Day: June 16, 2006

Connie Chung, singing.

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I’m one of those who love to view pictures of places I’ll probably never see. North Korea is one of those places.

Artemii Lebedev visited and photographed the reality of the DPRK.

What-ev-eh.

A grand jury declined to indict Rep. Cynthia McKinney on Friday in connection with an incident in which she admitted hitting a police officer who tried to stop her from entering a House office building.

The grand jury had been considering the case since shortly after the March 29 incident.

It was obvious that McKinney wouldn’t be indicted. No one has the stomach for it anyhow. I mean really…can you imagine how shrill the Congressional Black Caucus would be? It’d be racism this, lynch mob that, anti-women, blah blah blah.

Move along now. Show’s over.

Dan Rather has left the building.

I don’t put much stock into polls, pro or con. Yet, this one is so hilarious it’s worth mentioning.

A new poll found the prospect of a President Hillary Clinton scares more Americans than any other likely 2008 candidate. When a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll asked which of four potential candidates for President “frightens you the most,” 36% said the New York senator. She had some familiar company: former Mayor Rudy Giuliani was next at 17%, followed by former Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore at 15%.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), whom many observers expect to be a formidable candidate, fared best among most-often mentioned hopefuls; only 11% found his candidacy frightening.

Sen. Clinton also troubled independent voters: 25% said they were scared of her running the country, compared to 21% for Gore, 12% for Giuliani and 9% for McCain. Even 22% of Democrats said they were frightened by Hillary, versus just 10% for Gore.

The national survey also pegged President Bush’s job approval at 40%, up from 35% a month ago.

Capitol Hill got the worst marks of all: the poll found 79% feel Congress hasn’t accomplished enough this year to deserve a summer vacation.

I have a hard time accepting as fact that Rudy Giuliani is more frightening than Al Gore.

Now that’s scary!