Signifying Nothing: how does saying nothing at all become so loud?

Working on earning his own category

There’s a metaphor about holes and digging that I think Jim DeMint needs to seriously consider paying attention to. Better yet, the partisan nitwits at Redstate are still backing the guy.

Veep debate spin

Spin rule in effect.

I have to say this debate—at least, the part I saw of it, since I got home at 8:15 after letting class go early—was rather more enlightening than the Kerry-Bush snoozefest, perhaps because the IQ of each participant (including the moderator) was substantially higher than his or her predecessor’s. Overall I think Cheney did slightly better than Edwards, in part because he did a better job of answering the questions posed to him, and in part because Cheney had more new to say than Edwards, who spent much of the debate repeating the same talking points John Kerry used last week—I suspect relatively few voters who watched this debate failed to watch last week’s.

A poll Ole Miss could get a ranking in

Somehow, the Rebels have avoided making ESPN.com’s Bottom 10; Sylvester Croom’s squad, however, failed to dodge that bullet—losing to Vandy will lead to things like that.

De gustibus non disputandum est

Jason Kuznicki, liveblogging the VP debate, comments on what Andrew Sullivan has to say about the candidates. Sullivan writes:

Well, I could easily be wrong, but I have a feeling Cheney will crush Edwards tonight. The format is God's gift to Daddy. They'll both be seated at a table, immediately allowing Cheney to do his assured, paternal, man-of-the-world schtick that makes me roll on my back and ask to have my tummy scratched. (Yes, I do think that Cheney is way sexier than Edwards. Not that you asked or anything.)

Kuznicki writes:

Why is it that whenever I learn more about Andrew Sullivan's taste in men, I wish I hadn't learned more about Andrew Sullivan's taste in men? Nothing personal, I swear... but still...

As a straight man, I’m not really qualified to judge here, but I have to agree with Kuznicki. Dick Cheney scratching Andrew Sullivan on the tummy? Shudder.

Tuesday, 5 October 2004

Working on earning his own category

Veep debate spin

A poll Ole Miss could get a ranking in

De gustibus non disputandum est