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And then she attacked a college in Maryland, the end. [YouTube/Today Show]
Did you miss the daytime teevee shows because you have to “work” somewhere? Don’t worry, just relax with a dough-nut or whatever and enjoy this charming interview with the whole Obama family, including rarely seen stepson “Urkel.” When you’re done with the video, remember to check out the “Top 10 Weird Animals.” Platypus, wtf? [Today Show]
Barack Obama continues his campaign to woo daytime TV watchers by doing interviews on TV, in the daytime. He recently spoke with the TODAY show, which caught him on film attempting to seduce an elderly woman by embracing her from behind. Seriously. MORE »
Matt Lauer asked John McCain three tough, hard-hitting questions on The Today Show’s Lightning Round this morning. Yep, Iraq, Immigration, and Campaign Finance Reform, three of the issues troubling McCain’s campaign the most these days… were not asked about, and instead we got Barry Bonds, Don Imus, and… Facebook? That is a tough question only because WALNUTS has no clue what a “Facebook” is.
McCain, sharp-shootin’ straight-talker that he is, promises the American people that, as President, he would indeed look at his daughter’s profile if she left it open on the computer. Then he would read her diary and make fun of her for liking that dorky boy who writes poetry and listens to The Cure.
An early-rising operative alerted us to this breaking news on the Today show:
Bill O’Reilly, faintly croaking on The Today Show: “To fight every single day of my life, which is literally what I do in this culture war, this intense battle, it just sucks the energy out of you. So, I’m like an athlete. My body’s going to break down sooner or later under the stress of this.” MORE »
• Attorneys for Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee express “uniform disappointment” with Miers and are “pushing back against her.” Said one lawyer, “Everybody is hoping that something will happen on Miers, either that the president would withdraw her or she would realize she is not up to it and pull out while she has some dignity intact.” [NYT]
• Dobson says Rove assured him that Miers is a conservative evangelical Christian, though Roe v. Wade “was never part of our discussion”; Rove reportedly explained that alternative candidates removed their names “because the process has become so vicious and so vitriolic and so bitter.” [LAT, WT]
• Judith Miller will testify for a second day today; prosecutors are investigating earlier conversations between administration officials and journalists. [WP, NYT, WSJ]
• Laura says criticisms of Miers might be sexist. William Kristol: “It is striking to me they are spending less time explaining the merits of Harriet Miers and more time. . . using liberal talking points to criticize the critics. I think it is going to backfire.” [WP, NYT, WT]
• White House strategy shifts focus to Miers‘ religious credibility. [USAT]
• Bush in New Orleans: “Out of this rubble is going to come some good; out of the devastation is going to come new cities and new hope.” [NYT]
• Milbank on Bush’s “Today” interview: “The president was a blur of blinks, taps, jiggles, pivots and shifts. Bush has always been an active man, but standing with Lauer and the serene, steady first lady, he had the body language of a man wishing urgently to be elsewhere.” [WP]
• DeLay remains a go-to, agenda-setting congressman. [NYT]
• McCain advances his own agenda ahead of the White House and the Republican leadership. McCain: “Do I want to be president? Sure. Do I want to run for president? That’s the question.” [WSJ]
This morning, Imus pressed NBC WH correspondent David Gregory on his ongoing descent into dancing foolery. Video