Maybe Tucker Carlson had a little extra time on his hands...

... since his show Crossfire was canceled by CNN, but wow, anyone else catch his debut on the Dancing with the Stars Season Premier?

The judges agreed Carlson had a lot of fun during his performance on the “Dancing” premiere, for which Carlson temporarily donned the iconic bow tie that once defined his on-air personality. But the compliments stopped there.

“What an awful mess,” judge Bruno Tonioli decreed, comparing Carlson’s dance to sitting on a toilet and punishing him with a score of three out of 10.

Carlson was undaunted.

“I’m going to win Bruno over,” Carlson responded. “The seeds of affection are there and once he marinates in me a little bit, we’ll be friends.”

Righttttt, and that's exactly what right-wing pols are telling themselves after taking a look at their numbers.

Speaking of numbers, I also saw the first "Arnold is for George W. Bush. Is he for you?" (in a negative way, of course) ad by the CA Democratic Party. It was kind of shallow because Arnold's been distancing himself from Bush (and even I admit that they're two very different people with different leadership styles) and it seemed like the Democratic Party was so desperate to beat Schwarzenegger that they'd try to blame the national debt, Iraq war, and oil prices on the Governor of California. Quite amusing, in that disillusioning way that only politics can present.

Oh, and the picture of the day:



By the way, I object to ABC's use of "journalist" to describe Tucker Carlson.

We have not forgotten

Hi, I'm Jason.

I'm new, am not terribly well-versed in politics, and get most of my news from Comedy Central, Metafilter, and Fark.com. I don't affiliate myself with any party, though I'm ready to register with the first party that can consistently produce candidates that aren't batshit insane. I'm the cynic that says that it isn't a question of whether or not the world's going to hell in a handbasket, but rather at what rate are we descending to it.

Still with me? Good, then read on.

Yesterday, the POTUS gave a speech in observance of the five year anniversary of the attacks. Apparently this speech may have been used for political gain. I'm not going to comment because, I freely admit, I was not among last night's viewers.

In fact, I opted not to watch the recorded coverage of the attacks, the tributes, or the documentaries. Instead, I watched this:



[Hat tip to Crooks & Liars for the video.]

Olbermann may not be correct in all respects--rarely anyone is, after all. While the President should be held accountable, it certainly isn't entirely his fault that the memorial has yet to be completed. That said, this may well be one of the most damning speeches by a public commentator in recent memory.

When we are scolded, that if we merely question, we have "forgotten the lessons of 9/11"… look into this empty space behind me and the bi-partisanship upon which this administration also did not build, and tell me:

Who has left this hole in the ground?

We have not forgotten, Mr. President. You have.

May this country forgive you.

the total and complete destruction of commies!

I'M STILL HERE! REMEMBER ME? I POSTED ABOUT THE PORN STAR AT THE WHITE HOUSE LIKE A YEAR AGO? REMEMBER THAT? NO? DAMN. WELL, I'M STILL HERE, BUT A TAD OUT OF THE LOOP OF EVERYTHING. So. In reflection of my lack of current loopiness, I will post on a topic near to my heart. Communism. I hate communism. We all can appreciate socialistic ideals and all, but realistically....communism simply doesn't work. People love to manipulate others, and have power over them, then disenfranchise them behind the scenes. Buttholes. Stupid red commie buttholes. With their proletariat-loving-anti-free-enterprise loserness, they simply suck. The Soviets invaded Afghanistan, so lets give the locals lots of weapons and money to kick their stupid commie heinies. Genius. The only thing that poor people hate more than rich, affluent people are commies. Didn't those reds pay attention in Econ? Free markets work better! Jeez, if Marx and Engels had just used the laws of supply and demand, they'd get it. But NO. They had to figure that it's all the fault of the merchant class. I like merchants, they enable me to buy stuff. I like stuff! And you should like stuff too, because that's what makes America great. Stuff.