Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Drugs? Nothing that Bush didn't do, a hundred times over, when he was a lot older & knew better.

Does anyone even care about this sort of thing any more, except the Bible-belt, red-state morons?

But they aren't going to vote for a (you know what) anyway.

oh, my....

I don't know my age who hasn't tried drugs; stealing your parents' prescriptions counts too.

Now if he'd operated a meth lab.... or frequented one, because that is a very bad drug.

OK. I admit it. During finals week, I was up to 12 cups a day of the hard stuff, espresso. I got so high on caffein, I could do differential equations in my sleep.
Wellesley undergrad Hillary Rodham (super achiever)

It was a lot easier to do when he was in college. Now for us somewhat older folks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn7l0FJMQD0

Yeah, and then she went out and cleaned off the whole quad while everyone else was sleeping.

White lIghting got me through law school and gave me a lot of useful experience when I became a personal injury litigator.
-John Edwards
(sober since I found Jesus).

I wasn't doing drugs in college because I was a father by high school. But you knew that, right?

Fred Thompson

I'm with Michael Pollan from the Botany of Desire

"The desire to alter consciousness seems universal, and plants possessing this power become sacraments, garnering humankind’s worshipful care and dissemination. In the same way that human desire for sweetness and beauty introduced a new survival strategy for plants that could gratify it, so human hunger for transcendence created new opportunities for plants that made these molecules."

Obama didn't anything not in his book and Clinton didn't bring up the underwear that was the jr tim russert.

He didn't dive right in either. He was asked a question and this waas part of the response. I am sure if Clinton had been asked about past mistakes I don't think he would have said boxers
I wonder what he would have said? If he would have admitted to being a serial philanderer.

It's about time politicians were more open about their past, whether the issue be drugs or whatever else.

One of the reasons I always like Lincoln Chaffee is that he would admit that when he was in prep school, a class mate of the current President btw, he did use drugs. He wasn't proud of it but he didn't hide the fact either.

Nash nailed it with the first comment.

But I do appreciate Obama's honesty, and the parable for his younger audience: you can change your path during life.

"I never did drugs in college, but I gave them to my dates. Still do..."

Rudy Giuliani.

Bill Clinton tried to be hip with the boxers or brief question? What sort of spin is that? That was MTV orchestrated, not Bill Clinton. Get real.

First Huckabee gets Chuck Norris' endorsement. Now it's pro wrestler Ric "Nature Boy" Flair.

Makes me think Rudy won't carry the south....

Hucksterbee's support all comes from Hollywood
ow does OLiely explain that.

Patsi,

You honestly think they would orchestrate that without the permission of the campaign? What next, his sax playing on Arsenio was a random invite as well?

Bill Clinton will forever be my political jesus, just like Larry Bird is Basketball Jesus, Tom Brady is QB jesus (though Steve Grogan will forever be god)

Even I can recognize what he staged and what he didn't.

On to more important voting news...

MSNBC.com has a vote for the best and worst Neil Diamond albums. Vote early and vote often!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9068987/

Now, this is serious—I do want to take an opportunity to come clean on a statement I made earlier this week. In an appearance on MTV, I was asked a question about my undergarments, more specifically, whether I wore boxers or briefs. I answered, "I wear briefs," which is a true statement that speaks to the current facts. [Laughter] Now, at the moment I uttered this answer I could tell there was immediate skepticism among the media and a real desire that I prove the truth right then and there of my brief assertion by making immediate, full disclosure. [Laughter] I did not show my briefs at that time out of an exaggerated and wholly inappropriate sense of my zone of personal privacy—[laughter] —which I drug up here with me from Arkansas. I want you to know tonight that I regret that deeply, and like my wonderful wife, I have been rezoned.

Therefore, I must also acknowledge that for a short time during my youth, I did in fact also wear boxer shorts. It was actually a brief period of time, and this semantic coincidence may have been the source of my confused response on MTV. [Laughter] The number of boxer shorts totaled six pair in all: three white, two striped, one baby blue with a Razorback hog and little red hogs. [Laughter]

Now, I was reminded of this fact, which I had clearly forgotten, while reading a passage about doing the laundry in my mother's book. And I am taking this opportunity to make a full and complete disclosure. I have turned all my underwear over to Mr. Fiske's office—[laughter] —including the receipts from their donation to charity and the tax deductions I took for them in 1962: $3.38. I'm also making copies of my underwear available to the news media. [Laughter] Now, naturally, since the special prosecutor has all my current underwear, I will need to buy some more. When I do that, I will keep you fully apprised as to the type, size, brand name, national origin, and fiber content. I have no further statement at this time. [Laughter]
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/print.php?pid=50040

from a Clinton speech at the press corp dinner.
At least he has a sense of humor.
The media has a poor memory by design because it would interfere with the their ability to make stuff up

Bear,
"Tom Brady is QB jesus (though Steve Grogan will forever be god)"

Brady may be the best QB in the game today, but as of yet, he aint no John Elway, Terry Bradshaw or Joe Montana. Or Unitas. Or Steve Tensi. Ok maybe not Tensi....

Well, folks...the Columbia of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, poetry reading near Low Library is ancient history. The Mark Rudd days are merely forgotten history, cuz the super-conservative-Rove/Bush-loving young Republicans have entrenched their worldview on 110th Street.

http://www.observer.com/node/49697

DND,

Thank god he isn't Elway because that would make him an arrogant Yankee wannabe that proved that unlike Tom Brady, he could not win the Super Bowl unless he had a 2000 yard rusher in his backfield.

The records of Unitas will fall in time. He will soon pass Montana and match TB in Super Bowl rings. I agree it will take some time before he can even come close to doing what Otto Graham did though...

Well there is no justice. First Rockies Troy Tulowitzki gets screwed out of rookie of the year. He was easily the best SS in the NL. So now the MVP in the NL goes to Phils SS Jimmy Rollins instead of Rockies Matt Holiday.

I'm beginning to think that east coast sports writers are as biased as east coast political pundits.

"I never did drugs in college, but I gave them to my dates. Still do..."

Rudy Giuliani.

Posted by: dnd | November 20, 2007 3:31 PM

snicker..no sorry that deserves more than a snicker

dnd,

East coast bias is much more pronounced among sportswriters than the punditry. That's because the sportswriters work under a publishing deadline and the political pundits just talk forever.

Bear,
You go to the gridiron with the team you have, not the team you want. Truth be told, I didn't much care for Elway. Sitll don't. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. But he made the game exciting, always making a comeback in the 4th quarter. Unlike Montana and Brady who never needed to make a comeback in the 4th because the game was already over...

Two fun events today...

1. Congress keeping the session open so Bushy-boy can't make any recess appointments, and

2. McClellan's book.

Another good event yesterday: resignation of Minnesota's unbelievably bad US Atty, Rachel Paulose.

Unfortunately, she's landing at a new job at Justice, but maybe the adults will watch her this time. Reaction in her office reported as "relief and euphoria."

DND,

Brady has only had that luxury this year. Adam Vinatieri wouldn't be the best clutch kicker in the recent history of the NFL is it weren't for Brady running a last minute drive down the field. As a matter of fact, he is the only QB in league history to lead 3 game winning drives in the Super Bowl. I am including a link of all of his accomplishment on the field...no Gisele pictures can be found...lol

http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=566

DND,

I was surprised that Rollins beat out Holliday at first but when you look at what Rollins actually did offensively and then throw in his defense, you can see why he won the award...

dnd: Rollins was my fave to win, and he deserved it. Without him, the Phils don't overtake the Mets.
You have a good argument, and I don't minimize Holliday's
accomplishments, though. Rollins was truly great this year.Lots of Sportscenter hilites.

Kind of fascinating. A surnames calculator; find out where your name ranks among the 5000 most common US names.

Crawford is 132. Osama did not make the list.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/17/us/17surnames.html?_r=2&hp?hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin#

JFK conquered anti-Rome bias, Reagan made divorce a non-factor, Bill Clinton made toking a non-factor.
Bush denied his coke problem, didn't he? I have never heard him admit it.
Has Obomb-iranna eve truly quit tobacco yet?
i just had a visual...just like FDR at a meeting with Churchill, FDR with Pall Mall and Winston with a fine Don Rigo, Obama could set on the podium awaiting being sworn in as 44 with a Camel Filter hangin' on his lip...what's wrong with that? Craig? Or should that be a Marlboro?

the first cell phone conversation:

http://inventors.about.com/cs/inventorsalphabet/a/martin_cooper.htm

Bear & Dex,
Ack! Tulowitziki was the best fielding SS this year. And his numbers at the plate were pretty damn good. Holiday was great fielding and at the plate was spectacular. They both got the Rockies to the freaking World Series! Are you guys insane?

DND,

The season awards don't take into account post season achievements. At the time of voting, Rollins had led his team to the playoffs, just as Holiday and Tulowitzki did.

With regards to Tulo, he fell victim to the bias against defense in consideration to post season awards. Writers look at the power numbers only, hence the nod to Braun.

I went to MLB.com and did a side by side comparison of Rollins, Holiday and Tulowitzki. You can see the multiple categories that Rollins was superior in, while playing a more difficult position and while batting lead off...

http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable_player_stats.jsp?c_id=mlb§ion1=null&statSet1=null&sortByStat=AB&statType=1&timeFrame=1&timeSubFrame=2007&baseballScope=mlb&prevPage1=1&readBoxes=true&sitSplit=&venueID=&teamPosCode=all&box1=XXXX276519phi6&box16=XXXX407812colO&box26=XXXX453064col6&compare.x=25&compare.y=2

evening peeps

Bear,
I don't get it. Holiday's hitting stats were way, way better than Rollins. Yes, SS is the more difficult position, and Rollins fielding numbers were good buy then why was Tulo passed over if fielding numbers count?

And Tulo played SS, Braun 3rd.

I stand by my original statement. All those east coast sports writers pay no attention to us in the flyover states.

Mr. Crawford and others in the media have done a fine job keeping the American people informed about the issues and where the candidates stand on those issues: this column is further evidence that "Trail Mix" is one of the best political columns available to the voting public. CQ is to be commended for making it free! Now: Barack Obama has been honest about his "past" use of such "drugs" as marijuana, so there is no reason to believe that the damaging information about him that columnist Robert Novak wrote the Clinton campaign is holding onto is in regards to contemporary drug use. Senator Clinton would never allow such information to be "leaked" about a fellow senator and Democrat, and certainly Mr. Crawford would not write about it if it were "leaked" to him because it is not as important to the American people as issues like health care, ending the war in Iraq, education and saving America's middle class. And Mr. Crawford would tell his readers whether or not he has a history of previous drug use because he is that kind of honest, journalist we depend upon. And Mr. Crawford would most certainly let his readers know about any contemporary drug use by him as well in this column because he that kind of honest, ethical journalist that CQ is proud to have writing for them: NOT.

Let me know when Hucksterbee makes the same comments about Michael Moore in front of his wife and two sons.

Mr. Saunders would never type anything before checking the facts of his assertions: NOT

So now the big news that there is no doubt Bush, Cheney, Rove, McClelland , Libby...all are in this stinking sinking ship of lies regarding the outing of Valerie Plame-Wilson.
Who amongst us here at C-List even batted so much as an eyelash as Tweety goes ballistic for the entire hour of his show.
Suppressing evidence and sending the MOUTH McClelland to the podium to lie about it to steal the '04 election? All's fair to these horrible bastards that were actually voted in in 2004. Amazin'.
And now maybe you see how i do not think, like nash does, that the dems will roll in 2008.
I am still wondering how Bush,who actually took us to war on a lie, and abandoned the search for that demon, OBL, was re:elected in 2004. Apparently they still have millions of supporters. It makes no sense.
Again it's time to say it: worst administration since 1776.

Today has been a full court press for Obama. Somehow it sounds phony as all get out. Virtually nothing but echo echo echo... all the pundits must have found a canyon they like.

It sounds like Chris Matthews just found out there's gambling in River City. Shocking.

Surfing the net today; my favorite gleaned observation:

Since Bush is the worst president ever, that makes us the worst voters in history too.

Jamie check your comcast mail, I just sent you something.

If McClellend's claims are true, does this warrant impeachment proceedings?

dnd: Unless we're rich and get the entire MLB sat-pack...we don't get to see much of the Rockies Baseball Club.
I did see a few Phillies games on the Cincy network and WGN-Cubs,and like I said, many highlites on SC. Rollins had a carer year.

dnd: All I could think of while watching Tweety was "LISTEN to KUCINICH!!"
That means impeachment as well as a Senate conviction.

Brian,

Nothing. Did you send it to webthings at comcast.net?

I don’t know Jamie; Mr. Saunders’ criticism makes perfect sense to me. Who would not welcome paying CQ for online content and who would not enjoy reading full disclosure from reporters prior to their reporting of any daily political news?

It seems we just don’t get near enough integrity from print journalism as we get from our multi-tiered subscriber supported cable news channels.

McClelland as hero. Harrumph. Who'd a thunk it?

How can people not love opera.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvuKxL4LOqc

What I objected to was that he seems to have assumed that the Novak blind item was in fact fact even though Novak himself has now come out and clarified that any information he had was third hand. On top of that he seemed to be saying that Craig was passing on gossip about drug use rather than noting that it was Obama himself in his autobiography as well as his statement today that mentions his drug use. That added to the sarcastic tone with the "NOT" at the end implying that Craig was less than honest about himself aggravated me.

And another evangelical sex scandal ... they are coming so fast these days, it's hard to keep up.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hPKlzgBlHChmg3NdrSTG4VhIPSuQD8T0VO5G0

Yes Jamie, I got your meaning. I was just trying to mock the twisting logic of the criticism.

I sent it to comcast

I realized that after answering seriously. The tongue in your cheek was covering your eye teeth and it was hard for me to see where you were talking.

The address is

webthings@comcast.net

Brian,
"How can people not love opera."

I cannot agree more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STlXBJJaDIE

That's where I sent it Jamie, resent. check your spam folder

very cheeky of you dnd

no flies on opera, by golly.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmfbyGvvh-A&feature=related

Brian,
What? You don't like "The Barber of Seville"?

Very cheeky of you sturg. Try to spread a little culture around here and people just make jokes.

oh, jamie...did you intend the pun in your 8:23 post? still chuckling....

Another thought re: the inestimable Mr. Saunders. We here at crawfordslist prefer our posters to say what they mean, mean what they say, and hang around long enough to have a rational discussion rather than playing hit-and-run with their own opinion piece.

Now how could you think I might not be absolutely straight forward about anything I do.

Jamie, Mad & others,

Thanks for decoding. I wasn't sure what Mr. Saunders was trying to say. There are times when I wonder about journalists who rail against the miscreant actions of politicians and celebrities, when the journalists take a holier than thou attitude, but I don't recall Craig going down that road. Today's column is just reporting what's out there.

It seems unlikely that McClellan's writings will reach the Prez in a provable way, but - damn!- Dick Cheney really should be impeached...NOW!

ok.....one maria sans joke:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTrIFhc4beY&feature=related

Thank you for clarifying that, Jamie! Makes the post even more enjoyable! (And how do we make our new home amenable to those little smiley, etc. faces?)

You folks watching Abrams? They've just announced that Oprah is going to actively campaign for Obama in Iowa and NH.

A little corny of me, but this really is one of my favorite female singer arias

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUE2zG3R-hc&feature=related

Why do I suddenly feel like eating pasta?

Flying Spaghetti Monster?

Oh boy I just made a batch of fried onions mashed potatoes that could bring tears to your eyes!

'Obama wrote about those experiences in his memoir, "Dreams from My Father," revealing that he mostly smoked marijuana but sometimes snorted cocaine.'

Did he actually say he snorted cocaine? I thought he just said he used cocaine. How did he use it? Did he snort, smoke, inject, or swallow it?. Also, is he saying saying he went through his college years drug free? And a question he'll be asked sooner or later: when was the last time you purchased, and/or used an illegal substance? Once he opened the door to his illegal drug use them all questions about his illegal drug use are fair game. How much was he using, how much was he buying, how much money did he spend, where did he get the money?

Oh brother Jameson, this is no story at all! BTW would you ask a white kid where he got the money? I don't seem to recall how Bush financed his drug addiction coming up at all.

FYI one does not eat coke, one either snorts, injects, or smokes it. Being a former base head I know these things.

DND,

I think the votes for all the post season awards are made public, so I will try to find a break down of who voted for whom. I am an avid, life long baseball fan and fantasy baseball participant and I think the Rockies bias has more to do with the ball park they play in vs. an east coast media thing.

Coors field has been known as the launching pad for years. There is great irony that the many casual fans will think the Rockies player get more of a benefit to their stats even though Citizen's Park was a more hitter friendly field.

Rollins has More than 20 doubles, triples and home runs, stole 40 bases and he drove in around 90 RBI's from the leadoff spot. Plus he carried his team that lost it's number 1,2 starters for chunks of the year plus the back 3 guys of their bullpen. Holliday, though playing well didn't do nearly as much.

As for the ROY, both of the top guys were midwestern guys and I know only fantasy baseball geeks knew who either player was. I would have gone with Tulo myself...

OK, this is one time I wish my blog were in order so that I could have a BIG [rant].

What would I be ranting about? Why, Carole Keeton Strayhorn's son, Scott McClellan, of course. I don't believe that he didn't know that what he was feeding us was lies, lies, lies.

Furthermore, it's now time for Special Counsel, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, to get out his clipboard, a-gain! I could go on as I have over the years about this administration. The thing is, Scott's just validating that which a lot of us first suspected and then KNEW. It's insulting that the Bush administration thinks We the People are stupid.[/rant]

tt

Perhaps this song may be appropriate now...

A diddy from Pato Banton...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fD79pbdZJl4

*L* @ the 8:23 post. Let it rest in infamy.

tt

Brian,

If you are still on, I would love to know more about this performer and this opera.

The first time I played it, I was reading something and not watching the video. I am impressed with how well she can pop those high notes...

The opera is Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), it's one of Mozart's most famous works.

Cool, thanks for the info. At first listen I suspected Mozart but there was something in that high part that reminded me of Bach.

Is there a particular recording of her performing this piece that I should look to buy?

I don't know that soprano's works that well.

TIPTOE:
wasn't it a shame that Fitz took TWO YEARS to get the thing to court, as Crawdads of the world waited for "Fitzmas" ever so patiently?
And Cheney still rules the world.
(Damn! I wish we had those red-mad-as hell emoticons to punctuate with!)

Bach didn't compose operas.

OK cool...I will look for info online...there is something about that voice that just hooked me and I need to hear more...

...so the wife sends me out to Wal*Mart for pumpkin and spices and stuff to make pies with...
and Wal*Mart is sold out of pumpkin 2 days before Thanksgiving.
How I miss Lulu and Fred's General Store, now dark and empty.
(Oh, for a crying emoticon!!)
So now I will have to drive at daybreak to the next town in search of pumpkin pie makings.
Guess she waited too long to shop.
I hate Wal*Mart, but with gasoline so high, I just about have to shop there, I guess...
but I do know from now on we are gonna make the long drive to a regular store at least twice a month for groceries.

DEX, high five ^^^^^. YES. That'd be to Fitzmas not the pie.

tt

Dex,

Your mention of WalMart gives me an opportunity to pass on something I received at work this afternoon. It was an email encouraging us to shop at Sears because they have a generous policy in dealing with their employees who are deployed for active military duty. According to the email, Sears subsidizes the employees military pay, so they are maintained at the same level for up to two years of active duty deployment. They also continue medical benefits for the employee's spouse and dependents.

I'm not sure of the veracity of the story, but passing it on for your consideration. I know you and I are both against the reason for their deployment, but I applaud any employer who tries to accommodate our reservists, National Guardsman, and their dependents.

Dexter, if it's a 24 hour Walmart, the best time to Shop is between 12-3AM because that is when they restock all of the shelves...I'm sure you can find what you need for the pie tomorrow though...

EdVB,

This is from Sears's website

Military Pay Differential and Benefits Continuation

* In September 2004, the company extended its military pay differential (fills the gap between military pay and employer pay) and benefits continuation to 60 months for eligible employees called to duty in the Reserves or National Guard.
o Previously, policy provided 36 months of coverage.
* While deployed, eligible employees can:
o Continue participating in SHC's life insurance, medical and dental programs.
o Receive annual merit pay increases, incentive pay.
* SHC holds a comparable position for deployed employees for up to five years.
* The company has encouraged and supported employees serving in the armed forces for decades.
o Records indicate that Sears provided support to employees serving in the military in 1916.
o Sears' pay differential was first instituted in 1990 for Operation Desert Shield-Storm.

http://www.searsholdings.com/communityrelations/hero/military.htm

I just checked the Walmart website and found that they did not offer the same benefits to their employees...

Well Sears is certainly better than the U.S. Government and Wal-Mart at least doesn't demand money back from Vets.

I heard this on Countdown tonight.

"U.S.military to wounded soldiers: Lose an eye? You owe US money."

" The U.S. Military is demanding that thousands of wounded service personnel give back signing bonuses because they are unable to serve out their commitments.

To get people to sign up, the military gives enlistment bonuses up to $30,000 in some cases.

Now men and women who have lost arms, legs, eyesight, hearing and can no longer serve are being ordered to pay some of that money back."

Isn't that just peachy? They get a bill to pay it back because they've been so mangled that they can no longer fight. How in God's name can the government even come up with something as perverse as that?

Yeah, yeah.....I know.

tt

Bear,

Thanks for the Web site info. The email I got suggested shopping at Sears, and finding a manager to thank them for their policy of supporting our military. Sounds like a good idea.

Good night.

OMG, another out rage. And lack of a US outrage response.

" NEWS MIDDLE EAST Saudi court punishes rape victim"

"A Saudi Arabian court has doubled a corporal punishment sentence imposed on a rape victim after she spoke out about her case.

But the decision to give a woman who was gang raped a six months jail term and 200 lashes received only mild criticism from the US on Monday."

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9DB6EE1E-4173-4ED8-A520-429777F3F4BF.htm

tt

Libby makes very good canned pure pumpkin (not the pie filling) just pumpkin meat.

Tiptoe, are you really that surprised? This is the country that gave us most of the fucking 9-11 terrorists, after all. You know, the ones who think that they'll be met in Heaven by 72 self-renewing virgins for murdering people. Oh, and our own government, whose own head is so far up the Saudi government's ass they can taste prostate.

*disgruntled this evening, sorry, kids*

Bear:
Yeah, I am usually in the way at Wal*Mart cuz i usually am there about 2 in the morning...I kinda stopped going there that late becuz it's hard to get around all the pallet-loaders and stockers. Tonite I asked a clerk in the aisles where the pumpkin stuff was...no answer...turns out she is deaf...she turned and I asked her again ...she couldn't read my lips so I showed her my list...and she waved her hands and mouthed 'out'.
Well...Mrs. Dexter just called and said the little store in the plaza across the street and down the road from WM now is open 24-7 since Lulu and Fred closed...Mrs. Dexter is working tonight in a rehab for the elderly infirm...so since it's only 2 miles from here I called them and they said they had huge stacks of pumpkin cans for sale. I B Dam...I'm gonna go buy it now.

Julia:
Remember when Mike Moore ran a Ficus tree against a repugg in an election?
Moore said "Our opponent doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground!
OUR candidate's ass IS a hole in the ground!"

DOWD:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/21/opinion/21dowd.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Julia, you go girl!

tt

...that little store had everything I needed...pie shells, spices, the canned pumpkin, other stuff...and even 7-Up cans, a sixpack for 99 cents. Good choice of stores, Mrs. Dexter !
And now...Good Night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are!
Ink a dink a doo!

here's what I was writing of above...Jimmy Durante singing Goodnight, Goodnight...from a mere 52 years ago! Egads! I remember it so well!
And now it's time to smoke some weed, snort some blow, shoot some H, and nod off to close this thread topic out!
Well...for me, really, it's a chopped banana over some multi-grain flakes with skim milk!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp7r0j4XrO8

From The Energy Blog

http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/

Where the Presidential Canidates Stand on Energy Policy

The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) has published a comparison of the energy policy positions of the 2008 presidential candidates, which range from environmentally responsible to business-as-usual.

Of the major candidates, Hilary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama have strong energy policy positions while John McCain has a much weaker policy. Mitt Romney has a very weak positions on energy policy. Of the major candidates only Rudy Giuliani has not articulated an energy policy, except that he supports liquid coal, according to the LCV.

Study the League of of Conservation Voters chart on where candidates stand on energy policy and form you own opinion on who most conforms to your way of thinking.

"Mr. Saunders would never type anything before checking the facts of his assertions: NOT

Posted by: Jamie | November 20, 2007 7:25 PM

Jamie, Mad & others,

Thanks for decoding. I wasn't sure what Mr. Saunders was trying to say. There are times when I wonder about journalists who rail against the miscreant actions of politicians and celebrities, when the journalists take a holier than thou attitude, but I don't recall Craig going down that road. Today's column is just reporting what's out there."

Okay, girls:

No need for a decoder ring: what was presented was accurate and upfront, unlike your smarmy chatter. Really, girls, get a room.

Why not simply ask Mr. Crawford himself whether or not he and CQ stand by his impartiality in that he has never nor in a contemporary setting imbibed in illegal drug use? This is not a "hard" news story: it is a column based upon his opinions: if you want reporting, go to AP or another supposedly impartial story (there are dozens of them). Mr. Crawford whom you seek to protect ("Today's column is just reporting what's out there") is by writing an OPINION COLUMN subjecting himself to scrutinty when his column "The Trail Mix " -- is this not a ripoff of The Washington Post's "The Trail" by name when it was once "1600" -- poses a pseudo reporter's stance: it's not, he has a history, including close ties to the Clintonistas. Now the fact of the matter is that a good columnist should always put forth his perspective including his own personal history, in this case, contemporary drug use. You ask him: does Mr. Crawford contend -- as well as his employer, CQ -- that he has no contemporary drug use that might slant his take on Obama's desparate effort to get "out front" his previous drug use in anticipation of the Clinton campaign's "leak" of Obama's contemporary drug use via a Sid Vicious media manipulation?

Ask him yourself:

ccrawford@cq.com

Or try to figure out who at CQ to contact:

http://www.cqpress.com/gethome.asp

Good night, girls.