The Mommy Slur

Hilary Bok is rather bent out of shape at a Washington Whispers poll which asks "If you had a choice of four daycare centers run separately by Michelle Obama, Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, and Nancy Pelosi, which would you choose for your kids?" She suggests some alternative poll questions: If you needed some yard work done, would you hire Mel Martinez, Henry ...

Eliot Spitzer Resigns. Finally. For Real This Time

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has finally resigned. New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is resigning following intense pressure to step down because of a prostitution scandal. Spitzer says his resignation is effective Monday. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below. Gov. Eliot Spitzer has decided to resign, completing a stunning fall from ...

Topless Woman Police Entrapment Sting

Columbus, Ohio police are using hot, topless women to seduce men into exposing themselves in public so that they can arrest them. Robin Garrison, an off-duty 42-year-old firefighter, was walking in Berliner Park in Columbus, Ohio, in May when he saw a woman sunbathing topless under a tree. He approached her and they started talking and getting comfortable, the woman smiling ...

A Résumé is Not Enough

Frank Rich notes that established candidates in both parties are struggling against comparative upstarts. We can only imagine what is going on inside John McCain’s head when he contemplates Mike Huckabee. It can’t be pretty. No presidential candidate in either party has more experience in matters of war than the Arizona senator, and yet in a wartime election he is being ...

Caption Contest Winners

The Fly My Pretties Fly Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Mcdaniel) I really don't like the practice of declaring everyone a winner or of not having some sort of closure to a contest, but this one is the closest one I've seen at OTB where nearly everyone deserves some mention. ...

Caption Contest Winners

The I Feel Pretty Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian) The Winners: First: MikeMmarkm - Why so glum, Ringo? You finally outrank Sgt. Pepper. Second: Kenny - "You look like a very hairy Jake Gyllenhaal to me." (not that there's anything wrong with that) Third: walt - Ahmadinejad: "Whenever I see man in uniform, it's like this ...

Larry Craig Not Resigning After All

After swearing to a judge that he was guilty of criminal action and then swearing to his constituents that he would resign if another judge didn't allow him to take back his word to the first judge, Larry Craig has now gone back on his word. Here's his official statement (not that it means much): I am extremely disappointed ...

Caption Contest Winners

The Donkey Hokey Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AFP/Jewel Samad) The Winners: First: floyd - no No NO!!...IT'S TAIL! You pin the TAIL on the donkey! Second: John Burgess - George Soros (in helmet) injects a little 'Go Juice' into the Democratic race for the Presidential Nomination. Third: Wyatt Earp - Lady Godiva has really let herself go Honorable Mention: Rachel ...

Larry Craig’s Fall May Benefit Salmon

Now here's a headline you don't see every day: "Sen. Craig's fall may benefit salmon." So, how exactly will fish benefit from a change in the Senate? Presumably, salmon were already able to use the bathroom in peace and having a "wide stance" is not much of a problem in the deep blue sea. It turns out to have ...

Hillary Clinton Denies She’s a Lesbian

Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has come out of the closet: She's heterosexual. During an interview with The Advocate to be published next week, Sean Kennedy, the gay magazine's news and features editor, asked the presidential candidate, "How do you respond to the occasional rumor that you're a lesbian?" "People say a lot of things about me, so I really ...

Naval Infantry and the GWOT

John Cole points to former President Bill Clinton's remarks on Larry King last evening about the war in Iraq. He draws especial attention to this: But in a way, the fact that we have now succeeded with this strategy also shows its limits, because we don't have the troops to do this all over the country. And it shows you that ultimately ...

Larry Craig Takes Wide Stance on Quitting

Larry Craig may not resign from the Senate at the end of the month after all, reports the Idaho Statesman. And everyone's favorite Republican, Arlen Specter, may be behind it. U.S. Sen. Larry Craig says he might reconsider his decision to resign if he clears his name in his arrest for disorderly conduct in a restroom sex scandal. That’s ...

Terrorists, Toe Tappers, and Law Enforcement Resources

Despite his resignation from the Senate, the Larry Craig story won't die. Arianna Huffington spent her Labor Day wondering, "In the Age of Terror, Isn't Busting Toe-Tappers an Insane Use of Our Law Enforcement Resources?" Sometimes a clever title is used as a hook to attract reader attention but the article itself goes in a different direction. ...

Internet Could Have Saved Larry Craig

Josh Marshall reports that a series of Web sites out there that "rate different public sex bathrooms around the country" and that "An airport bathroom, specifically one near a shoeshine stand behind the ticket counter, generated the most comments until Web-site users posted warnings in June that men were getting arrested there." While disturbing on a whole number of levels, it ...

Caption Contest Winners

The Crikey! That's a Big One Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service) The Winners: First: Triumph - Larry Craig's Dreamboat Second: Bithead - The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human - sweat, bad breath, everything. Very hard to spot. I had to ...