pushing luck

Told my boss I had private health reasons for not coming into the office 6 days straight. Grr.

At least Republican infighting has gotten more amusing lately....

Conservatives Trash Karl Rove After He Insists O'Donnell Says 'Nutty Things'

With the battle won by the ultra-right in Delaware, the national conservative pundits who backed Christine O'Donnell in last night's GOP Senate primary have turned on a man who is presumably one of their own: Karl "The Architect" Rove. After Rove bemoaned O'Donnell's nomination as the end of the GOP's chances to take back the Senate in a heated interview with Sean Hannity last night, pundits and tea partiers have slammed him as a traitor and even called for Fox News to suspend him as an on-air analyst.

In one five-minute interview, it seems, Rove went from keeper of the conservative cause to the next Jane Hamsher in the eyes of those who are ostensibly his allies. It's a stunning turn against the man who has recast himself as a right-wing media darling since Bush left office, and suggests that the next war on the establishment from angry conservatives could be aimed in part at the man who for close to a decade was the progressive movement's enemy number one.

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Dan Riehl, a conservative who blogs at the site RiehlWorldView.com, went the farthest in his attacks on Rove, calling on Fox News to "suspend" him and "investigate" reports that he tried to tip the balance for Castle in behind-the-scenes meetings with tea partiers in Delaware last year.

"Especially given his comments on Fox News tonight, until this is resolved, it seems impossible to trust Rove as an objective analyst," Riehl wrote. "In terms of the conservative movement, we should not simply ignore him, but proactively work to undermine Rove in whatever ways we can, given his obvious willingness to undermine us."

I like the way he used "objective" to mean "agreeing with us."

This should be fun. Who's got the popcorn?

I'm scared, though. Because that means I agree with KR. Hell must have frozen over or something. Still(pops popcorn.Points and laughs)

How God and the Devil spend their time:

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The Devil spends 18% of his time "Making people masturbate" while God spends 5% of His time "Keeping track of every time people masturbate." Interesting.

Maybe God subcontracts out some of His masturbation tracking to Ceiling Cat....

Also, should personal pronouns that refer to Satan be capitalized?

I know it's not new, but it's sort of sad to see policy not playing any role in a campaign.

This should be fun. Who's got the popcorn?

Although I do worry about what, really, are the tea partier objectives? I mean, if they do get some real political power, what is it they want to do with it? Do they even know?

How are you currently pushing your luck?

Surfing the net at work excessively.

it's sort of sad to see policy not playing any role in a campaign.

Opposition to masturbation is not a policy? That's Christine O'Donnell's position.

This is funny - Wonkette posted a screenshot from O'Donnell's discussion board about masturbation:

Christine O’Donnell ‘Supporters’ Conflicted About Touching Themselves

Sadly, someone removed the thread from O'Donnell's website so we just have a Wonkette screenshot.

Um, NSFW if you look really close to read the text.

I mean, if they do get some real political power, what is it they want to do with it? Do they even know?

Cut taxes!

Some conservative who doesn't like O'Donnell joked about teaching a parrot to say "Cut taxes!"

I am home sick today. I got up to check work e-mail, throw away some paperwork, and burn a DVD. Now I'm dizzy and shaky. Maybe next, I will have a nap.