JC wrote:

Otherwise, George Bush, the
most competent president since Herbert Hoover


I bet I have to explain this, too. I, like
most pinko leftist West Coast tax-and-spend
liberals, regard Herbert Hoover as one of the
worst presidents, exeeded in incompetence by his
predecessor Calvin Coolidge who was
exceeded only by his predecessor,
Warren G. Harding.

And two of them have Bay Area connections.
Hoover was from Palo Alto. Harding died in
San Francisco, supposedly in the same
room as an earlier king of Tonga. (*)

So, it's relevant to the "ba" in ba.broadcast.
But how is it relevant to "broadcast"?
Well, now you'll understand a snide reference
that someone in the media makes. Probably
someone on NPR or Bernie Ward.

--
(*) I tried to find a reference to the king
on the Web, but it turns out to come from
my own Web site. I got it from a staffer
at the Sheraton Palace in SF.