What the Hell is going on in Minnesota? Yeah, I know there’s a recount going on in the Senate race between Comedian Al Franken and Senator Norm Coleman. And I know it’s wire to wire after the wire, but that’s not my point. My point is: What the Hell is going in Minnesota...
Merry Christma’...
posted by Joe Steffen
Gracious as ever, Maryland’s former First Family, the Ehrlichs (or should I say Ehrlich’s) emailed a number of their friend’s, fan’s, groupie’s – whatever – a Christmas Card. How I ended up getting one of these emailed to me, however, is a mystery...
Jacked Up
posted by Joe Steffen
What do you get when you mix the following in one 20 hour period? 1) One Prince of Darkness. 2) A days worth of assistance with a vehicle problem courtesy of one of the best friends one could ever hope to have. 3) Two shots of Jack Daniels with another one of the best friends one could ever...
Hall of Fame Inducti...
posted by Joe Steffen
Welcome to the 2nd in a number of tongue-in-cheek inductions into the Prince of Darkness Hall of Fame. Future inductions will come on a semi-regular basis, with little notice and much fanfare. As is deserved and by now should be expected. And, now, with bated breath, allow me to introduce our...
Shocked and Appalled
posted by Joe Steffen
With all of the state’s crises solved and milk and honey flowing through the streets of the Free State like some slick substance through a goose, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley took time out from his schedule on Friday not to play golf, but to go on the record with CNN. Using...
Festivus Magic
posted by Joe Steffen
Ah, yes. It’s once again that wonderful time of year, that special and joyous season when tinsel is distracting and the “feats of strength” are in the air. It’s Festivus. For the rest of us. You know what I’m talking about, don’t you? You don’t? Well,...
Anonymously Speaking...
posted by Joe Steffen
The other night I get an email from a longtime member of the Maryland GOP of some renown who tells me he is really enjoying the blog. (He even included that damned “lol” thing at the end of his email.) He added that he knows of a number of other Republicans, as well as a few...
GOP To Steele Its Fu...
posted by Joe Steffen
I like former Maryland Lt. Governor, current media star, and candidate for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele. I say this because (A) it’s true, and (b) I’ve been asked about Steele quite a bit recently.In fact, I like Michael Steele to the...
Obama, Blagojevich C...
posted by Joe Steffen
Well, I must admit that I am exceedingly pleased with the level of honesty displayed by our future president, Barack Obama.To begin with, Mr. Obama spoke openly about his lack of knowledge of Reverend Wright’s complimentary comments and preachings regarding the United States, even...
"Spinning"...
posted by Joe Steffen
Laugh lines. Lines meant to bring laughs. We’ve all heard them and we know, regardless of whether the line is actually funny or not, when a laugh line is intended. We especially know this when we know the person delivering the line. Even more so when we’ve heard this particular...
Heretics in the MD G...
posted by Joe Steffen
Although PolitickerMd.com can’t quite decide exactly what it thinks State GOP parlialmentarian and Second Vice-Chair of the Baltimore County Central Committee Mike Pappas is doing, the site reports (in the same brief article) that Pappas is “likely” running for governor, yet...
Barack Obama is a &q...
posted by Joe Steffen
Let’s cue the Shaft Theme and make it official: President-elect Barack Obama is a Motherf—er! At least he is according to likely future convict, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Blagojevich and his chief of staff were arrested early Tuesday in a probe involving, among other...