Two sources, The Politico.com and The Weekly Standard are reporting that Fred Dalton Thompson is close to making his presidential campaign official. This blog has made no secret of its enthusiasm for such an announcement, and will continue to report on FDT in a biased and partisan manner.
Jordin Sparks will be the next American Idol!
Call it unfair that the final song (the winner of the AI songwriting contest) was so much more suitable for Jordin than for Blake, but even putting that aside, Jordin did what she needed to do to win and Blake didn’t Continue reading
Seems Prince Harry won’t be going to Iraq after all.
I’m willing to give Harry the benefit of the doubt on this when he says that he really, really wanted to go. I think the real fault lies in a totally risk averse British military establishment. They have a point that his presence in Iraq would have begged attack, and he would likely not be the only victim of concentrated efforts to kill or capture him. Still, it reeks of fear and gives, if not tangible aid, manifest comfort to enemy skilled in manipulating perception to its benefit.
OK, let’s cut to the chase: Melinda Doolittle goes home tonight.
Because she wasn’t as good as Blake and Jordin? Of course not. Remember who went home last year at this time? Elliott Yamin, and you can’t tell me Taylor Hicks sang better than he did. Continue reading
In case you haven’t been following the story: Michael Moore challenges Fred Thompson to a debate.
Last week Fred Thompson announced that he has no interest in running for Vice President on the Republican ticket. It’s a little complicated, but historically, candidates who are not clearly leading in the polls make that declaration to dispell speculation about the seriousness of their run and prevent seepage of their support to one of the front-runners. Primary voters tend toward fantasies of “dream tickets” which include their guy, but not necessarily in the top spot — they think they are being pragmatic. I have it on good advice, however, that Fred could be persuaded, under certain circumstances, to accept the second spot.
One of the worst nights of an already spotty season for American Idol.
Jordin “won” the night with a middling performance of “A Woman in Love” and a terrific performance of “To Love Somebody” especially when compared to everyone else.
Blake’s first attempt, “You Should Be Dancing” was dreadful — and it should have been good. I think the falsetto just drained the energy out of the performance. I thought that his rendition of “This Is Where I Came In” was much better than the judges gave him credit for. I also think that performance was more than enough to keep his — and Chris Richardson’s — fans happy for another week.
Melinda disappointed me with “Love You Inside Out” and “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart.” Both performances seemed perfunctory, and I get the sense that she just isn’t in to it anymore. If the show reveals the top two/bottom two this week, I expect her to be in the bottom two and perhaps even gone next week.
Lakisha sang something. My prediction for this week: Lakisha Jones goes home.
It was inevitable, I guess. Not from the start of the season, but certainly once the hamstring plague took its toll on the mound. For a moment it looked like the season might be threatened to a degree we haven’t seen since the ’80s.
I, for one, am not of the opinion that we needed another right hand on the mound any more than we needed, say, another (*cough* Bernie Williams *cough*) designated hitter. But with Carl’s delicate condition and Andy’s apparent loss of concentration since returning from Texas, I can be persuaded that this is a good move.
Anyone who believes that the U.S. has a monopoly on bitter, partisan, electoral politics has not been paying attention to France the last couple of months. Sego — Segolene Royal, and Sarko — Nicholas Sarkozy, have been providing the television age equivalent of a Punch and Judy show in the name of representative democracy. As election day drew near, however, and the preference polls failed to turn in her direction, Segolene Royal’s campaign turned to demogoguery in an apparent effort to scare the middle class out of looking for answers on the right.