Next time, they should just leave a flaming bag of dogshit on his doorstep, ring the doorbell, and run...

Rush Limbaugh sold the letter to him signed by 41 Democratic Senators criticizing his "phony soldiers" comments on eBay for 2.1 million dollars (italics meant to convey pinky-to-corner-of-mouth gesture).

Among the comments in one of the Hillary Clinton diaries was a statement to the effect that the commenter "wouldn't vote for Hillary Clinton if she were running for dog catcher."

To those who support that notion, I have this to say: what the fuck?

Since when did Clinton become as bad as a Cruella DeVille or a Michael Vick?

Look, there are many reasons not to like Senator Clinton - many recent diaries have covered them extensively. That being said, if she does run for dog catcher, I will vote for her. No question about it.

I may not give her a dime from my wallet. I probably won't bother spending a minute of my time volunteering towards her candidacy.

But I sure as hell won't waste my vote and help elect a Republican to any office, even dog catcher.

I've been saying for years that I wouldn't vote for a Republican for dog catcher.

And neither should the rest of you.

Let me clarify my statement, because I don't want anyone to misunderstand my feelings.

I am NOT glad that Rush Limbaugh cannot maintain a hard-on.  Erectile dysfunction is a horrible thing.  I once had an episode of performance anxiety myself, and it was beyond embarrassing.  I do not wish erectile dysfunction on anyone.  It is a nightmare that no one should have to suffer.

That being said, why I do have to pretend I care about Rush Limbaugh's flaccid noodle?  That I'm "praying" for it?  That I send out my thoughts to his wife?

I don't.

The New York Times has an article this morning discussing Cheney's place in history and predicting that historians will show a keen, and unprecedented, interest in studying Cheney's records.

Historians typically pay scant attention to vice presidents, unless they become president.  Mr. Cheney, though, is an exception.  The historian Robert Dallek, who has written about presidents including Lyndon B. Johnson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy, predicts scholars will "be racing for vice-presidential records in a way that we’ve never seen before" to answer questions raised by the Libby trial.

I'm curious about what exactly might be found among these vice-presidential records that "scholars will be racing for."  I have some ideas, and I'm sure you may have some too.  Follow me for a poll...

(Cross-posted at Redstate in modified form, Bee Gees or Manilow?)

(Just kidding: my browser remains unpoluted by Redstate.  So may it ever.)

As a supplement (B-side, if you like) to DrSteveB's ongoing "Demographic Tuesdays" series, and in the absence (so far) of an entry in that series for today, I offer this diary, with skymutt-like expectations for its success.  Though I am continually amazed by DrSteveB's ability to find yet another interesting demographic question each week on which to poll the Kossack community, I'm ready to move past all that superficial religion and race stuff to truly measure our deepest personalities.

Simple thinking (in which I find myself mired in the morning) has it that there are basically two types of people in the world.  A seemingly infinite variety of paired polar labels can be applied to these two camps, but I'll allow the song currently stuck in my head (no hints) to propose the terms today.  And so it's time, Kossacks, to throw open a tiny window to your soul:

Beatles or Stones?

Every now and then Joe Klein gets one right, and he's in fine form (for him) in yesterday's column, What It Really Means to Support the Troops.  I encourage you to follow the link and read the whole piece (which, to be sure, isn't all good, but at this point I'm willing to tip my hat to Joe Klein when he gets it mostly right).

Highlights beneath the fold...

Me, it's gotta be over the front.

Another fine day in Iraq brings another glitch in our freedom-spreading efforts:

American troops killed five girls, including at least one baby, and what the military described as either a boy or a man, when the troops attacked a house Tuesday in volatile Anbar Province after they suspected insurgents of firing at them from the roof.

...

"In a very tragic way, today reminds us that insurgents’ actions throughout Iraq are felt by all," Lt. Col. Bryan Salas, a Marine spokesman, said in the statement.

Look what those insurgents made us do!