The Deathwatch is so disgusting. Creepy people, all of you!

Is this just another example of somebody who can't handle the figurative 'Deathwatch' label? Or somebody who may well be rendered catatonic if she stumbles into one of the Interweb's less well-mannered tubes?

Sticky tubes? Eww

I think what she meant was "who in the hell clicks on an Internet link knowing that the first thing that will be staring them in the face is a cartoon Hillary Clinton? Every frickin' day, no less! I mean, really!"

Or something to that effect.

Maybe you should have objected when Slate did its Alberto Gonzales Deathwatch five years ago. Or Slate's Harriet Myers Deathwatch four years ago.

Ron - how do you make the cartoon go all the way to the end? I keep seeing references to it but I can't seem to figure out how to do it!

Thanks,

a&s

artandsoul:

Ron - how do you make the cartoon go all the way to the end? I keep seeing references to it but I can't seem to figure out how to do it! Thanks, a&s

Right-click on it and choose "Play".

And don't call me Ron.

=~)

Thanks so much!

a&s

Your post made me think of that Paul Simon song -- you can call me Al!

LOL!

ralpher:

Maybe you should have objected when Slate did its Alberto Gonzales Deathwatch five years ago. Or Slate's Harriet Myers Deathwatch four years ago.

Good call. I had forgotten the Harriet Miers-o-Meter, although neither it nor the others referred to in the following paragraph were actually called "Deathwatch." I found the following in a Slate article here: <link>

"Slate has a long and varied history of whatever-o-meters. The Saddameter tracked the chances of a U.S. invasion of Iraq. The Clintometer gauged the likelihood of a Clinton removal over the Lewinsky scandal; and most recently, the tragically inaccurate Miers-o-Meter measured the likelihood of Harriet Miers' confirmation to the Supreme Court. On the day she stepped down, we three posited that her chance of confirmation to the Supreme Court was 60 percent. (We might add, just for context, that administration officials were just as adamant about her sticking with it as we were that day.)"

Here are the ones that have actually been called a "Deathwatch": Paul O'Neil <link> (The O'Neil Deathwatch was really just a recurring headline in Tim Noah's Chatterbox column); the Gonzo-meter <link> and Rumsfeld <link>.

ralpher: "Maybe you should have objected when Slate did its Alberto Gonzales Deathwatch five years ago."

Five years ago? Was that an earlier one than I remember over the fired lawyers? That one was last year, wunnit?