Category: Edgewise

“…a poll taken just before the elections showed that 75 percent of Mr. Bush’s supporters believe Iraq either worked closely with Al Qaeda or was directly involved in the attacks of 9/11.” (NYT 11/04/04.) Not only that, according to the original report, they also thought this was the belief of “experts” in the field. We’ve…

I ported my last entry (What do Democrats stand for?) over to my diary at Daily Kos and added a poll asking people what single principle most unites the Democratic party. If you’d like to vote over there, visit the poll there and help me sort it all out. Of course there’s an Other category…

For starters, visit this site. I’ve stumbled on two excellent interviews with these people today — Air America Radio was hyping the hell out of them. If you’re concerned about voter fraud, these folks appear to be on the front line. How much is your democracy worth to you? I gave a little money, and…

jwz‘s much smarter than I am and he’s got some suspicions about statistical variances in our ever-so-tight race (election rigging). In some weird sense I just want people in the future to be able to know for sure what really happened in 2000 and 2004.

Xian called the election a “blowout”. I call it a poor performance by George W. Bush. This was no blowout. Bush and his minders will yell over and over through the so-called liberal media that he has a real mandate, that this was a landslide, that the middle of the country’s road is conservative. But…

Josh Koenig at Music for America has compiled this map debunking the whole “the kids didn’t show up” meme that was going around the web on Wedneday (Looking Into The Future…). If these trends hold, the map shows a bright future for a more progressive America. Let’s not write off any more generations and any…

As I was laying in bed last night counting Republicans, I started thinking about the whole “moral values” thing. What I realized–and maybe this should be filed under “bleeding obvious”–is that the two main issues, gays and abortion, are both classic cases of “I should be free to follow my values, and you also should…

Every generation has its challenge. We’ve had it fairly easy till now. Sure, it was rough when “Happy Days” got cancelled. But, you know, we perservered. This is our moment. This is our generation’s challenge. How we respond will define us and determine history. I don’t want to be the good Germans, the ones who…

Nice speech by Mr. Kerry – positive, thoughtful, inspirational even. At one point he appeared to shed a tear. Funny how candidates always seem to be at their best when the campaign is over – especially, for some reason, in concession speeches. I remember watching Gore when he (finally) conceded and thinking, “Wow, he’s an…

That phrase has been running through my head all morning. It makes me laugh, and I need to laugh, because this election has been a stark reminder of just how backward we are as a country. Not stupid, but gullible, easily manipulated, ruled by fear, and still in possession of a whole laundry list of…

I gather that the next 11 to 90 days may end up as a three-ring circus after Democrats wake up and start sifting through any possible signs of discrepancies in Tuesday’s apparent Republican blowout (popular vote advances, gains in both houses of Congress, and so on). I suppose there is some possible future in which…

Where do we go from here? How do we begin to reclaim secular democracy? The most disheartening thing I’m hearing on all the networks is that “moral issues” rather than economic issues were the deciding factor. How can we possibly convince American voters – over the next decade or two, for it will surely take…

Joshua Marshall says Republicans have taken to the courts to steal the election in Ohio.

Zogby is projecting a slight popular vote margin for Bush but gives the electoral college to Kerry by a projected margin of 311 to 213.

According to McLehrer, Republicans are spinning that the high turnout today isn’t necessarily bad for them. Meanwhile, George and Laura Bush were making a statement and W. seemed to have a bit of a resigned air, like a man who’d taken his best shot and was about ready to retire. Ray Suarez quotes the Republican…

I dragged my wheezy lungs up to the school on the hill to cast my ballot. I’ve never missed an election and I always think it’s important to vote, but even in this decidedly non-swing state (California) I felt like my vote counted more than ever this time. The poll workers told me they had…

I was listening to Air America on the way to work and Al Franken and company were singing a lopsided song oompah song “bring a book, bring a book, when you go to vote” and it was so sweet and I thought “this is what it sounds like to win.” At our east bay (CA)…

Fafblog! (the whole world’s only source for Fafblog) says Giblets will win, unless he is sandbagged by the media bias: But if – as some scurrilous rumors and half-mad acid-eating anti-Giblets propagandists have suggested – Giblets loses the election to John Kerry, it will be clear why. It will be because of the bias of…