The EchoBounce (or Why Zogby is Tied)

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Tuesday October 19, 2004 · 5:47 AM PDT

2004/10/19 · 05:47

I've been watching elections, and the effect of polls for a long time, seeing the rise and fall of my chosen candidate like I was watching my own EKG. As has been said many times, polls not only reflect the mood at that moment, they shape the mood in the next. But there seems to be a pattern to the effect that resembles an echo in a desolate canyon, or the bouncing of a ball. Read More

Needed Info On Senate/House Races

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Sunday October 17, 2004 · 12:17 PM PDT

2004/10/17 · 12:17

We are having an election watching party. I want to hand out a list of the races to watch. Does anyone have a list of the important Senate and House races and why?

I know we are watching:

OK Senate
SC Senate
NC Senate
FL Senate
AK Senate
KY Senate (for now)

Any help would be appreciated.

Where the F#ck is HRC?

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Thursday October 14, 2004 · 1:23 PM PDT

2004/10/14 · 13:23

The Human Rights Campaign is the gay rights PR firm, essentially. They claim to lobby, but have never passed a single bill. Anyway, they should be out in front of this Mary Cheney crap and put a halt to it NOW! It is insulting that the Republicans view Kerry's use of the "L" word as somehow evil. It shows that they and the media still view talking about someone being gay as demeaning them. HRC needs a press conference. It would show that HRC is actually worth something and help Kerry fend off claims he was mean or insensitive.

HEINOUS: My Email to Dick Meyer at CBS

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Thursday October 14, 2004 · 9:14 AM PDT

2004/10/14 · 09:14

I don't get it. Other than you being a homophobe, how can you possibly take Kerry's words about Mary Cheney to be either an insult to Mary Cheney or an invasion of family privacy. Mary is lesbian. I am gay. It isn't an insult when people point that out, and Kerry's reference was in answer to a question. In fact, he answered THE question. You actually said Kerry mentioning Mary being lesbian was heinous. Henous? Mass murder is heinous. Mentioning that someone who is lesbian when they openly gay, when her family talks about it on the campaign trail, when her father stated it on national TV, isn't even offensive let alone heinous. Lynn Cheney's reaction is over the top. If she is embarrassed by her daughter that is her problem. If you think mentioning the "L" word is heinous that's your problem. None of this is Kerry's problem unless you media midgets try to make it one.
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That Sinking Feeling (or sinking fastball)

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Thursday October 07, 2004 · 7:46 AM PDT

2004/10/07 · 07:46

I was cautiously optimistic about Kerry's chances after the first debate. I think he did well, or more to the point, I think Bush sucked. Following the debate, and up until Tuesday, Kerry made some significant gains. The momentum was building. Then Edwards did well in his debate. Not a grand slam, but he held his own. Nothing there to stop the momentum. Good for us. But yesterday Kerry dropped the ball. There have been so many softballs for him to hit out of the park in the last 24 to 48 hours, but I think he's been striking out. He hasn't hit one of them even in the gap, let alone over the fence. Read More

Where is Kerry????

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Wednesday October 06, 2004 · 9:03 AM PDT

2004/10/06 · 09:03

Where is Kerry? Bush just got a free TV ad masquerading as a Major Policy Speech and so far no Kerry response. Yes, it has only been a few minutes, but that is too long. If nothing else, they should announce a press conference so the talking heads can say "Kerry's response soon." They can at least be all over the fact that Bush not only misleads the people, but he misleads the media by claiming his speech is policy when actually it is just a free campaign advert. Make fun of him debating himself. That he can't win the debate unless he's debating himself. That there are no do-overs in the real world and especially with National Security. Where is Kerry?

Bush Will Not Lose on Style Again

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Sunday October 03, 2004 · 7:23 AM PDT

2004/10/03 · 07:23

I live in Dallas. I've been watching Bush perform in the political arena for years. I personally think he is a buffoon, but his handlers are not. They either miscalculated Kerry's abilities leading up to the first debate, or what seems more likely to me, George's ego got in the way of any serious debate preparation. That won't happen again.

Bush is an ego maniac and does not like either bad news or to be told what to do. He also has a tendency to believe his own propaganda. As has been noted, he has been on the campaign trail in only the most controlled of settings and with only the most scripted of presentations. He likely truly believed that everyone out there agreed with him and that he actually was a great communicator. So my theory is that when it came time to prepare, he essentially told his handlers he neither really wanted to nor needed to. They were then in a spot--a mess of their own creating.

Bush's confident, steadfast and decisive persona is not fake. It is carefully cultivated and nourished by those who direct him. He is shielded from the truth so that when he is trotted out on stage to spew the talking points he not only comes across as believing them, he actually does believe them. This is made easier by his admitted disdain for newspapers and reading. Likewise, his confidence is real because he is fed a constant diet of praise and false reports about how he his perceived.
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AP Misquote of Kerry

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Wednesday September 29, 2004 · 7:59 AM PDT

2004/09/29 · 07:59

I called the AP and spoke to the editor for the AP piece. Pointed out the discrepancy between AP paraphrase and the Note's transcript of the Sawyer interview. AP article said Kerry said he would not now vote to support the war. Transcript says he would not have gone to war. Editor agreed it was a big diffference and said he'd check. We'll see.

The Targeting of Suspect Children? (Long?)

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Saturday September 25, 2004 · 8:37 AM PDT

2004/09/25 · 08:37

I have sent this to a few papers but recieved no interest in printing it. I think it is important. Thoughts?

Let's Make Sure

Almost every week now we hear that the US military has killed Iraqis (some of them women and children) during a "precision" air strike on a "suspected safehouse" filled with "suspected insurgents," or "suspected terrorists," or "suspected remnants of Hussein's regime." Just a week or so back, we bombed a house and killed 14 Iraqis. In all of these attacks, the military said the house held "suspected terrorists." But a doctor at the local hospital said women and children were killed, and a local official said the bomb hit a civilian area.

A few weeks before, the Associated Press ran this story: "The U.S. military launched its third airstrike in a week Friday in Fallujah, using precision weapons to destroy a suspected safehouse for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terror network. U.S. officials estimated there were 20-25 Iraqi casualties." The headlines this week repeated the same news, with the AP actually showing a man carrying his young, teenaged son's wounded body--one of the precise victims of our precision bombing. In this attack, our precision bomb killed eight and wounded 15, including women and children.

There is so much wrong with these bombings, and the justifications for them, that it's hard to know where to start.

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