links for 2010-06-07

As rumored, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, whose endorsement gave former Hewlett-Packard chief Carly Fiorina a boost in the Republican campaign for the U.S. Senate nomination, gave her some more help Monday: a recorded call that went out to 650,000 likely Republican voters in California, according to Fiorina spokeswoman Julie Soderlund.
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And, despite what the desperate Chuck DeVore campaign spokeshole Joshua Trevino says, they are not illegal

Slate.com blogger Mickey Kaus, the challenger to U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, gets credit for making the 2010 Democratic U.S. Senate race livelier, all right — but how 'bout that Sunday New York Times story claiming Kaus has famously "knocked boots" with just about everyone in LA?

We don't know the definition in the Grey Lady newsroom, but — ahem — we can tell you what "knocking boots" means in the Bay Area (and the Urban Dictionary). And it ain't about the footwear.

Backstory: The New York Times' Style section print edition Sunday profiled the bachelor candidate, saying that "it's difficult to find a writer or politico in Los Angeles who hasn't knocked boots..with Kaus at a party.''
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Hilarious

By more than a 2-to-1 margin, Americans support the pursuit of criminal charges in the nation's worst oil spill , with increasing numbers calling it a major environmental disaster. Eight in 10 criticize the way BP's handled it – and more people give the federal government's response a negative rating than did the response to Hurricane Katrina.

A month and a half after the spill began, 69 percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll rate the federal response negatively. That compares with a 62 negative rating for the response to Katrina two weeks after the August 2005 hurricane.
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Obama's Hope and Change at work – Plus Ca Change

Helen Thomas, the longtime White House correspondent made famous for her no-holds-barred questioning of presidents, announced her resignation Monday following controversial remarks she made about Israel.

In a statement from Hearst newspapers, where she works as a columnist, she said she is “retiring, effective immediately.”
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The Lefty should have retired years ago.

Tomorrow is primary day in California. By that evening, we’ll know whether Carly Fiorina, Tom Campbell, or Chuck DeVore is the choice of California Republicans to face off against Barbara Boxer in November. This election year is our last, best chance to dethrone the malign queen of the California left, with her black heart and bad ideas — and I hope we make the right choice. I hope we choose Chuck DeVore.

In fact, I think we will. The peculiar dynamics of 2010 aren’t captured by any poll, and we’re taking this effort down to the wire.

But I’m not writing this as a last-minute push for Chuck DeVore. I’m writing this to thank you. RedState mattered in this primary, for all the right reasons.
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Laughing my ass of at Chuck DeVore and Joshua Trevino and Justin Hart for an UTTER FAIL of a campaign. Why anyone would ever trust these morons again to run a campaign for anything is beyond comprehension.

On June 6, 1944, the D-Day invasion of Europe took place during World War II as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. America lost 2,499 of its finest men that day.

It’s too bad Barack Obama missed the anniversary today.

The White House website has nothing posted today on the 66th Anniversary of the D-Day landing.

The president had other things on his mind.
He was attending his second party this week, tonight at the Ford Theatre.
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Pretty sad – But, America looks better to the world, right?