Bienvenido al Cielo, Senor Boulet

Sometimes there's something worse than speaking ill of the dead. Witness Kathryn J. Lopez's eulogy of John Boulet:

He was such a generous person. A funny thing: He would send me his Ms. magazines so two of us didn’t give them subscription money as we sought to know the enemy! And, yes, John, I wouldn’t be surprised if I found out he always said a prayer for me when he put the magazine in the envelope.

I'll bet he did the same thing with Jonah Goldberg and his old copies of Swank.

America's Most Wanted

Think Progress ranks the worst members of the Bush Administration. I know it's a crowded field, but Johnny Asscrack and (especially) Condoleezza "Historical Document" Rice surely deserve higher rankings than Ari the Talking Penis and incompetent boob Michael Brown. Rice's criminality involved both acts of commission and omission; Asscrack's greatest acheivement is that he's not Abu Gonzales

And has everyone forgotten those career criminals, Johns Negroponte and Poindexter?

Update: Link fixed.

It Isn't Rich

Arlen Specter, who is missing out on a lucrative career as the cartoon voice of Richard Nixon, didn't lay a glove on Eric Holder, President-elect Obama's nominee for Attorney General. 90s nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

Joe Conason has an interesting take on the hearing and the subject of Arlen's obsession.

Diaper David Vitter was the lone Senator on the Foreign Relations Committee to vote against Senator Clinton's Secretary of State appointment. Seems the only change Vitter supports involves a pro with a fresh nappy and a five and five ones.

Meet Your Liberal Media -- Failing Upward

Honesty and competence are no longer required to succeed in broadcasting, IYAR:

It's a moment President Bush has repeatedly called a mistake: Delivering a speech on board the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Spring of 2003 with a "Mission Accomplished" banner featured prominently behind him.

But the much-maligned photo-op wasn't the president's fault at all, according to former White House Communications Director Dan Bartlett.

Bartlett, currently a political analyst with CBS, said Tuesday he was the one who actually gave the final go-ahead of the event.

And when exactly, CNN, did Flight-Suit Prancer repeatedly call his favorite photo-op a mistake?

Is This The End of Depends Media?

G.I. Joe the Plumber is out to prove that Sharia Palin isn't the dullest knife in the G.O.P. cutlery drawer:

"I think media should be abolished from, uh, you know, reporting."