Everyone has their own way of dealing with unpleasant facts about the world. Some of us confront them head-on. Some of us snark about them on the Internet while doing nothing substantive to fix the problem. Some of us drink heavily. (Some of us do two out of three.) But there aren't a lot of adults who admit to the "nah nah nah I don't know what you're talking about" approach. It's fun to know that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is one of them.

During the Iranian president's controversial Q&A at Columbia University, he was asked point-blank about the treatment of homosexuals in his country. And apparently, it's fine -- because there are no homosexuals in Iran. Cue the laughter of the student body. But he's not joking.

I suppose what he actually means to say is that the openly gay lifestyle is completely non-existent in Iran, which is true. This is because persecution is rampant and public hangings of the openly homosexual are not unheard-of, given that all penetrative sexual acts between men are punishable by death. Given what that says about the state of human rights there, maybe I'll take a cue from Mahmoud, and try avoidance for a little while.

Some might want to tell Rudy Giuliani that the 2000 election for the New York Senate is over, and that Hillary Clinton won. How else are we to explain this bizarre campaign ad attacking her? After starting out by accusing Clinton of flip-flopping on her the Iraq War, the spot goes to accuse Clinton of standing "silently by when MoveOn.org ran [a] venomous ad in The New York Times" about General David Petraeus? Earth to Rudy: Hillary hasn't won the nomination yet, and she never publicly supported MoveOn's ad.

Could it have been that Rudy's real fight wasn't really with Hillary, but with MoveOn, the liberal nonprofit group which has been relentless in its criticism of the Bush Administration and the Republican party? (The day before, Giuliani went after the New York Times for giving MoveOn preferential ad placement.) If it wasn't then, it certainly is now. Today, MoveOn released another ad that directly targets Rudy, accusing him of blowing off the opportunity to contribute to the Iraq Study Group in order to stuff his pockets with public speaking fees. Its tagline: "Rudy Giuliani. A betrayal of trust."

How will Rudy -- who has never shied away from taking off the gloves for a good scrap -- respond? We have a feeling that answer will come sooner rather than later.

In what will certainly go down as yet another non-event in the political history of the United States, actor/lobbyist Fred Thompson officially entered the race this week. And, this being 2007, the YouTubes soon picked up his first ad. You don't have to be Marshall McLuhan to understand the subtext of this one: he wants to help rich get richer and make sure all suspected terrorists are "renditioned" as soon as possible.

Already, it appears that the former Senator may have overestimated his appeal, which is due almost entirely to his stint as the Manhattan D.A. on Law & Order. Democrats can't stand him, nor can his fellow Republican candidates. I mean, when Fox News turns on one of the flock, there's probably a ceiling to this campaign, don't you think? But there is a bright side: Thompson faithful can point out that while their candidate is very lazy, his campaign Web site address is a doozy: Fred08.com.

"I told my party's leaders that it is now our duty to put the elections behind us and work together with the Democrats and independents on the great issues facing this country." -- President George W. Bush, the day after the Republican party got wiped out in the 2006 midterm elections.

Did anyone ever really believe that even after losing both the House and the Senate, Dubya was going to swallow his pride and engage in a little domestic diplomacy with his Democratic colleagues? Yeah, didn't think so. And now the proof is in the pudding. Yesterday, it was reported that the Prez broke the all-time low for getting his legislation passed in the House of Representatives.

The stats are comical -- an 86% percent failure rate in the House as a whole, and a 94% failure rate with Democrats. To put this in perspective: when Bill Clinton was on the verge of impeachment, he still beat Bush by 12%. And, yes, Bush's numbers are the lowest ever recorded.

So, in honor of Dubya's silky smooth political skills and ingenius strategizing, we reach across the aisle to present you with the following mash-up.

Senator John McCain's campaign for president could be going better; 2008 looms, but his fundraising and polling aren't nearly what they could be. So his decision to tackle questions about his age (he just turned 71 on August 29th, making him the oldest candidate in the race) is a solid one -- better to address those concerns head-on than let them fester in the minds of the voters.

But in this Concord, New Hampshire town hall meeting, when a high school student asks McCain if he's too old to handle the presidency, there are a few missteps in the senator's answer. First off, when he claims that he's "very active" and still "enjoys life," he kind of sounds like an commercial for Ensure. And when he calls the young man a "little jerk," he sounds like Old Man Withers, telling kids to get the frick off his lawn. John McCain, if you're going to insult the kids of today, maybe you should watch Superbad first. Learn how to cuss in their language.