The "evidence mounts," he says.

The truth is out there. Believe.

Okay. Maybe some people should move to Candada after all.

Thanks to TLowery.

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Terrible, terrible story of man so despondant over the re-election of George W. Bush that he committed suicide-- at Ground Zero.

There's been savage partisanship -- and real partisan insanity -- starting around 1996 or so. I can't claim I wasn't a part of that. I grew to believe Clinton was a pretty sleazy character sometime around 1996, and then I grew to hate him the thirtieth time he and his minions lied about Monica Lewinsky and trashed the reputations of any man telling the truth.

Hate's a strong emotion, and not generally a productive one. It can be productive -- there's no acceptable response to Al Qaeda savagery except hatred directed by intellect. But as to domestic politics-- liberals should bear in mind what I should have borne in mind from 1996-2000:

This country is pretty nicely set-up. It takes more than a man you loathe in the Oval Office to destroy it. Clinton set back government integrity, but he did not undo our constitutional republic.

And, liberals, neither will George Bush, even if all the fairly nutty things you believe about him are actually true.

There's no need to flee to Canada, no need to stock canned food and water in your basement for the time when Bush declares a fascist theorcacy.

And, Paul Krugman-- no reason to fear that Bush is going to cancel elections and rule this country as the head of a military/oil-industry junta.

Bush thought he was losing, as most of us did, from 1pm to 8pm on November 2nd. I don't remember hearing tanks rolling through Manhattan, and if they rolled in the streets of DC, I think I'd've heard something about it.

Relax. It's only politics. Your lives go on. Just as it really makes little concrete difference in your life whether or not your home team wins the championship, so too does it make very little difference who, in particular, is running the country.

At the margins? Sure. Different policies from those you might prefer? To some extent, yes.

The death of freedom and the creation of a theocratic tyranny under Emperor George W. Bush, El Jefe Maximo por vida? Ummm... not so much.

It didn't happen under Clinton, though a lot of otherwise lucid Americans thought it might. And it won't happen under Bush.

You have lives, and presumably there is more to your lives than passion about which particular incompetent/criminal/huckster/liar/chimp is running the executive branch at any moment. Concentrate more on the former.

Just a friendly word of honest, non-sarcastic advice. I've been there. It wasn't pleasant and it didn't do me much good in the end.

Plus, you know, there's always another election four years away. And when you finally win -- as, alas, you probably will -- it's all the sweeter for the waiting.

Thanks to Michael Williams/Master of None.

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FrancoisV (don't hold that name against him) sends this music video our way.

He says he got it from Tim Blair, and I believe him.

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Richard Cohen on the Last Next New Hope for the Democrats

Look. Gore didn't give a mere petulant "you won't have my grits-laden ass to kick around anymore" speech.

He had a nervous breakdown and started giving speeches worthy of the Reichstag fire.

If the future is Gore, why not go whole hog and nominate Elliot Richardson as VP?

Speaking of "whole hog"

"Is that Gwaltney I smell?"

Ace's Update (if Hoke Doesn't Mind): I liked this from LauraW, especially for "crazybox," a new one on me.

Oh yes, a 'Southern' Democrat will save you, YOU FRI**ING IDIOTS!

This guy couldn't carry his home state!! Oh wait, no, my bad, he DID take D.C.!

And in case you haven't noticed, he's been giving passionate S.O.T.U. speeches to a congregation of headless babydolls in his basement.

They are rummaging around in the crazybox for clues. It would be funny, if it weren't also alarming...

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Saw the remake last night. Scared me to death.

The dictionary definition of "zombie" speaks of the dead come back to life, will-less, in trancelike states. Automatons. In the old movies, they moved like Bob Shrums. Slow, lifeless, but inexorable.

Not these new guys. Look at the one up on the left. He's gearing up for a sprint to the barbecue.

The bastards move like Renaldo Nehemiah.

And when they eat Judy Woodruff. . .

Hoo boy. Very scary.

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The walls haven't collapsed around George W. Bush, but the pillars are buckling, the floorboards are rattling, the inspectors are probing, and it doesn't look good.

June 2, 2004
Bye, George
It's been a bad week for the Bushies.

Fred Kaplan (aka Bob Vila)

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John Edwards, John Kerry, Michael Moore, Bob Shrum, Dan Rather.

Sure.

But here are some losers that you may not have considered.

John McCain

Look. You either go full bore for the president or you man up and oppose him. What you cannot do is praise him with the look of a dude receiving a Shasta black cherry soda enema. Or campaign for him in Phoenix, only to tell Chris Matthews that same day that the Bush campaign itself is too mean. You'll still be extolled by the monolithic forces of Nora O'Donnell, Ron Reagan Jr., and Howard Fineman. But in a Republican primary, you're toast.

Wonkette

The bloggers got their network debut on election night, and this smarmy tart had a stilted set-up joke with a lousy punchline for each segment. None were funny. None. The Bush twins were funnier at the convention. David Arquette's ATT commercials were funnier. Much.

EJ Dionne

Strike one: he is a pedestrian writer. Strike two: he severed his own genitals and handed them to the Kerry campaign. Strike three: he still talks like Cindy Brady after she loses a tooth.

Susan Estrich

A complete, blithering, sputtering mental breakdown on the Ohio news, something about "you'll see" and word from her "friends" and Ohio being "still very much in play" and "we know who traded what for it." Whereupon, she rushed from the studio, shoved 6 Pall Malls in her mouth, and lit up.

Mary Cheney

The Kerry girls, the Bush girls, and the one with the sensible shoes.

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I considered a thoughtful explanation of why I predicted a Kerry win.

But When Robert Redford and Alec Baldwin reneged on their promises to move elsewhere by denying their claims, I figured "What the heck?"

So, to the extent you inquire, I officially don't know what the hell you're talking about.

(as for the man who will be stuffing his fat face full of Virginia ham, email me your address at hokemalokey@yahoo.com and I'll see that the deed is done)

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"Afraid of being called racist, we have been so tolerant with regard to these religious fascists that they have been allowed to merrily undermine the roots of our freedom." -- Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf

And there's more. Dutch director Theo van Gogh was murdered in a particularly bloody way, and the killer left a note leaving little doubt as to his motivation for the slaughter.

Hint: It had nothing to do with the Kyoto Accords.

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I don't know how many of you can photoshop, but, if you can, seriously, this needs to be photoshopped post-haste.

So this little whiny dweeb has a little dorksite where he tells the world how sorry (half of) America is. Waah, waah, waah. Cry, cry, cry.

It's begging to be changed to reflect how the rest of America feels, no?

Primary Tool Update: Registan is kind enough to provide a blank notebook for you to scribble in. Seems like that will save you a few steps.

More! Tim Blair has more "so, so sorry" pictures. Funny stuff.

Thanks to Ken Wheaton.

The First!

Thanks to Slublog!

Another!

Thanks to Jeff Goldstein of Celluloid Wisdom.

And Another!

From PaulB.

Taking a Different Tack!

From JRaney.

Say Anything's got a good one, too.

The Unpopulist waxes poetic.

The Sparse Matrix gets to the heart of why the Left is doing this-- and guess what, it's got nothing to do with saving Iraqi civilians.

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