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by PoliticalWebSolutions on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:15:17 PM PDT
Republicans are afflicted by CHIDS-Chronic Humor and Irony Deficit Syndrome, pronounced 'kids' with a parental sigh.
by stumpy on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:24:53 PM PDT
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by PoliticalWebSolutions on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:27:07 PM PDT
by PoliticalWebSolutions on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:29:08 PM PDT
(And an external javascript referenced in your head that points to the local drive on your personal computer, not the web server.)
I would point you to a list apart and Jeffrey Zeldman's web site for information on DHTML, CSS, and other current design tools and techniques.
by mcarp on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 06:40:02 PM PDT
by PoliticalWebSolutions on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 07:02:53 PM PDT
Genetic evidence for complex speciation of humans and chimpanzees
by doug r on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 09:49:11 PM PDT
by PoliticalWebSolutions on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 07:03:45 PM PDT
by juls on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:28:14 PM PDT
by lindsayslover on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 04:10:23 PM PDT
by Geotpf on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 06:30:31 PM PDT
Let's get some Democracy for America
by murphy on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 08:23:28 PM PDT
I'm pretty new here, so thank you very much if you can teach me!
by concernedamerican on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 08:58:34 PM PDT
The second number is the number of ratings and the first is the average rating. Two ratings are required before the average will appear.
by fly on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 09:20:45 PM PDT
Thanks for helping.
by concernedamerican on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 09:32:28 PM PDT
BTW: You'll never see a 4.0/1 because 1 rating by itself does not generate the average.
Click the number (4.0/2) and you'll see the ratings.
by fly on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 09:43:07 PM PDT
by concernedamerican on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 10:14:25 PM PDT
Nicely put together site.
by Motor City Canuck on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:42:34 PM PDT
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
by philinmaine on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 03:28:13 PM PDT
Phil: I just started the site earlier this year. The only client of mine who has actually run for office (Andy Rosenberg) won 41% of the vote in a primary against an entrenched incumbent. Please reserve judgement on my win/loss record until after the 2004 General Elections.
In regards to how I can target voters, Google permits you to select a geographic region you want the ads to show in. However, it probably is a good idea to clarify that on the site, which I will do.
--Sam
by PoliticalWebSolutions on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 03:38:44 PM PDT
Political Web Solutions proudly assists Democratic and other progressive candidates for office with web advertising strategies and website design.
"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll (CA-15)
by kathyp on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 08:14:46 PM PDT
Political Web Solutions proudly assists Democratic and other progressive candidates with web advertising strategies and website design. With our experience, we know which blogs get results, what makes a good website, AND (instead of OR) how to get inexpensive but well ranked advertisements on Google or other search engines. We can also help you with internet advertising that targets your local area or a particular demographic.
Also, design-wise, the page looks to me very white and floaty. The sparse use of rules (lines), both in the top left margin and the title box, are not anchored anywhere and don't relate to anything else on the page. I'm not saying you have to over-design, but I think the strange title box, with several bars going down to a single bar, looks complicated and restrictive. I'd keep the graduated lines under the title, going from four thick to one thin, but extent it across the whole top of the page and maybe let it intersect the red "home" bars; but I'd lose the left, top and right sides of the title box to open it up.
just some thoughts.
McCain is not a moderate, a maverick, or a man of integrity.
by marjo on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 10:35:34 PM PDT
by PoliticalWebSolutions on Sat Sep 18, 2004 at 07:34:59 AM PDT
I rock knobs!
by Jumbo on Sat Sep 18, 2004 at 05:02:06 PM PDT
We're all in this together.
by JTML on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:15:33 PM PDT
This is the way democracy ends Not with a bomb But with a gavel -Max Baucus
by emptywheel on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 03:05:20 PM PDT
Notice how the newspeople are referring to the Iragi insurgents as "terrorists" now? Wonder where they're getting that from.
Could it be........ SATAN????????
by pitbullEmily on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 03:28:24 PM PDT
http://www.insightmag.com/news/2004/04/13/World/Breaking.News.Who.Is.Moqtada.Sadr-653765.shtml
by dorsano on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 08:53:21 PM PDT
We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy.... --ML King "Beyond Vietnam"
by Gooserock on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 07:29:53 PM PDT
If you like this comment, please visit It Affects You -- Ross
by up2date on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:15:44 PM PDT
by JTML on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:17:22 PM PDT
by Jumbo on Sat Sep 18, 2004 at 05:05:21 PM PDT
by philinmaine on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 03:30:42 PM PDT
by up2date on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 04:19:46 PM PDT
by eafredel on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 05:54:58 PM PDT
by harveythechainsaw on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 06:45:03 PM PDT
Speaking from personal experience, It's at least 30% more effective to canvass for the Kerry campaign directly rather than ACT. The big reason: when you're wearing a Kerry sticker and introduce youself as a Kerry volunteer, virtully everyone is willing to talk, even if only to say they're for Bush.
But when you're with ACT most people have no idea who ACT is (and the fact that you can't mention Kerry by name doesn't help). The result of this is that many people think you're about to ask them for money, and about a third of people who answer the door say "Not interested." within 5 seconds and shut the door in your face--something that virtually never happens when you're with Kerry.
And on the relevant diary whoring front, folks who haven't been canvassing before may want to read my introductory guide to How to Canvass for Kerry.
by Go Vegetarian on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 07:57:13 PM PDT
99% perspiration
by DaveOinSF on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:15:49 PM PDT
if ron reagan dyed his hair, and i'm not sayin' he did, it was only to show his strength to the communists - hank hill
by leif on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:16:06 PM PDT
by mukiku on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:22:55 PM PDT
by leif on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:41:47 PM PDT
Biomes Blog
by Mark H on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 06:37:48 PM PDT
by leif on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 09:20:34 PM PDT
by Mark H on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 11:13:52 PM PDT
Bush's Vietnam
by raincat100 on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:25:11 PM PDT
by yatdave on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 03:34:43 PM PDT
by MissLaura on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 04:20:51 PM PDT
Contact Pelosi about impeachment: AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov
by Pescadero Bill on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 08:45:37 PM PDT
ie, just staying in my civvies and spending the evening in a bar.
by mcarp on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 06:42:25 PM PDT
The Democratic Party: We the People (7801)
by JimPortlandOR on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 04:02:16 PM PDT
Or...just use red, orange and yellow to simulate your pants on fire.
BUSH: Like a rock...but dumber.Stewart/Olberman 2008!
by mugsimo on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 04:32:20 PM PDT
by marjo on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 08:19:05 PM PDT
I've found a costume online, but it doesn't look enough like the original:
If I'm going to be happy with the costume I'll probably have to find the time to make it myself.
___There's a central place to post and view YearlyKos 2007 photos and videos
by snorfbat on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 08:22:07 PM PDT
Last year we went as The Dude & Maude from the Busby Berkely dream sequence in The Big Lebowski.
by mrs deedop on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 09:05:27 PM PDT
When we beat them, that's what we'll be defeating. Of course it's huge, and of course it will be hard, and of course it will be close, BUT WE MUST PREVAIL!!!!!!
(I reserve the right to get on President Kerry's case later)
Idea:No Blood 4 Oil Action:I use Biodiesel site blog
by KumarP on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:17:48 PM PDT
I do not like thee, Doctor Fell, The reason why I cannot tell; But this I know, and know full well, I do not like thee, Doctor Fell.
by opinionated on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:30:38 PM PDT
by KumarP on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:35:42 PM PDT
by opinionated on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 03:12:56 PM PDT
by champ on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 07:15:09 PM PDT
-7.75, -7.64 www.politicalcompass.org "When the intellectual history of this era is finally written, it will scarcely be believable." -- Noam Chomsky
by scorponic on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:20:52 PM PDT
by KumarP on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:38:44 PM PDT
Headlines today:
In contrast here is a defensive Chimpy headline from today:
- Bush Still Optimistic About Iraq
Doesn't even pass a laugh test.
"I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president." -Gen. Clark
by assyrian64 on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 03:30:57 PM PDT
by Gooserock on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 04:40:49 PM PDT
by madwayne on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 04:43:32 PM PDT
It is kinda fun, and many stories that I would consider positive or pro-Kerry were rated in the twos, and other stories had only a handful of votes, so it was easy to raise the average a bit.
The higher rated stories rise up on the links, so it increases visibility if we rate the pro-Kerry stories high. At least it might encourage someone to read about Kerry policy or Bush fuck-ups if they might not normally seek out the info.
For those of us looking for ways to contribute SOMETHING, it is an easy, butt-fully-engaged-in-chair way of maybe doing something. I may be naive but voting is fun and it didn't take long to scan a handful of stories and poke in some fives or ones as appropriate.
There is strength in numbers, folks, and this is easy!! (It's easy to register with Yahoo also if you're not already.)
by marjo on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 09:47:53 PM PDT
Kerry visonary new Health Care Program Kerry outlines new foreign policy Kerry details Iraq strategy Kerry bold vision for the future Kerry new economic program Kerry vows to creat jobs...
You see, all the real headlines are "Kerry accuses... or Kerry hammerring" This is only going to get you so far. Its not going to win it for you. It may make you and me the loyalist feel better that he's pissed and he's fighting back. But it might not lead to a victory.
I think the only way we win in with our vision and our ideas being better than Bush's, which of course they are. The people just don't know it yet. And if we keep with headlines like this, they never will.
by champ on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 07:24:31 PM PDT
Add to that, "Iraq is going to hell and taking your kids and your money." headlines every damn day is something they can't survive.
No way.
My God, the insurgents have breeched the Green Zone! How much worse does it get for them?
You can't always tell the truth because you don't always know the truth - but you can ALWAYS be honest.
by mattman on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 10:28:16 PM PDT
Stop Looking For Leaders - WE are the Leaders!!!
by SwimmertoFreedom04 on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 11:11:19 PM PDT
Bush will lose a war, lose jobs and lose a surplus, a stellar trifecta.
Memo to Bush voters: You are better off now than you will be in 4 years.
Hillary '08.
by Athena on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:20:56 PM PDT
Check out Digby today. It's a crucial analysis on "average" American voters, albeit third hand:
http://www.digbysblog.blogspot.com
"..all these disasters are UPCOMING. Policy wonks, politically educated and motivated Democrats can see them (or at least they think they can). But there is absolutely no reason for the median voter to look at the situation that way. The voter is rationally ignorant. He or she is not going to spend time digging into policy details, considering potential budget models, etc. What does this voter see? The economy isn't fabulous, but it isn't terrible. Maybe there will be environmental problems, maybe not, but at this point, there isn't anything in front of his or her face. Newsweek might say that Iraq is a disaster, but I don't see it: maybe it's just tough."
In other words, politically disinclined Americans can't see the hideous problems barrelling down on us in the near future because they don't experience them firsthand.
by HeavyJ on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 03:11:27 PM PDT
by champ on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 07:31:29 PM PDT
Newspapers all over the country are gearing up to make their endorsements for President. Many of them are predictable, of course. The Chicago Tribune, where I live, historically endorses the Republican candidate, regardless of who it is. If the GOP nominated an avocado, the avocado would be trumpeted as the "right way to go for our country." So what can you do?
Well, I think I might have a plan.
Today, I went on the web and looked up all of the Bush endorsements that I could find from the 2000 election. For example, I found this from the Detroit News, who said of Bush:
"Mr. Bush will be a far better friend to Michigan workers. Preserving and growing jobs through smarter economic and conservation approaches is far better for the state's unionized work force than the empty and tired slogans of Mr. Gore."
Of course, smarter economic and conservation approaches did not occur and Michigan's workers are now suffering. They also wrote:
"Gov. Bush promises to purge Washington of the politics of division. His record in Texas and his tone on the campaign trail suggest he can succeed."
The result? The politics of division are alive, well and more toxic than ever before.
Finally, they wrote: "The nation is enjoying the legacy of government restraint initiated by President Ronald Reagan. But we can't expect to coast on the current prosperity. Prudent management and discipline are needed in Washington. If our leaders become drunk on the surplus and launch a massive new spending spree, we very likely will find ourselves once again facing deficits and a stagnant economy."
Well, even an avocado knows what happened, right? So here is my idea: We go and find these endorsements. We spread these ridiculous predictions far and wide. And we respond to them. In force. Letters to the editor of each of these dailies, especially those in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania...you get the idea.
Point out to the editors (as I did earlier today to the Detroit News, as well as the Cincinnati Post and Cincinnati Enquirer), that their predictions of what kind of president George Bush would be proved to be disastrously wrong. Some of our letters might get published. Maybe not. Some of these editors might be shamed into endorsing Kerry this time around. Maybe not.
But it's worth a shot, don't you think?
by Cyberactor on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:21:08 PM PDT
Get a list together of all the newspapers' e-mail addresses. Maybe put them into a diary and make them clickable (mailto or whatever that fancy html thingie is).
Really, really good idea.
by Plutonium Page on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:26:16 PM PDT
Have at them!
http://www.gwu.edu/~action/natendorse5.html
E-mail me any similar links, everybody.
by Cyberactor on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:30:31 PM PDT
I looked up the 2000 Chicago Tribune endorsement (Bush). It is nauseating.
Here is an excerpt:
That would be an administration dedicated to Republican principles of limited government, low taxes, free enterprise, personal rights and personal responsibilities. But it would be one shorn of the unfortunate vitriol that accompanied the GOP revolution in 1994. It would be an administration that trusts people to make their own decisions, but would not forget that some people need the government's help.
It would be an administration that recognizes a president doesn't succeed by browbeating, lecturing or intimidating Congress. A president succeeds by setting broad goals, leading by example, and recognizing that the perfect should not be the enemy of the good.
snip (no, no, and no again)
snip (listen? no)
Gore, unlike his boss in the White House, has by all accounts lived a life of probity. There's no doubt that he is a decent man. But his penchant for enhancement has become something of a running joke. Created the Internet? Discovered Love Canal? While he may not have explicitly laid claim to those events, the fact is that Gore has a natural inclination for evasion that is deeply troubling. His explanations of his creative fundraising techniques--"No controlling legal authority"?--suggest that the public will grow disenchanted with yet another White House that can't tell the whole truth.
The White House has seen enough of that. The nation has seen enough of that. It's time to move on.
(honest? noooooooooooooo)
Time to move on, indeed.
by Mod Cur on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 07:42:21 PM PDT
Compass -7.63, -7.49
by cinnamon68 on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 11:27:59 PM PDT
Presidential politics is like jumping into raw sewage with your mouth open -- Batfish
by Frank on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:31:20 PM PDT
by Athena on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:36:36 PM PDT
At some point the two papers actually merged for a while, or were producing a unified Sunday paper or something... Don't know if that's still the case. I know the Free Press is part of the Knight-Ridder conglomerate...
-4.25, -6.56
by fwiffo on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 05:20:44 PM PDT
by frey60 on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 07:32:50 PM PDT
The Freep sells better. And it does have the Knight-Ridder editorial advantage.
Last I knew the News was still busy lobbying against global warming.
by marjo on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 08:02:17 PM PDT
by Jim Riggs on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 09:20:07 PM PDT
by Jim Riggs on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 09:21:58 PM PDT
See here for the text of what I wrote.
Jason
by jwpacker on Sat Sep 18, 2004 at 10:11:34 PM PDT
Plus, as an added bonus, Dean will be speaking on a conference call to all the volunteers before they head out to knock on doors. One caveat -- the only state I can confirm that Dean will be talking with is Wisconsin, but I'm guessing that it will be a national call for all the groups.
Either way, ACT is doing great work. Look for an event to help with if you can.
(p.s. I deleted my diary on the subject to make room for others)
"This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected." - Barack Obama (3.18.08)
by lapis on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:22:13 PM PDT
by raincat100 on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:23:17 PM PDT
by Plutonium Page on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:23:25 PM PDT
turtles consider every single vote deeply yet always vote dem
by TealVeal on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:31:29 PM PDT
by Plutonium Page on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:34:54 PM PDT
by TealVeal on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:36:07 PM PDT
John McCain: no health insurance for kids.
by AlanF on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 07:40:58 PM PDT
by Plutonium Page on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 10:58:18 PM PDT
And the kicker: they both tortured animals as children.
Young and irresponsible or serial killer? You be the judge.
by few on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:24:10 PM PDT
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-02-19-mccain-roe_x.htm
by joojooluv on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:29:06 PM PDT
Fucking psychopaths.
by Plutonium Page on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:34:24 PM PDT
by kate mckinnon on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:47:55 PM PDT
An untypical Negro...since 1954.
by blksista on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:58:26 PM PDT
by Kagro X on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 06:48:51 PM PDT
by kate mckinnon on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 06:59:27 PM PDT
by kate mckinnon on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 07:42:56 PM PDT
Other people's lives mean nothing to him.
Actually that would be an interesting comparison (reminds me the movie The Corporation where they apply a psyhological test to corporations and basically find that they are sociopaths) - Bush Vs. Serial Killer.
It's interesting that Ted Bundy was known for being a charming guy and was able to talk his way into situations where he could prey on his victims.
by dc 20005 on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 07:55:39 PM PDT
jus' askin'
by marjo on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 08:05:56 PM PDT
by Geotpf on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 08:42:53 PM PDT
Remember when he made fun of Karla Faye in an interview with Tucker Carlson? I don't think he is taking any of the deaths seriously- which is a very scary thing considering that his nasty fratty little finger is on the set of buttons that could destroy all of us.
by kate mckinnon on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 08:50:20 PM PDT
- "You're Hells Angels, then? What chapter are you from?" - REVELATIONS, CHAPTER SIX.
by Hoya90 on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 08:01:10 PM PDT
also, bundy was a rockefeller republican, not a neo-con:
http://www.lasercub.blogspot.com
by lasercub on Sat Sep 18, 2004 at 05:08:18 PM PDT
It's a neighborly day in this beautywood. Relentless!
by ablington on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 06:32:58 PM PDT
Q: How stupid can 51% of our country be? A: Pretty damned stupid.
by wunderwood on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 08:49:20 PM PDT
by juls on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:25:34 PM PDT
Go see it. Do not let this one pass you by!
Click "Veterans' Views" after following the link below.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/index.html#
Stop McCain and the GOP. Support Barack Obama and the DNC.
by DaveV on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:28:00 PM PDT
It's the Supreme Court, Stupid!
by Radiowalla on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:35:19 PM PDT
by HoserElder on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 03:24:07 PM PDT
by fwiffo on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 05:45:07 PM PDT
by lectric on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:33:01 PM PDT
by silence on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:51:01 PM PDT
Laura Bush was on my permanent shit list long before this, but I hope that this helps clarify for some others what a stupid zombie she is. Had she stopped, and given the woman a hug, felt her pain for a brief moment, she could have not only done some good but scored those precious political points as well.
And the people in the room, drowning out the mother's pain by shouting "Four More Years, Four More Years", well, it's just incredible, really. I guess that they have never lost a child.
by kate mckinnon on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:52:57 PM PDT
9-11 changed everything? Well, Katrina changed it back.
by varro on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 04:26:50 PM PDT
Anyway, their lives are hollow. Their families fake. Their future bleak. We need to bury them as a politcal force in this country once and for all.
by Pescadero Bill on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 09:22:51 PM PDT
by kate mckinnon on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 09:39:32 PM PDT
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/09/17/bush.protester/index.html
I love how both Kerry and Dean address(ed) protesters but with the other side, the crown tries to drown out dissent by yelling, "Four more years."
As the Navajo say, "you can't awaken a man pretending to be asleep."
"You can't awaken a man who pretends to be asleep."-Navajo saying.
by quartzite on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:58:48 PM PDT
Later, talking to reporters, she said she sent a letter to Bush about her son and in return she only got a invitation to support the campaign.
by marjo on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 08:28:53 PM PDT
by paperbag on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:33:01 PM PDT
My girlfriend's got Candy Crowley on her "hit list."
-Hope never cost Corporate America a dime -Somebody blow Bush so we can impeach him already.
by DWCG on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:44:45 PM PDT
by paperbag on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:58:19 PM PDT
Cthulhu 4 Preznit -- Why vote for petty evil?
by Great Cthulhu on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 09:54:43 PM PDT
Once KGB; always KGB.
by DWCG on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:35:51 PM PDT
What makes this story big news is the ACPC's list of "distinguished Americans": Richard Perle, Elliott Abrams, Kenneth Adelman, Midge Decter, Frank Gaffney, Bruce Jackson, Michael Ledeen, and R. James Woolsey.
John McCain's Straight Talk Express runs on fossil fuels.
by Dump Terry McAuliffe on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:49:20 PM PDT
by blksista on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 03:00:18 PM PDT
Russia, yet another Bush foreign policy failure.
McCain: Less jobs, more war.
by Unstable Isotope on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 04:40:29 PM PDT
Putin, who opposed Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq, did not go into detail about the information that was forwarded, and said Russia had no evidence that Hussein was involved in any attacks.
...
Putin's statement came as Bush, Vice President Cheney and other administration officials are defending their statements -- made before the war and as recently as this week -- that Hussein's government had a relationship with Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda organization. Earlier this week, the staff of the commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks said there were contacts between Iraq and al Qaeda, "but they do not appear to have resulted in a collaborative relationship."
And from The Seattle Times, 6/19/04:
"People think back to those days and they have good memories of Bush," he said.
Putin's comments yesterday also could help.
Sergei Markov, director of Moscow's Institute for Political Studies, said he doesn't doubt Putin's claim. But he questioned the timing of the disclosure.
The Kremlin, Markov said, sees Democrats as too critical of Russia's record on human rights and democracy. "If John Kerry comes to power, your relations with Russia will be worse than they are now," he said.
At the time, I wondered what, if anything, Putin might be getting in exchange for coming to Bush's defense in this manner. I guess I don't have to wonder anymore...
by mugsimo on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 05:12:36 PM PDT
by lectric on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:37:24 PM PDT
I laughed so hard I need clean pants.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."- Thomas Jefferson
by RandyMI on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:44:01 PM PDT
Officer Wrote Letter to Bush's Father
By MATT KELLEY, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - A packet of Texas Air National Guard records newly released Friday showed that the commanding officer of President Bush (news - web sites)'s basic training unit took a special interest in him as a trainee and wrote to his father to praise his son.
Bush's father, then a congressman from Texas, said in reply to the commander, "That a major general in the Air Force would take interest in a brand new Air Force trainee made a big impression on me."
Bush went on to say that his son "will be a gung ho member" of the Air Force and that Air Force instructors had "helped awaken the very best instincts in my son."
The letter and other material were the latest in a stream of documents released about Bush's service three decades ago during the Vietnam War, when Bush's critics say he got preferential treatment as the son of a congressman and U.N. ambassador. Critics have also questioned why Bush skipped a required medical examination in 1972 and failed to show up for drills during a six-month period that year.
The White House has said repeatedly that all of Bush's Guard records have been disclosed, only to be embarrassed when new documents have turned up. The long-running story took an unusual turn when CBS uncovered documents purportedly showing that Bush refused orders to take a physical examination in 1972 -- but then the authenticity of the documents came under doubt.
In addition to the letter from Bush's father, the latest documents contain news releases that the Texas Air National Guard sent to Houston newspapers in 1970 about young Bush, then a second lieutenant and new pilot. "George Bush is one member of the younger generation who doesn't get his kicks from pot or hashish or speed," the news release said. "Oh, he gets high, all right, but not from narcotics."
Three decades later, a new book by Kitty Kelley has alleged that Bush used cocaine while he was a student at Yale University and later at Camp David while his father was president.
by paperbag on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:51:23 PM PDT
by RandyMI on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 03:28:23 PM PDT
by Geotpf on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 03:37:45 PM PDT
indirect link with direct link inside (cause i'm lazy) bring it on
by leif on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:37:35 PM PDT
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. Somerset Maugham
by verasoie on Fri Sep 17, 2004 at 02:41:23 PM PDT
by paperbag on
