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  MEDIA BLOG

The Andy Borowitz Whinge-A-Thon: Andy Borowitz, as mentioned in a note below, wrote in to complain about Tim's post on him. He went so far as to deploy the legally fraught term defamatory, which is the musteline way of subtly raising the specter of a legal threat. Here is his note and our response. Tim Graham's latest post about me is defamatory since it claims that I've concealed my support of Barack Obama. To the contrary: in the video clip posted on the home page of my site, I clearly identify myself as an Obama supporter. Graham needs to . . . Go

  PLANET GORE

Obama Out-Gores Gore: Over at Reason, Jacob Sullum is not sold on Obama's Green Snake Oil: In a taped speech shown to attendees at a climate change conference in California this week, Barack Obama continued trying to distract Americans from the enormous cost of making substantial reductions in carbon dioxide emissions by promising "five million new green jobs that pay well and can't be outsourced." Not only is this number pulled out of thin air; it's nothing to be happy about. As I've noted, the manpower required to transform the economy so that greenhouse gas emission targets can be reached is a measure of the cost . . . Go

  THE CAMPAIGN SPOT

So How Do You Define 'The Same Washington Players'?: Barack Obama, December 27, 2007: "The real gamble in this election is playing the same Washington game with the same Washington players and expecting a different result."Vice President Biden: First elected to Washington office in 1972.Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel: Worked on his first congressional campaign in 1980; first presidential campaign in 1984; moved to Washington in 1993. Worked as Clinton staffer for five years; went to the board of Freddie Mac; elected to Congress in 2002.Expected Secretary of State nominee Hillary Clinton: First came to Washington in 1993. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000.Secretary of Homeland Security nominee . . . Go

  THE CORNER

Our Troops, Thanksgiving, and You: Soldiers Angels makes use of the bounty of high technology to help American toops, providing, through "Project Valour-IT," voice-activated laptops to help injured soliders avail themselves of email and the web and Wii systems to help the wounded with physical therapy.  Soldiers Angels is the very worthiest of charities--an operation run by people whose love of this country and those who defend it is deep and abiding and practical. When you sit down at the table next Thursday, do say a prayer of thanks.  But between now and then, why not make an actual offering of thanks? Between now and Thanksgiving Day, . . . Go

  BENCH MEMOS

Still Stoned Out of His Mind: The California Supreme Court Wednesday decided to hear arguments concerning the legality of Proposition 8, which amended the state Constitution to restore marriage to what it was before the California Supreme Court engaged in legal adventurism by creating a right to gay marriage. The arguments made are pretty thin gruel, and turn on a technical question of whether the change should be an amendment, which can be passed (as Prop. 8 was) by a majority vote of the people after collecting enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, or whether it is such a drastic change that it needed to go . . . Go

  DAVID FRUM

A Confirmation Question for Mrs Clinton: The Clinton and Obama camps are reportedly hard at work negotiating some kind of ethical guidelines for Bill Clinton. Good luck to them. Here's a question I'd like to see some enterprising senator ask if there ever is a confirmation hearing:"Senator Clinton, are there any circumstances under which it would not be a conflict of interest for the spouse of a secretary of state to accept money from a foreign government, foreign corporation, or foreign individual?" . . . Go

  KUDLOW'S MONEY POLITIC$

Stock Markets Ascend with GM Bailout Hopes: After getting creamed yesterday, stocks opened down a couple hundred points this morning in what has become a truly dismal bear-market recession scenario. There were more bad numbers this morning on leading economic indicators that are sinking, a terrible manufacturing report from the Philly Fed index, and a big spike up in jobless claims. However, by midday share prices started rallying again. Why? Because news coming out of Congress suggests the GM bailout has another shelf-life.Apparently, key senators Carl Levin (Mich.), Kit Bond (Mo.), and George Voinovich (Ohio) are working out a deal that would shift the $25 billion originally . . . Go