I HAD to quit reading Jonathan Alter years ago ...I was afraid the gag reflex was going to kill me.

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Ya think Kerry was counting on those last minute electoral votes from France?

This has been the most exciting and probably the most important election of my life time.
I have many memorable moments and observations.
And I would really like to hear what you will remember the most.
Here are a few of mine in no particular order.

1.) Rather-gate and the Pajamahadeen bloggers

2.) P–Diddy, Apparently Mr. Diddy has no teenagers of his own or he would have realized.
Young people are shonuff gonna show up for free concerts and kewl “Vote or Die” swag.
But stand in line for 4 hours to choose the next leader of the free world? BAHAHAHAHAHa , …attention span, duh !

3.) I found it fascinating that Kerry ran as “I’m NOT Bush” not realizing Bush was going to run AS Bush. . . perplexing isn’t it.

4.) Al Franken (insert any quote here or just repeat his name three times) ..see the misfortune of others IS funny.

5.) Moral Values issues on the ballot. I could concede gay marriage if my fellow Americans so choose, ..never if mandated by liberal judges.

6.) The fatherly spankin` Dick "Jedi Master" Cheney gave to the young padawan trial lawyer in the Veep debate.
If you listen closely you could even hear the echoes, “You don’t want to be vice-president.” . . . “No I don’t” . . . “You want to go home and rethink you life.” . . .“Y-e-s, I do”

7.) “You Know Where I Stand”, GWB at the RNC (I've never felt more proud to be an American)

8.) The utter filth of self loathing disgust Michael Moore felt at 5:00AM Nov 3rd after hearing Florida and Ohio being called for Bush and pounding down two dozen day old 7-Eleven jelly filled donuts. …damn I just made my self a little sick

9.) Zell Miller challenging Chris Mathews to a duel.

10.) Jibjab.com

11.) The mental picture of Carville & Begala manning the phones in a GOTV campaign for some city councilman down in Podunk Mississippi.

12.) The collective “OH SHIT !” coming out of every dank cave and terrorist haven from here to the Hindu Kush.

..can’t wait for Hillary in '08
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I see what you mean about not being able to write that or read it with a straight face.

Utterly absent from Alter's mind is the possibility that Bush advanced these ideas because he believes in them. For a Beltway liberal, no one who is anointed President could really believe these heresies. I guess he thinks these articles of faith are just window dressing Bush can change to attract new customers.

And also inconceivable is the possibility that Bush doesn't care what liberals, centrists, and the rest of the world think of him:

"Bush claims not to worry about his place in history. This is disingenuous. Every president does. If he wants to secure his legacy and defy expectations, he will move quickly toward the center and stay there. This would require some shocking appointments—Joe Biden as secretary of State? Bill Clinton as Mideast negotiator? A moderate Supreme Court chief justice?—but making them would do much to calm the waters in Washington."

"Calm the Waters"? This is much like the incessant cry for "stability" in the Middle East. Stability and calm waters and detente are just not in our interest.

GBA--

I'm going to remember that crack in the Tom Brokaw mask when he said, "we're going to go to commerc--oh, wait (cocks head as voice in earpiece speaks, the briefest flash of a 'well, f*ck me' look)...no we're not, because NBC is going to call Ohio for George W. Bush!"

Calm what waters? The republicans own the congress, the majority of the people want Bush and right/middle morals and ideals. Plus more than anything else, they don't want to give up their freedom to some liberal government that wants to take care of them "from the cradle to the grave". The reason liberals actually expect Bush to suddenly flop to Liberal views is that they think the ones who voted him in office are too stupid to realize that he did it. Appoint Biden of Clinton to any office? This is utterly laughable....what do these people do to their brains? Is their comtempt for our intelligence really that deep?

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I'd like to say something witty. But I can's seem to stop laughing.

Calex59--

Yes, it really is that deep.

What waters, indeed. More like, "If you let us go, I'll bring back the sun!"

(What's that from?)

damn. I know that. It's not Three Amigos, is it?

Got it.

Spies Like Us, right? I know it's Chevy Chase.

okay, no need to answer. I needed to know, and so I imdb'd.

I know he says that in Spies Like Us, but I can't remember the context. Maybe when they're captured by the Mujahadin?

Yeah. The muj surround them and Chevy quickly and confidently says (as I remember it instead of the way IMDB had it) "Let us go, and I'll bring back the sun."

And then he says "Here's a picture of my sister. If you let us go you can have her. I hear she's quite good." That's what I'm waiting for from the left. I want that picture of their sister. (metaphorically speaking--their sisters are probably ugly.)

I remember the first George Bush complaining about media bias in 1992 - "Annoy the media, reelect Bush" he used to say - and getting tackled for it. Now this time around the second George Bush makes that crack about media credibility, and wins anyway. The times they are a-changin'.

I really see this as less of a plea for Bush to move toward the center than a nod and a wink to the Dems for a new Watergate. Notice how much time he spends talking about scandals and failed second terms? I seriously think that this is where the Dems are going to go (possibly trying to imply that Bush knew about 9/11) and they've got a bitter man who--unlike Gore--is still in office to lead them.

Sean, Kerry tried to fry Reagan with Iran-Contra and then tried to get another shot at Bush in 1988 with his drugs & terrorism subcommittee. He couldn't make anything stick.

We've got nothing to worry about from Lurch on that score.

So those who think we should appease the terrorists, now think that after losing they should be appeased as well?

Jeebus, Jonathan, I'm already having enough trouble keeping track of which one of you is Jonathan Alter and which one is Eric Alterman. This isn't helping.

liberals can, in the immortal words or Eric Cartman, "Suck my balls"

Alter keeps stating that he "will not hold his breath" till Bush goes liberal. Please, please do hold your breath John. If you need help try plumbers putty, duct tape or the old standby, dry-cleaning bags.

As Arafat slips awaaaaay......

Seems that you have (1) the Democrats who "get" they have to change - the Centrists like Dodd, Lieberman, Nelson, Cantwell, Corzine....and (2) The Pelosi Democrats who deny and...well..who can put it better than Nancy Botoxi herself:

"It's not about soul-searching," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat. "It may be about how we can educate the American people more clearly on the difference between Democrats and Republicans.

Pelosi goes on to say "the table is set" for 2006 and the Democrats have lost as much as they could lose, so a rebound is inevitable.

Bwahaaahaaa!

Is that after the ignorant masses are educated on the glories of gay marriage, French nuances, and not fighting the Islamoids so much as seeking to understand them, Nancy????? You are the perfect House minority leader!

Nancy Pelosi thinks the democrats have lost as much as they could lose? Dream on girl. There are plenty more democrats who will lose their jobs. Don't believe me, wait for the 06 mid terms. I'm pretty sure Jumpin Jim Jaffords will be on the ballot and I might just quit my day job to help retire him.

"He'll be a lot more aggressive in Iraq now," one Bush insider predicts."

I don't know who this is but I think they got it wrong. I suspect W was as agressive as he believed he should be, regardless of elections.

Dug: Well, with Powell out...

"It's not about soul-searching," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat. "It may be about how we can educate the American people more clearly on the difference between Democrats and Republicans.

Nancy, dear, did it ever fucking occur to you that the problem may be that the difference between Democrats and Republicans is already perfectly fucking lucid?