Donkephant

File this under things you shouldn’t say when running for President.
Trying to encourage his studio to hurry up so an interview could start, Carl Cameron of Fox News said into his microphone: “The next president of the United States has a schedule to keep.” Standing beside him, a deadpan Mr Thompson interjected: “And so do [...]

Colbert, who was rejected from the Democrat ballot last week, has announced that he will no longer be pursuing election as the President.
Let’s not mash words here.  No body expected him to seriously pursue this and he isn’t.  We knew from the beginning that he was in it to lose.  And maybe that’s what did [...]

It seems to me that this really shouldn’t be a question at all.  Of course you don’t give illegal immigrants driver’s licenses.  They aren’t legal, therefore they do not get a license that makes it legal for them to do many things.
As an argument for that statement, I’ll ask only one question.   When was [...]

Despite what Morbo seems to think, condoms ≠ sex education.  The point isn’t completely off base, but the solution is not to start handing out condoms at school.  At least not without a pretty full course of education on responsibility and good sexual behavior.  Of course, as much as I would like to think that [...]

It’s been brewing for a while, but it would appear that the buildup of power may really have been leading up to something.  What?  I don’t know.  But I have to admit that it scares me a little.
Now, with the Russian elections coming up in December, Putin has cut the number of international observers that [...]

If you don’t like your job, quit.  Part of your job as a diplomat involves some level of danger.  Danger of scandal.  Danger of faux pas, Danger of injury to you and yours and yes, Danger of death.  Only a select few of you actually get the posh posting in the south pacific or bahamas.
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