The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Everyone’s an Editor
“Indonesian Court Slashes Radical Cleric’s Sentence”–headline, Associated Press, Oct. 26
Out on a Limb
“Panetta Doubts North Korea Will Give Up Nukes”–headline, Associated Press, Oct. 27
Somalia’s Minnesotan Population Grows–Now That Would Be News
“New Census Data: Minnesota’s Somali Population Grows”–headline, Associated Press, Oct. 27
News of the Tautological
“Broken Window Rains Down Glass”–headline, KTBC-TV website (Austin, Texas), Oct. 26
Your Feet’s Too Big
Over a decade ago, then-First Lady Hillary Clinton bigfooted Rep. Nita Lowey out of a run for the U.S. Senate. Now, New York’s Daily News reports, the septuagenarian solon is “squashing” rumors that she’s been pushed out of her seat to make room for the secretary of state’s daughter:
NY-18 Rep. Nita Lowey’s office says it’s not true she’s leaving the office she won in 1988 to pave the way for a Chelsea Clinton bid for Congress.
A New Rochelle blog, Talk of the Sound, ran a story [yesterday] afternoon which said, in part, that “[Miss] Clinton has been approached by “the right people” in the New York Democratic Party, according to one source in Albany. While no decision has been made, [Miss] Clinton is said to be “actively considering” a Congressional run from New York State in 2012.
UPDATE: “This is 100% false. She is not running for Congress in the 18th District or any other,” said Clinton spokesman Matt McKenna.
Isn’t this political dynasty business getting ridiculous anyway? At this rate, who’ll run for office next, Amy Carter? Patti Davis? George W.–oh wait, never mind.
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