"Wonkette has filed her under “Dept. of Your Blog Sucks”

More wit from the lamest bulb in the lamest newsmagazine on offer. Devastating, really.

This all makes my head hurt.

Only January 4, and already we have 2008's top oxymoron:  "best-dressed reporters."

I dunno...there was a picture of Freddie in the Trib this morning with a 4-year old daughter - 4!  - and he still looks older than dirt to me.  

adaglas, Fred Thompson could come out plastered in blastocysts, and he would still look older than dirt.

What decent showing? Wasn't he almost 5th? And rudy didn't even compete. He almost lost to Ron Paul.

I realize that this was the story that the media wrote about 2 weeks ago, "McCain has decent showing in Iowa", but his showing was actually quite pathetic. When he spoke, I thought he was going to die of old age on the stage.

I miss the old TNR.com. A Friday post like this would have brought about a few initial comments about the merits of the post.

Then someone, say boneill, would drop a line about how if McCain wanted to get a “rise” out of younger male voters, he should show off his daughter more.

Then someone, say blackton, would say that a hot daughter is all the Clinton campaign has left.

Then someone, say ratnerstar, would say he looks forward to Clinton and McCain fighting it out in New Hampshire. And by Clinton he means Chelsea, and by McCain he means Meghan, and by fighting it out, he means wrestling, and by New Hampshire he means a pool full of Jello.

Inappropriate locker room bravado would then ensue; comments would pop up about the girth of the Great Emancipators johnson.

Cookie would pop into say he wishes he could join in, but alas, he’s a marked man. And we’d make fun of him for it.

Wandrey would chim in to say that while the mother in her can’t help but find such comments disgraceful, but she’s crying with laughter anyway.

Thompsondavid would call scream about Ivy League whores and DDT.

Finally, williamyard would tie it together with a subtle question. The answer to which could only be “42.”

dan, blastocysts. Fantastic line. Thanks, I needed the laugh.

Who was the cracking blonde behind The Huckster?

Igg, it was Chuck Norris's wife.

I prefer old to unready.

adaglas, Freddie who? He is just waiting for the writers strike to end, when it does he will call it quits.

What Iggy said. Inquiring minds etc.

Re Chelsea & jello, someone did indeed suggest a match involving Chelsea, though the contender was Scarlet Johansson. I think Hillary's (other) girl, Huma, could do a nice triangulation here.

It is Friday, isn't it?

adam, well it looks none of the rest of us are needed anymore since you channel us all so well. hmmmm jello.

Jeez adam, way to set a smokejumper's blaze in front of the pack.  Guess I'll take my ball and go home.

Heh.  Ball.  (Hey, I'm trying.)

DrDan, can you set me up with some of these blastocysts of which you speak?  I'm looking a bit mawkish lately.

Man, I should have kept those Karate classes up in primary school.

Blackton - maybe Fred can hit up Letterman's show, at least his writers are back.  Then again, they tape at like 4:30 in the afternoon, and he's probably sitting down to dinner about then.

I'd be leery about ogling over Chuck Norris's wife; otherwise, out of nowhere, a huge roundhouse kick will take you head off.

adaglas, try Britney or Jamie Lynn.  I hear they're loaded with 'em.

Would that I could, my friend.  Would that I could.

I'm happy to see someone else thinks Wonkette is lame.

Amen to the fact that having young children does not make you young.  It makes you creepy and inconsiderate (to your kids) if you happen to be so old that you need a walker at their high school graduation.

Exhibit A is Fred Thompson.  Exhibits B and C are Larry King and Chris Dodd.  Only Obama and Edwards are allowed to have cute young kids.  (Huckabee has fat grownup kids, one of whom tried to strangle a dog or something.  That's no match for Obama's cuddly non-creepy daughters.)

When a man's tired o' TalkBack, he's tired o' life

I have to admit I checked it out to see if she's hot.. but I think this kind of goofy cheezy campaign blog actually raises mccain slightly in my eyes. it stands out from the obnoxiously prepackaged candidates where every angle is scripted. compare meghan's cheerily silly flitting around mccain's campaign (kissinger's shoes!) with the seemingly carefully engineered appearances of chelsea. if this one was all scripted out, it was masterfully done.

I checked it out too and for the same reason as perkowitz (IMHO not), but the thing I want to know is who is this ubiquitous, camera wielding Shannon chick?  Besides being Ms McCain's gal pal, it looks as if her role is to videotape Meghan doing everything from photographing Henry Kissinger's shoes to ordering a burger.  Who pays her for this nonsense?  The campaign?  Please say it ain't so.

aero, she has a (d)ad-supported revenue model