-A former speechwriter for W has a new book coming out, and he claims that on the eve of a speech at Furman University, Bush said “I’m not going to tell some gay kid in the audience that he can’t get married.” Really?
-Mitt Romney flip-flops on nearly everything. He did it again, and I’m sure he will continue to do so. Politicians in general tend to be pretty desparate and pathetic in their pandering, but Mitt might be in a class by himself.
-In comedy news, Sarah Palin is about to give a speech detailing her views on U.S. – China relations. And it will be closed to the press.
-Derrick Z. Jackson at the Boston Globe examines the idea of a soda tax.
-A Fox News producer has apparently been caught on tape whipping up the crowd for a report on the 9/12 protests. They are so damn disgraceful.
-The Nation put together a slideshow highlighting the right-wing craziness that has transpired since Barack Obama became president.
-The annoying boneheads at Fox and Friends are apparently convinced that President Obama is afraid of a presidential run by Rudy “The More Voters get to Know Me, the More they Hate Me” Giuliani.