Morning buzz

  First things first:  House Repubs have picked John Boehner as minority leader.

  Now to today's top stories:

  The folks here at KC Buzz Blog engaged in a spirited debate Thursday.  The topic:  will America forget about Nancy Pelosi's defeat in the majority leader race, or would she prefer that the front page of every newspaper in America not contain a variation of the headline "Pelosi loses first test"?

The Star/McClatchy story here; a New York Times editorial here; the Times' story here; the Washington Post here; the Boston Herald editorial headline: Pelosi loses, ethics wins;  you get the idea.

   In Vietnam, President Bush says Vietnam is not quite like Iraq.  But to ask the question -- while he's in Vietnam -- is, in some ways, to answer it.  Rep. Ike Skelton, soon to take over the House Armed Services Committee, continues to worry about what he sees in Iraq.

   The Post details the thoughts of Sen. John McCain -- a Vietnam veteran -- as he edges closer to the 2008 presidential race.

    In local news, Mike Mansur and Lynn Horsley chronicle another hurdle for city councilwoman Saundra McFadden-Weaver.   

    Lynn also says there will be limits on how much cash you (and we do mean you) can pour into the city's council and mayoral races (second item.)

   Mike Hendricks says it isn't time to invest your money in the mayor's race anyway.

   Posted by Dave Helling   

Comments

[LarrytheScrabbleGuy]

It's nice to see George Bush finally made it to Vietman. 35 years too late, but hey, at least no one can say he never went.

[jenniferm]

"In Vietnam, President Bush says Vietnam is nothing like Iraq."

That's right. Bush knows how to get out of Vietnam.

Ms. McFadden-Weaver is something else. What denomination ordained her?It doesn't look like it was one that required passing a test in Greek, Hebrew or English. She appears to have difficulty with language.

Her current problems relate directly to her inability to read simple instructions on ethics, filing required reports, mis-representing her intentions on the large house in Lee's Summit, etc.

[jenniferm]

Wrong link on the McFadden story.

[kc media watchdog]

In your first entry - only one of you links goes to the story it references. The others go to a subscription page and non-related stories. Please fix.

[CarrieB]

Here's the link: http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/16032665.htm
It's definitely worth a read - very entertaining as long as you don't spend too much time thinking about the level of corruption which exists on the city council. McFadden Weaver claims she "didn't know" she had to report those expenditures. PAH-LESE give people some credit and come up with a better lie than that!!

McFadden-Weaver acts like a character out of the old comics. Is she for real?

[Disgusted Taxpayer]

Oh she's all too real. I am astounded that this continues. If anyone is interested in studying the so-called culture of corruption he/she need look no farther than our own city hall.