Not A Blagojevich

If you read yesterday, you may now be thinking "Waitaminnit, if the dude yesterday was a lobbyist and he was in Players, why is this lobbyist dude in Classics?" ANd the answer is, Bart Stupak (whose birthday is today, every four years) served as a U.S. Representative from Michigan from 1993-2011. So he's retired. Kinda.

Oh, and Happy Birthday Mr. Stupak!

But he needed the money!

Happy Birthday Jack Abramoff!

I think he's out of jail, he can probably read this.

Just in case you thought corrupt lobbyists never contributed anything to American culture, check out this man's modern Ulysses...

He's no Byrd...

Happy Birthday Carte Goodwin!

Mr. Goodwin is an attorney who was "appointed" to the Senate upon the death of Robert Byrd. To his credit, he served and then returned to private practice and… now he's going to run for a WV House seat? NO, you can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia.

Overshadowy?

Tim Kaine is not like Joe Lieberman. He is not gonna just sit back and do nothing, not when he has twelve years of experience in politics in his skill set. So Mr. Kaine is running for Jim Webb's vacated senate seat in Pennsylvania. Read his wiki entry to find out why he was not the 2008 Vice Presidential candidate to run alongside President Barack Obama.

Oh, and Happy Birthday Tim!

WOOOOOOO!

"For those who believe, no explanation is necessary; for those who do not believe, no explanation will suffice." -Joseph Dunninger

No discussion of politics in our country would be complete without some mention of "the Man". You've heard of Him; no one elected Him, He answers to no one, He is often the scapegoat for all manner of ills , and just as often gets away scott free.

So Happy Birthday, Ric, to The Man who overcomes all obstacles on His path to glory. 

I'll ConnectiCUT ya

I am not somebody who thinks term limits are the right solution to our problems with machine-politics in Federal Government. When I see somebody like Joe Lieberman suddenly deciding to not run again after decades of beltway life, though, I always wonder what his motive is. Why now? What changed behind the scenes?

Happy Birthday Mr. Lieberman!

Why, no, I actually haven't...

I haven't read anything S. E. Cupp has written. In fact, I had never even heard of her before. Had you?

I have now, though. Happy Birthday Ms. Cupp!