The Gadfly On The Wall
Top 5 Political Stories Of 2006: Some of Oklahoma's top political consultants offer their selections for the Top 5 Political Stories of the year next week in a special report here on The McCarville Report Online. Democrats and Republicans offer some selections that may surprise.
In Houston, it is reported: "Police attribute the 15 percent increase in the homicide count to the influx of Katrina evacuees." From this, we can deduce (1) criminals are criminals no matter where they live and (2) Katrina helped rid New Orleans of some of its worst residents.
Headline: "Gangs, guns reason for murder increase." From this, we can deduce (1) the headline writer makes no distinction between a gun owned by a law-abiding citizen and one owned by a criminal, (2) the headline writer failed to note the number of homicides by stabbing and (3) a gun is not a "reason," but a means by which a criminal commits a crime just as a knife, baseball bat, chain, or pool cue. A huge difference, but one apparently too intellectual for some editors to grasp.
Oh, Good: In Nevada, Governor-elect Jim Gibbons won't face prosecution for allegedly assaulting a cocktail waitress in a parking garage three weeks before his election. So what was he doing in the parking garage with the waitress...trying to get her vote?
So now that he's gone, all the previous critics agree: Jerry Ford was a great guy and a good president. Thirty years ago, however, Ford couldn't buy a break. He was savaged everywhere he turned and the national media delighted in portraying him as some sort of country bumpkin who couldn't take a step without falling on his face. Even the ultimate hypocrite, Ted Kennedy, now says Ford was right to pardon Richard Nixon.
In Houston, it is reported: "Police attribute the 15 percent increase in the homicide count to the influx of Katrina evacuees." From this, we can deduce (1) criminals are criminals no matter where they live and (2) Katrina helped rid New Orleans of some of its worst residents.
Headline: "Gangs, guns reason for murder increase." From this, we can deduce (1) the headline writer makes no distinction between a gun owned by a law-abiding citizen and one owned by a criminal, (2) the headline writer failed to note the number of homicides by stabbing and (3) a gun is not a "reason," but a means by which a criminal commits a crime just as a knife, baseball bat, chain, or pool cue. A huge difference, but one apparently too intellectual for some editors to grasp.
Oh, Good: In Nevada, Governor-elect Jim Gibbons won't face prosecution for allegedly assaulting a cocktail waitress in a parking garage three weeks before his election. So what was he doing in the parking garage with the waitress...trying to get her vote?
So now that he's gone, all the previous critics agree: Jerry Ford was a great guy and a good president. Thirty years ago, however, Ford couldn't buy a break. He was savaged everywhere he turned and the national media delighted in portraying him as some sort of country bumpkin who couldn't take a step without falling on his face. Even the ultimate hypocrite, Ted Kennedy, now says Ford was right to pardon Richard Nixon.
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posted by Mike McCarville @ 9:25 AM
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