High Noon, 30 Months To Go

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Thursday July 20, 2006 · 9:03 AM PDT

2006/07/20 · 09:03

In the Worst Presidency in American History.

Worse than Warren G. Harding, who had to be put away by his friends before Teapot Dome hit the fan. Worse than James Buchanan, who dithered while the nation spiraled down to Civil War. Worse than Ulysses S. Grant, a hard-drinking son-of-a-bitch general, but a lousy judge of character, and who also served two terms. And worse than Richard Nixon, a demented genius whose instinct to attack and smear brought him to the ignominy of the only President forced out of office (at least our leaders figured out a way short of assassination this time).

I send this off at High Noon, the time set by the 20th Amendment of our tattered Constitution for the peaceful transfer of power to take place in our republic, which once was a representative democracy. In the classic anti-McCarthyism film, High Noon, Gary Cooper put off his retirement and honeymoon in order to single-handedly take on the bully returning to town for revenge.
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debate breaks out in the senate

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Wednesday June 21, 2006 · 10:09 PM PDT

2006/06/21 · 22:09

A nuanced, intelligent moment occured late last evening on the Senate floor, and it was a shocker. The posturing back and forth set speeches on Iraq was stopped dead in its tracks when John Kerry was challenged on the floor to a colloquy by Armed Services Chairman John Warner. Kerry eagerly picked up the gauntlet, and Warner was in over his head.

What transpired was a throwback to the days of Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay, as an actual debate spontaneously erupted between the principal proponents of opposite positions regarding the essential issue facing this country.

Neither party was seen wearing a transmitter under his suit, but Warner could have used one. His every talking point was parried expertly by Kerry. Back and forth it went for nearly an hour. Read More

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