Hillary Clinton and Ted Kennedy meet at the SOTU on Monday night, after Kennedy endorsed Barack Obama:
"When Clinton straightened up, Kennedy quickly reached across Barack Obama to shake Clinton’s hand. She took it. As they spoke, Obama turned away. Then the senators seated to Obama’s right – Ben Nelson and Ken Salazar — both shook Senator Clinton’s hand and talked to her. Instead of doing the same, Obama turned to look at the back of the room. Sen. Claire McCaskill, who has also endorsed Obama and was seated next to Kennedy, reached across the Massachusetts senator — who was still talking to Clinton — and tapped Obama (still twisted toward the back of the room) on the shoulder. McCaskill engaged Obama in conversation until the moment passed." -- from a CNN blog
More interesting than the actual SOTU? You decide.
But definitely take three minutes to laugh at Harry Shearer's "Silent Debate" with Edwards, Huckabee and Tim Russert. You have to just keep watching. The uncomfortable silence is hilariously unbearable.
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What were they thinking?
Edwards: "I don't have time for this. I'm sure something could be done with my hair."
Russert: "I shouldn't have eaten that brat. Have I wiped the mustard off? Ooh, I've got gas. Gimme my glasses. Whew. I got the mustard off."
Huckabee: "Just try not to look like a evolution-denying, gay-hating rightwing nut. Just try not to look like a rightwing nut ...."
Speaking of evolution denying ...
I'm presently reading Bill of Wrongs:The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights by the late, great Molly Ivens.
She has a chapter on the Dover, Pa., school board's attempt to force "intelligent design" (creationism) down the throats of its teachers and kids. When sued, the board members tried to deny they were religiously motivated, despite all the wacky statements they made at public board meetings (thereby viloating not only the First Amendment, "congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion...," but also the Ninth Commandment, "thou shall not bear false witness").
Instead they called liars the reporters who quoted them at the aforementioned meetings, and served them with subpoenas so they could be questioned about their own religious beliefs. By refusing to testify, the reporters risked being held in contempt and jailed.
"The defendents and their attorneys," Molly points out, "seemed unconcerned that one of the reporters they threatened to send to jail was a mother nursing a 4-month-old baby. It was not Christianity's finest hour."
Everyone knows the outcome. Why I shared this much here maybe unclear. I just felt the need.
Oh, Molly. What a woman!
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