« Can the WTO Alleviate Poverty? | Blog Index | Congress Raises the Roof on Debt »

Advertisement

recent entries Why Every Liberal in Your Office Is Depressed Today Biden Addresses (and Readdresses) Partition in Iraq Sarah Palin's Secret Emails Palin's First Year as Mayor: Off With Their Heads! See Ya Later, Joe Palin Is the Right's Obama McCain's Domestic Policies: As Old As He Is McCain's Big Speech: More Prison Cell Than Policy Best Throw Away Line of the Day

The new Paul Hackett: "Some have alleged that our president led us to war on false pretenses. I believe we should look into this."

Hilarious Daily Show clip on Paul Hackett, erstwhile Democratic congressional candidate and subject of this Mother Jones cover story and these follow-ups. Hackett recently dropped his bid for an Ohio Senate seat, claiming he'd been sandbagged by establishment Dems.

Some highlights:

Paul Hackett: "I was asked by Senator Schumer and Senator Reid and others to get out of the race.... They backed away from supporting me because they realized that I'm outspoken, that I believe in what I say and I'm willing to fight for what I
believe in."

Ed Helms: "There's your problem right there."

On today's Democratic Party:

"If you take a look back at the party of FDR ... and ... of Truman and even Kennedy. That was a party that had balls. The new Democratic Party eventually is going to have to get back to that"

By the end of the segment the "Democratic Party machine" has smoothed out Hackett's rough edges ("Try it again, but without the emotion."), and he's back on message:

Hackett: "Some have alleged that our president led us to war on false pretenses. I believe we should look into this.... I believe we should take care of our environment. That's why I'm standing in front of a river."

Voiceover: "Paul Hackett for Senate—because he won't rock the boat."

Posted by Julian Brookes on 03/17/06 at 12:19 PM | E-mail | Print | Digg this | de.licio.us