Despite a press conference centered around dog breeds and a slam against Nancy Reagan given from behind a podium bearing the name of a make-believe office, the uncouth and factually incorrect leak of a private conversation between the President and President-Elect, spokespeople running around talking about being ready to “rule,” appointing a chief of staff who mails dead fish to pollsters, appointing a UFO chasing nut job as transition co-chair, having to scrub every indication of what their plan going forward will be from their web site which was improperly given the .gov TLD, and giving Poland mixed messages on missile defense in the face of an increasingly aggressive Russia, Democrats are in the mood to pat themselves on the back on how gosh darned well the transition is going.
Catholic Church Cuts Off ACORN Funding
Bishops from the Catholic Church moved to cut their funding of ACORN yesterday. The decision was based on allegations that the brother of ACORN founder Wade Rathke had embezzled $1 million dollars from the group.
Bucks County Will Get To Look Ridiculous On Discovery Channel
The Discovery Channel will air a documentary called “UFOs Over Earth: Bucks County, Pennsylvania,” based on UFO sightings in the area that drew national attention, on November 24th.
Producers from the Discovery Channel came to Bucks County this summer to investigate dozens of reported sightings in the area. The Mutual UFO Network also sent field investigators to Lower Bucks to review the claims.
The rise in UFO reports began in Jan. 27 when a Falls police officer was dispatched the Oxford Valley mall. Someone called 911 to report a craft “hovering like an octopus.”
Coming in 2009: “Ghosts That Ate From My Underwear Drawer: Bucks County, Pennsylvania” on Sci-Fi.
On the bright side, this will be twice within a month that green man seeking loon and Obama transition chief John Podesta will have reason to be impressed with Bucks County.
Majority Of Military In Online Poll Will Not Re-up
Via Right Wing News comes this Military.com poll gauging reaction to Barack Obama’s election as commander-in-chief of the US Military.
When I think of President Obama as my commander-in-chief…
I’m filled with pride. I look forward to serving under him. 19% I’m worried and doubt I’ll re-up when my time comes. 53% I’m ready to salute and follow his orders. 27%
Good thing we’ll barely have any enemies under an Obama administration and we’ll just surrender to those who remain.
Newt’s Out, Steele Seeking Support For GOP Chair Bid
Bill Sammon is reporting that Michael Steele has decided to seek the chairmanship of the Republican Party. Steele, a former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, could go public with an announcement of his intent as early as Thursday.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was reported to be open to accepting the position, but has issued a statement saying that he is not.
Sammon reports that Steele is in talks with Gingrich to obtain his support for the bid.
I was impressed with Michael Steele’s address to the 2004 Republican Convention. Besides that, I’m unclear as to what Steele has done on the national level that makes him the best choice to lead the Republican Party out of these dismal times. Most recently, he ran a failed 2006 Senate bid where he lost by 11%. Based on my faint recollection, I remember that campaign being somewhat of a disorganized disaster.
Still, I know he is an eloquent voice in articulating the details of conservatism. I don’t know if that’s going to be enough.
I’m open to it, but I’m not ready to jump on the Steele bandwagon just yet. My fear is that he’s more personality than nuts-and-bolts.
Lindsay Lohan: Thrilled About First ‘Colored’ President
Troubled pseudo-lesbian starlet Lindsay Lohan wants you to know that she thinks it’s just swell that we’ve elected our first “colored” President.
“It’s an amazing feeling. It’s our first, you know, colored president,” the 22-year-old actress said in response to a question from Maria Menounos on “Access Hollywood” about her reaction to Obama’s win in the 2008 presidential race.
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The television interview comes on the heels of a sit-down with “Harper’s Bazaar” magazine where Lohan denied being a lesbian, but admitted to being in love with her female partner of several months, Samantha Ronson.
In case you were wondering, Lohan also has ill informed opinions about gay marriage and cancer research.
Philadelphia’s WPVI-TV 6ABC Knocked Off Air By Fire
Philadelphia’s 6ABC, WPVI-TV, was knocked off the air by a fire at their transmitter location this afternoon. The outage effects viewers using over-the-air antennas as well as those who watch Channel 6 via DirecTV.
Because the station provides a direct fiber optic connection to Comcast and Verizon FiOS, the channel is still available to users of those services.
The fire broke out about 11:30 p.m. [ed. I believe they mean AM] in the basement of the station’s transmitter building in Roxborough.
Obama Unlikely To Face Audit Despite Irregularities
Despite reports of foreign donations, donations by dead people, donations by cartoon characters and fake donors like Doodad Pro, donations by his illegal alien aunt and having turned off Credit Card Address Verification on his donation web site, Politico is reporting that the fraud-riddled Obama campaign is unlikely to be audited by the FEC.
It’s probably for the best anyway. Everyone knows that audits, the commissions that conduct them and their results are all entirely raaaacist.
Jamie Gorelick May Fail Upward To Attorney General
Jamie Gorelick, who while working under Attorney General Janet Reno during the Clinton administration constructed a “wall” between domestic and international intelligence agencies that made the 9/11 terrorist attacks impossible to detect or prevent, is being considered as a possible Attorney General in the upcoming disasterous Obama administration.
Agents Of Tolerance Smack Old Lady, Stomp Her Cross
Clutching signs with slogans like “Stop Hate,” angry pro-gay marriage protesters in California harassed 80-year old Phyllis Burgess during a planned television interview. They’d earlier slapped at her until she dropped the cross she was holding and then stomped it into the ground before chasing her from the scene (occurs about 2:30 into the video below).
