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"Teach an illiterate to read..."

'Nuff said...

  I don't know what scares me more: That Ann Davidson doesn't realize she screwed up, or the thought of a hybrid Republican VP candidate.

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"We are holding a convention that will nominate a Republican woman governor, Sarah Pawlenty, as our next Vice-President."

Nicole adds: Yeah, she's well known in her party.

OK, so it's probably a typo, but it's so nice to see this in print going over the AP wire:

His top contenders are said to include Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Less traditional choices mentioned include former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, an abortion-rights supporter, and Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential prick in 2000 who now is an independent.

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  Friday bloopers!

Sean Hannity was in fine form last night as he had his fresh new Obama--GOP--attack--talking points ready to go. (I don't think Scott McClellan passed them off this time.) He wanted his audience to see Obama's newest ad to help lower gas prices, but unfortunately for him he aired an ad that criticized John McCain's energy plan instead. Oppps. He thought McCain had principles. Thanks for the extra publicity. I'm sure Obama thanks you too.

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Hannity: Here is Barack Obama's plan to lower gas prices, in his own words.

Ad: Sen. McCain, you let me and my kids down.

Fire that tech already Sean. You got punked. (h/t Moe)

Hurting an innocent person and then moving on as if nothing happened? Are the DC Police sure it wasn't Valerie Plame?

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Politico:

Syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak was cited by police after he hit a pedestrian with his black Corvette in downtown Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning.

“I didn’t know I hit him. ... I feel terrible,” a shaken Novak told reporters from Politico and WJLA as he was returning to his car. "He's not dead, that's the main thing." Novak said he was a block away from 18th and K streets Northwest, where the accident occurred, when a bicyclist stopped him and said he had hit someone. He said he was cited for failing to yield the right of way.

You didn't know you hit him? Well I guess you must have just grazed the guy, right?

Bono said that the pedestrian, who was crossing the street on a "Walk" signal and was in the crosswalk, rolled off the windshield and that Novak then made a right into the service lane of K Street. “This car is speeding away. What’s going through my mind is, you just can’t hit a pedestrian and drive away,” Bono said. 

I'm sorry, but I think most normal people would notice a 66 year old man rolling across their windshield. I'm just saying...

Update: John Amato: Why wasn't Novak given a field sobriety test? This is very weird. You hit someone, leave the scene and then the police aren't suspicious?

TP notes:

Politico notes that in a 2001 interview with the Washington Post, Novak said, “I really hate jaywalkers. I despise them. Since I don’t run the country, all I can do is yell at ‘em. The other option is to run ‘em over, but as a compassionate conservative, I would never do that.”

UPDATE: ABC 7 is reporting that the victim is worse than first thought:

The pedestrian who was struck by prominent Washington columnist and commentator Robert Novak is in worse shape than first thought, a hospital source tells ABC 7 News.

The victim, a 66-year-old man, appeared somewhat incoherent, said the source who had seen the victim. The man appeared to have casts on his neck and back. The victim was X-rayed and a surgical team plans to evaluate him, the source said.

This is too much. Bill O'Reilly used to work for 'Inside Edition' before he had his FOX show. This is a behind-the-scenes look at BillO losing it---yelling at the people working on the set and cursing his head off. He seems very comfortable using F-Bombs.

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O'Reilly: I can't do it. We'll do it live, we'll do it live, f&^k it.....f*&king thing sucks...

Isn't this a nice little preview of the insane persona that he would craft for 'The Factor? Yes, he's just looking out for the folks. The self-imposed moral leader of the Conservative movement has spoken. Is there any doubt about the Andrea Mackris lawsuit now? This should follow him around forever! (h/t Heather from OllieZiggy's page and JulianWan)

Wikipedia:

In 1989, O'Reilly joined the nationally syndicated King World (now CBS) program Inside Edition, a tabloid/gossip television program in competition with A Current Affair. He started as senior correspondent and backup anchor for British TV host David Frost, and subsequently became the program's anchor after Frost's termination.

Blue Indiana: (h/t Jamie)

So, let's say you're a long-shot congressional candidate who no one wants to invest in, so you're financially screwed. You finally scrap together enough coin to run a last-second television advertisement. This is your one shot to take to the airwaves with your message that you, Jon Elrod, are the candidate of competency.

Don't you think a little proof-reading would have been in order?

Amateur hour is almost over, folks, but kudos to Elrod's consulting company for making their first race a memorable one for all the wrong reasons. Read on...

It almost makes you feel sorry for the guy. Almost. It's safe to say that most of the contributors at C&L have made our share of typos, but when it comes to a paid political advertisement, the room for error is nil. The internets can be a dangerous place if you don't know what you're doing, and thus far, the GOP just hasn't figured out how to harness its energy. Never misunderestimate the power of the tubes. Is our Republicans learning?

What's a debate without a little blogging fun? During the GOP Presidential Debate on MSNBC, a very curious thing happened during a Tim Russert question to Mitt Romney. You can hear what seemed like an on air-whispered answer directed at Romney in some fashion that I can't determine--to a Reagan question about Social Security. It's not clear one way or the other. It might not have been anything at all...

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Russert: Governor Romney, you are a big fan of Ronald Reagan.

Romney: Uh-um

Russert: Will you do for Social Security what Ronald Reagan did in 1983?

<whisper> raise taxes

Romney: I'm not going to raise taxes. What I'm going to do...

Russert: Ronald Reagan raised payroll tax and he also raised the retirement age and he saved Social Security...

Very curious indeed.

No one is arguing that online polls are scientific, accurate, or fair. But then don't put them up on your website. (click for full size)

Candidates seem to think its a good idea to let their supporters have loose cannons "blogs within blogs" at their campaign websites. No one paid by Edwards put this poll on his website. Then again, no one paid me to post the results here, either. Hint for so-called Democratic frontrunners, ABC dot com, and anyone doing a survey of how actual voters feel about actual issues. Looks like Kucinich supporters could show you how to use this new "email" technology. It seems to be rather effective.

 It's Blooper time.....Someone left Tim Russert's mic live during the Today Show Sunday morning before Meet the Press aired....

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Something about shining shoes...I always post bloopers when I find them...

Brian: This appeared on screen for 12 second...

 Chris Matthews didn't realize he was on live TV when he starting yelling at his crew. Yes, it's blooper time on C&L. 

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Matthews: We're all reacting here and putting on shit...we have nothing....

He later apologized....This isn't the first time....The big question remains. Will Brent Bozell file a formal complaint with his PTC group? You remember this group, don't you? They put in 99.8% of FCC complaints way back when...

Go see the full clips and more at PoliticsTV.com

 C&L posted about this before, but I wanted to hear it for myself. It's worse than I thought. The audio comes from Wispoitics. (h/t Matt) Calling Peyton Manning the greatest quarterback in Packerland is not going to win you many votes, Mr. Brownback....

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"This is fundamental blocking and tackling," he said. "This is your line in football. If you don't have a line, how many passes can Peyton Manning complete? Greatest quarterback, maybe, in NFL history." Realizing what he had said, the Kansas Republican slumped at the podium and put his head in his hands.

"I'm not sure how I recover from this," Brownback said. "My point is we've got to rebuild the family. I'll get off this."

It is quite embarrassing for Sam. And the crowd didn't let him off the hook...

  Jon Stewart and Jason Jones have the outtakes.

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Brit Hume: this debate is being sponsored by FOX News and the South Carolina Republican Party.

Stewart: Isn't that redundant?