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Entries for March 12th, 2008

“Kristen” is…

Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s prostitute of choice, known until today only as “Kristen”, is an aspiring music artist named Ashley Alexandra Dupre…record contract is now forthcoming. Of course, she’ll be getting many other offers too.

Eliot Spitzer’s W***e: Hello, Kristen

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According to CNN, the margin in Mississippi (61%-37%) will allow Obama to increase his lead over Senator Clinton by another six delegates.

Now we have 41 days until the Pennsylvania primary…who would have thought this would have dragged on this long?

I heard an idea proposed over the weekend that I am seeing as more and more likely to be the only way to finish this…a superdelegate primary. Immediately following the Puerto Rico results in June, every superdelegate must state their preference and let that be the end of it. Whoever gets the votes they need, wins. Will Obama supporters (like me) be upset if the superdelegates reverse the tide? Yes. Is it fair? Given the rules that were laid out when this all started, yes.

Having Michigan and Florida revote isn’t going to solve anything. Both of those states will be too close to see a significant delegate swing either way, and it simply pushes up the threshold for the number of delegates needed to win the nomination.

Election Center 2008: Primary Results for Mississippi - Elections & Politics news from CNN.com

What?

I’m sorry, but how does arresting 6th and 7th graders for taking nude pictures of themselves result in anything positive?

In the first, a girl and a boy met off campus, took nude photographs of themselves and sent the photographs to each other using their cell phones.

The second involved a different boy giving a cell phone to a different girl, who went into a DMS girls rest room, took nude photos of herself and returned the phone to the boy.

The nude photos were likely seen and exchanged by other students. Police do not believe the pictures resulted in any sexual contact or abuse, and Beedy said there’s no indication the images were posted on the Internet.

The law they were arrested for violating is a tough stretch to cover this situation and the arrest will result in nothing good…I just don’t understand the logic.

Nude pictures lead to arrests- al.com