Thursday, June 25, 2009

♬ Schadenfreude,
Darling Schadenfreude ♬


You've probably asked yourself many times, "Which New York Times columnist would Sempringham most like to have over for dinner?"

This week it's Gail Collins.

An interesting exchange of points of view occurred in the Sempringham household when Mark Sanford appeared at yesterday's mea culpa news conference without his wife by his side (see Vitter, Ensign, Craig).

"Good for him!" I said, thinking he at least had the decency to not drag his innocent wife through the hell he made.

"Good for her!" Suellen answered.

Well, yeah. There's that, too.

Update: Talking Points Memo reads The Washington Times so we don't have to. So it's thanks to them that I can pass along this gem from that hotbed of conservative looniness:
Extramarital affairs, gambling, alcohol abuse, prostitution and sexual pursuit of minors have taken a toll on the GOP.
Among other things.

Later Update:

The New York Times says:
Questions were raised about whether Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina followed proper procedure when he left the state to meet a woman in Buenos Aires.
They have a proper procedure for that?


4 comments:

Jeannelle said...

How'd you pur the musical notes into the post title?

Jeannelle said...

....sorry...that should be "put", not "pur".

Sempringham said...

Jeannelle,

On a Macintosh, you go to the Edit menu and select Special Characters. I haven't used Windows since I retired, and I'm sure there's a way, but ....

sjm said...

Jeanelle,

Just guessing here ... but if you have Word, you might look under Insert > Symbols and then find some "wingdings" type font that has a musical note.

I can look tomorrow when I might have access to a "PC".