Barnicle criticizes media focus on Gingrich, wonders "why would anyone pay attention to anything he says?"

Because everyone just hangs on every word out of Disgraced Ex Speaker of the House who had multiple adulterous affairs and gets blessed by Christian radicals erm, Saint Newt.

Worst Prediction of the Year

Man, and as it turns out, Kristol was in my neck of the woods and I didn't even know. I would have baked a pie.... Via Taegan.

Foreign Policy picks the ten worst predictions of the last year. Here's the winner:

"If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race against John Edwards and Barack Obama, she's going to be the nominee. Gore is the only threat to her, then... Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary. I'll predict that right now."

-- William Kristol, Fox News Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006

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Cokie Roberts on Obama's vacation: "I know his grandmother lives in Hawaii and I know Hawaii is a state," but it looks "foreign, exotic"

Karma Bites

Dear g-d, I'd love to know how this happened.

THAT although we didn't think it would be pos sible to silence Ann Coulter, the leggy reaction- ary broke her jaw and the mouth that roared has been wired shut . . .

Via Watertiger.

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