P.S.
I'm taking Monday off, so you'll have to do without the Hot Potatoes until Tuesday a.m. (unless, of course, I get time to blog from home. You might want to check in over the weekend).
FRIDAY, NOV. 5, 2004
Headlines @ Closin' Time
*Despondent Dems fleeing to Canada? Immigration website shows big spike in wake of President Bush's victory/WorldNetDaily: They shouldn't let the door hit 'em in the butt on the way out.*Bush wins Iowa: Gives president total of 286 electoral votes/Associated Press: Paint it bee-you-tiful red, baybee.…
Travels with Bayview Herb (South Dakota)
As I desert Indianapolis, I have left several things behind...A new Governor in Indiana, four new senators, four more representatives...History will never record this, but as I passed the hundreds of Daschle campaign signs in South Dakota, I hissed appropriately, putting a hex upon him.…
Peanut Gallery (Kootenai County vote)
Thanks for the compliments on the elections. My staff and poll workers did a great job and certainly deserve most of the credit. Now here's some interesting tidbits for all the political trivia buffs that demonstrates the intensity of the race for President. For various…
Peanut Gallery (Crime & Not Much Punishment)
Good Morning Dave, Today's S-R reports on the sentencing of Mr. Cory Preston an admitted and convicted child (baby) rapist. For twice raping and nearly killing a 3 year old boy he's to receive a total of 13.5 years in prison thanks to our U.S.…
Peanut Gallery (Sanders Beach)
I read both the Review’s and the Press’s articles today about six of the Sanders Beach property owners wanting the city to stop its legal action. Lotsa fizzle, no sizzle. With his irrelevant concern and speculation about who actually penned the lawsuit documents, I can…
Peanut Gallery (Brand X political ads)
You weren’t kidding. The long knives are out for Mike Gridley (pictured). Just compare the Hagadone story and your paper’s story (S-R here and Brand X here).I think the bias is crystal clear. In the Brand X story, the Mayor Bloem talks about the situation…
Gridley's onto something
You've read about the current flap in which City Attorney Mike Gridley, an unsuccessful candidate for the state Legislature, has accused the Coeur d'Alene Press of giving preferential treatment to his opponent, Repub Marge Chadderdon.The Coeur d'Alene Press has dismissed Mike's comments as sour grapes.…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.