Quotation of the Year (John McCain at press conference responding to NYT story -- blogged here -- on an alleged relationship between the Senator and lobbyist Vicki Iseman:
Since it was in the New York Times, I don't take it at face value.
"The story is now going to shift from McCain to the NYT itself," reports David Lee Miller of Fox News:
Why did it decide to publish this story, based on unnamed sources, at this time?
Rumors of pressure from the The New Republic, who was working on a behind-the-scenes story of sausage making at the Times.
The growing hysteria over this warmed-over tale of politicians behaving like politicians makes us long for the relentless rehashings of Greta Van Susteren's maudlin missing-girl maunderings.
Update: Maggie's Farm links.
Update II: Mary Katharine Ham correctly identifies the Times's "skeezy" sandbagging as "The Quickest Way to Rally Conservatives 'Round McCain." One more reason for us to stop worrying and learn to love the senior senator from Arizona. Feel the love.
Update III: Meowza does a meowsterful job of hosting Carnival of the Cats #205 at Mind of Mog. Lots of furry and whiskered eye candy for your viewing pleasure.
Update IV: More fur and whiskers plus feathers, scales and other epidermal appendages at Modulator's Friday Ark #179.
Update V: More curiosities, this time of the Homo sapiens variety, at Dr. Sanity's Carnival of the Insanities.
Once upon a time in the days of my youth people used to be proud to be thought to have integrity. Nyt, hardly any news that is fit to print.
Posted by: goomp | February 21, 2008 at 10:32 AM
Oh, that top picture of Tiny is so scrumptious! If I had a virtual spoon I'd take a virtual byte... ;)
Posted by: pam | February 21, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Baby and Tiny brighten my day EVERY day. What beautiful darlings!
My Sam has a new girlfriend in addition to the beautiful tuxedo cat who comes by the back yard. Now there's a seal point Siamese strolling through my FRONT yard. As far as I'm concerned, this is a good thing. He needs to lose weight and this keeps him running from the front window to the back deck!
The NYT is rapidly becoming utterly irrelevant, not even fit to line the birdcage and much of the MSM is starting to follow - the L.A. Times is in trouble, and Pravda on the Potomac (Washington Post) isn't doing all that well either. And yet, NONE of them understand that they are losing readers because THEY are not doing their jobs well - NOT because people have stopped reading.
Posted by: Gayle Miller | February 21, 2008 at 11:37 AM
The only thing worth reading in any paper nowadays is the comics and you can follow your favorites online bypassing that and, generally, you can nab a free paper to line the birdcage with.
The kitty pics are worth looking at as they are scrumptious. As usual.
Posted by: mog | February 21, 2008 at 01:05 PM
These are such sweetest expression~!!!!
Posted by: Adan | February 21, 2008 at 09:10 PM
Well, I find this to be just another reminder of how poor of a candidate John McCain actually is...
The NY Times endorsed him for a reason.
Liberals wanted McCain, not only because of his overt liberal embrace, but they believed he was easy to defeat.
A three decades old Beltway Insider, a Keating 5 Member, who had no problem slandering his opposition in Florida and at the Reagan Library.
As much as I have a crush on Ms. Ham, I see a few pundits losing credibility 'circling the wagons' for the lackluster candidate, who believes Hillary Clinton would make a good candidate.
Senator McCain couldn't even be honest about the reason why he voted against GW Bush's tax cuts, and is hardly believable now, defending himself against ugly NY Times dribble, even before the General Election begins.
It is all very embarrassing.
John McCain spent endless moments demeaning Sec. Rumsfeld for personal political gain in this Primary.
He knows exactly what 'ugly' politics is all about.
Perhaps this is why he has such 'respect' for Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: hnav | February 22, 2008 at 01:02 AM
Money comment on Lucianne today: Kinda cool that the first smear to hit a 71 year old candidate is a sex scandal. Geezers rule!
Posted by: Gayle Miller | February 22, 2008 at 04:58 PM
Great cat pix
Fanks for joining the Carnival of the Cats this week!
Purrrrrrs,
Mini and the rest of the Hotties
Posted by: HotMBC | February 24, 2008 at 01:08 PM