Monthly Archives: July 2004 - Page 2

The Other Liberal Party

Posted by on 7/26/2004 5 comments

Democrats Try To Soften The Edges As the Democratic convention gets underway today, the Kerry campaign and the Democratic National Committee are trying to soften any edges that might offend swing voters. So the word is out: the liberal wing …

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Teresa Flash Back

Posted by on 7/26/2004 6 comments

Teresa’s Ted K Tirade Teresa Heinz Kerry, years before becoming a Democrat, railed against the party’s “putrid” politics, said she didn’t trust Sen. Edward M. Kennedy [related, bio] and angrily called the liberal lion a “perfect bastard.” In comments published …

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Shove it!

Posted by on 7/26/2004 18 comments

Theresa Heinz Kerry Tells Pittsburg Reporter to “Shove It” Channel 4 Action News anchor Scott Baker witnessed and his photographer captured the exchange between Teresa Heinz Kerry and a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editor following a pre-convention event on Sunday evening. Teresa …

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Kerry Diverts Plane

Posted by on 7/26/2004 6 comments

Kerry Diverts His Plane to See Red Sox-Yanks Game John Kerry diverted his campaign plane on Sunday to make a surprise visit to Boston for the Yankees-Red Sox baseball game. “This plane is diverted,” he told reporters. “It’s a wonderful …

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Berger’s Many Excuses

Posted by on 7/26/2004 2 comments

Sandy, Tell Us About The Papers At one end of the spectrum lies Berger’s explanation for the documents: Through simple carelessness, on two occasions, he inadvertently scooped up papers he meant to leave behind after a long day perusing records …

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Gen. Tommy Franks

Posted by on 7/25/2004 3 comments

“American Soldier” General Tommy Franks’ new book, “American Solider,” is coming out August 3. His publisher, Regan Books, is using the tag line… “The Man Who Will Tell You the Truth.” This book is loaded with revelations about the Iraq …

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Why Tell So Much?

Posted by on 7/25/2004 3 comments

Twin Towers ‘key suspect’ breaks cover to email wife in Germany A key September 11 suspect who disappeared eight days before the attacks on the World Trade Centre has broken his cover by emailing his wife in Germany, prompting Pakistani …

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The Free Speech Cage

Posted by on 7/24/2004 15 comments

At the upcoming Democratic National Convention what will be done about protestors? They’ll put them in a cage of course. Now that might be a funny line and gain a smile or two if it weren’t the truth. But it …

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The Boldness of the President

Posted by on 7/24/2004 2 comments

Sandy Berger Was An Obstacle To Action Reading the report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, we couldn’t help thinking of Justice Scalia’s great dissent in Morrison v. Olson. It’s the case in which the …

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Kerry’s Detroit Rolls Royce

Posted by on 7/24/2004 5 comments

Camp Kerry Spinning It’s Wheels John Kerry spoke about the plight of the American worker when he traveled to Detroit earlier this week, a safe message for the blue-collar workers who build cars there. So it was a little strange …

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Ronstadt’s Encore

Posted by on 7/23/2004 26 comments

Ronstadt gets audience walkout encore Linda Ronstadt’s political message sent close to a hundred concert-goers home early Thursday evening. What had been a mellow evening at Wente Vineyards, with the crowd even serenading her with “Happy Birthday” at one point, …

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Curiouser and Curiouser

Posted by on 7/23/2004 11 comments

Covering Up U.S. officials tell us that the FBI is focusing on a single document in its investigation of former White House National Security Adviser Samuel R. Berger. Investigators are trying to determine why Mr. Berger improperly removed a highly …

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Kerry, Did You Use The Docs?

Posted by on 7/22/2004 11 comments

Kerry Anti-Terror Plan Removed From Campaign Web Site After Berger Revelation Shortly after news broke that former Clinton administration National Security Advisor Samuel “Sandy” Berger was being investigated by the Justice Department for illegally removing highly classified documents from the …

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Blue Jay Protests War

Posted by on 7/22/2004 8 comments

Ball Player Carlos Delgado Sits Out “God Bless America” Fervently anti-war, Carlos Delgado quietly carried out his personal protest this season, refusing to stand when “God Bless America” was played at ballparks across the majors. Most fans never saw him …

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Edwards Pulls A Kerry

Posted by on 7/22/2004 7 comments

Edwards Suggests World Leaders Want Bush To Lose John Edwards said on CNN’s LARRY KING LIVE last night: “Just a few weeks ago…I was in Brussels at NATO meeting with a whole group of NATO ambassadors and hearing their perspective …

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