Good morning and thank you, Elliott.

Margaret Carlson AND Tucker Carlson! WOW! Can’t wait for that.

Or maybe I’ll hold out for Mitch McConnell sharing his thoughts lies on health care reform.

Thanks again for the heavy lifting you do Elliott. Don’t let my sarcasm overshadow the fact that your work is much appreciated.

Religion & Ethics: Flannery O’Connor

Good morning Elliot. Is O’Connor’s appearance posthumous? Or have they risen her from the dead for the interview as with a number of Senators?

Many thanks Elliott, and Jane too!

Just listened to Christ Matthews and panel deciding we’re sending more troops into Afghanistan, after we get an exit strategy. They also decided we need jobs, or the president is in trouble, since he’s been in almost a year now, and it’s all about Change, remember. Joe Klein says it’s more than jobs, we have to have economic recovery, since see, we’re nonpartisan now.

I think I’ll go back to bed.

Morning all, And thank you Elliott. So stepanopolis is going to have Ben Nelson on to balance Coburn from the left. And the visionary Liz Cheney to pontificate. Jeebus.

Good job Elliott. Thanks.

Good morning, pups. Nicholas Kristof has the day off today, so we have three, Dowd, Friedman and Rich. MoDo seems to have succeeded, once again, in making a buffoon of herself by firing off a column and letting it run even after news events have blown up in her face. I would have pulled “Visceral Has Its Value” after La Palin left her fans freezing in the rain at her book signing, but MoDo still maintains that Barack Obama, who once had his own electric book tour testing the waters for a campaign, could learn a thing or three from Sarah Palin. [snort] The Moustache of Wisdom, in “Advice From Grandma,” says a great power that can only produce suboptimal responses to its biggest challenges will, in time, fade from being a great power. Mr. Rich gives us “The Pit Bull in the China Shop,” and says Sarah Palin is far and away the most important brand in American politics after Barack Obama. Her 15 minutes is far from up.

Here they are.

The coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready, and I’ve got waffles with warm maple syrup this morning. If I needed any reason to avoid the Sunday Morning Gasbags today seeing that Lieberman will be on Press the Meat is more than enough. I’ll clean lint out of my navel, or do something else useful… Have a great day.

Thank you Elliott & good morning everyone. Frost on the ground and light fog in the mid-Hudson, but gonna be a gorgeous day in a bit. Saving me once again from Sunday talking heads.

Morning Dawgs –

Tucker Carlson?!? I think I just threw up in my mouth a little. And what’s worse, he’s taken his deep-voice pills.

I heard someone call Mitch McConnell “Mr. Turtle” last night. It sent me into a fit of uncontrollable laughter.

Ewww. Not that I need to know!! ;) Good Morning….Matthews does a nice reminder that this is Nov 22…review with pictures and tributes. Seems like an eternity ago.

A friend just informed me Tucker Carlson said Palin is just as smart as Al Gore. So glad I am not watching that.

Well,they’re just being “Fair and Balanced”!

Remember, Steph’s a real Democrat, from the Clinton Administration!

And Tucker is just as smart as a bag of hammers. Well….almost.

Morning, Matthew Hoh’s up on WJ

Thought that was his intellect he ties around his shirt collar.

Hoh is just great. Talking about those ‘insurgents’ recruiting so easily because we’re there.

McConnell and his fellow Republicans most have had on flame proof underwear yesterday – they are such liars

They are the party that is still insisting if we just cut taxes we will get jobs for sure this time, and would you like to try kicking the football NOW, Charlie Brown?

Saints preserved her?

We actually saw his diatribe right before the vote last night. He truly is a revolting and shameless liar. Or he is really, really stupid.

This piece from KOS is something that we should keep in mind
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/11/22/806962/-Victoria-Kennedy-tearful-phone-call-and-Republicans-Disgrace

One would think that after 30 years of negative catastrophic results from Republican economic policy they might catch on to the fact that they are wrong. Oh well. St. Ronnie of the Raygun said it is good so it must be right, yes?

“Is he just too darned intellectual? Too much the egghead? Why did he bow to that Japanese emperor? Why did he pick Tim Geithner to be his economic front-man? Why all this dithering over Afghanistan? And who thought it was a wonderful idea to bring the killers of 9/11 to New York City, the media capital of the world, so they could tell their story?”

This was Chris the other night on TV. I couldn’t change the channel fast enough.

*sigh*
I know.

Ideology uber alles. And they’re sticking to it.

Elliott, this a.m. was pretty ludicrous. Chris tried to so hard to get the panel to say after all this time everyone should have a job, and came near to succeeding.

Good Sunday Morning Elliot and All Pups
I couldn’t get the O’Connor vid to work, said it wasn’t available, but will try again later.
An interesting Sunday story about Patrick Kennedy being denied Communion in RI because of his stance on abortion.
One of the reasons I like being a Methodist. They’ll serve any fool.
I visited a Catholic church in my neighborhood a couple of weeks ago, just for ducks. I took communion, just ’cause. Who knew I was breaking their rules?
Anyway…

He obviously hasn’t been listening (lol Chris Matthews can’t listen while he’s talking, can he?)

Morning demi, now you are in big trouble! :)

Oh, the ways of a rebel. And, who made me that way?
I missed the big vote last night and have been catching up, reading about what happened. Am I the only one Reid did not hug?

LOL Attaturk:

Oh, and C-SPAN ignores the Lingerie Football League for yet ANOTHER week. And instead has two Carlsons worth the price of none, Margaret and Tucker.

Enjoy the eternal fires and don’t forget to bring marshmallows.

Patrick Kennedy can join the ranks of people like Galileo who dare to challenge the edicts of the old fart clan.

And, weeners on sticks.
Hi Ruth. I just can’t help being a brat sometimes.

A very good morning to you Mike. Anyone who says I have to go through them to know God can KMA. All so they can make a bunch of money and have control of my brain? I don’t Think so. We all have hearts and brains and we should use them, right?

These idiots claim to be the intermediaries between you and doG.

I have a question. Now that the “debate” is going to be starting in the senate are the staffers who work in the well going to be allowed to wear waders to work?

I remember climbing out of the forward pump room on USS MORTON and finding the ship nearly deserted. Everybody not in the duty section had headed out to watch TV somewhere. Had a solitary dinner scrounged from the cooks cuz I’d missed the meal and did the same.

Mornin’, Elliott, pups.

I guess they’ve never read the mushroom memos, or is it meme?
I watched “Doubt” with Streep and Hoffman last week. Really good movie. If you haven’t seen it, check it out. Streep is just So Fine. As is Phillip. If nothing else, the Catholic Church sure is fine fodder for cinema.

It’s always a Where were you day, isn’t it? Hard not to relive that week.

Wurst brat?

Oh ja. Ja so.
Hey, Blondie. How ya be?

Someday we’ll find out if we were really damned for testing those edicts, and I suspect I’m okay. Think I’m tucking at least a toast point in my shroud pockets, tho.

Nov. 22, 1963, silence descended on the library at college in MA; then the news was whispered from one person to another.

I’m takin’ a pound of shrimp.

I be okay. Et tu?

[tucks some black bean sauce into the other shroud pocket]

Except for waiting to be struck by a bolt of lightning, I’m doing just fine, thank you.

Radio in car on way to make a presentation. Just before that started, got word JFK was dead. Images that are forever. Nubby pink suit. Smiling, waving, instant chaos. Nubby pink suit spattered with blood. Swearing in LBJ in the airplane. Ruby shooting Oswald, in real time. Drum beat that accompanied the Caisson.

I was a parental-default Republican at the time, and I cried for days. Incomprehensible, Zapruder notwithstanding.

Yup. Even Republicans gave a s**t in those days.

Anybody listen to Jessie Jackson’s radio program “Keep Hope Alive”? He always has provocative topics and great guests. You know the kind that actually know something rather than know nothing pontificators seen on the Sunday TV. His show today was about healthcare and a guest talked about how a drug used to treat gout, been around for almost 100 years, which costs pennies will now be marketed by a pharmaceutical company and will be sold for $170 for 30 pills. American capitalism! Isn’t it great?

Looks like we’ll need a bigger handbasket. At least we’ll all eat well and have plenty of good company.

I was denied communion at a Catholic church (I am so not Catholic) when I scrambled to find someplace holy the day after 9/11. Long memory. First I knew I was not worthy.

Am humming Tom Lehrer’s “We Will All Go Together When We Go” now, must go fry up some breakfast. Need something to go with the just made fresh pumpkin pie.

How did they know?

Every time I see or hear “Keep Hope Alive” I remember an SNL skit with Jesse Jackson where he’s been elected president in the 21st century and is touting his campaign promise to “Keep Hope Alive.” Then an actor portraying Bob Hope is wheeled out in a wheelchair with all kinds of tubes an’ stuff. It was too funny.

At least Matthews pushes the Repuks on his show to have them explaine why they did nothing about Health care when they were in complete control.

All the resident Rethugs will be surprised when we show up and take over the place.

Sorta like now? They’re still not understanding who has the votes. Whatever. Heaven and Hell are here and now, I think.

It is a terrible travesty watching the Stephanopolus show to see that the people defending the Senate and House bills are so inept and simply unknowledgeable about the major provisions and seemingly about Medicare as well. This Wasserman woman in tongue tied and What idiot would expect strong support from him on the matter.

In defense of these bills, they are unable to point out the savings to the budget, or that the PO is a needed alternative to private insusrers and that is overwhelimingly supported by the public, that Medicare is more efficient than private insurers, that the cost of premiums increase at exhortitant rates and will continue to do so. They simply are unable to defend their own bill, why then did they vote for it.

On Meet The Press Durbin and Feinstein especially were knowledgable and acquited themselves much better on these matters.

It is truly insulting to see the caliber of people that occupy the halls of Congress. Given the ignorance they display when discussing issues they just dealt one day ago and to be so inept in its defense is just a tragic joke.

Into non-talking head shows these Sundays…probably something to do with ending up in the ER then hosp last weekend. Now definitely into nonstressy stuff. I highly recommend the House Hunters channel [229 on DirectTV]. Especially useful when Medusa Matalin and the unintelligible Carville show up on CNN.

For those who find Zaharia’s guest interesting today on imprisonment in Iran, Fargo’s Roxana Saberi is writing a book on her experience which I believe will be out in the spring.

Have been watching Washington Journal religiously for years. Must see TV. That’s where I first saw Jane.
I was also reading my morning paper while the Journal was on, but did I here Steve correctly when he said some news organization reported that Lou Dobbs is going to run for president?

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Thanks, Elliott

(And I breathlessly await the DailyCaller.com debut! Not)