while not political...

This story does remind me of why I have a policy that forbids voting for any candidate who insists on having their favorite nickname on the ballot. I mean, really, in quotations in the middle of their given name? What good can come of that? Probably the sort of person willing to lock up the opposition party in a coat closet till they starve to death and then eat the remains. Of, wait, that was DeLay. And there they are, those damn quotes around his nickname. Freak.

BUFFALO, New York (AP) -- A day after swaggering into court and admitting killing one state trooper and wounding two others, a former fugitive pleaded guilty Thursday to a jail escape that led to the largest manhunt in state history.

"Guilty as hell," Ralph "Bucky" Phillips said when asked by a judge how he wished to plead.

Ulterior motives?

I have to wonder if Pres. Clinton might have some ulterior motives with this latest push. Perhaps he is just trying to make the next crop of prospects safer? I recall he enjoys a pretty big age delta...

A foundation headed by Bill Clinton has negotiated a deal to make HIV/Aids treatment cheaper for children, the former US president has announced.

President Sac?

Do Americans vote based on appearance, on name, solely on superficial attributes? Well, let's see if this man wins:

President Vilsack?

You can look back to Kennedy vs. Nixon in 1960, the dawn of TV. You could talk about Bush (41) towering over Michael Dukakis. Or just having smaller eyebrows than him. Was Bubba the sexiest in 1992, wailing on his sax and wooing all the ladies? I just don't think you will ever have a President Vilsack. Scrotum men are out, even if they would fit uniquely well in the Oval Office.