News & Views - March 31, 2008

WRESTLEMANIA XXIV: In case you missed the greatest sports/entertainment spectacular in the world last night, “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair has been forced into retirement after 35 years in the ring, boxer Floyd Mayweather brass-knuckled Big Show, and The Undertaker extended his undefeated streak at Wrestlemania to 16-0 and is the new WWE Heavyweight Champion of the World. We now return you to Barack and Hillary…

BABIES ARE “PUNISHMENTS”?

“Look, I got two daughters - 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”

- Barack Obama

HILLARY THE MAGNIFICENT

“What struck me as the best commentary on the Bosnia story came from a poster called GI Joe who wrote in to a news blog: ‘Actually Mrs. Clinton was too modest. I was there and saw it all. When Mrs. Clinton got off the plane the tarmac came under mortar and machine gun fire. I was blown off my tank and exposed to enemy fire. Mrs. Clinton without regard to her own safety dragged me to safety, jumped on the tank and opened fire, killing 50 of the enemy.’

“Soon a suicide bomber appeared, but Mrs. Clinton stopped the guards from opening fire. ‘She talked to the man in his own language and got him [to] surrender. She found that he had suffered terribly as a result of policies of George Bush. She defused the bomb vest herself.’ Then she turned to his wounds. ‘She stopped my bleeding and saved my life. Chelsea donated the blood.’”

- Columnist Peggy Noonan

THE NEXT GENERATION

If you want a look at a future potential political all-star on the Right, read this column about Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindahl.

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