Instahoglets 30th July 2008

By Cernig

I haven't done a round-up in a while.

- So much for John (Cotton Hill) McCain's "honorable" campaign - faced with a man who may be more popular than The Beatles, he's unleashed the Rovian attack dogs. But that's all he's got. (Ron's already covered this in fine style, but I had to link the new McCain attack ad just for its utter lameness.)

- Obama keeps dancing back and forth from hawk to dove. Now he has reportedly "told House Democrats in a private meeting Tuesday that Israel may strike Iran if sanctions on the country fail to prevent development of nuclear technology." There's no hint on whether he thinks this act of violence against a nation doing what it is allowed to by international treaty would be a good thing.

- Kudos to Joe Klein for telling it like it is.

- Certain Rightwing blogs, bereft of a GOP candidate they can actually support or a Dem candidate their fantasy smears will stick to, are continuing to chase the tabloid audience in a desperate search for relevance - and not finding it.

- Breaking: "The House Judiciary Committee has voted 20-14 to approve a contempt of Congress resolution against former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove for his failure to appear after a Congressional subpoena."

And if you need even more political blogging in your life, there's always Memeorandum.

Comments

[zak822]

Why, exactly, should Rove give a rat's patooty about a contempt citation?

Can it lead to say, Federal Marshalls coming to drag his rusty butt before Congress? Cause if it can't...