Eliot Spitzer May Run for Comptroller

By GottaLaff

Spitzer has been all over the Tee Vee Machine lately, so you know something had to be up:

Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D), "who stepped down from the governor's office amid scandal, is now strongly considering a run for state comptroller," sources tell the New York Post.

"Spitzer has in recent weeks had discussions with some Democratic donors and insiders about the position currently held by Tom DiNapoli."

"It's unclear whether a Spitzer candidacy would rely on a Democratic donor base, or if the former governor -- whose family is wealthy -- is thinking of pouring his own dough into a campaign. It is also unclear if he would challenge DiNapoli in a primary, or if he's considering running as an independent."

So it's a maybe, perhaps, could-be situation. Clear?

Dep't. of What, Again? When will Sarah the Quitter quit quitting?

By GottaLaff

(AP Photo/The Tri-City Herald, Richard Dickin)

Going rogue doesn't mean going AWOL, Barbie:

Cheers erupted along the Columbia River on Thursday morning as Sarah Palin and her large family of “Rogue Runners” approached the start line for the annual Turkey Trot.

Oh boy! A chance to rub shoulders with Barbie McLipSchmutz in a running outfit, this time not leaning on the American flag!

I can just hear the murmers of adoration, smell the anticipation-induced sweat, taste the fangirl/fanboy fervor!

Both fun run participants and spectators who’d been waiting more than an hour in the bitter cold for a glimpse of the former Republican vice presidential candidate rushed to snap her picture with cameras and cell phones.

I hope every potential snapper got satisfaction this time. I mean, after that last fiasco in which Barbie abandoned her groupies, she wouldn't dare renege this time, right?

Palin had announced on Twitter that she would be running the 5K race, organized by the Benton-Franklin Chapter of the Red Cross.

However, she didn’t finish the race, opting to leave the course early to avoid more crowds at the end. About 40 minutes into the run, people gathered at the finish line to get more pictures of Palin started to learn that she was gone.

Ruh-roh. This can't end well.

Towards the end of the race, the officers asked Palin what she wanted to do. Palin decided to divert off the course and head back to their cars so the family could get to their Thanksgiving dinner, Pitts said.

Sarah the Quitter should quit while she's behind.

H/t: Williams1977 aka Gimmeabreak, Rumproast

AUDIO: Liz Cheney open to political run

By GottaLaff

Because what we need more than anything in this country is another Cheney in office:

The daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that running for political office is on her horizon.

"It's something I very well may do," said Elizabeth "Liz" Cheney, a lawyer and State Department appointee who has worked on two Republican presidential campaigns.

Ms. Cheney, 44, has emerged as one of the strongest defenders of the effectiveness and legality of Bush-Cheney policies on enhanced interrogation methods.

That should get her far (my prevous posts on detainee abuse).

Liz Cheney interview on The Washington Times America's Morning News (July 13, 2009) [Laffy Note: Not sure why the audio double posted, but I don't want to push my luck by toying with the code)

Ms. Cheney told The Washington Times America's Morning News that recent new reports that her father ordered the CIA to hide information from Congress and that a government probe could follow appears like political cover for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats who have accused agency Director Leon Panetta of lying.

The new old face of the Party of No One.

VIDEO: Liz Cheney might run for public office

By GottaLaff



Just what we need, another lowlife Cheney to perpetuate the smears and lies:

[A]ccording to close friends of hers, she may be the next Cheney to run for office:

“She’s awesome. Everyone wants her to run,” said a close friend. [...]

“She’s a chip off the block!” said a longtime friend. [...]

“It’s a two-fer. She comes off a bit better than he does sometimes,” a conservative consultant said.

She's been on the Tee Vee Machine more than Sham Wow ads. The exposure to her verbal bile has put me in a constant state of Pepto Bismolitude.

Bunning running?

By GottaLaff

Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY), "the most endangered Republican up for reelection in 2010, appears headed for retirement after giving his leading GOP rival the blessing to prepare to run for his seat next year," Politico reports.

"Bunning's retirement would be a huge victory for national Republicans who have grown increasingly nervous that the 77-year-old two-term senator would lose a critical race as the party tries to cling to its diminished minority in the Senate."

However, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal, a Bunning spokesman insisted late today that nothing has changed: "Senator Bunning has every intention of running," he said.

Why we want him to run... badly:

1. Insensitive.
2. Insensitive squared.
3. Loser.
4. Embarrassing loser.
5. Partisan loser.
6. Unpopular loser.