A Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton Can Publicly Embrace
And now, the first known use of the Heimlich maneuver in political advertising. This photo was included in an e-mail a Loop Fan and undoubtedly countless Clinton contributors received on Wednesday.
The former president has written a campaign solicitation for his wife with his usual impeccable timing: It's a week when tensions between Sen. Barack Obama's and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaigns have exploded over unkind comments about the Clintons from Hollywood producer and former Clinton -- now Obama -- contributor David Geffen.
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Sign Up for RSS FeedIt was exceptionally hard to find Bill Clinton campaigning for Al Gore in 2000, but now, he writes, "I can't wait to join Hillary on the campaign trail and talk to people about what a great president she's going to be."
"During eight years in the White House," he writes, "Hillary and I faced a constant barrage of attacks from Washington Republicans. No insult was off-limits. No tactic was too low." And the GOP never had David Geffen on its side.
Meanwhile, Bill Clinton wants to raise $1 million in a week for his candidate spouse.
So contribute -- or, in this case, cough it up!
No Guns in Cheney's Photo Shoot
Still haven't found the perfect calendar for 2007? How about the Republican National Committee's splendid offering? Eleven beautiful shots of President Bush as leader of the free world. Several show him with kids, babies, sharing a laugh with the troops, with Laura Bush at the White House and so on.
The August photo, however, features a fine shot of Vice President Cheney at his ranch in Wyoming, taken by White House photographer David Bohrer.
So why August? No, stop it. Not for the Pulitzer Prize-winning book "The Guns of August." And anyway, he shot his friend in the face in February -- a year ago. The picture was taken in August 2003.
Hurry, the calendar's on sale for $25.
You Say 'Extraordinary Rendition,' They Say 'Vacation'
Tired of snorkeling in the Caribbean? Skiiing in the Alps? Safaris in Africa? Then perhaps it's time for a truly different vacation. This just in from Agence France-Presse:
"A Polish travel firm said Thursday it was giving tourists a chance to follow in the footsteps of CIA agents and terror suspects near an alleged US detention centre in Poland's lakeland -- which the authorities deny exists.
