The Daily Five: Pick The Real Tour Name

1. Giuliani's first event since he got the vapors? He's raising money in Rochester, New York tonight..... Rush Limbaugh is apparently in reruns until the caucuses, per NRO...former NH Sen. Bob Smith endorses Duncan Hunter...

2. Good for her: an Iowan actually has the temerity to question ethanol subsidies......The nation's leading gay newspaper, the Washington Blade, endorses Hillary Clinton.....Chelsea and Dorothy Rodham join

3. Five of the following campaign tour names are entirely made up. The rest, unfortunately, are real.

(a) The Big Challenges, Real Solutions Tour
(b) America Rising
(c) Fighting for America's Voice Tour
(d) Working for Change, Finding Common Ground Tour
(e) The Ignore What Bill Says Now But Remember How Great A President He Was Tour
(f) Every County Counts Tour
(g) Every Kum - n Go Counts Tour
(h) Stand For Change Tour
(i) Lean For Change Tour
(j) The "Clear Conservative Choice: Hands Down!" Tour
(k) The Happy Fun Lucky Candidate's Tour
(l) The Optimistic Words That Everyone Can Agree With Tour

4. A correspondent objects to a comment that repeats the libel about Obama and the Muslim religion. As much as I despise the sentiment the writer expresses, I really don't have the time or inclination to delete comments that, however dimly, have bearing on the subject at hand, although I do reserve the right to delete comments at will and with no prior or subsequent explanation.

People's reactions are their reactions, and some of them may be odious, like this one. Comments represent the views of those who write them; I will not excuse the writer's ignorance by giving the writer the satisfaction of seeing his (or her) assertion declared out of bounds.

In general, comments by you folks do not represent the views or opinions of The Atlantic (apparently, no longer the Atlantic Monthly), the Atlantic Media Group, its editors, executives, authors, financiers, fans or IT technicians.

(5) The final installment of this edition of The Table. Again, I'm not much to look at, but this isn't about me, is it?

Comments

Marc, I think you're both intelligent and HANDSOME!

Posted by leftofcenter | December 23, 2007 10:32 PM

Aw, Marc. You shouldn't put yourself down like that. I thought you came across beautifully. It did not hurt, of course, that your comments were more substantive than Ross or Matt's. I will say that to me, they were more interesting communicators, partly because they offer opinion while you mainly do reporting. But they do share a propensity for winging it, of having opinions on subjects on which they really have little special familiarity. I appreciated how, in particular, you backed up almost every single one of your claims with examples.

Would you pass along a message for Ross please?

Tell him I'm looking forward to his new book on Sam's club. Also, if you could, tell him that the best conservatives often have a dandyish twist to them, and that he does too, though he often hides it under a carnivorous American garb. We know you eat meat, Ross, and that you also wrestle yaks. But even if you didn't do this, we love you just the way you are.

Also, if I may add, tell Matt that I adore him, but that the glasses make me take him less seriously than I should. He comes across as too hot and attractive to be a source of wisdom. Tolstoy, if you remember, grew a silver grey beard. It's not everything, but it helps.

Apologies for the frank nature of these remarks. They come from a burning desire to re-shuffle the information flow, and write to the writers for a change. Best of luck with everything else.

A faithful reader.

Posted by Aw, MArc | December 24, 2007 4:44 AM