Wing, And More.

  • I note by way of John Miller [1] that the editor of the Boston Herald keeps a portrait of Che Guevara on his wall. Oh, these art lovers, huh? I suppose that the editor’s political leanings have nothing to do with the lack of readershp that Kurtz mentions yesterday [2].
  • The Herald’s not alone, of course. Word that the New York Times [3]has lost around 10% of it’s Sunday circulation has crossed my desk here. I suspect the reasons are the same as the Herald’s.
  • A couple of Honorable Mentions in this week’s Caption Contest at OTB [4]. Must be losing my touch.
  • It occurs to me that all these Obama allusions to being a member of the right wing were misspelled. He is of course, more accurately described as a member of the Wright Wing.
  • There are a number of people who think Obama’s message is getting lost in the press. But I’m not so convicned what’s come out in the press isn’t his whole message. After all, Obama has gotten to rock star status. What kind of controversy would surround a Rockstar do you suppose, and how would it differ from what issues have been covered in the press as regards Obama? When you present a fluffy image, expect the controversy to be fluff, too. On the other hand, when you associate with Racists and Marxists… and Obama having presented both sides to the American people is now ssuffering their judgements in both matters, and coming up well short of the mark.
  • Do you know we had more people killed in ethnic violence in Philly last weekend, than we did in the whole of Iraq? Same for Chicago. Clearly, the US Military is over-extended. It’s all Bush’s fault, and we have to withdraw as quickly as possible from Chicago and Philly.
  • Lots of people hurt in Suffolk, VA… Driver VA actually, when Tornadoes [5] went through there at about 4pm eastern yesterday. Nobody killed, amazingly.
  • On that note, I see where they’ve been having so much problem predicting Hurricanes that they’ve decided to give up [6]the practice. Apparently the global warmng folks are getting embarrased.
  • Meanwhile, more evidence of Global warming is currently being shoveled in Anchorage… [7]a record snowfall, there. I see also it was snowing along I76 in Maryland, this mornng. White-out conditions, I hear.
  • Boortz says [8]Hillary Clinton is setting herself up for a 2012 run. Not so fast, Hillary. You’ve not lost this one, yet… Of course her working on a 2012 run suggests she’s thinking McCain would beat Obama. She’s likely correct, here.
  • Did you see Bill Kristol [9]making nice purring noises at the Clinton campaign? I’m not sure I WANT to know what’s up with that,  though I suspect it may be an extension of Limbaugh’s Operation Chaos [10]. Not like Kristol and Limbaugh to sit on the same side of the fence, though, particularly on something this edgy.