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2012

2012-07-26

I had my mind just about made up to vote for Gary Johnson in November, but this bit from an interview of Mitt Romney by Brian Williams was brought to my attention...

BRIAN WILLIAMS:
I know how much you love quoting unnamed Romney advisors, so here's a Republican official familiar with your campaign selection process, told the folks at Politico, you are looking for a quote, "Incredibly boring white guy for your vice presidential nominee." Can you confirm or deny?

MITT ROMNEY:
You told me you were not available.

… a couple more like that, and Mitt's probably got me.
Dave reports from London and the Olympics.

There’s a lot of security. You see soldiers everywhere, and the government has installed surface-to-air missiles, including some on the roof of an occupied apartment building. Really. It’s called the Fred Wigg Tower, and the tenants are not happy about having missiles on their roof. I don’t blame them. When you choose an apartment building, you’re looking for many qualities — good location, adequate parking, etc. — but as a rule you are not looking for a building that might get into armed combat with an airplane.
That was yesterday. Today, the name "Thurl Ravenscroft" is mentioned. And you probably know Thurl's voice even if you don't know who he was.