picked verbatim from letters to Romanesko page at Poynter.org

From CHARLES KAISER: Friends and fans of the fabulous Molly Ivins will gather this afternoon [Tuesday] in Manhattan at 4:30 P.M. to celebrate the life of the great journalist at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West. All are welcome.

(yes, yes, i know ... it's not really a diary ... but the notice is so short ... haven't seen anything here ...

and no, i'm not in NYC ... and that's all i got)

Bill O'Reilly has railed against us. Yesterday, he boasted that he'd take us down. This morning, when I arose, DKos still stood. Yet today, we've put our stamp of approval on acting just like Bill O'Reilly.

(What began as a response to an earlier diary that featured the above-mentioned musical question - HILLARY? - grew a bit much, so ...)

droogie6655321 wrote
Please tell me why I should Not. Support. Hillary. at Mon Feb 19, 2007 at 08:11:30 AM PST

He'd politely raised several different issues.

Me? I support Barack Obama. And there are plenty of other Democrats whom I'd favor for next year's nomination.

First, a deconstruction of droogie6655321's words, and a couple of semi-original thoughts. More beyond the jump.

Live in IL-06? Or elsewhere in Chicagoland? Want to see something beautiful up close and in person? Debate ...

A video game? Complete with Joe Lieberman and Hillary Clinton waxing about the corruption of America's youth?

No.

A felony. Along with a cocaine possession charge.

Rolling Stone recently published a Paul Alexander Piece entitled Kerry Fights Back.

Within the piece, he alludes to (among other things) the difference in attitudes of the press between Dubya (falling all over him during tequila parties on the plane) and Kerry (similar to the disdain they held for Al Gore). Anybody who needs a refresher can go check out Bob Sommerby's Daily Howler for details ...

Whatever. In the article, there's a brief exchange that occurred between Mike McCurry and one of our fave press pin-up girls, Nedra Pickler. I thought it might be interesting and kinda fun to challenge Kossians to summarize, being sure to include an appropriate subordinate clause in the ought-to-be trademarked PICKLERism format. (It's been a while since Nedra has really had our attention.)

Trying to be a good activist can be hard work, but occassionally, I cannot suppress the urge to break into near hysterical laughter. (Note to self: Maybe I ought to see somebody about this, especially if symptoms persist beyond November 3.) One of these moments occurred when I spotted the BushCo fundraising letter in my webmail inbox this morning.

Courtesy of Chicago Tribune and WGN.

BUSH RE-ELECTION

Would you like to see George Bush re-elected to another term as president?

Not re-elected: 48
Re-elected: 40
No opinion: 12

Suppose the general election for president was right now. For whom would you vote?

George Bush: 46
Howard Dean: 40
Undecided: 11
Other: 3

Source: Market Shares Corp. poll of 700 Illinois registered voters likely to vote in the November election conducted Jan. 6-9. Margin of error is 4%.

Democratic Primary

Undecided: 28
Dean: 24
Gephardt: 12
Clark: 10
Moseley Braun: 9
Kerry: 5
Lieberman: 5
Edwards: 2
Kucinich: 1
Sharpton: 1

And the Hillary Question just won't go away

Suppose Hillary Clinton was a candidate in the presidential primary and the election was held today. For whom would you vote?

Hillary Clinton: 47
Howard Dean: 12
Dick Gephardt: 5
Wesley Clark: 5
Other: 10
Undecided: 20

Source: Market Shares Corp. poll of 528 Illinois registered voters likely to vote in the March 16 Democratic primary conducted Jan. 6-11. Margin of error is 4.5%.