politics, polemics, and identity theft! oh my!

Here we go.
It's only been a week and the Democrats are already fighting.

I've loved James Carville since Clinton's win in '92, but attacking Dean a week after a historic election is just plain stupid. Dean's decision to rebuild the Democratic Party at the state level was absolutely the right thing to do. It's a long-term strategy that will eventually bring more people to the Democratic Party as opposed to Rahm Emanuel's same-old-same-old plan of funneling money into key districts.

And Nancy Pelosi's first move as Speaker was stupid too. Don't go backing John Murtha, you nitwit! He doesn't have the support of the House and he's wildly controversial. You lost your first fight. Weak. You looked weak.

God, I love politics.

And speaking of the deliciousness of political theatre, man oh man I wish I'd been in the room yesterday when the Armed Services Committee had a hearing on Iraq with Abizaid. You had McCain, Clinton, Levin, Leiberman, Graham, and Bayh all angling for zingers. At one point, Leiberman walked over to McCain and Collins (a moderate Republican from Maine) and huddled up to share a nice chuckle together. Leiberman made a point of glancing at the Democrats. Don't worry, Joe. It was duly noted that you are in no way a kept man! I suppose the most important part of the whole charade was that Abizaid said pulling out in 6 months (Levin's big plan) was a bad idea. I couldn't agree more. He also admitted that there weren't enough troops on the ground initially. I couldn't agree more. And he said that the answer wasn't to add more troops. I couldn't agree more. What wasn't discussed was the Iraq Study Group to the Stars recent meeting with G.W.B. I can't wait until until that report comes out. Can't.Wait. One of my most favorite suggestions is that we get into talks with Syria and Iran. Woo-wee! Smackdown, George! Daddy's former Secretary of State might come out and say that everything you've been doing internationally to succeed in Iraq is dead wrong. Isolating yourself from neighboring countries because they might not like your little War on Terror probably wasn't the way to go.

Crow is on the menu post-Thanksgiving.

You know what else makes me hot?

Polemics.

I made the mistake of starting "Letter to a Christian Nation" right before I was supposed to be falling asleep last night. It's a really quick little read that has undoubtedly upset many many people. It's fun. Really fun.

And on a personal note, Berghoef's had his identity stolen. Technically it's not his identity. It's his debit card number, but I much prefer saying he's been a victim of identity theft. Peter doesn't even want to be Peter 90% of the time. I almost feel sorry for the guy who took it as there really wasn't much he could take though we suspect the criminal is currently enjoying a sweet new gaming system that neither of us will ever be able to afford and enjoy. Everything's going to be fine and taken care of, but it's been 24 hours of hassles which will most likely not end anytime soon.

And that, my friends, is why I'm a cash and carry kinda gal.