If your standards for moral authorities are they behave no worse than NAMBLA, ya might wanta reconsider your standards. I didn't think it was possible to have lower standards of conduct than Repubs do politically but now I think I was wrong.. I don't see much difference in their sins except that NAMBLA doesn't consider it a sin and are somewhat upfront with what they're about. I don't see NAMBLA posing as a moral authority telling other people how they should live their lives while they commit and aid and abet child sex abuse but I don't know much about the org. You?

I'm waiting for an honest bright educated conservative to show up. (And Diogenes thought he had it tough.) If yawl're just gonna respond stupidly, why respond at all? Somebody should be along soon to suggest you ignore me. Do us all a favor and take that advice, preferably without commenting on it and making yourself appear stupider.

And you undoubtedly answer to "Hey, Stupid!" I doubt Michelle has said that party food should be healthy. Got a quote?

You can tell they have a strong field because every time somebody new gets in, they immediately poll better than the rest. At this rate it'll be easy to spot the Repubs coming out of the voting booths, they'll be the ones holding their noses.

Couldja cite those polls? Even one poll? Thanks.

Workin' out good. He helped get us out of the economic death spiral he inherited, his bailout of the auto industry is looking wiser by the day, he made killing bin Laden a higher priority and he helped put us on the road to single-payer healthcare. He's getting us out of the wars W helped get us into and called on the Israelis to stop building illegal settlements. Given all the good things he's done, it's be ungrateful to not give him a pass on his golfing and bowling inadequacies.

Reading Carter's first paragraph, on the minds of everyone is . . . he's a moron jousting with Peggy Noonan for the title of American Zeitgeister. You too can make unwarranted conclusions for fun and profit. Don't forget the clown nose and shoes.

Also, there's a lot of stupid people who don't appreciate the differences between being a CEO and being a president of the U.S.

And those observations pertain to parody and satire because . . . ? Generally, conservatives are stupid and tend to elect stupid leaders and have stupid icons. Obviously if you object to those characterizations, you're playin' the stupid card.

The spies were in custody and presumably couldn't do any more harm. Al-Awlaki, OTOH . . .