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'Morning Molly!

In re J. Simpson Smackdown: Yes, Nobama slammed Jessica Simpson during the Matt Lauer interview (one of the few times they didn't have audio problems, hehehe). Lauer made a remark about a magazine cover in which a picture was cropped so that Nobama was obscured from view, leaving Michelle and the 2 girls visible. Where Nobama would have been, the magazine plastered a pic of Jessica Simpson. Lauer mentioned this, and Nobama, trying to act faux put-off, said, 'Yeah, and she's fighting a weight problem, too, from the looks of it.' It wasn't a very funny remark (I mean, what guy goes out of his way to call a woman fat? Sheesh!)

The whole interview was inappropriate for a Super Bowl, and how come nobody mentioned that, when Lauer brought up the BCS issue, Nobama couldn't remember who Florida played (Oklahoma), if he is so in tune with college football??? He sputtered when talking about Florida, saying, 'Now, Florida, don't you wish you had played...uh...uh...uh...all the rest of teams in a championship game?' But he is SOOO smart...;-))

In re Hentoff: Where was he most recently? I heard that he was let go from somewhere big recently. I always thought he was a little bombastic, but maybe I have him confused with somebody else (like Savage or somebody ;-))

And did you know: Byron York has announced that he is leaving National Review, as of next Monday, to be the Washington Examiner as chief political correspondent! Apparently he will be writing daily, so now you have a new source to check in the morning: ExaminerPolitics.com...;-))

Whoa! Didn't know that about York...NRO's loss...unlike Frum. LOL!

Hentoff was let go by the Village Voice, IF I'm remembering correctly!

Don't know if the Wash Times thing is regular, but Hentoff is sure strong on the free speech issue.

Has the Gregg decision been announced??

" the magazine plastered a pic of Jessica Simpson. Lauer mentioned this, and Nobama, trying to act faux put-off, said, 'Yeah, and she's fighting a weight problem, too, from the looks of it.' "

No, all he said was "Apparently she's in a weight battle", referring to the headline. He was just reading the caption of the JS picture.

Still a dumb move. Why say anything at all?