Category: 2004 Election

The Left Coaster lays out the conservative case against Bush. I have always been proud to be known as liberal and I agree with many of the goals of the traditional and new left, but I have also always been sympathetic to many of conservative ideals (as stated) and the drives that underlie them. I’ve…

OK, over at the White House’s official transcript it appears that the “misstatement” was spoken as written: Third, this bill meets our commitment to America’s Armed Forces by preparing them to meet the threats of tomorrow. Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm…

This latest Bush gem sounds like a parody (but apparently it’s simply a flub – what did the speech have in this place as written, I wonder?): Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we,” Bush said. “They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither…

The headlines over on the drudgereport (again — can’t stand to give him a link, though I suppose — blech — I am giving him “press” by even commenting on this) currently reads “Slaughters Animals. Burns Down Tiny Village.” Who does such things? Why, according to Drudge, John Kerry. (These are those charges from the…

Jeff Jarvis notes that Vietnam is no longer a dirty word for Democrats. Vietnam split and weakened the party and divided the whole country. We’ve been living with that cultural cold war ever since. This reminds me of my suggested campaign theme (or meme) for Kerry: Kerry the Redeemer: Kerry has stood on both sides…

Tonight, at least, Pat Buchanan is a Kerry booster. (What is up with that, by the way? For the last several weeks I’ve noticed him shifting into a Bill Kristol-style-almost-neutral-observer-who-happens-to-be-a-hard-righter mode. Is it a carrer move? Or, as someone over at dailykos.com speculated, is it a by-product of his longstanding dislike for the Bush family?)…