Just had to pass this one on.

Was listening to the Ed Schultz show (I know, what was I thinking) and caught an interview with Wesley Clark. Clark was dancing that fine line between trying to pander to Schultz's audience, and being honest, and actually was doing an ok job. About Iraq, Clark was suitably pessimistic about the final outcome, but he was unambiguously against surrender. Not bad.

Then the whopper. Schultz asked Clark what he thought about the Dubai ports deal, and Clark said something to the effect of, "Well, George Bush taught us all to hate Arabs, so what did he expect?" Whoa!

For a moment, I was truly depressed to contemplate the depths to which political discourse has plummeted.

Then I thought, hmmm, do I detect a little uneasiness about this deal on the left? I mean, sure, the Democrats attempted an end run around the right, which was promptly stuffed by Republicans in Congress, but they may have ceded the vital middle ground to the President.

All of a sudden, George Bush, of all people, looks kind of reasonable. Go figure.

A couple of random Friday rants:

-If port security is so bad, how come nothing has blown up yet?

-If racial profiling is so bad, why can't Dubai run some terminals?

-If the deficit is so bad, why is the Dow at 11000?

-Does anyone truly believe that the party of Ted Kennedy would be better at rescuing people from water?

-Can't wait for the new Soprano's

-Watch out for the 'Cuse!