What Stood Out This Week - 11/4-11/10

I feel as if I was in a bit of a work fog, so we'll see what memories of primary activity come back to me. Here's What Stood Out This Week:

Republican (and feisty libertarian) Ron Paul broke the single-day primary fundraising record (out-raising Mitt, who donated shitloads to his own campaign) on remember-remember-the-fifth-of-November, in an internet nod to Guy Fawkes, who tried to blow up Parliament. Suddenly, the only anti-war Republican has legitimacy as a candidate. Paul's response (in paraphrase): "It's too bad it took money to give my candidacy legitimacy, rather than my ideas." Word to your mother, Ron Paul. But it's also too bad that when you take a close look at where you stand on all the issues, you give the distinct impression of being slightly insane.

Pat Robertson endorsed Rudolph Giuliani. Please, America: Recognize the obvious. This clearly confirms Rudy's pandering assholery.

Polls: I remember seeing a couple of polls on various media outlets. It seems that polls are featuring head-to-head theoretical presidential contests of Hillary vs. Rudy. The people haven't voted yet, media. We're still in the primary. Please give us a sense of candidates' ideas, rather than jumping to conclusions.

Vegan candidate Dennis Kucinich managed to sneak an "Impeach Cheney" bill onto the floor of the House. Most Democrats tried to bury it. Many Republicans actually wanted to bring it to the floor to force a vote because they think Democrats have everything to lose on such a bill. The Vegan's bill now sits in the Judiciary Committee while they try to figure out what to do. Seems like a no-brainer if you're not a complete coward: Vote to impeach Dick Cheney before he leads us into war against Iran. Well, done, Vegan Kucinich.

And that's What Stood Out This Week, B&E readers.