Seemingly, as if the brutal shooting of four police officers in Lakeland, WA wasn't a bad-enough tragedy on its own, the media and blogosphere have discovered yet another "political" angle to work: the suspected gunman, Maurice Clemmons, had been convicted of various crimes in Arkansas some years ago, and had had his sentence commuted by then-Gov. Mike Huckabee.

And of course, the main question which I am sure is on everyone's mind - or at least that fortunate and elite subset of "everyone" who logs on here - is:

WTF has happened to The Forvm?????

Otherwise a thread to get us back to June '09...

I do realize this is thinly- (OK, singly-) sourced, and highly speculative: but Josh Marshall cites an article
from The Times (UK) about the McCain organization's latest "fantastic" idea
to garner media attention and revive a flagging campaign:

Televise Bristol Palin's wedding .

I also realize that "I do not think that word means what you think it means"

While leafing through the New York Times this morning, I first turned, as usual, to the Opinion section, and the featured "contributor" piece on the Op-Ed page was enough to put a palpable chill on an otherwise warm summer's morning. Namely, Israeli historian Benny Morris's rather bland and matter-of-fact invocation of thermonuclear war:

"Using bombs to stave off war"

Well, the latest results are in -- The Democrats' Rules and Bylaws Committee have "finally" resolved the delegate issue for Florida and Michigan today: and the Clinton campaign, once again, has come up short

This just in:

Adm. William Fallon, only recently appointed head of US CENTCOM has resigned - his resignation accepted "reluctantly" by SecDef Gates.

Any idea on what this might portend? The initial take seems to be that differences with the Administration regarding the desirability of an attack on Iran were the proximate cause of the Admiral's departure: and of course, the usual blogosphere suspects are hyperventilating over the imminence of yet another war.

Likely? Unlikely? Stock-up-on-canned-goods-and-bottled-water time?

Mitt Romney calls it quits:

With the following measured and statesmanlike commentary:

Like a few other Forvmites, I am sure, I recently had an email from Erick Erickson of RedState - fundamentally begging for contributions to help defray the costs of their upcoming site redesign.

Nothing really unusual in that, per se: but some of Erick's arguments struck me as being just a tad on the -- well, bizarre side. To wit:

I suppose it's best placed under the "better late than never" rubric, but:

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned .

Score one for the rumor-mill. So, is Chertoff really next in line??

UPDATE: A perusal of blogospheric reactions and speculation today shows DHS Sec'y Chertoff still the favorite (so far): but with a strong second-place showing by the soon-to-be-new-incumbent, Solicitor General Paul Clement: possibly retaining the office due to perceived "problems" with Chertoff (h/t Captain Ed .)

I just saw the links to this on some other blogs, and at first, I thought it was a spoof; but a quick clickthrough revealed that these are, sad to say, indeed the words of Our President : being "interviewed" by none other than Mr. Tact and Grace himself: Rush Limbaugh. (!)

Now President Bush has, of course, the right to seek an outlet for his public statements in whatever venue he wishes: but am I alone here in thinking that choosing Rush Limbaugh's radio show is just a bit on the, err.. demeaning side? I cannot recall ANY sitting President in my lifetime (and reminders of any similar occurrences in recent history will be appreciated) - who has actually sought out as low-end a venue as Rush's radio gas-fest to air his views to the "public".