Author: cecil

  • Reality catches up with the President

    It’s amazing to how many things have gone wrong for Bush since the first presidential debate just last Friday: Poland announces troop withdrawals right after Bush makes a big deal about us not forgetting Poland Fox News has truth problems on foxnews.com, effectively silencing the anti-Rather campaign Bremer drops the big one right before the…

  • Making the leap to door-to-door volunteering

    In about a week and a half, I’m going to make the leap to door-to-door volunteer work in a battleground state. I’ve done phone banks and such a little bit over the years, but this kind of face-to-face thing is new to me, let alone face-to-face in a foreign land. I was a little lost…

  • Bremer echoes Kerry’s criticism of Iraq planning

    From the Post, via MSNBC.com: Bremer’s comments were striking because they echoed contentions of many administration critics, including Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry, who argue that the U.S. government failed to plan adequately to maintain security in Iraq after the invasion. Bremer has generally defended the U.S. approach in Iraq but in recent weeks…

  • Brace for it

    It’s been a pretty solid 20 hours (and counting) for John Kerry. But the Cheney/Bush team are industrious folks. We don’t know exactly what’s brewing. Not yet. But you can hear the shouting behind closed doors at the White House. And the clippity-clop clippity-clop in the evening fog. Something nasty this way comes. Brace for…

  • Kerry seemed ‘on’

    In the spirit of balanced analysis, let me offer this counter-point to xian’s crafty post-debate “spin.” Yes, fine, I’ll grant his central thesis: Sure. OK. Bush was off. But leave us not forget: Kerry was on. Really, the guy had a job to do, and dang if he didn’t nail it. He was smart, strong,…

  • developing: President Bush is a habitual onanist

    On the eve of the first presidential debates, some say President Bush has developed an unhealthy addiction to onanism. Sources close to the President have recently noticed that his hands are never more than 6 feet from his guy-parts. Never. Not during cabinet meetings. Not playing with his dog. Not watching “Jimmy Kimmel” on the…

  • A brotherhood of man

    Imagine all the people, singing John Lennon songs, here. (this has been out for a little bit, but I’m late to the party, and I figgered there might be others who are likewise a lil bit behind the times. nod to xian for pointing this out to me over the weekend.)

  • Friday pick-me-up

    A little down about the state of the election? There’s a nifty collection of current polls plus some comparisons to a few prev. elections, here. Puts things in some helpful perspective. And really, given the fantastic month Bush has had and the mess that we’re told the Kerry campaign is, given all those heart-tugging John…

  • How does he know? They told him so.

    From Thursday’s Bush/Allawi press conference: Q: do you believe, given the situation on the ground and Fallujah and other northern cities in the Sunni triangle, that elections are possible in four months? BUSH: I do, because the [Iraqi] prime minister [Allawi] told me they are. He’s interested in moving this country forward. And you heard…

  • Handy Retort #2

    Have you been following the whole forgery thing? (Short version: new docs surfaced yesterday with more national guard-related badness for Bush. Today’s news has some experts saying these docs are really forgeries because of particulars re the typeface.) OK, so what if one of your Republican buddies stops you in the hallway tomorrow and says:…

  • Handy Retort #1

    Going into the home stretch here, we’re all going to need to have some snappy retorts on-hand. For example, if you’re pro-Kerry, the next time a Republican brags to you about the polls and the convention, and blah, blah, blah, try this: “Yeah, Bush is really running a great campaign. It’s just his presidency that…

  • 1000 feet below sleaze-level

    Remarkably, Dick Cheney lifted up a stoop today with his bare hands. And then he actually stooped beneath that stoop. That’s how low this is. Short version: a vote for Kerry is a vote for a major terrorist attack on the United States. Well, that’ll help me make up my mind. Cuz, you know, I’m…

  • And when I said it was tied…

    …I meant it was tied. Rasmussen gave Bush a commanding lead of 4 points after the convention, back on September 2nd and 3rd. How tied is it today? They’re showing 47.3% to 47.3%. I mean, that’s just nuts. See for yourself, here.

  • The greatest speech of George Bush’s life

    Sure he started slow, but I think you really have to say, Bush did a pretty good job Thursday night. No, wait, that’s not fair. I’ll go farther. He was fantastic. Really, he did about as great a job as a human being, made in the image of the almighty God could possibly have done.…

  • Zell Miller Theory #741

    In last night’s keynote speech, did you catch the way Pseudocrat Zell Miller kept saying (paraphrased) “I’m doing this for my family,” and “this is about the safety of my family,” and “I put family above party.” And then later, when he said “and the man I want to run this country is George W.…

  • Hey, military industrial complex? Is that Dick Cheney in your pocket or are you just glad to see us?

  • RNC: Quick takes

    Arnold? Pretty entertaining. But I kept waiting for him to tell us why it was we should reelect Bush. Sure, we got plenty of reasons why America’s great. And let there be no doubt: If the USA and all the positive things it can stand for in this world are ever on the ballot, they’ve…

  • And ye shall judge them by what they say about John McCain

    Got an email from the Kerry campaign Monday night pointing out this bit of unpleasantness: One of the groups making the case that decorated war hero John Kerry is actually a cowardly, unpatriotic, Viet Cong-loving liar have also put up a lengthy post making the brutally detailed case for why decorated war hero John McCain…

  • Scoop: Presidential race still tied. Developing…

    Here’s a quick replay of the last several months: Kerry up by 4 — oooh, Bush is really in trouble now. Bush up by 1. Sounds like Kerry’s on the ropes! Kerry up by 2, whatever will Bush do? And all this drama driven by polls that generally have margins of error around 3 or…

  • John Kerry eats human brains

    Tonight on The Daily Show, John Kerry finally puts all those “was he wounded? did he bleed? really? really?! how much did he bleed? and does he really bleed at all? or is he an undead? a zombie? a creature of the night? a crypt thing?” questions to rest by letting host Jon Stewart puncture…

  • Kerry response to swift boat smear

    This remarkably powerful ad from Kerry/Edwards — and the associated petition — are well worth your time.