This item from the Washington Times yesterday set conservatives abuzz with its hot headline, "Obama: Legalize illegals to get them health care." Ah, the quick and simple way to fire up the opposition... say, on the record, that "If anything, this debate underscores the necessity of passing comprehensive immigration reform and resolving the issue of 12 million undocumented people living and working in this country once and for all." Stupid, stupid, and for so many reasons, it turns out....

I have a new post up at the HynesSights blog this morning: "Text-Ed for Political Candidates."

Here's an excerpt:

Last night, The Hill posted this little item, setting out some interesting tidbits about Louisiana Sen. David Vitter’s text/mobile/SMS program, on its website for all to see. Per The Hill:

a political operative recently received a text message from the campaign of Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), he of Deborah Jeane Palfrey fame. Vitter’s camp went with a cheap service, and his message included an ad for ... what else? A dating service.

“Is it true love?” asks the ad. The accompanying link guides users to a website where they can find out if their “crush” feels the same way about them…...

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... the English self-congratulatory thinking about international football begins.

It's hard for me to believe the Beeb hasn't done a "story" yet built around idiot comments by English football commentators about how England will win the World Cup next year because they are the best team ev-ah.

Rest assured that when they do, I'll be sure to catalogue it for future reference like, you know, when England totally fails to win the World Cup in 2010. [intro]