Tired out from the election, covid, the countdown? Read a slightly different take on it all in Random Thoughts, a column by Rocci Fisch who has a little something to say about practically everything.
The press is . . . about three current “scandals” facing theObamaadministration: theIRS under fire for targeting conservatives, the aftermath of the raid onBenghazi (again) andAssociated Pressphone records seized involving anal-Qaedaplot.
. . . . Their mouths are watering. They smell a rat.
. . . . A friend of mine called them the “gutter” press.
President Obamasaid at theWhite House Correspondents’ Dinnerover the weekend that for his second term he wanted a little burst of energy and a bit of change for his next four years.
. . .So he “grew” bangs to look like wifeMichelledid when she needed some change.
. . .Pictures of the chief executive werePhotoshoppedand bangs were put on his head that they showed on bigTV screensin the room (Washington Hilton Hotel).
. . .Congress, that is. The plaintiffs came back fromChristmasbreak to deal with the budget package so the country doesn’t fall off the cliff.
. . .Now here comes the judge. (“Here Comes the Judge” –Pigmeat Markham,1968onChess Recordsand byShorty LongonSoul Records, also1968– two separate songs.)
. . .Speaker of the HouseJohn Boehnerlikes holding up a giant gavel that’s as big as a croquet mallet to show that he’s still in charge even though a plan he had on the docket for tax hikes was rejected by conservatives.
“This storm is amonster,” saidGeorge Stephanopoulosin one breath and in the next got right down to politics and began talking with “This Week” first guest of the morning,Stephanie Cutter,Obama’sdeputy campaign manager, who appears on anything at the drop of a hat.
. . .To get the message out.
. . . “George,” asABCalways affectionately refers to him, talks fast, likes to move things right along -- at breakneck speed with hardly a pause at the end of a sentence. Barely time to take a breath.
PRE-SHOW:Katherine Schwarzenegger, along with sometime co-hostChris Jacobs, gave a preview on the debate onEntertainment Tonight,Hollywoodstyle. She must be a “contributor” to the show; they’re a dime a dozen.
. . .She looks just like her motherMaria. She’s got the looks and the dangling hair, except her tresses are dark.
. . .“The debate tonight may decide the election,” she predicted.