Afghan deaths:

More civilian deaths in Afghanistan, caused by indiscriminate U.S. bombing. Great. When will we ever get out of there? The Taliban are in control once again, people are dying every day in huge numbers - W, just LEAVE.



The Chosen One:

Apparently for evangelicals in Florida, gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist is that person. At a prayer breakfast speech Crist gave with evangelical pastors from across my lovely state, The Rev. O'Neal Dozier, pastor of the Worldwide Christian Center in Pompano Beach, introduced the Mr. Crist with this outburst:

Dozier started to relate a "dream" he had two years ago, in which...

"The Lord Jesus spoke to me and he said 'There's something I want you to know, Charlie Crist will be the next governor of the state of Florida.'"

"I introduce to you, as the Lord Jesus has said, the next governor of the state of Florida, Charlie Crist,"

Crist's first words were, "Well, as they say, the praise doesn't get any higher. It's the most amazing thing anyone's every told me, It's beyond overwhelming, but the reverend has a very strong faith in his heart and he's a good man. I'm very grateful for his help and his support and his belief."


That had to awkward for Charlie.

Why the heck would some FLA pastor say these things about sad little Charlie Crist? I'll tell you. Tom Gallagher, the other GOP candidate, is widely seen as the favorite of the religious right in Florida. He's come out as saying gays should be locked up in prison, come out in favor of the anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment, and expressed the view that abortion should be illegal. Crist is desperate to head off the growing support for TG, so Crist's campaign posse obviously put The Rev. Dozier up to this to show that Crist is in tune with the religious right movement.

Wonder what they gave him to do it? Maybe some 10-year-old boy's. Oh, wait, I've got that wrong.....never mind.

The amazing thing is that Gallagher was actually there. No word on his reaction though.



ANOTHER Democrat in '08??!! Nooooooooooo....

Dear goodness it may actually be true. Conn. U.S. Senator Chris Dodd has implied that he has"decided to do all the things that are necessary to prepare to seek the presidency in 2008," according to the Hartford Courant. This is a bad idea fro Chris all around. Not only is he WAY too late in the hunt to be a viable candidate, he also risks alienating scores of Dems for adding to an already ridiculously crowded field of candidates in '08.

If Chris does end up running, there will probably be a small army of his supporters decked out in the latest 2008 campaign fashions - "Christopher Dodd for President 2008" gear! Yeah, it's there, including "Dodd 2008" organic cotton T-shirts, baseball jerseys (??), flannel shirts, BABY apparel (!!??), boxer shorts, kids "hoodies", and stickers.
Ooooh! I just found "Dodd 2008" tile coasters! Yayyy!!!!