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Lee Leslie: Favorite quote from SC: "I miss seeing car ads," said Graham, R-S.C.
Jim Smith: And I have to admit that I think you're wrong, Doug. For anybody else in the world who didn't happen to be on the impeachment committee, maybe you are correct, but in Newt's case, he made this OUR business by pressing the issue so noisily against Clinton. The thing about the goose, yeah, bingo. Oh, by the way, there are lots of other reasons to reject Newt, among them the fact that his flipper is as well lubricated as Mitt Romney's.
Doug Couch: I have to admit that I agree with Gingrich on this one. These debates (and I'm about sick of the sheer number of them) should focus on the issues, not candidates' sexual peccadillos. The media has already driven one candidate out of the race by harping on his alleged indiscretions simply because they couldn't wrap their minds around the concept of a conservative Black. It seems so easy to ignore the antics of JFK (and his brothers) and Bill Clinton but make a huge issue over Republicans' personal lives. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
Doug Couch: R.I.P. Etta James. A great musical voice has been silenced.
Lee Leslie: LikeTheDew contributor, Andy Brack in the New York Times - read "Obama, the Grown-Up" in "Room for Debate" at http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/01/19/would-south-carolina-be-better-off-under-a-democrat/obama-the-grown-up-that-south-carolina-needs.
Doug Couch: Ryan Brunn,the confessed killer of 7-year-old Jorelys Rivera, apparently committed suicide while being held at Jackson State Diagnostic Center. Brunn had been sentenced to life in prison without parole and was awaiting assignment to a prison facility. While nothing will bring back that innocent little child or mitigate the horrors she endured at the hands of Brunn, he has, at least, saved the taxpayers a considerable amount of money.
Doug Couch: A Texas woman made it past TSA agents at DFW Wednesday with a small hand gun packed in her bag. Just another example of how our airport security system is just a big show to make the flying cattle feel safe. The rest of the world protects their airlines by looking for terrorists and we are looking for bombs.
David Evans: On Writing: When Susan Sontag was 26, she met William Phillips, one of the founding editors of Partisan Review, at a cocktail party. She asked him how she might write for the journal, and he said, "All you have to do is ask." She replied, "I'm asking."...courtesy The Writer's Almanac
Ron Taylor: Wonder which Republican presidential candidate is looking forward to an endorsement from former GOP chairman Haley Barbour.
Will Cantrell: Would somebody please tell Mitt to stop wearing blue jeans? Just stop it. Now! Presidential candidates must think that by wearing denim, they will either (1) identify with the general populous or (2) gin up their populist appeal. Maybe that works for some candidates, though for the life of me I can’t remember who it might have been. The look doesn’t work for Mitt, however. I believe that Mitt is a populist or identifies with the middle class (and the formerly so) as much as I believe that J-Lo is “…still Jenny from the block.” Stop it!