Wednesday, May 31, 2006

The Gliberals

Greg Staples doesn't like the Liberal position on fixed election dates -- they are not opposed in theory but don't like the particulars of the Conservative proposal which they find "sloppy" -- and doesn't think they'll get away with it: "It really isn't that hard an issue and being this wishy-washy makes it look like the Mr. Dithers label can go on the whole Liberal Party." Of course, parties can take the position that the Liberals are taking -- that in principle they support a thing but not the way the government is doing it -- but it will be a difficult sell because it will appear that this stand-for-nothing party is merely standing in opposition.

Wisdom from Bill Maher

You can't write that sentence often but in a "10 Questions" feature with Time magazine, the former host of Politically Incorrect [sic] offered this gem: asked about Katie Couric as she gets ready to take over whichever nightly news slot, Maher says, "I think she'll probably read the teleprompter the same way the others did." He adds: "The evening news really only has one news segment now ... These people used to complain that they only had 30 minutes. But obviously they don't really want to fill more than seven."