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The Washington Post's Dana Milbank Tries Writing Comedy; Advice: Keep Your Day Job

I'm not even gonna bother with the link to this WaPo pile of crap coz it ain't worthy of any added exposure. If ya wanna see the whole thing, you can search it up, or you can write directly to "Dana" to ask for it using this link to his e-mail form at WaPo: http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/dana+milbank/

Here's the basics:

Kucinich's Battle Against Cheney Not So (Im)Peachy Keen

By Dana Milbank

Wednesday, April 25, 2007; 8:10 AM

Here Milbanks pokes fun at Kucinich's reference to the Declaration of Independence:

Kucinich did have one thing: a copy of the Declaration of Independence. And he was not afraid to read it. "We hold these truths to be self-evident," the aspiring impeachment manager read at the start of his news conference. He continued all the way through the bit about the right of the people to abolish the government.

Hey, funny stuff Dana, maybe you can get a spot on a late night show with Dennis Miller. Sheez.

Then there is his insightful reference to "USS Kucinich":

A reporter from the Cleveland Plain Dealer encouraged USS Kucinich to contact planet Earth. "But Nancy Pelosi says this is not going anywhere," she pointed out.

But wait, there's more:

Kucinich evidently realized there was no reason for him to get cold feet just because of Cheney's leg.

Now there's a gut buster.

More groaners followed:

Rep. Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), chairman of the House Democratic caucus, was equally dismissive -- "Dennis can do what he wants; I'm not going to support it" -- but used the occasion to try out some Cheney material: "This is the biggest setback for the vice president since oil went under 65 bucks a barrel."

Milbank, now desperate to salvage this piece of dung before deadline goes for the personal cheap shots about the dude's height and hair style next:

Kucinich, however, did not find humor in the matter. Standing perhaps 5 feet 6 inches tall in shoes, he wore a solemn face as he approached the microphones, which nearly reached his eye level. He beckoned to aides, who handed out thick binders detailing the case.

It's a friggin' wonder that Milbank's dressing down didn't include Kucinich's dimensions minus his shoes. But, he did include weighty items like the inclusion of weather and traffic report details from Capitol Hill, along with a fashion statement:

Kucinich read at length from his articles of impeachment, undeterred by rush-hour traffic noise on Independence Avenue ("I'll wait till the truck goes by here," he said at one point) and wind that ruffled his text and the few strands of his hair that were insufficiently weighted by Brylcreem.

I include a quote from Clarence Darrow in the sidebar here on BloggerRadio that goes like this:

"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it." --Clarence Darrow

Milbank's piece prompts me to take poetic license with the Darrow quote"

"When I was a boy I was told that any stupid hack could become a journalist for the Washington Post; Dana Milbank has proven that to be true." --DA

Apparently it has escaped WaPo and Milbank's attention that more than half of the American electorate will appreciate Dennis Kucinich's efforts despite the fact that they have a snowball's chance in hell of succeeding. Outside of the 495 Capitol Beltway ... out here where a majority of us voted last November to instruct our elected representatives to right this listing ship ... only "USS Kucinich" has the cannon and the balls to at least TRY to do our bidding. Some DUDE named "Dana" sure as hell wouldn't. 

My guess is that "Dana" is simply jealous that fellow WaPo columnist Michael Wilbon got a gig covering the NBA, so to keep up with the basketball Jones' Dana thought he'd try his hand at comedy writing. My review: He sucks at it.

So, if ya wanna actually get some meaningful headlines try TruthOut.org and skip ALL the mainstream media junk.

The Washington Post's Dana Milbank Tries Writing Comedy; Advice: Keep Your Day Job

I'm not even gonna bother with the link to this WaPo pile of crap coz it ain't worthy of any added exposure. If ya wanna see the whole thing, you can search it up, or you can write directly to "Dana" to ask for it using this link to his e-mail form at WaPo: http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/dana+milbank/

Here's the basics:

Kucinich's Battle Against Cheney Not So (Im)Peachy Keen

By Dana Milbank

Wednesday, April 25, 2007; 8:10 AM

Here Milbanks pokes fun at Kucinich's reference to the Declaration of Independence:

Kucinich did have one thing: a copy of the Declaration of Independence. And he was not afraid to read it. "We hold these truths to be self-evident," the aspiring impeachment manager read at the start of his news conference. He continued all the way through the bit about the right of the people to abolish the government.

Hey, funny stuff Dana, maybe you can get a spot on a late night show with Dennis Miller. Sheez.

Then there is his insightful reference to "USS Kucinich":

A reporter from the Cleveland Plain Dealer encouraged USS Kucinich to contact planet Earth. "But Nancy Pelosi says this is not going anywhere," she pointed out.

But wait, there's more:

Kucinich evidently realized there was no reason for him to get cold feet just because of Cheney's leg.

Now there's a gut buster.

More groaners followed:

Rep. Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), chairman of the House Democratic caucus, was equally dismissive -- "Dennis can do what he wants; I'm not going to support it" -- but used the occasion to try out some Cheney material: "This is the biggest setback for the vice president since oil went under 65 bucks a barrel."

Milbank, now desperate to salvage this piece of dung before deadline goes for the personal cheap shots about the dude's height and hair style next:

Kucinich, however, did not find humor in the matter. Standing perhaps 5 feet 6 inches tall in shoes, he wore a solemn face as he approached the microphones, which nearly reached his eye level. He beckoned to aides, who handed out thick binders detailing the case.

It's a friggin' wonder that Milbank's dressing down didn't include Kucinich's dimensions minus his shoes. But, he did include weighty items like the inclusion of weather and traffic report details from Capitol Hill, along with a fashion statement:

Kucinich read at length from his articles of impeachment, undeterred by rush-hour traffic noise on Independence Avenue ("I'll wait till the truck goes by here," he said at one point) and wind that ruffled his text and the few strands of his hair that were insufficiently weighted by Brylcreem.

I include a quote from Clarence Darrow in the sidebar here on BloggerRadio that goes like this:

"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it." --Clarence Darrow

Milbank's piece prompts me to take poetic license with the Darrow quote"

"When I was a boy I was told that any stupid hack could become a journalist for the Washington Post; Dana Milbank has proven that to be true." --DA

Apparently it has escaped WaPo and Milbank's attention that more than half of the American electorate will appreciate Dennis Kucinich's efforts despite the fact that they have a snowball's chance in hell of succeeding. Outside of the 495 Capitol Beltway ... out here where a majority of us voted last November to instruct our elected representatives to right this listing ship ... only "USS Kucinich" has the cannon and the balls to at least TRY to do our bidding. Some DUDE named "Dana" sure as hell wouldn't. 

My guess is that "Dana" is simply jealous that fellow WaPo columnist Michael Wilbon got a gig covering the NBA, so to keep up with the basketball Jones' Dana thought he'd try his hand at comedy writing. My review: He sucks at it.

So, if ya wanna actually get some meaningful headlines try TruthOut.org and skip ALL the mainstream media junk.