Monthly Archives: January 2004

Kerry Primer

Posted by on 1/31/2004 10 comments

The Many Faces of John Kerry LET’S SAY you’re a Republican strategist. It’s around 10 P.M. on Tuesday, January 26, and you’re watching Senator John Kerry, Democrat from Massachusetts, deliver his valedictory speech to supporters in Manchester, New Hampshire. Kerry …

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Celebrities And Their Candidates

Posted by on 1/31/2004 37 comments

Do celebrities add glitter and gold? Presidential candidates trot out celebrities the way Aunt Mildred pulls out those old, fading vacation slides from her ’72 trip to the Jersey Shore. Forget a chicken in every pot. There are stage, screen …

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Kerry Dance Partners

Posted by on 1/31/2004 17 comments

Kerry Says We’re Misled

Posted by on 1/30/2004 60 comments

Kerry On Terrorism John Kerry said during last night’s Democratic presidential debate that the threat of terrorism has been exaggerated. “I think there has been an exaggeration,” Mr. Kerry said. “They are misleading all Americans in a profound way.” “This …

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How much does appeasement cost in oil?

Posted by on 1/29/2004 46 comments

Saddam’s Gifts An Iraqi newspaper has published an extraordinary list that contains the names of prominent people around the world who supported Saddam Hussein’s regime and were given oil contracts as a result. These are the people the US was …

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Call for Blood

Posted by on 1/28/2004 2 comments

Red Cross Dangerously low on blood, money The American Red Cross disaster fund is running a deficit and its blood supply is dangerously low, President Marsha Johnson Evans said Wednesday in a plea for donations. “There is no fallback option …

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Shocked, anyone?

Posted by on 1/28/2004 15 comments

If proven to be true . . . . Documents from Saddam Hussein’s oil ministry reveal he used oil to bribe top French officials into opposing the imminent US-led invasion of Iraq. Saddam bribed Chirac . . . . it …

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Photoshop fun

Posted by on 1/28/2004 7 comments

**ps… the above is a satire and not really paid for by Bush/Cheney ’04. Sheesh**

Free Speech for me, not for Thee

Posted by on 1/28/2004 14 comments

Earlier, I had posted about the Liberal’s new voice for the launch of their dream liberal talk radio network. Funny man, Al Franken is the guy who is going to take it to the top for the liberals. That champion …

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Kerry Pulls It Off

Posted by on 1/27/2004 Comments Off

The Democrats of New Hampshire have spoken . . . 75% Precincts Reporting. . . Sen. John F. Kerry 24,339 39% Howard Dean 15,151 26% Gen. Wesley K. Clark 7,383 13% Sen. John Edwards 7,896 12% Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman …

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Details, details

Posted by on 1/27/2004 5 comments

Dean Deli Debt Scott will tell you deliveries are a little different, especially one back on the 16th of this month. That was a big order for this small business of four employees. 200 brown bag specials…with turkey, roast beef, …

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Will not wait while danger gathers

Posted by on 1/26/2004 11 comments

From the Tom Brokaw/David Kaye interview; TB: The president described Iraq as a gathering threat — a gathering danger. Was that an accurate description? DK: I think that’s a very accurate description. TB: But an imminent threat to the United …

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Miller: 1 Liberal Media Watchdogs: 0

Posted by on 1/26/2004 14 comments

Liberal media watchdogs from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) are concerned about CNBC’s upcoming talk show, hosted by Dennis Miller. In politics, we all know where Miller stands on his issues. That’s because he’s upfront and open about where …

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Character Matters

Posted by on 1/25/2004 4 comments

Clark ran afoul of Pentagon Bosses and lost his job One of the most damning charges against retired Gen. Wesley Clark has also been the vaguest. After Clark entered the Democratic race last September, Gen. Hugh Shelton, former chairman of …

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Moral Politics

Posted by on 1/25/2004 Comments Off

Moral and Politics used in the same phrase? I understand your cynical perspective . . but read on – George Lakoff analyzes the unconscious and rhetorical worldviews of liberals and conservatives, discovering radically different but remarkably consistent conceptions of morality …

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