Archive for October 2004

The monthlies.

• Nine Months

  For nine months, the administration did nothing. Bush and Cheney refused to accept Bill Clinton’s advice that Islamic fundamentalist terrorists were the gravest threat to the United States. They refused to meet with Richard Clarke. They refused to accept reality. (1) Did George W. Bush cause the events of nine-eleven? No. (2) Was George W. [...]

• Reason No. 398 to Vote Bush Out

  Image: Yahoo!

• Global Test Redux

  Lawrence O’Donnell speaking of Bush’s intelligence failure, as stated during the October 1, 2004, edition of The McLaughlin Group, is an instant classic. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Issue Two: The Global Test. Listen closely, please, to the first sentence and the second sentence for the words “global test.” SEN. KERRY: (From videotape.) No president, through all of [...]

• Blessing the Young

  My most recent post about Bush clarifying that he is indeed not god has been trumped today by a photo that was taken along the campaign trail. “Demons be gone! Your soul is saved.” Bush continues his crusade to save the world. Image: Yahoo!

• Bush Clarifies: I am not god.

  During Charles Gibson’s interview of President Bush for ABC News, Bush clarified to the American people that he is not God. Gibson: “Do Christians and nonchristians and Muslims go to heaven in your mind?” Bush: “Yes, they do. We have different routes of getting there. But I will — I want you to understand, I [...]

• Discritizing the Electorate

  The Los Angeles Times released its findings with a new poll and the Times’ Ron Brownstein provided the following analysis: The survey finds voters split exactly in half on Bush’s performance as president – and almost exactly in half on his decision to invade Iraq… Bush’s message is helping him gain ground among lower middle [...]

• Mary Cheney Is A Lesbian

  Tony Blankley, columnist for the conservative Washington Times, equated John Kerry’s “Mary Cheney is a lesbian” comment to former President Gerald Ford’s gaffe alleging that there was no soviet domination of Poland at the 1976 debate with Jimmy Carter. Blankley made the assertion on the October 15, 2004, edition of The McLaughlin Group on PBS. [...]

• This Just In

  Scarborough believes Bush will win. So does Buchanan. So does Frank Luntz. This exciting and revealing information is what the front page of the Scarborough Country webpage has to offer this morning. Of course, we knew this years ago. Under the headline, “Scarborough: Polls show Bush in the lead,” the web site states, “Frank Luntz, [...]

• The Buck Stops Nowhere

  On Thursday, Bush sat down for an interview with Telemundo. Here is an excerpt: “And it’s very important for people to recognize that in this dangerous world, America must not show weakness, or uncertainty that will lead to tragedy. So I’m thoughtful, I listen, I respect the opinion of others, but this is a job, [...]

• Respecting the Curse

  I knew it was a possibility and I have thought about it endlessly, but I didn’t write about it, or even speak of it. Out of respect for the curse.

• Lying in the Lion’s Den

  Pat Robertson, the founder of the U.S. Christian Coalition, recently told Paula Zahn on CNN that he told President George W. Bush before the invasion of Iraq that he should prepare Americans for the likelihood of casualties, but the president told him, “We’re not going to have any casualties.” Robertson said he had that conversation [...]

• No Wonder Sean – You’re A College Dropout

  A new Kerry-Edwards ad features a nine-eleven widow, Kristen Breitweiser. BREITWEISER: My husband, Ron, was killed on September 11th. I’ve spent the last three years trying to find out what happened to make sure it never happens again. I fought for the 9-11 Commission, something George W. Bush, the man my husband Ron and I [...]

• A Tie Is Possible

  If Kerry grabs New Hampshire, Iowa and Ohio, and Bush steals New Mexico, West Virginia and Wisconsin, the electoral college is tied at 269 votes apiece. As a result, the election would be sent to the House of Representatives in January 2005 after newly elected representatives are sworn in. Each state delegation gets one vote. [...]

• Answering Karl Rove

  Karl Rove, chief strategist for President Bush, asked rhetorically this past weekend: “We’re in a time of war. Do you want a leader who vacillates, caves to political pressure and attempts to hide his true feelings behind a veneer of rhetoric? Or do you want a leader who says what he believes and does what [...]

• John Kerry 3, Dazed Bush 0

  Maybe you can say the second debate was a draw, but Kerry surely won the first and third, and to most viewers, the second as well. It is unfortunate there aren’t more debates covering more issues and canvassing more cities across America. I wish one moderator would have asked Bush, “Mr. President, in the 2000 [...]

• Bush Has The Numbers

  Bush may have already won the election and we are just going through the motions. This isn’t to say that Kerry has no chance, but the numbers are not in his favor. If there were more debates, however, and they were spaced closer to the election, that dynamic in itself could affect the election greatly. [...]

• Exceeding (Low) Expectations

  The pundits have successfully lowered the bar for which Bush must jump over in order to keep his desk in the Oval Office. (Bush’s desk is primarily clear; it especially was on September 10, 2001.) If Bush had only fallen over twice, mumbled that he thought that bin Laden may actually be in Iraq, or [...]

• Like A Hurricane

  Two weeks ago, Florida (and the entire Southeast) was hit with it’s fourth hurricane of the season. The damage was mounting: the first $12 billion, the second $5 billion, and so forth. Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne are estimated to have caused as much as $26 billion in damage. Images of homes-torn apart by 100-mph [...]

• Why France?

  Bush hates France. In the wake of his humiliating defeat in the debate last Thursday, Bush attacked John Kerry by pinpointing France. “Listen, I’ll continue to work with our allies and the international community – but I will never submit America’s national security to an international test. The use of troops to defend America must [...]

• What Are WMD Anyway?

  Bush said it. And the world doubted it. But he presented irrefutable evidence, and Colin Powell even signed on. We went to war in Iraq to eliminate the imminent threat that Saddam posed since he had so many weapons of mass destruction. The weapons inspectors Bush sent into Iraq to find those weapons have returned [...]

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