Getting back to Pittsburgh reality now that last weekend’s Rickrolls are complete, let’s look at some news, shall we?
For those of you who only read the front page of the Post Gazette, you would have failed to notice page A-6. On page A-6 was an article letting people know that Obama was back in town to speak, or actually to listen, at Community College of Beaver County. Come on, PG! Hell, when supporters for Clinton were in town, they received front page treatment. At least try to maintain some semblance of objectiveness for the campaign and that you’re not a shill for the Clinton machine. Speaking of which, I haven’t added in articles for this past weekend due to inebriation but the campaign watch totals should be updated by tomorrow.
Pitt, in the wake of victory over Georgetown Saturday night is seeded Fourth in the South Bracket for the NCAA Tournament. So, being logistical, Pitt is headed south west to Denver this this Thursday. The end of the regular season was highly disappointing, especially against other Big East teams, but they played some great ball at Madison Square Garden. Let’s see if they can get past the Elite Eight this year. I’m having trouble finishing my bracket. I won my company’s pool last year… I’m hoping for a repeat.
I hate baseball, but the results of this poll should be wildly amusing. My prediction for the Pirates: 55-107.
Dear Post-Gazette:
I know you’re a Clinton shill, but try to give a balanced perspective of both Democratic Candidates. To hold you accountable, Our Chief Political Correspondent and I will be counting both the number of front page articles (and all articles) about each candidate and their frequency. Stories about both candidates, like those about them courting the boy-mayor will not count.
Today’s initial count for March 11 (attempts will be made to back-date this to March 5, the day PA was thrown into prominence after Clinton’s shamelessness):
Clinton: 5
Obama: 1 (And that one grabbed from the AP)
For those playing at home you can follow along online. I’ll come up with some scoring system that hopefully is fair to both candidates.
Adding one more thing that I wrote about a
Clinton backer pulling the race card:
Obama camp calls for Clinton to drop Ferraro. And just so everyone’s clear, this is not the first gaff, but comes as part of a series of them from Clinton supporters.
Let’s also knock down Clinton a couple more pegs.
She “managed crisis” with Sinbad, Sheryl Crow and her daughter.
Susan Rice, a foreign policy adviser to Obama, mocked Clinton for her claim of having made a corkscrew landing into Bosnia under the threat of sniper fire, when, as Rice pointed out, she made the trip with Chelsea, Sheryl Crow and Sinbad.
“In fact, it was a meet-and-greet and concert with the troops,” said Rice.
And now Clinton has Sinbad himself ripping on her for it.
What else? Oh, that claim about the Northern Ireland:
Hillary Clinton had no direct role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland and is a “wee bit silly” for exaggerating the part she played, according to Lord Trimble of Lisnagarvey, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and former First Minister of the province.
So, I now speak to the Post-Gazette: Where are these stories?
