A highly reliable source has indicated who Romney will tap for the VP slot.
Said a Romney spokesperson, "we wanted to go a whole different direction than McCain did and pick someone with the kind of gravitas that will make people feel comfortable being a heartbeat away from the Oval office -- even if he will be perched upside down."
Ah, it seems to be working again.
Posted by: Sir Charles | August 07, 2012 at 03:10 PM
Gee, and I was thinking Ted Nugent to appeal to the gun-toting, meth-using, sadistic, illiterate, über patriots in some of our more remote red climes. A heartbeat away...
Posted by: Paula B | August 07, 2012 at 04:24 PM
Open thread seems closed again so I'll put this also unlikely headline here: "New Baby Orca Born to J-Pod" .
Bat boy? Is the resemblance responsible for Rick Scott's nickname? Am not up on my alien-being sighting stories. :)
Posted by: nancy | August 07, 2012 at 06:28 PM
baby! whale!
Posted by: kathy a. | August 07, 2012 at 08:55 PM
oh, wait -- there's a topic here. paula, while normally romney is a red-blooded 'merican NRA contribution lover who wants to blow up the enemy and such, this might not be ted's week.
anyway, my theory is that mitt is looking for a bridesmaid -- somebody they can dress up and trot out, but no danger of stealing the show. if my theory is correct, it narrows the field considerably, since it would rule out pontificating gasbags who draw headlines. also, the ideal candidate needs to be willing to wear a really ugly dress for the next four years, while smiling and biting his/her tongue. in short, june cleaver is the obvious frontrunner.
Posted by: kathy a. | August 07, 2012 at 09:21 PM
Must share Tom Waits new video release
Posted by: jeanne marie | August 07, 2012 at 09:27 PM
jm,
Wow -- that is one seriously intense video. One of the best pure videos I've ever seen. Thanks for posting.
Posted by: Sir Charles | August 07, 2012 at 11:05 PM
Paula,
Thanks for the link. I was laughing because "J Pod" is the nickname of the repulsive Jon Podhoretz, a quintessential right wing asshole. Jon's a little bit portly, but I didn't imagine he would be giving birth to a whale.
Posted by: Sir Charles | August 07, 2012 at 11:10 PM
Sir Charles:
That beats another story that I saw that said Willard will pick Mr. Vagina Probe. I didn't click on the link, fearing spam because it wasn't a known site, but if only we'd get so lucky.
Posted by: Phil Perspective | August 08, 2012 at 02:20 AM
Glad someone got the J-Pod joke.
JM, I saw Tom Waits, late 70's as I recall, as warm-up at a Bonnie Raitt concert. I wrote him off as a poseur at the time. Thought he was too young to be so strangely grizzled. Wow, was I wrong. Poet and genius is he. "Mule Variations" a later shocking discovery. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORSMACaVPYY "> Such decent beauty was at work. Thanks for the link.
Posted by: nancy | August 08, 2012 at 02:35 AM