Why We Think Harry Reid Is Constipated

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) is having a lot of problems this week during the Republican National Convention.

First off, through an aide, Reid said he was "very disappointed" with Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman's speech at the Convention Tuesday night.  So much so, Reid, asseuming he's still the Majority Leader next January and Lieberman doesn't become Secretary of State for John McCain he's planning to punish Lieberman and take away his Chairmanship of a key Senate committee.

In the meantime, proving beyond the shadow of a doubt that Reid is indeed facing constipation this week, in describing the RNC speech by Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the Senate Majority Leader used the word "shrill."

We all know that use of the word shrill is a sexist double standard applied against strong women.  This happened to Hillary during the primary campaign.  However Democrats are the masters of the double standards where Joe Biden can make racist remarks about Indian -Americans and liberal commentators can apply stereotypes to African-American Republicans such as Condoleeza Rice.

Cheney and Bush Will Skip RNC

CNN reports that President Bush and Vice President Cheney will skip the Republican convention because of Hurricane Gustav, White House says.

Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Sunday

The Pasadena Star News reports on one of the reasons why Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was snubbed at the recent Democratic National Convention in Denver: the Obama campaign viewed him as being in the same league of another politician and philanderer, John Edwards. The News also slams the Mayor for turning his back on San Gabriel Valley transportation needs and the transit tax scam he and Zev Yaroslavsky are pushing for which will benefit the Westside but be paid for by the entire County.

Liberal blowhard filmmaker Michael Moore suggested that the likely landfall of Hurricane Gustav just prior to the start of the Republican National Convention was a sign that God favored the Democrats. Yes, Mike is a deep thinker. In the meantime, Republican nominees John McCain and Sarah Palin will be joining Mississippi Governor Hayley Barbour for a briefing from the state's emergency officials. The latest word from the Obama bin Biden campagin was that the Democratic nominee has no plans to visit the region but will give a phone call.

The annoucement of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate has proven succesful at least financially for presumptive Republican Presidential nominee John McCain. Friday, the day of the Palin selection, saw a one day total of nearly $7 million in contributions to the McCain campaign.

Michael Cohen writing at LA CityWatch disects the legal battle in last week's closing arguments in the case against Measure R, the shady term limits law in the City of Los Angeles. Cohen makes a good point that the court, should they hand a victory to the city and allow them to put measures on the ballot that cover multiple subjects, could be setting a bad precedent. Cohen rightly notes that the arrogance of City leaders in pushing this kind of fraud on the voters is what's helping to simmer a coming revolution against them such as Ron Kaye's Saving Los Angeles Project.

One of the best Britney Spears impersonators around is a man. Derrick Barry has been a professional Britney impersonator for five years and who was seeking to make the finals in the reality show America's Got Talent but was eliminated in the semi-finals when, according to Wikipedia, he failed to "wow" judge Piers Morgan.