Category: Edgewise

From today’s press conference with Allawi (quoted in a Daily Kos diary): Secondly, I saw a poll that said the right track/wrong track in Iraq was better than here in America. (Chuckles.) Bush could retroactively earn that honorable discharge by volunteering now to serve in country.

Russ Baker reports on the fortunate son/black sheeps’ doings in Houston and Alabama that surrounded his apparently incomplete service in the Air National Guard in the Nation. Apparently he was having trouble flying the planes he was trained on, getting into trouble, and unwilling to take a physical exam: One middle-aged woman whose general veracity…

It’s not who did or didn’t go to war, who did or didn’t support Vietnam, who was or wasn’t injured abroad or defending the homeland. It’s the trail of lies in the form of memoirs, advertisement, and puffed-up resume line items (Daily Kos :: New US NEWS undisputed analysis: Bush was AWOL): Some experts say…

You know, I don’t think we should be using the word “conservative” to describe right-wing extremism. Too many people, even people with a fair number of progressive, even liberal political views, see themselves as conservative, and see conservatism as a good thing that means something like preserving what’s good and not changing things too fast.…

Brokentype: So Long RNC (via Ftrain linky love).

Jeez if Whitewater billing records were fair game, doesn’t selective leaking of military records in response to media requests while continually claiming that everything has been released warrant a closer look? (The Washington Monthly): Obviously they’ve had these sitting around for a while, and just as obviously they’ve held them back even though they claimed…

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…

…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.

If it’s a character issue, that makes it fair game, right? (George W. Bush: AWOL in Alabama)

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.…

Here’s the press release:

Did anybody laugh like I did when Dick Cheney was graciously recognized by President Bush? He had that sideways smirk on his face, and then when he stood to wave he opened his mouth and said … um … well, I have no idea. I was trying to read “thank you” or something like that…

I’m not watching the RNC convention. (“Why bother?” I thought, since I pretty much know the Repo script and it’s just as simplistic as Starlight Express, though with a plot that has far less contact with reality). But Cecil’s posts made me curious, so I poked around. From reading about the convention at Tacitus, Instapundit,…

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.…

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…