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Don’t you just love these liberal buffoons? Palin eats some clowns lunch and the crowd enjoys it.

Last Wednesday night I was out hunting with my buddy Mark at the Dakota Hunting club and things went really good up until the point where my dog got sprayed by a skunk. Let me tell you that was not a fun experience, my dog got birdie and I thought there would be a pheasant in the air. We waited and waited and waited and I walked over to see my dog with his nose in a Skunk’s ass.

When I saw what was going on I drug Dakota him out of there; but the damage has been done Dakota got sprayed in the face. My first instinct was to shoot the disgusting animal (the skunk) but I didn’t think it would make anything better but he was facing me with his tail, then we would have had two smell beings. After getting sprayed Dakota was rolling around in the grass and I have to admit that I really didn’t know what to do, I had my dog 4 1/2 years and he had never been sprayed by a skunk. I mean I keep a really close eye on my dog in the field. In your mind you run the options through you head what can you do. 1.) You can’t leave your dog out in the field there because he smells. 2.) the hunting vehicle is going to gain a new smell. Hum, the resell vehicle might take a hit. A new air freshener wet dog smell and skunk. Let me tell you that it is not good for your dog to get sprayed by a skunk. Every time he got wet this past weekend out duck hunting there was the slight smell of skunk.

Thanks to my Buddy Trin I took Dakota over to the house and washed him in dish soap, peroxide and baking soda. That worked for the most part and we ended up washing him again when I got home. The next day I went to Petco and got some Nature’s Miracle but that really didn’t work as great as I thought it would…

About four baths later my dog is finally almost starting to smell 100% skunk free…

Cross posted @ Goon’s North Dakota Red Neck

Frank has to be a moron if he doesn’t think he has a hand this crisis. Also, I love how Bill leave Frank bumbling and stumbling at the end.

It is about time they look into this ethically challenged member of the house. This guy should be forced out of the house like they did to Mark Foley.

Use Of Congressional Stationery, Harlem Apartments Among Items On Inquiry
WASHINGTON (CBS) ― CBS 2 has learned the House of Representatives will conduct an inquiry into Rep. Charles Rangel, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.

The ethics committee of Congress announced they established a subcommittee to investigate Rangel, who has already been in plenty of hot water recently.

One stunning part of the determination is that the committee decided to investigate his use of congressional stationery in three separate years to seek donors for a public policy institute in his name at City College.

The committee will also investigate Rangel’s use of four rent-stabilized apartments leased in the Lenox Terrace apartment complex in Harlem, the financing of the beachfront villa leased in the Dominican Republic, and his questionable storage of a late-model Mercedes Benz in the house garage.

In a statement the committee said it will determine whether Rangel “violated the Code of Official Conduct, or any law, rule, regulation or other standard of conduct applicable to his conduct in the performance of his duties.”

The committee gave no indication of how long the probe will take.

Stay with wcbstv.com for more on this developing story.

This is why readership is failing at the New York Slimes. They keep reporting news for NOBAMA campaign but fail to cover anything against BHO that is negative. Most people with half a brain (except for the liberal trolls that frequent this blog) know that the New York Times is an extreme far left rag that doesn’t even hid the fact that it cheer leads for the NOBAMA campaign. The New York Times has become a disgrace vile example of journalism because the Times has joined themselves at the hip with the Moveon.org of the world and a left wing propaganda machine.

In my opinion that the New York Times is no better than hate sites like the Huffington post and the daily kos. Good for McCain for calling them on it.

A Partisan Paper of Record

Today the New York Times launched its latest attack on this campaign in its capacity as an Obama advocacy organization. Let us be clear about what this story alleges: The New York Times charges that McCain-Palin 2008 campaign manager Rick Davis was paid by Freddie Mac until last month, contrary to previous reporting, as well as statements by this campaign and by Mr. Davis himself.

In fact, the allegation is demonstrably false. As has been previously reported, Mr. Davis separated from his consulting firm, Davis Manafort, in 2006. As has been previously reported, Mr. Davis has seen no income from Davis Manafort since 2006. Zero. Mr. Davis has received no salary or compensation since 2006. Mr. Davis has received no profit or partner distributions from that firm on any basis—weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual—since 2006. Again, zero. Neither has Mr. Davis received any equity in the firm based on profits derived since his financial separation from Davis Manafort in 2006.

Further, and missing from the Times’ reporting, Mr. Davis has never—never—been a lobbyist for either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Mr. Davis has not served as a registered lobbyist since 2005.

Though these facts are a matter of public record, the New York Times, in what can only be explained as a willful disregard of the truth, failed to research this story or present any semblance of a fairminded treatment of the facts closely at hand. The paper did manage to report one interesting but irrelevant fact: Mr. Davis did participate in a roundtable discussion on the political scene with...Paul Begala.

Again, let us be clear: The New York Times—in the absence of any supporting evidence—has insinuated some kind of impropriety on the part of Senator McCain and Rick Davis. But entirely missing from the story is any significant mention of Senator McCain’s long advocacy for, and co-sponsorship of legislation to enact, stricter oversight and regulation of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—dating back to 2006. Please see the attached floor statement on this issue by Senator McCain from 2006.

To the central point our campaign has made in the last 48 hours: The New York Times has never published a single investigative piece, factually correct or otherwise, examining the relationship between Obama campaign chief strategist David Axelrod, his consulting and lobbying clients, and Senator Obama. Likewise, the New York Times never published an investigative report, factually correct or otherwise, examining the relationship between Former Fannie Mae CEO Jim Johnson and Senator Obama, who appointed Johnson head of his VP search committee, until the writing was on the wall and Johnson was under fire following reports from actual news organizations that he had received preferential loans from predatory mortgage lender Countrywide.

Therefore this “report” from the New York Times must be evaluated in the context of its intent and purpose. It is a partisan attack falsely labeled as objective news. And its most serious allegations are based entirely on the claims of anonymous sources, a familiar yet regretful tactic for the paper.

We all understand that partisan attacks are part of the political process in this country. The debate that stems from these grand and sometimes unruly conversations is what makes this country so exceptional. Indeed, our nation has a long and proud tradition of news organizations that are ideological and partisan in nature, the Huffington Post and the New York Times being two such publications. We celebrate their contribution to the political fabric of America. But while the Huffington Post is utterly transparent, the New York Times obscures its true intentions—to undermine the candidacy of John McCain and boost the candidacy of Barack Obama—under the cloak of objective journalism.

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I can’t be the only one that is getting sick of open borders leftists and the environmental fascist movement? Now we can’t enforce the laws because it will hurt he desert? Where do these moon bats get off? This is the kind of crap we are going to get if we elect a Marxist president with a moon bat senate and house. Hell we can’t even drill for OUR OWN natural resources anymore.

Now we are to believe that the U.S. Border Patrol is abusing aliens. Nope, I don't think so. Just because some blame America first, leftards says something is happening doesn't mean it is true.

Arizona Group Accuses Border Patrol of Routinely Abusing Illegal Aliens

Thursday, September 18, 2008

By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer

(CNSNews.com) – No More Deaths, an Arizona group that favors amnesty for illegal aliens, issued a report Wednesday alleging that U.S. Border Patrol agents routinely mistreat illegal aliens, a charge disputed by the Border Patrol, which says it investigates all reports of abuse and holds agents accountable for their treatment of illegal aliens.



In addition to chronicling alleged abuses of illegal aliens, the report concludes with “Faith Based Principles for Immigration Reform.” The first of these is: “Recognize that the current Militarized Border Enforcement Strategy is an ill-conceived policy.” The second is: “Address the status of undocumented persons currently living in the US.”



“The border blockade strategy has militarized the US-Mexico border, which drives migrants into remote desert regions yet has failed to stem the flow of immigrants into the United States,” the explanation of the first principle states.



“Further, the fragile desert environment has sustained severe damage as a result of migrants moving through remote desert regions and responding enforcement patrols,” it adds.(Read the rest of the story here)

When I was watching the Wild practice today at REA I got to thinking; which logos are
gone and which logos stay? What will a million dollars remove. You also have to wonder what will be put back in it’s place. There will be a lot of empty space.

The Rink Rat had a pretty good post in the logo article that I wrote this weekend.
Check it out:

I’ve long been of the opinion that the most practical move for the University is to keep the logo and nickname, and just live with the consequences. I think they could make a pretty penny on special “tournament edition” jerseys that just have “North Dakota” on them in white script on a green jersey.

Meanwhile, the Ralph wouldn’t be able to host NCAA tournament games again. No big deal: the NCAA wants more neutral sites anyway, and besides, there’s no way another regional at the Ralph could top 2006, with the Sioux going to the Frozen Four and Minnesota losing to Holy Cross.

As for the other sports, well, with the transition to D-I, it’ll probably be a while before any of them have to worry about hosting playoff games.

Maybe, when that becomes a concern, they could do something with hockey like what Long Beach State does with baseball. Every other LBSU team is the 49ers, but the baseball team is the Dirtbags (the fact that Jason Giambi is a Dirtbag has given me no shortage of amusement). Maybe the hockey team could stay the Sioux to keep Ralph’s will happy, then they could change the name of the other teams.

Cross Posted @ Goon’s World

I am beginning to see the writing on the wall, as many other Sioux fans are as well. The name Fighting Sioux and the current logo are all but gone, get your jerseys while you can.

What replaces the once proud Fighting Sioux name is still a mystery and up for debate. It is no mystery that I am a wave the flag proud Fighting Sioux fan, I will always be, however, because of political correctness run a muck and feel good hand wringing **liberalism** the Fighting Sioux name and logo will be gone placed on the scrap heap of history. This ladies and gentleman is a disgrace and should not happen.

Debate & controversy There is light surrounding the Fighting Sioux logo issue - and it might come sooner than originally expected. ---Ryan Johnson
Terms of the state’s lawsuit settlement with the NCAA concerning the Fighting Sioux logo and nickname allow North Dakota to seek tribal approval of the moniker until Nov. 2010. But according to North Dakota State University System (NDUS) Chancellor William Goetz, that amount of time to wait for a resolution to the issue is too long.

Goetz said in an article published by the Grand Forks Herald on Saturday that the state needs to have a plan ready by 2010 for the transition. He said the transition wouldn’t necessarily be a change in the nickname, but instead some kind of compromise with the tribal leaders and state officials to make the name more acceptable.

He also stressed the emotional impact of the controversy surrounding the name, adding that the issue has been damaging for UND. “This cannot continue,” he said in the interview. “We need to bring this to a final resolution.”

Goetz was unavailable for comment with The Dakota Student as of publication.

UND’s impact

University President Robert Kelley stressed that no matter what the transition will be, the issue should be resolved sooner rather than later.

“I think the issue here for us is what’s best for the University of North Dakota,” he said. “There’s not much to be gained by just letting this run out until the end with a whimper.”

He said he believes that Goetz’s comments show that he is trying to accelerate the process in order to finish what needs to be done eventually.

“He’s putting together a committee that is working with the constituents that were named in the NCAA settlement, and I think he would like to try now to push this along,” he said.

The State Board of Higher Education is in charge of meeting the requirements of the lawsuit settlement, and UND is not involved with the transition effort. The state and university will eventually take action based on his recommendation.

“The university right now is neutral,” Kelley said. “We’re not in the mix.”

In reading the first part of the article is is apparent that there is nothing new, the same stuff we have been talking about, for years ad nauseam. I do want to bring up that after the lawsuit and settlement UND fans have not had any leadership on this issue from anyone in the legislature, the executive branch nor from team North Dakota. No one has stepped up to bring this issue to a close. It is almost as if North Dakota State University System (NDUS) Chancellor William Goetz has has this issue thrown in is lap and he has been told to deal with this, bring this to a close. To say it is a political hot potato is an understatement. 

So it doesn’t shock me that we have come to this point in the debate. None of our elected leaders have the stomach to fight this issue anymore, most Sioux fans I have talked to are tired of it as well.

Lets be honest; team North Dakota doesn’t want to alienate one of their key voting blocks so don’t expect any help from Dorgan, Conrad or Pomeroy, however, by not stepping up they are also alienating another key part of their voting block; you and I. It is part of the left’s divide and conquer politics and they have successfully gotten their way. I see this as a shake down and a vocal minority has gotten its way. Also, what has North Dakota Governor John Hoven done on this issue nothing.

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UND’s future

Goetz also said in the interview that “all parties need to understand there will be some type of a transition.” According to Kelley, whatever changes take place will require an attempt at being an inclusive step forward for the university.

He said that even if the nickname changes, it will still be a part of UND’s history. “We are what we are, and we will be what we will be,” he said. “If our traditions do evolve, that doesn’t mean that we forget our history.”

Kelley added that his role in the transition will be to ensure that everything goes smoothly in the midst of changes.

“I feel like my job depending on what the state board does is to provide leadership for the university so that all of us can move forward together, so that we come out of this strong together as a university community,” he said.

He said that it will also be important for students and other groups to have some say in the changes.

“Clearly students have to have a strong voice in what we look like going forward, as do faculty and members of our community and all the different groups within our student body,” he said. “I think all of us would like to have some place at the table as we decide our future, and part of my job will be to ensure that that happens.”
Kelley said that he was interested in the idea of involving North Dakota high school students in the resolution process since they will be impacted by the changes as well.

This is what I think about this last part of the article, I don’t think it is worthy of paper work in the bathroom, it’s bull shit. This line of thinking makes my blood boil and my blood pressure spike. This is what I said about the matter over on Sioux Sports. This is a horrible idea and if this happens the alumni, students and fans of the University of North Dakota have been hoodwinked by the administration. We can not allow this to happen.

That is a bad idea, the people that should decide this is the Alumni, present students… I don’t think kids that may never go to UND should have a say in the matter. In fact it will trivialize the Fighting Sioux name. This is a horrible idea. This isn’t some goofy contest this is our university replacement for a historic name and logo.

People have been wondering how to pay for the million dollars it is going to take to remove the thousands of Fighting Sioux logos in the hockey arena. Let the pro-name change people send in their donations. Maybe Myles Brand would like to pay for some of it as well. Come one folks step up, make a contribution. I suppose the state is going to have to foot the bill for that as well? Some have also suggested that we are going to pay for it via increased ticket prices. I suppose that is possible?

**liberalism definition** --- when we say liberalism we are talking about the extreme left wing of the democratic party. We are not talking about common folk democrats. We are talking about an extreme left wing ideology that has gone unchecked for years and has now gotten its way. I have many great friends of the democratic persuasion and I am not including them in my rant. Those who I am talking about know who they are...
Cross posted @ Goon’s World…

Funny this isn’t in the news but Mark Foley will not be going to jail. What is also funny is that this isn’t a bigger story; I am kind of puzzled?

What is even more puzzling is that federal agents found 90,000 in cash in Rep. William Jefferson's freezer last year in his Washington home and this ethically challenged potential felon is allowed to run for reelection. Something is rotten in Washington, D.C. I am sick and tired of the double standards.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Former Congressman Mark Foley is off the hook.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says Foley will not be facing state criminal charges for allegedly sending salacious computer messages to underage male pages.

Officials say they couldn’t prove the authenticity of the chats and that too much time had passed since the February 2003 messages to bring any charges.

Back in July, the Justice Department advised Foley’s lawyer that the Florida Republican would not face any federal charges

Foley resigned from Congress in 2006 after being confronted with illicit e-mails and instant messages he was purported to have sent to Capitol Hill pages. Those are high school students who run errands for lawmakers and learn about Congress.

Okay lefties lets get this straight here are the facts from fact check.

Sliming Palin

September 8, 2008

False Internet claims and rumors fly about McCain’s running mate.

Summary

We’ve been flooded for the past few days with queries about dubious Internet postings and mass e-mail messages making claims about McCain’s running mate, Gov. Palin. We find that many are completely false, or misleading.

Palin did not cut funding for special needs education in Alaska by 62 percent. She didn’t cut it at all. In fact, she increased funding and signed a bill that will triple per-pupil funding over three years for special needs students with high-cost requirements.

She did not demand that books be banned from the Wasilla library. Some of the books on a widely circulated list were not even in print at the time. The librarian has said Palin asked a “What if?” question, but the librarian continued in her job through most of Palin’s first term.

She was never a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, a group that wants Alaskans to vote on whether they wish to secede from the United States. She’s been registered as a Republican since May 1982.

Palin never endorsed or supported Pat Buchanan for president. She once wore a Buchanan button as a “courtesy” when he visited Wasilla, but shortly afterward she was appointed to co-chair of the campaign of Steve Forbes in the state.

Palin has not pushed for teaching creationism in Alaska’s schools. She has said that students should be allowed to “debate both sides” of the evolution question, but she also said creationism “doesn’t have to be part of the curriculum.”

Posted @ Goon's North Dakota Red Neck...

Wow, this is what I like to see the Democrats in a panic.

By Andrew Ward in Washington

Democratic jitters about the US presidential race have spread to Capitol Hill, where some members of Congress are worried that Barack Obama’s faltering campaign could hurt their chances of re-election.

Party leaders have been hoping to strengthen Democratic control of the House and Senate in November, but John McCain’s jump in the polls has stoked fears of a Republican resurgence.

EDITOR’S CHOICE

In depth: US campaign 2008 - Sep-10Analysis: How the internet drives the US campaign - Sep-11Philip Stephens: A new president and a wake-up call for the west - Sep-11Candidate truce for anniversary - Sep-11Civility jettisoned in race for votes - Sep-10McCain camp mocks PM over Obama - Sep-11A Democratic fundraiser for Congressional candidates said some planned to distance themselves from Mr Obama and not attack Mr McCain.

“If people are voting for McCain it could help Republicans all the way down the ticket, even in a year when the Democrats should be sweeping all before us,” said the fundraiser, a former Hillary Clinton supporter.

“There is a growing sense of doom among Democrats I have spoken to . . . People are going crazy, telling the campaign ‘you’ve got to do something’.”

Concern was greatest among first-term representatives who won seats in traditionally Republican districts in the landslide of 2006. “Several of them face a real fight to hold on to those seats,” the fundraiser said.

Tony Podesta, a senior Democratic lobbyist, said members of Congress were “a little nervous” after Mr McCain shook up the race with his choice of Sarah Palin as running mate and intensified attacks on Mr Obama.

“Republicans have been on the offensive for the past two weeks . . . You don’t win elections on the defensive.”

(read the whole story here)

Cross posted @ Goon's North Dakota Red Neck...

Looks like the Democrats are finally already starting to realize what a lot of conservatives probably already knew. While NOBAMA thought this was going to be a coronation and they were already sizing up the drapes are finding out this is far from being a slam dunk. Now democrats are realizing that a inexperience candidate with a paper thin resume and questionable friends is not doing as good as they thought…

Polls showing John McCain tied or even ahead of Barack Obama are stirring angst and second-guessing among some of the Democratic Party’s most experienced operatives, who worry that Obama squandered opportunities over the summer and may still be underestimating his challenges this fall.

“It’s more than an increased anxiety,” said Doug Schoen, who worked as one of Bill Clinton’s lead pollsters during his 1996 reelection and has worked for both Democrats and independents in recent years. “It’s a palpable frustration. Deep-seated unease in the sense that the message has gotten away from them.”

Joe Trippi, a consultant behind Howard Dean’s flash-in-the-pan presidential campaign in 2004 and John Edwards’ race in 2008, said the Obama campaign was slow to recognize how the selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as McCain’s running mate would change the dynamic of the race.

“They were set up to run ‘experience versus change,’ what they had run [against Hillary] Clinton,” Trippi said. “And I think Palin clearly moved that to be change [and] reform, versus change. They are adjusting to that and that threw them off balance a little bit.”

A major Democratic fundraiser described it a good bit more starkly after digesting the polls of recent days: “I’m so depressed. It’s happening again. It’s a nightmare.”

Adding to Democratic restlessness, McCain has largely neutralized some issue advantages that have long favored Democrats.

This week’s USA Today/Gallup poll reported a split on which candidate “can better handle the economy”; 48 percent chose Obama while 45 percent said McCain. In late August, Obama had a 16-point edge on the issue. Oh darn… Now I wounder if the lap dog pro-Nobama media will keep spinning the news in NOBAMA favor or will they start reporting it more fairly?

(read the whole story here)

(cross posted @ Goon's North Dakota Redneck)

When are these leftist going to get the memo, you can’t just re-write church doctrine to meet your personal beliefs. I don’t blame these priests for being upset with these clowns.

Seriously John Kerry, Joe Biden Nancy Pelosi what don’t you understand here? You can not just decide which rules of the church you are going to chose to follow and which ones you chose to ignore. The Catholic Church is anti-abortion.

Bishops criticize Biden’s abortion statements—By The Associated Press

Two prominent U.S. Catholic bishops said Tuesday that Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden contradicted church teaching by saying in a weekend interview that determining when human life begins is a “personal and private” matter of religious faith he would not impose on others.

The statement from Cardinal Justin Rigali and Bishop William Lori said Biden, who appeared Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” is the latest case of the U.S. Catholic hierarchy correcting a Catholic politician.

Asked on the program about when life begins, Biden said: “Look, I know when it begins for me. It’s a personal and private issue. For me, as a Roman Catholic, I am prepared to accept the teachings in my church.”

He added that while he believes life begins “at the moment of conception,” it would inappropriate to impose that view on others in a pluralistic society.

The bishops said Biden was right to say human life begins at conception. But the church “does not teach this as matter of faith; it acknowledges it as a matter of objective fact,” they said.

“Protection of innocent human life is not an imposition of personal religious conviction but a demand of justice,” they added.

A spokesman for Biden did not immediately respond Tuesday to requests for comment.

Rigali, of Philadelphia, is chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities. Lori, of Bridgeport, Conn., is chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Doctrine.

Last month, a chorus of bishops issued statements scolding Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for misstating Catholic teaching about when life begins in defense of her support for abortion rights. She accepted an invitation to meet privately with San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer, the bishop of her home diocese, to discuss the matter.

You really have to wonder don’t you?

World wants Obama as president: pollPosted Tue Sep 9, 2008 10:50pm AEST

US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama may be struggling to nudge ahead of his Republican rival in polls at home, but people across the world want him in the White House, a BBC poll said.

All 22 countries covered in the poll would prefer to see Senator Obama elected US president ahead of Republican John McCain.

In 17 of the 22 nations, people expect relations between the US and the rest of the world to improve if Senator Obama wins.

More than 22,000 people were questioned by pollster GlobeScan in countries ranging from Australia to India and across Africa, Europe and South America.

The margin in favour of Senator Obama ranged from 9 per cent in India to 82 per cent in Kenya, while an average of 49 per cent across the 22 countries preferred Senator Obama compared with 12 per cent preferring Senator McCain. Some four in 10 did not take a view.

“Large numbers of people around the world clearly like what Barack Obama represents,” GlobeScan chairman Doug Miller said.

“Given how negative America’s international image is at present, it is quite striking that only one in five think a McCain presidency would improve on the Bush administration’s relations with the world.”

In the United States, three polls taken since the Republican party convention ended on Thursday (local time) show Senator McCain with a lead of 1 to 4 percentage points - within the margin of error - and two others show the two neck-and-neck.

The countries most optimistic that an Obama presidency would improve relations were America’s NATO allies, including Australia (62 per cent).

A similar BBC/Globescan poll conducted ahead of the 2004 U.S presidential election found that, of 35 countries polled, 30 would have preferred to see Democratic nominee John Kerry, rather than the incumbent George Bush, who was elected.

A total of 23,531 people in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Turkey, the UAE, Britain and the United States were interviewed face-to-face or by telephone in July and August 2008 for the poll.

- Reuters

1. Open a new file in your computer.

2. Name it 'Barack Obama'.

3. Send it to the Recycle Bin.


Recycle Bin.

4. Empty the Recycle Bin.

5. Your PC will ask you: ‘Do you really want to get rid of ‘Barack Obama?’

6. Firmly Click ‘Yes.’

7. Feel better?

GOOD! - Tomorrow we’ll do Nancy Pelosi!