The Bush strategy: counting on short-term memory
It seems that Bush' reelection strategy is taking shape. A blog commenter over at the Dean blog heard on CBS radio that Bush was running on "optimistic compassionate conservatism". In other words: "I'm...
View ArticleWhat can Kerry throw at Bush?
Ok, it looks like Kerry will be the nominee. He's not my favorite candidate, but I want him to win; Bush has to go. But how can he paint a contrast between him and Bush?
View ArticlePresidential poetry.
Reading this makes me wonder: what kind of poetry would Bush write? It probably sounds something like this: I sit here alone misunderestimated I want my daddy.
View ArticleTerror alerts: what's the point?
I've been wondering what the point of the terror alerts is, or even the whole color code system. Will it really help?
View ArticleMoby: Kerry is like Radiohead.
I noticed a link to Moby's online journal, from September 1st, in which he gives some thoughts on the campaign. Moby, an early Kerry supporter, suggests that Democrats better learn to understand how a...
View ArticleDutch poll: 9% support for Bush.
The Dutch news analysis show NOVA is focusing on the US presidential elections, and will be doing a lot of reporting on the race in the coming weeks. Today, they had the results of a poll among Dutch...
View Article30-40 dead in Baghdad ; Southern provinces to break away
Things are just wonderful and dandy in Iraq, aren't they? Today,30-40 people died because of bombings in Baghdad, and the oil-producing provinces are considering breaking away from Iraq: Iraq's...
View ArticleFunny Dutch column on the debate.
In the Volkskrant, one of the main Dutch national newspapers, there's a frontpage column which rotates between a few of the paper's writers. After the debate, Jan Mulder wrote the following frontpage...
View ArticleDoor to door in Albuquerque, NM.
Today, Plutonium Page and I went door to door for the Kerry campaign in Albuquerque, NM. Our job was to talk to registered Democrats and undecided, to determine whether they were going to vote. [I am...
View Article18,000 rally for Kerry in ABQ (report + pictures)
On Tuesday night, Plutonium Page and I went to the Kerry rally in Albuquerque, NM. The crowd was big (18,000 according to NM governor Bill Richardson), excited and pumped. Read on for a more detailed...
View Articleemail: Ohio state officials involved in voter suppression?
sandra1113 posted this on the open thread. I thought it was very important, so I decided to make a diary out of it. Credit goes to sandra1113 and the folks at georgewbush.org, not me.. This is an email...
View ArticleMy life as a troll.
Well, it's time to come clean. I have been outed as a troll. So I'll confess, and will tell my whole story here. In early 2003, Karl Rove called me to infiltrate "this blog thing that seemed to rally...
View ArticleIran's "secret tunnel".
Various news outlets are reporting this story, about Iran taking their nuclear development underground (literally):
View ArticleIraq now a training ground for European extremists
Mission accomplished: while Iraq was not involved in any major terrorist activity before the war (except for some support to Palestinian groups and providing a home for a few retired terrorists), it...
View ArticleIt's official: torture is Bush policy.
Well, we've known for a while that the Bush administration considers torture to be a legitimate thing to do. But so far, no administrations official has come out and said that on the record. Well, that...
View ArticleTWA: Torture World Airlines, British department.
All of you are probably aware of the torture flights, and how torturing prisoners is outsourced to other countries, and how unmarked jets are used to ship people off to those countries. More details of...
View ArticleBill Richardson praises Bush, doesn't make sense.
Local Albuquerque news alerted me to an AP article, in which Bill Richardson praises Bush' policy of "spreading democracy" in the Middle East, citing Syria's pullout of Lebanon as a success.
View ArticleNew Iraq National Guard video shows some abuse.
A new video has emerged in which US soldiers abuse Iraqis. It was shot by Florida National Guardsmen in Ramadi last year. It's called "Ramadi Madness", and was revealed in documents recently obtained...
View ArticleDeath is not the end. Never give up!
Originally, I was someone who thought that people had the right to die when they wanted to, and that keeping someone without any brain function in a vegitative state was wrong. But, reading what all...
View ArticleCIA rendition to/via Europe in the spotlight again
(From the diaries -- Plutonium Page.) The CIA rendition story is heating up again, this time in Europe. A few days ago, we already saw the story about US terror prisons in Eastern Europe and other...
View ArticleOn King Abdullah's speech and open discussion
Today's speech by King Abdullah II of Jordan in a joint session of Congress once more brought to light the difficulty of the role of the United States in the most important issue that stands in the way...
View ArticleWashington Post: "It's the Democrats' fault"
If you read the Washington Post editorial titled "The Phony Debate" (and linked off the frontpage with the title "Democratic demagoguery on Iraq"), you come away with the idea that the current...
View ArticleI'm declaring my candidacy
Today, I stand before you to declare my candidacy. It is my mission to improve the world. I am not quite sure yet which office is most suitable to do this, but such details do not concern me.
View ArticleIt was not a vote for war.
"I'm as jumpy as a virgin at a prison rodeo" -- Blanche (Golden Girls)I realize that the shameless misleading that led to the Iraq war has made us all very vigilant to never let that happen again....
View ArticleIA, NH, SC polls
I love polls. I'm addicted to them, and even though the primaries are still several months away, I need my daily shot of polls, or I'll go into serious withdrawal.So, that's why I was happy to see...
View ArticleMore on Clinton being 'too polarizing'.
It is often argued that Hillary Clinton is too polarizing, and that this is one of the reasons why she won't do well (or at least not as well as other Democratic candidates) in the general election.But...
View ArticleNew Rasmussen Iowa poll
Rasmussen has an Iowa poll out. The usual disclaimers applies: Iowa is notoriously hard to poll, but it's always interesting to look, and look at the internals.
View ArticleOn fundraising myths and rhetoric.
Fundraising figures are often used in the war of words between presidential candidates and their supporters. But, what is exactly true of those claims, and how are the candidates' supposed principled...
View ArticleObama slaps Edwards
Ah, primary season is heating up. I think we're all familiar with the harder tone that the Obama and especially the Edwards campaign have taken toward Clinton.But Obama wasn't mincing words towards...
View ArticleObama, our nominee, or: the ramblings of a cynic.
Well, here we are again. Iowa is done. Obama won it decisively. Tomorrow he'll be up in the NH polls, and will very likely become the nominee. So, I need to start getting used to the idea that he will...
View ArticleI've got your recommended list right here
Do you ever get that deja vu feeling when looking at DailyKos? Do you ever get tired of wading through hundreds of candidate-bashing comments in the vain hope of finding a good one?Do you want primary...
View ArticleDon't let another screamer steal the headlines.
This will be short, and it's more of a comment, but there are too many comments flying already, so I thought I'd make it a diary.Yes, Joe Wilson is a rude ass, and probably worse. But, let's not forget...
View ArticleMocking the teabaggers is fun, but..
Sure, we all like to make fun of the teabaggers. Sure, the content of their protest ranges from stupid and misinformed via plain wrong to outright vile.But, you have to admit that they have been very...
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