PUBLIC MARKS from itsatrap with tag gop

Giuliani is definitely the "Teflon Don" of the current presidential campaign, in that even as more and more evidence surfaces about how deeply right-wing his politics actually are, I still run across a baffling number of people who insist that they'd vote for him because of his socially liberal positions, or because he "cut taxes and stopped crime in NYC," or because he looked authoritative and in command on 9/11. Now, a lot of this is just pure mythos...

That's the question on everyone's lips since the porcine political player announced he would be stepping down at the end of August. Of course, the excuse that he wants to spend more time with his family is horse puckey and we all know it--so what's really going on? Is he trying to give Bush political cover if he gets ensnared in one of the many investigations that keep leading back to...

The poor chairs of the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees have been fruitlessly serving subpoenas on various cretins in the Bush administration and the GOP, but all have come to naught. They've been wasting their time. All they need to do to get those tough questions answered is cough up $600 and sign up quickly for this little pajama party hosted by Bob Novak...

So Bob Novak snidely suggests in his latest political report. Talking about upcoming US Senate races, Novak has this to say about Louisiana, which he feels is the GOP's "best pickup opportunity" in 2008...

Ruh roh, another fundie poseur doc in the Senate: 'Republican John Barrasso, a surgeon and conservative Wyoming legislator, became the country's newest U.S. senator Friday, replacing the late Craig Thomas. Barrasso ... left no doubt that he will be a conservative voice in Washington.' Damn, and we'd just gotten rid of Bill Frist too...

Sometimes it's hard to tell, when our old buddy Bob Novak scuttlebutts, whether he's been interacting with actual people or talking to his fist like Señor Wences. And then, if there's good reason to believe he's not winging it on his own, you have to figure out if he's sharing legitimate insider analyses or just passing on Karl Rove's latest crateful of fat red herring to hapless readers. That's what makes him fun to peruse. If we got no-bullshit Bob in his latest political newsletter, then Republicans are in for an even more miserable 2008...

A few days ago I mentioned how Bob Novak was hyping Fred Thompson as the hottest candidate in the race for the GOP nomination, and with just cause: Karl Rove has been sticking his electoral feelers out via one of his monkeyboys, and as everyone knows, Karl's sweaty touch is golden. He's also got his fingers in the Giuliani campaign, but methinks with all of Rudy's dirt and skeletons, he'll be relegated to the VP slot on a ticket headed by Reagan-Bot Thompson...

Say what you will about righty ghoul Bob Novak, but it's hard to deny that his political assessments are an interesting read. His take on the second GOP debate is a good example. Some nuggets from his latest Evans-Novak Political Report...

Oh, let this be true. Please, gods of licentious tabloid news above, let it be true. According to a Daily Kos diarist, neocon lapdog Grover Norquist is among the names on the DC Madam's client list...