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Afghanistan, Iraq: Two Wars Collide WaPo — Permalink In the second half of March 2002, as the Bush administration mapped its next steps against al Qaeda, Deputy CIA Director John E. McLaughlin brought an unexpected message to the White House Situation Room. | |
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Richard TPD: If you still believe, deep inside, that we are actually "winning" our War on Terror and/or that the invasion of Iraq... Oliver Willis: How Bush Let Osama Get Away In Order To Avenge His Daddy — From The Washington Post: Afghanistan, Iraq: Two Wars... Jeanne D'Arc: It's perfectly legitimate to debate which candidate has a better understanding of the nature of terrorism — although I... |
Brad @ShrillBlog: Impeach the scum now: "washingtonpost.com: Afghanistan, Iraq: Two Wars Collide: By Barton Gellman and Dafna Linzer... Kevin Drum: STATE vs. NON-STATE TERRORISM...There's all sorts of interesting stuff in Barton Gellman and Dafna Linzer's Washington... Phillip Carter: Considering America's global strategy to fight terrorism — Barton Gellman and Dafna Linzer have produced a brilliant... |
| Also: Cori Dauber, David Allan Pell, Steve Soto, Jesse Taylor, Orrin Judd, Laura Rozen, Matthew Yglesias, Gary Farber, Kevin Raybould, Steve Gilliard, Hilzoy @ObsidianWings, Atrios, Ted Belman, Mathew Gross | |
Voting and Counting By / NYT — Permalink If the election were held today and the votes were counted fairly, Senator John Kerry would probably win. But the votes won't be counted fairly, and the disenfranchisement of minority voters may determine the outcome. | |
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Avedon Carol: Experts on Social Security become Shrill! (via) Paul Krugman says Kerry is ahead in the polls and could likely win the... Lambert @Corrente: Election fraud 2004: Krugman sets the baseline — Not shrill, not shrill at all: [snipped quote] I would be more, well,... Greg Ransom: THE TENURED GOD OF THE MOONBAT LEFT. |
Ruy Teixeira: Paul Krugman Weighs in on the Gallup Problem — Paul Krugman's important column in The New York Times today leads with... James Joyner: Paul Krugman echoes these comments in today's NYT: "If the election were held today and the votes were counted fairly, Senator John Kerry would probably win. Tarek @LiquidList: KERRY IS WINNING THIS ELECTION. |
| Also: John Cole, Paradox @LeftCoaster, DemFromCT, Magpie @PacificViews | |
Sacrificing Israel By / WaPo — Permalink The centerpiece of John Kerry's foreign policy is to rebuild our alliances so the world will come to our aid, especially in Iraq. He repeats this endlessly because it is the only foreign policy idea he has to offer. The problem for Kerry is that he cannot explain just how he proposes to do this. | |
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Deacon: The first 100 days, Part III — Charles Krauthammer explains how John Kerry will go about rebuilding our alliances so the world will come to our aid, especially in Iraq. Orrin Judd: THEY WERE EXPENDABLE: Sacrificing Israel (Charles Krauthammer, October 22, 2004, Washington Post) [snipped quote] The... Eric Soskin: A lot of people are talking about today's Washington Post column by Charles Krauthammer, which speculates that Sen... |
Avedon Carol: Charles Krauthammer has fabricated his very own Kerry foreign policy: sell-out Israel. Roger L. Simon: Krauthammer has a column this morning that is getting a lot of attention in the blogosphere and elsewhere. Marc Schulman: An excerpt: [snipped quote] Read the whole thing. |
| Also: Glenn Reynolds, Ted Belman, Greg Ransom | |
Kerry Campaign Statement on New Bush Ad 'Wolves' U.S. Newswire — Permalink WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ — Statement by Kerry spokesman Chad Clanton on the new Bush campaign ad "Wolves": "Instead of giving voters even one good reason to vote for him, George W. Bush has chosen to scare the American people with images of wolves. | |
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Avedon Carol: "Kerry campaign responds to new Bush ad: Instead of giving voters even one good reason to vote for him, George W. Bush has chosen to scare the American people with images of wolves." Oliver Willis: Eagle — The DNC has a nice response to the pathetic Bush "Wolves" ad, check it out. |
Captain Ed: ... 6:20 - You gotta love the DNC's response to the new Bush "Wolves" ad that addresses Kerry's attempted evisceration... Taegan Goddard: Update: Kerry responds. Meanwhile, Political Wire has learned that the Kerry campaign is coming out with an ad comparing Bush to an ostrich. |
Election chief warns of absentee scam By / St. Petersburg Times — Permalink Pasco elections officials have a warning for the county's absentee voters: Don't give your ballot to a stranger claiming to be from the elections office. They're not who they say they are. | |
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Avedon Carol: Atrios: When is the media going to start caring that there is clearly a well-organized nationwide effort to throw votes in the garbage? Atrios: More Florida Election Fraud — When is the media going to start caring that there is clearly a well-organized nationwide effort to throw votes in the garbage? |
Susan Madrak: OY Duncan asks the logical question: When is the national press corps going to start connecting the dots on this systematic voter fraud? |
Bunning unaware of Iraq story By / Courier-Journal — Permalink U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning said yesterday that he was unaware of reports that a unit of Army Reserve soldiers in Iraq had refused an order to deliver fuel for reasons including that their trucks were lightly armored. | |
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Jesse Taylor: Bunning, however, has another reason for appearing so incredibly out-of-touch: [snipped quote] Given what the average... Kos: KY-Sen: Bunning is going down, down, down — This is a beauty. [snipped quote] Of course, even Fox News reported on this story. |
Gen JC Christian: We learned this today when the Senator explained his ignorance about the recent mutiny in Iraq by saying: "Let me... Taegan Goddard: Bunning Unaware of Iraq Story — Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) "said yesterday that he was unaware of reports that a unit of... |
Religious Leaders Ahead in Iraq Poll By / WaPo — Permalink Leaders of Iraq's religious parties have emerged as the country's most popular politicians and would win the largest share of votes if an election were held today, while the U.S.-backed government of interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is losing serious ground, according to a U.S.-financed poll by the International Republican Institute. | |
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Brian Doherty: Democracy in Iraq — According to recent polls, as reported in the Washington Post, 46 percent of Iraqis support rebel... Kriston @BeggingToDiffer: ON POLLS, ZEALOTRY, AND THE FUTURE OF IRAQ — Robin Wright of the Washington Post reports on the other horserace:... Steve Soto: And his cult of believers simply lap it up because we haven't been attacked again, while Bush uses our troops in Iraq as... |
Gary Farber: A POLL THAT MATTERS is the latest in Iraq. Orrin Judd: LONG PAST READY: Religious Leaders Ahead in Iraq Poll: U.S. Matthew Yglesias: Robin Wright writes up the results of an International Republican Institute (IRI) poll of Iraqi opinion heading into the January elections. |
| Also: Ted Belman, Max B. Sawicky, Susan Madrak, Andrew Sullivan | |
Scripps poll: Kerry ahead in key state of Ohio Raleigh News & Observer — Permalink (SH) - Democrat John Kerry has a lead as high as 6 percent over President Bush in the key battleground state of Ohio, according to a survey completed Thursday night at Ohio University's Scripps Survey Research Center. | |
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Ruy Teixeira: Another Solid Lead for Kerry in Ohio — The new Ohio University/Scripps Survey Research Center poll, conducted October... Taegan Goddard: Here are some notable state polls: Ohio: Kerry 49, Bush 43 (Scripps) Ohio: Kerry 50, Bush 44 (Gallup) Pennsylvania:... |
Captain Ed: That comes on the heels of the Scripps poll showing a four-point Kerry lead in Ohio among likely voters, with Gallup reporting a Kerry one-point edge there. |
On the stump, Bush slows pace to his liking Boston Globe — Permalink DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. — The presidency may be hard work, as President Bush said several times during the first debate. But his campaigning these days appears much less so, with a relatively moderate travel schedule and an unusually narrow list of targeted travel states. | |
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Lambert @Corrente: Election fraud 2004: And so it begins in Ohio — I guess know we know why Inerrant Boy hasn't showed his face in Ohio... Taegan Goddard: Bush Eases Up on Campaign Trail — "The presidency may be hard work, as President Bush said several times during the first debate," the Boston Globe reports. Barbara O'Brien: Figure This Out — Bush's campaign schedule is slowing down, according to Anne Kornblut and Rick Klein of the Boston Globe. |
KJL: I'M TOTALLY INTO THE WESTERN WHITE HOUSE THING — But, I think I want the president in battleground states, not Crawford this weekend... Orrin Judd: WE'VE ALL GOT TV'S: On the stump, Bush slows pace to his liking (Anne E. Kornblut and Rick Klein, October 22, 2004,... |
Kerry ignites Dome crowd Minneapolis Star Tribune — Permalink Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry made his eighth campaign stop in Minnesota on Thursday night at a raucous rally in the Metrodome parking lot. Tens of thousands of fans roared their way through an amped-up 34-minute version of the Massachusetts... | |
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Avedon Carol: So "tens of thousands" turn out for a Kerry rally and cheer their little hearts out ("Kerry ignited thousands of... The Big Trunk: Coleman turns a gimlet eye on the event: [snipped quote] The Star Tribune's report by Bob von Sternberg and Terry... |
Oliver Willis: Spin vs Reality — "Captain Ed" crashes head-on with the reality. Sigh. Captain Ed: UPDATE: Oliver Willis thinks that I've crashed head-on into the spin, and links back to this Star Tribune report on the rousing success of the rally. |
Nick Coleman: Ahh, comic relief at a political rally Minneapolis Star Tribune — Permalink Mr. Fun came to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on Thursday night and made a lot of people happy. No, I am not referring to the Democratic presidential candidate, John F. Kerry. There is no way anyone could confuse John Kerry with Mr. Fun. | |
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The Big Trunk: Coleman covers the Kerry rally in his Star Tribune column today: "Ahh, comic relief at a political rally." Captain Ed: However, Coleman's description of the John Kerry rally yesterday in Minneapolis sounds so odd that it bears a closer look. |
James Joyner: Kerry Supporters Leave Rally Early — Nick Coleman: Ahh, comic relief at a political rally (Minneapolis Star Tribune)... Mitch Berg: Kerry Visit — I didn't go to the Kerry rally yesterday - although I did drive past the Kerry headquarters on Wednesday, and thought briefly about grabbing a ticket. |
Without saying a word, Ventura gets behind Kerry AP — Permalink ST. PAUL (AP) — Former Gov. Jesse Ventura now supports John Kerry for president. You'll just have to take Angus King's word for it. In a bizarre news conference Friday in the Capitol complex, Ventura stood silently next to the former Maine governor in an event billed as independents for Kerry. | |
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H.D. Miller: Weirdy Beardies — Weirdy Beardy Jesse VenturaWeirdy Beardy Al Gore And you thought Al Gore had acted odd after he left office. Hesiod: THE BODY POLITC: Apparently, Jesse "the Boobie" Ventura is supporting Kerry. |
Captain Ed: More as this develops ... 6:36 - Jesse Ventura endorsed John Kerry, but refused to speak to reporters about his statement. |
George W. Bush For President Jewish Press — Permalink It was George W. Bush's lot to have been elected president at a time when two defining developments were at work, fundamentally changing the world landscape. The European Union's burgeoning determination to fill the international political void created by the collapse of the Soviet Union was one. | |
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Orrin Judd: THE CHOSEN'S CHOSEN (via AWW): George W. Bush For President (EDITORIAL BOARD, 10/20/2004, Jewish Press) "It was George... Ted Belman: If you care about Israel, vote Bush — I strongly recommend reading George W. Bush For President By EDITORIAL BOARD of the Jewish Press. |
Deacon: Gut gezugt — The Jewish Press, America's largest Jewish newspaper, has endorsed President Bush. It finds the choice "an easy one." Charles Johnson: Jewish Press Endorses Bush — America's largest Jewish newspaper, the Jewish Press, endorses George W. Bush for President. |
El Presidente Speaks By / WaPo — Permalink President Bush granted two interviews to Spanish-language television networks yesterday. In one interview, Telemundo's Pedro Sevcec gave Bush yet another chance to admit a mistake. But no dice. Here's an English-language excerpt of the interview, from NBC's Today show. | |
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Brad @ShrillBlog: Dan Froomkin reports: "El Presidente Speaks (washingtonpost.com): Twenty months after the invasion of Iraq, the... Michael Froomkin: Update: Well, you may see it in your online newspaper. |
DeLong: Why Oh Why Are We Ruled by These Liars? (Because It Works for Them Department) Dan Froomkin writes: [snipped quote] It's interesting. |
Bush Ad Hints Terrorists Want Kerry to Win By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush's campaign, using powerful imagery of prowling wolves, suggests the country under John Kerry would be vulnerable to terrorists in a new television ad that says ''weakness attracts those who are waiting to do America harm.'' | |
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David Neiwert: Asleep at the wheel — So Team Bush is once again trying to suggest that terrorists want Kerry to win with an unintentionally hilarious ad comparing terrorists to wolves. Tom Burka: New Bin Laden Tape Endorses Kerry, White House Says — The White House today said that they had discovered a new tape... |
Taegan Goddard: The AP says the ad "implies that terrorists would seize on a Kerry presidency and it seeks to make the case that Bush's... |
'Frightened to death' of Bush By / Courier-Journal — Permalink I shall cast my vote for John Kerry come Nov 2. I have been, and will continue to be, a Republican. But when we as a party send the wrong person to the White House, then it is our responsibility to send him home if our nation suffers as a result of his actions. | |
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Kevin Drum: OLD SCHOOL....Former Kentucky senator and staunch Republican Marlow Cook: "I am not enamored with John Kerry, but I am frightened to death of George Bush." Kos: Kentucky (former Republican senator) "'Frightened to death' of Bush I shall cast my vote for John Kerry come Nov 2. Andrew Sullivan: I'm sorry, but it's time the pro-war camp began to deal with this. REPUBLICANS FOR KERRY: The latest - from Kentucky. |
Skippy: marlow w. cook, ex-repub senator from kentucky: "i shall cast my vote for john kerry come nov 2. Brad @ShrillBlog: Another Former Republican Senator Is Shrill — Marlow Cook, ex-Republican Senator from Kentucky, is shrill Mathew Gross: George F. Will. Former US Senator Marlow Cook. What do these and countless other prominent Republicans have in common? |
U.N. Official: Iraq Election 'On Track' By / AP — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq - Preparations for the crucial January election are "on track" and the absence of international observers due to the country's tenuous security should not detract from the vote's credibility, the top U.N. electoral expert here said. | |
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Glenn Reynolds: I'M SURPRISED THIS STORY HASN'T GOTTEN MORE ATTENTION: [snipped quote] Given the record of the international observers in Venezuela, I think he's got a point. Captain Ed: Iraqi Elections "On Track": UN — In a body blow to the hysterics and Chicken Littles in American politics, the top UN... |
Lorie Byrd: Good News From Iraq — Captain Ed posts good news about the track for elections in Iraq. |
Pentagon Reportedly Skewed C.I.A.'s View of Qaeda Tie By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 - As recently as January 2004, a top Defense Department official misrepresented to Congress the view of American intelligence agencies about the relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda, according to a new report by a Senate Democrat. | |
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Avedon Carol: "Bless Carl Levin for going after Doug Feith for lying to Congress about ties between Saddam and Islamist terrorists." Steve Clemons: In the New York Times Douglas Jehl reports: The report said a classified document prepared by Douglas J. Feith, the... |
Matthew Yglesias: (Also check out Doug Jehl's New York Times writeup of the report.) James Joyner: Democrats Charge Feith Misrepresented Intelligence — Pentagon Reportedly Skewed C.I.A.'s View of Qaeda Tie [RSS]... |
A Fading 'Nader Factor'? WaPo — Permalink ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 21 — In a state where he has been vilified by Democrats for siphoning votes from Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election, Ralph Nader was typically unstinting in his criticisms of President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry on Thursday, referring to the choice facing voters as one between "heart disease and cancer." | |
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Avedon Carol: He also recommends a WashPost article on A Fading Nader Factor that says suggests Nader's support is now a negligible factor in the race. Taegan Goddard: Democrats Seek to Neutralize Nader — "Groups seeking to minimize Nader's impact are focusing on at least seven states... |
Ruy Teixeira: The Nader Non-Factor — The Washington Post had a good front-page article today, "A Fading 'Nader Factor'?" . |
Al-Jazeera Airs Tape of Weeping Aid Worker By / AP — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq - Margaret Hassan, the kidnapped director of CARE International in Iraq , appeared on a videotape aired Friday, weeping and pleading with British Prime Minister Tony Blair to withdraw troops from Iraq "and not bring them to Baghdad" because "this might be my last hours." | |
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Roger L. Simon: As if he hadn't had enough, now he has to deal with a weeping kidnapped CARE director Margaret HAssan pleading with him... Talking Dog: We got trouble right here in Tigris River City. |
Jeralyn Merritt: Al Jazeera Airs Video of Weeping Hostage — British-Iraqi aid worker and kidnapping hostage Margaret Hassan may be the next victim. |
PERFECT POLITICAL STORM By / New York Post — Permalink LET'S drop the partisan fighting and the ideologi cal battling for a moment to step back, take a look around, and then ask: Has there ever, ever, ever been an election as exciting as this one? The answer, after some consideration, is: No way, not by a long shot. | |
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Glenn Reynolds: JOHN PODHORETZ WRITES: [snipped quote] I think by the time this is over I'll have had all the excitement I want. Hugh Hewitt: John Podhoretz loves the blogs' coverage of the election. He's right of course. |
Greg Ransom: JOHN PODHORETZ — babies, bottles .. and blogs. Also some good poll analysis. Betsy Newmark: John Podhoretz says that this is such an exciting election, partly because we have bloggers doing such thoughtful analysis such as Gerry Daly, Jay Cost, and David Wissing. |
Guardian calls it quits in Clark County fiasco By / Telegraph — Permalink The Guardian yesterday ran up the white flag and called a halt to "Operation Clark County", the newspaper's ambitious scheme to recruit thousands of readers to persuade American voters in a swing state to kick out President George W Bush in next month's election. | |
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Bill @INDCJournal: Clueless Leftist Brits Raise White Flag — Another Friday titter: The Guardian yesterday ran up the white flag and... Charles Johnson: Big time. Guardian calls it quits in Clark County fiasco. Scott Burgess: David Rennie of The Telegraph - at times sounding very much like a Daily Ablution reader - gleefully twists the knife into The Grauniad: [snipped quote] Over 10 days, in fact. |
Ace: British Sissy-Paper Calls Off Campaign to Swing Ohio Voters British Writers Objected To Mass-Emails Suggesting That They... McQ: Well, the law of unintended consequences has scuttled that endeavor: [snipped quote] Oops. Orrin Judd: THEY RAN SO FAST THAT THE HOUND DOGS COULDN'T CATCH 'EM...: Guardian calls it quits in Clark County fiasco (David Rennie, 22/10/2004, Daily Telegraph) [snipped quote] Meow.... |
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Why I'm (Slightly) for Bush By / The Nation — Permalink T he election season is always hellish for people who fancy that they live by political principles, because at such a time "politics" becomes, even more than usually, a matter of show business and superficial calculation. | |
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Matt Welch: More Endorsements — The surprise is not that Christopher Hitchens is for Bush; the surprise is that he appends the... Harry @HarrysPlace: Zero support — Christopher Hitchens makes a (probably) brief return to the pages of The Nation. |
Michael Totten: Once More Into the Breach — Christopher Hitchens returns to The Nation to write one last column. |
Al-Qa'ida Internet Magazine Sawt Al-Jihad Calls to Intensify Fighting During Ramadan- 'the Month of Jihad' MEMRI — Permalink In issue #27 of Sawt Al-Jihad, an Internet journal affiliated with the branch of Al-Qa'ida based in the Arabian peninsula, several articles were published in honor of Ramadan, which discussed the importance of Jihad in the month of Ramadan, and called for Jihad fighters to intensify the fight against infidels this month. | |
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Charles Johnson: "Come Closer to Allah Through the Blood of Infidels" — The tiny minority of extremists who give the peaceful religion... |
Cliff May: Well, Ramadan began this month and, according to Pentagon officials, there has been a 25 percent increase in daily attacks in Iraq. |
Female soldiers eyed for combat By / Washington Times — Permalink The Army is negotiating with civilian leaders about eliminating a women-in-combat ban so it can place mixed-sex support companies within warfighting units, starting with a division going to Iraq in January. | |
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Cori Dauber: UNNECESSARY CONFUSION ON WOMEN IN COMBAT — Via Memeorandum, I noticed this article on the Army's looking to do some... Nick Gillespie: And Then There's Maude, the Infantry Grunt! |
Atrios: However, one would like to think that changes like this would occur with the appropriate degree of thought and training:... |
The impotence of being earnest Townhall.com — Permalink Well, Clifton, there you go again. I thought we were through with this little exchange but I see that you have updated "your" website since I last wrote to you. In reference to my second article (Shut up and sue!) you now have this to say on "your" website: | |
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Clayton Cramer: Moral Absolutism & Moral Relativism — Professor Volokh disagrees with Mike Adams's claim that Clifton Snider's problem... |
Eugene Volokh: And yet this argument by Prof. Adams strikes me as mistaken: [snipped quote] This argument that the Leftist excesses in... |
Kerry Exploring Cabinet Options By / WaPo — Permalink If he wins the White House, John F. Kerry will immediately confront a difficult, divisive and deeply personal decision: which close friend will he have to stiff for secretary of state? | |
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Steve Gilliard: Kerry Exploring Cabinet Options By Jim VandeHei Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, October 22, 2004; Page A23... Betsy Newmark: The Washington Post looks at possible Kerry cabinet picks. Ugh. |
John J. Miller: SECRETARY HAGEL — Among the people John Kerry will consider for secretary of state, if he's elected, according to the... |
Bush's Empty Rhetoric on Democracy By / LAT — Permalink The good news for the Bush campaign is that this week it won the support of two leaders representing tens of millions of people. The bad news is that none of those people live in the United States. If they achieve that goal, then that will give international terrorism a new impulse and extra power." | |
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Matthew Yglesias: Chait On The Democracy Paradox — Jon Chait's catalogue of the ways in which Bush has failed to act as a consistent... |
Matt Welch: Spreading Democracy With the Help of the Undemocratic — Proud Bush-hater Jonathan Chait conducts a buzz-harsh on Bush's... |
Shut up and teach! Townhall.com — Permalink Dear Professor Snider (csnider@csulb.edu): Someone recently sent me a copy of the guidelines for a research paper that you require of your students at California State University, Long Beach. | |
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Eugene Volokh: More Odd Talk of "Moral Relativism": Those who read the posts below will note that I criticize Cal State Long Beach... |
Clayton Cramer: Just to add to the fascist tendencies of Dr. Snider, when Mike Adams took Dr. Snider to task for this... |
Kerry's false plan for peace By / Townhall.com — Permalink WASHINGTON — The centerpiece of John Kerry's foreign policy is to rebuild our alliances so the world will come to our help, especially in Iraq. He repeats this endlessly because it is the only foreign policy idea he has to offer. | |
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Moses: Sacrificing Israel — The centerpiece of John Kerry's foreign policy is to rebuild our alliances so the world will come to our aid, especially in Iraq. Betsy Newmark: Charles Krauthammer has looked into what Kerry's own foreign policy advisors are saying about how they plan to get our allies' help in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
Charles Johnson: Krauthammer: Kerry's False Plan for Peace — Here's a vitally important insight on Kerry's false plan for peace from... |
What'll We Tell the Children? By / Gadflyer — Permalink It sometimes seems that Ralph Nader is convinced that the world revolves around him. What's stranger, however, is that he may be right. Why else would the Bush administration have spent their first term acting as a rebuttal to Nader's accusations of indistinguishable political parties? | |
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Matt Singer: But Bush is an Archetype — Now Genius Ezra Klein has a new piece in the Gadflyer highlighting common archetypes in the... |
Ezra Klein: Sure you did! And now you can, if you read my new Gadflyer piece: "What'll We Tell The Children?" Let me know what you think. |
Polite society anticipates Teresa's pizazz By / Washington Times — Permalink Federally funded Botox clinics. Diamond pickle pins. Fish stew for state dinners, followed by green tea and Portuguese pound cake. Pre-nups and private Gulfstream jets. Hermes bags, aromatherapy, homeopathic remedies and $4,000 Chanel suits. No more twin sets. | |
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Paul Jaminet: VOTE KERRY FOR A HAPPENING PARTY SCENE: Polite society anticipates Teresa's pizazz (Stephanie Mansfield, Washington... Betsy Newmark: Just spend a few minutes pondering what Teresa would be like as First Lady. Oh, the horror, the horror. |
Howard Kurtz: The Washington Times conjures up a nightmare scenario of Teresa's World: "Federally funded Botox clinics. Diamond pickle pins. |
Analysis: Clinton eyes U.N. post By / Washington Times — Permalink Washington, DC, Oct. 20 (UPI) — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has set his sights on becoming U.N. secretary-general. A Clinton insider and a senior U.N. source have told United Press International the 56-year-old former president would like to be named leader of the world body when Kofi Annan's term ends early in 2006. | |
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Kriston @BeggingToDiffer: The Big Dog has his eyes set on the chair of UN secretary-general. |
Taegan Goddard: A Clinton insider and a senior U.N. source have told United Press International the 56-year-old former president would... |
General Takes Three Officers Off Tribunal at Cuba Base By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 - The Pentagon official overseeing the war crimes trials in Guantánamo on Thursday dismissed three officers on the military tribunal that is conducting the proceedings, saying they could not judge the cases impartially. | |
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Sam Rosenfeld: But, as today's New York Times piece shows, the decision hardly constitutes progress, and more likely represents a sneaky step backward. |
Mark Goldberg: The New York Times reports today that these three members of the military commission hearing the cases of detainees at... |
Kerry's Dilemma NRO — Permalink Or, how to lose an election. There is a good chance that no matter what Kerry says or does in the final two weeks of this election — barring some major catastrophe in Iraq, a presidential gaffe, or massive voting irregularity — he will lose. | |
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Maimon Schwarzschild: VDH on Bush-Kerry 04 — In a sane world, this election assessment by Victor Davis Hanson would be inescapably correct. |
Greg Ransom: SIX REASONS — why John Kerry is a loser. Quotable: [snipped quote] (via KerryHaters). |
Shutting Down Cyber-Terror By / Front Page Magazine — Permalink In the War on Terrorism, the terrorists may have an unusual ally: American internet service providers (ISPs). U.S.-based ISPs provide web-hosting for terrorists ranging from Hamas and Hizbullah to Palestinian Jihad. | |
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Bunuel Cela: heard that about terror in cyberspace? [snipped quote] So says Rachel Ehrenfeld in frontpagemag.com. |
Moses: This cyber-fifth column is illegal, can be prosecuted, and must be shut down if we hope to stop Islamic fundamentalists... |
France Turns to Tough Policy on Students' Religious Garb By / NYT — Permalink PARIS, Oct. 21 - To enforce its new law banning religious symbols from public schools, the Ministry of National Education has decided to get tough. This week it held formal disciplinary hearings and began expelling students who violated the law. | |
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Zach N: According to the NY Times: [snipped quote] What in hell are the French doing? |
Ann Althouse: The NYT reports: "To enforce its new law banning religious symbols from public schools, the Ministry of National Education has decided to get tough. |
Shut up and sue! Townhall.com — Permalink Hello Clifton. It is nice to hear from you. I just received your email, which follows in its entirety: On your web site you are using my copyrighted material from my web site (and misrepresenting it) without my permission. The material is meant for my professional work only. | |
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Clayton Cramer: You can see the nasty letter from Dr. Snider here, and Mike Adams' response: "Being exposed as an ideological bigot isn't much fun, is it? |
Eugene Volokh: [quote]In the second post, Snider sends Adams a demand letter as follows: ". . .[end quote] |
Mixed Results for Bush in Battles Over Judges By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 - Soon after President Bush took office, two events set in motion what has become an extraordinary battle between the White House and Senate Democrats over the appointment of federal judges. | |
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Ann Althouse: Lawprofs also play a role in this front-page NYT article about the struggles over Bush's judicial nominees:... |
Orrin Judd: OWNING THE MOST DANGEROUS BRANCH: Mixed Results for Bush in Battles Over Judges: After more than three years of... |
The Nonsense Factor By / WaPo — Permalink A psychotherapist years ago introduced me to the term "bear hug." I'm not sure anymore exactly how she defined it (and I don't think she originated it), but I've used it ever since to describe those situations where you are powerless to get out of someone's grip, causing anger and often rage. | |
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Belle Waring: On Second Thought, I'll Have The Kibbeh — I highly recommend this thoughtful post from hilzoy at Obsidian Wings about this wretched little column from Richard Cohen. Hilzoy @ObsidianWings: But Richard Cohen has written a rather obnoxious op ed about it in the Washington Post, which I do want to comment on. |
Jeanne D'Arc: And they wonder why women are mad — Shorter Richard Cohen: If a woman puts up with sexual harassment because she wants... Matthew Yglesias: Blame The Victim — That's some damn fine work you're doing there, Richard Cohen. Now could you explain to us again why you supported the Iraq War? |
Democrat Hunts for Votes -- and Prey By / WaPo — Permalink GIRARD, Ohio, Oct. 21 — With 12 days to go before the election, it was time to show the serious artillery. John F. Kerry brought his campaign to a duck blind in far eastern Ohio on Thursday morning, and while he managed to clip one unfortunate goose, he was really aiming for undecided voters in this battleground state. | |
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CJR: Susan Q. Stranahan Update: In fact, as the Washington Post reported, Kerry borrowed the camouflage jacket. |
Captain Ed: Kerry On Guns: You Just Stand There Looking Cute — John Kerry did a little image repair yesterday, using Ohio geese as... |
Record Labels Said to Be Next on Spitzer List for Scrutiny By / NYT — Permalink Eliot Spitzer, the New York State attorney general, has recently taken on a procession of corporate powers from Wall Street analysts to mutual funds to insurance brokers. Now he is casting his eyes on the music industry, particularly its practices for influencing what songs are heard on the public airwaves. | |
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David Allan Pell: Now NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer (apparently sick of hearing all those Usher songs) is set to go after the music... |
Michele Catalano: Eliot Spitzer and the Scourge of Radio — So Eliot Spitzer, ever the crusader, is at it again. But this time, I'm going to cut him some slack. |
Gingerly, Kerry plumbs politics of guyhood By / Boston Globe — Permalink YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio —Bleary-eyed from watching the Red Sox past midnight and getting up before dawn to go goose hunting, John F. Kerry emerged from his armored sport-utility vehicle near midday yesterday, pumping his fist and pointing to his Sox cap — which was in his hand, not on his head. | |
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Taegan Goddard: As Sen. John Kerry "closes out his campaign for the White House, the baseball gods have presented some political... |
Howard Kurtz: The Boston Globe serves up a piece on Getting Into Guyness: "Bleary-eyed from watching the Red Sox past midnight and... |
The myth of the disenfranchised By / Townhall.com — Permalink On October 21, The Associated Press reported: "Sen. John Kerry, bracing for a potential fight over election results, will not hesitate to declare victory Nov. 2 and defend it, advisers say. He also will be prepared to name a national security team before knowing whether he's secured the presidency." | |
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James Joyner: Democrats Undermining Democracy — Jonah Goldberg notes that Democratic Party leaders are already starting to claim the... |
Betsy Newmark: Jonah Goldberg looks at the myth of disenfranchisement. |
Estimates by U.S. See More Rebels With More Funds NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 21 - Senior American officials are beginning to assemble a new portrait of the insurgency that has continued to inflict casualties on American and Iraqi forces, showing that it has significantly more fighters and far greater financial resources than had been estimated. | |
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David Allan Pell: Would the jihadists now pouring into Iraq be heading towards the U.S. if they weren't headed for Baghdad? |
Andrew Sullivan: And the maturation of the insurgency - both financially and in organizational terms - is worrying. |
Annan backs human cloning AFP — Permalink UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Thursday fired another shot across the bow of US President George W. Bush in backing cloning for medical research, which the United States wants to ban worldwide. | |
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Joe Gandelman: UN Secretary General Clashes With Bush Administration On Cloning — UN's Secretary General and the Bush administration... Glenn Reynolds: Meanwhile, Kofi Annan actually gets it right: "UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Thursday fired another shot across... |
KJL: KOFI ANNAN ENDORSED HUMAN CLONING TODAY (The U.N.'s cloning advocacy—another place where the Bush administration has been defending life....) |
Former POWs Blame Kerry for Captivity By / AP — Permalink PHILADELPHIA - Former U.S. prisoners of war who blamed their years of captivity in Vietnam on activists such as John Kerry are the only voices in a documentary that Sinclair Broadcasting has decided not to air in its entirety. | |
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Greg Ransom: More on the review here. And this is rich, the AP complains that Stolen Honor tells only one side of the story. |
Hindrocket: Stolen Honor, This Time By The AP — The Associated Press reports the Stolen Honor story, in its inimitable style |
Pentagon official distorted intelligence, report says By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON As recently as January 2004, a top Defense Department official misrepresented to Congress the view of American intelligence agencies about the relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda, according to classified documents described in a new report by a Senate Democrat. | |
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Laura Rozen: Here's the IHT/NYT's Douglas Jehl's take. |
Josh Marshall: Levin has now issued a report on Feith and will ask the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to take "appropriate action" against him. |
U.N. Aide Says Iraqi Elections Are on Target By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 21 - With nationwide elections three months away, the senior United Nations official here says his office and the interim Iraqi government have assembled a list of nearly 14 million Iraqi voters, set up 550 voter registration sites around the country and hired 6,000 people to staff them. | |
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John Cole: Iraqi Elections — Speaking of elections, here is this welcome news: [snipped quote] I am sure this will come as a... |
Andrew Sullivan: At last, some positive news about the prospects for the elections. The support for Sistani is particularly encouraging. |
Bush's Ohio Valley By / Slate — Permalink COLUMBUS, Ohio—White House press secretary Scott McClellan wandered into the press cabin on Air Force One this week to let the media know where President Bush would be campaigning. On Thursday, Pennsylvania. On Friday, Pennsylvania and Florida. On Saturday, Florida. | |
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Barbara O'Brien: Chris Suellentrop pointed out in Slate that Bush seems to be ignoring Ohio. [quote] "Why aren't we going to Ohio?[end quote] |
Steve Soto: Update: Chris Suellentrop of Slate reports later today that the White House has changed the travel schedule and Bush will now be in Florida on Saturday. |
A Fresh Start: Science and Innovation Kerry-Edwards Press Room — Permalink Columbus, OH - Thank you, Dana, for an introduction that means more than I can tell you. And I know that I speak for everyone when I say that you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers. Chris was my friend and one of the most hopeful people I've ever met. | |
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Jesse Taylor: Unfortunately, not only is Beldar wrong about the implications of what he was saying (there's no way to read his first... Oliver Willis: I'm glad John Kerry stands on the side of moving forward. "Under this President, America has been losing its lead in science. |
William J. Dyer: Update (Fri Oct 22 @ 8:50am): Commenter Sid the Fish on Pandagon (whose own blog post on the subject is linked in a... Chris Mooney: Kerry's Big Science & Technology Speech — See here. Apparently he was introduced by Christopher Reeve's widow, which is a clever political move. |
Scoop for Local Reporter: Ex-CIA Chief Tenet Calls Iraq War 'Wrong' Editor and Publisher — Permalink NEW YORK The guest speaker was famous, and he was visiting a small town far from the spotlight of network TV cameras and the reach of big-name reporters from national newspapers. In other words: It was a perfect scenario for a local reporter to snag an exclusive. | |
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Gary Farber: UNSLAMMING THE DUNK. It's reported that George Tenet said: [snipped quote] Sooner or later. After the director leaves office. Atrios: Tenet - Iraq War "Wrong" — Now he tells us. |
Kos: Like this one: [snipped quote] The speaker was ex-CIA chief George Tenet. And what did he say? [snipped quote] No need to elaborate. |
Isaac Newton's Gravity By / Slate — Permalink A curious thing happened to Isaac Newton on the way to a grand new exhibition at the New York Public Library, "The Newtonian Moment: Science and the Making of Modern Culture." He seems to have gone through a time machine—backwards. | |
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Eugene Volokh: Slate on Isaac Newton: A fascinating short piece by James Gleick, the author of a recent Newton biography. |
Kevin Drum: Unfortunately, if James Gleick is right — and he seems to be — it sounds like it does a pretty poor job of portraying... |
AP Poll: Bush, Kerry in Dead Heat By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are locked in a tie for the popular vote, according to an Associated Press poll. Voters seem open to change in the White House — most disapprove of the president's performance at home and in Iraq — but still harbor doubts about making the switch. | |
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Avedon Carol: Atrios cites a new AP poll that has Kerry up by three, but the headline is "Bush, Kerry in Dead Heat." EDM Staff: AP-Ipsos Poll: Kerry Leads by 3 — John Kerry leads George Bush 49-46 percent of nation-wide LV's, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos Public Affairs Poll conducted 10/18-20. Mathew Gross: Nonethless: "In the AP-Ipsos Public Affairs poll, the Democratic ticket of Kerry and Sen. John Edwards got support from... |
Captain Ed: For instance, we have the AP-Ipsos poll which shows Kerry edging ahead of Bush: "President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are... Dwight Meredith: Kerry Leads — An AP/Ipsos poll has Kerry with a three point edge, 49% to 46%, over President Bush among likely voters nationwide. Atrios: Onward to Victory — AP has Kerry up by 3, and: A majority, 51 percent, support the president's handling of foreign policy and the war on terror. |
| Also: Taegan Goddard | |
Iran Not Seen Accepting Nuclear Incentives By / AP — Permalink VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Iran is unlikely to accept European incentives aimed at getting it to suspend uranium enrichment, diplomats said Thursday, raising the prospect of a showdown next month between Tehran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency. | |
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Bill @INDCJournal: For example, realists knew that this was going to happen: Iran is unlikely to accept European incentives aimed at... Stephen Green: Read: [snipped quote] Europe couldn't buy off a land-hungry dictator with coveted bits of Czechoslovakia - so what makes... |
Roger L. Simon: The Mullahdrama Increases — According to the Associated Press... Iran is unlikely to accept European incentives aimed... |
The Rev. Pat Robertson's comments create stir Seattle Times — Permalink WASHINGTON — The Rev. Pat Robertson said President Bush dismissed his warning that the United States would suffer heavy casualties in Iraq and told the television evangelist just before the beginning of the war that "we're not going to have any casualties." | |
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The Poor Man: Robertson's Move? Is Pat Robertson - the man who put the "fundament" in "fundamentalist" - making a political play here? |
Byron L: And while one half of the "blame the gays, lesbians, feminists, abortion doctors, the ACLU and the PFAW" crowd is out... |
Hannity berated Landrieu after Cheney interview: "You're not the vice president. And I doubt you ever will be." Media Matters for America — Permalink After FOX News Channel Hannity & Colmes co-host Sean Hannity conducted an interview with Vice President Dick Cheney that Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) referred to as "an info-commercial for the Bush-Cheney reelection campaign," Hannity berated Landrieu as she attempted to provide the Democratic response. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Sean Hannity's Political "Discourse"... We were going to say "intercourse" because that's what he tried to do verbally... Tbogg: Sean Hannity: A Punk Who Likes To Slap Around Girls — The man is a sleazebag without any of the redeeming qualities one might find in sleaze. |
Venkat @BeggingToDiffer: WWF* SMACKDOWN --- HANNITY v. LANDRIEU — It's not quite like Matthews v. Miller (Zell, that is), but here's the clip of Hannity v. Landrieu [via Media Matters for America]. Oliver Willis: No Effing Respect — I don't care who the hell he thinks he is, but Sean Hannity has no standing to be so rude to a U.S. Senator. |
Kerry: Bush 'Morally Wrong' on Stem Cell Research By / Reuters — Permalink COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Joined by the widow of paralyzed actor Christopher Reeve, Democratic challenger John Kerry on Thursday said President Bush's policy on stem cell research was akin to favoring the candle lobby over electricity. | |
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William J. Dyer: Embryos and buggy whips — Here's Sen. Kerry today (hat-tip to K-Lo from The Corner): [snipped quote] But let's pick a more apt analogy. |
KJL: "MORALLY WRONG" — Here's a story on Kerry at the Reeve event. |
From Troops, a Few Votes for a Quick Way Home By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq - Specialist Zac Bullock leaned against a dust-caked wall in the shade of the abandoned Iraqi school that had become his temporary home, talking politics. | |
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Avedon Carol: But the troops, it appears, do not blame Bush for what they are going through; they, too, seem to have bought into the... Jeanne D'Arc: The Times has another interesting piece today, talking to soldiers in Iraq about the election. |
Cori Dauber: Even the headline, ("From Troops, a Few Votes for a Quick Way Home") is a distortion. Greyhawk: As for the other candidate for Commander in Chief, even the NY Times can muster only a pale attempt to depict some sort... |
Elmer L. Andersen: Why this Republican ex-governor will be voting for Kerry Minneapolis Star Tribune — Permalink Throughout my tenure and beyond as the 30th governor of this state, I have been steadfastly aligned — and until recently, proudly so — with the Minnesota Republican Party. It dismays me, therefore, to have to publicly disagree with the national Republican agenda and the national Republican candidate but, this year, I must. | |
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Avedon Carol: Election section — Endorsements: Former Republican Governor William Milliken of Michigan ("This president has pursued... Kos: Minnesota (former Republican governor) "Elmer L. Andersen: Why this Republican ex-governor will be voting for Kerry... |
Skippy: dkos brings us three high ranking ex-big shots in the repubbblican party that have officially come out against awol:... |
Former GOP Governor Endorses Kerry AP — Permalink TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Former Republican Gov. William Milliken of Michigan endorsed Democratic Sen. John Kerry for president on Monday, saying President Bush has pursued policies ''pandering to the extreme right wing.'' | |
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Skippy: william milliken, ex-repub governor of michigan: "former republican gov. william milliken of michigan endorsed... |
Kos: Michigan (former Republican governor) "Former GOP Governor Endorses Kerry Former Republican Gov. William Milliken of... |
Bush's Tax Cuts Are Unfair ... By / Slate — Permalink The Bush tax cuts (which Congress just voted to extend) are an affront to the most fundamental principles of fairness. They are skewed in favor of those who already pay less than their rightful share of taxes and shift the burden even farther onto the shoulders of the most overtaxed. | |
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Greg Ransom: ECONOMIST STEVEN LANDSBURG comes out against George Bush's fundamentally unfair tax cuts. Joe Carter: A married couple with a taxable income of $60,000 a year received a tax cut of almost 24% since President Bush took office, notes economist Steven Landsburg. Max B. Sawicky: But he can also post nonsense on Slate, to the effect that the measure of fairness in a tax cut is the the percentage change in an individual's tax liability. |
John Quiggin: It's a repetition of dishonest rightwing talking points about taxation that have been refuted over and over, but apparently need to be refuted yet again. Pejman Yousefzadeh: TAX CUTS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION — Warning: This article can be quite upsetting to people with closed minds: "The Bush... Ogged @Unfogged: But: Nothing for free. I'd like to hear what Brad makes of this article. UPDATE: Thanks to Mitch in comments for the pointer. |
Upper Class Twit of the Year NRO — Permalink The Guardian holds its very own contest. Remember Monty Python's old Upper Class Twit of the Year Contest? Competitions included Insulting the Waiter, Waking the Neighbour, Taking the Bras Off the Debutantes, etc. | |
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Glenn Reynolds: CATHY SEIPP reviews the limited success of The Guardian's Clark County project. Tim Blair: UPDATE II. The SMH, via Reuters, reprints John le Carre's Guardian-inspired anti-US rant. UPDATE III. Cathy Seipp. |
Eugene Volokh: Cathy Seipp on "Upperclass Twit of the Year," specifically as to the Guardian (U.K.) campaign of persuading Ohio voters... |
Polls Apart By / NYT — Permalink The round of national surveys taken after the third presidential debate indicates that the polls are not going to give us a clear picture of who will win the election until the final days of the campaign, if then. This is not because polling no longer works - it's because voter opinion is highly unstable. | |
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Ruy Teixeira: A Comment on Andrew Kohut's New York Times Op-Ed — By Alan Abramowitz In today's New York Times op-ed, "Polls Apart",... Steve Clemons: Kohut, who has a piece on polls and voter attitudes in the New York Times today told me that he thinks that the vote, on... |
Steve Bainbridge: Polls — Pollster Andrew Kohut opines: [snipped quote] I'm no expert in the validity if polling methods. James Joyner: Update (1135): Pew president Andrew Cohut [RSS] has a companion piece in today's NYT making a rather counterintuitive... |
Her dad mad as hell, out to whup O'Reilly By / NY Daily News — Permalink Bill O'Reilly's accuser blasted him for pursuing a campaign of sleaze against her - and warned that her 74-year-old dad is out for blood. Andrea Mackris told the Daily News yesterday that the Fox talk-show host had "a lot to answer for, to his wife and to his God." | |
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Oliver Willis: Her dad mad as hell, out to whup O'Reilly [quote] Andrea Mackris told the Daily News yesterday that the Fox talk-show host had "a lot to answer for, to his wife and to his God."[end quote] Howard Kurtz: That Fox News producer is talking again, this time to the New York Daily News: "Bill O'Reilly's accuser blasted him for... |
Steve Gilliard: Her dad mad as hell,out to whup O'Reilly "Her dad, Constantine, who lives in St. Louis, and the rest of her family has... |
An Outpouring of Pain, Channeled via Politics By / NYT — Permalink "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal," the highly contested anti-Kerry documentary, should not be shown by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. It should be shown in its entirety on all the networks, cable stations and on public television. | |
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Jesse Taylor: Give In To Your Anger — Body and Soul gets the New York Times review of Stolen Honor exactly right: "But you must see... Greg Ransom: Quotable: [snipped quote] (via PoliPundit). The NY Times has a review of Stolen Honor here. Damian Penny: Needless to say, I doubt any Canadian network will be showing Stolen Honor anytime soon - despite a mostly positive review in the New York Times. |
William J. Dyer: NYT review of "Stolen Honor" — Like many others (e.g., InstaPundit, Just One Minute, Smash, and PrestoPundit), I was... Michael Totten: But my interest is piqued by the review it received in The New York Times. Tom Maguire: Stolen Hour — Alessandra Stanley of the Times reviews "Stolen Honor", an abbreviated version of which will air in some television markets. |
| Also: James Joyner, Glenn Reynolds, Jeanne D'Arc, Jay Rosen, Ann Althouse, Steve M. | |
What the polls are telling us US News — Permalink It seems curious that the percentages of the incumbent should rise while the percentages of the challenger have not risen much if at all. As a general proposition, you expect an incumbent's standing to change less, because voters already know much more about him than about his opponent. | |
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Susanna Cornett: His most recent column looks at the polls over the last several months, referring in part to this analysis by blogger... Tom Smith: interesting analysis by Barone — Veteran poll watcher and grown-up Barone opines. Pejman Yousefzadeh: In the meantime, a more comprehensive poll wrap-up and explanation can be found here. |
Glenn Reynolds: MICHAEL BARONE'S LATEST COLUMN is on the polls, and he looks at the Steven Den Beste analysis I mentioned earlier. C. D. Harris: Today's Cheery News For Republicans — Michael Barone looks at what the polls are telling us. Steve Bainbridge: The pros were no help at that point, with WSJ pollster Peter Hart helpfully observing: [snipped quote] Today's column by... |
| Also: PoliPundit, Jesse Taylor, James Joyner, Orrin Judd, Hugh Hewitt | |
News poll: Bush leads in Michigan Detroit News — Permalink President Bush has moved ahead of Democratic challenger John Kerry in Michigan, according to a Detroit News poll, but hasn't reached the critical 50 percent support plateau — suggesting the state remains in contention as the presidential race draws to a close. | |
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Captain Ed: On the other hand, it looks like all of us on the starboard side of the blogosphere are equally skeptical of this... PoliPundit: UPDATE: Daly Thoughts has the rumored numbers: "PA: K46-B45 OR: K46-B45 WI: K45-B45 IA: B49-K43 NM: B49-K44 MI: K47-B46... Susanna Cornett: Michigan and Teresa Heinz Kerry - not on the same page — The new DetNews poll on the likely voting outcomes on November... |
Orrin Judd: MORE: News poll: Bush leads in Michigan (Charlie Cain, and Mark Hornbeck, 10/21/04, Detroit News) "President Bush has... Jonah Goldberg: BUSH MOVES AHEAD IN MICHIGAN — According to a Detroit News poll. I kind of doubt Bush will take Michigan, but it's nice to hear. Pejman Yousefzadeh: WORTHLESS — This poll shows that President Bush is ahead of John Kerry by four percentage points in Michigan. |
| Also: James Joyner, David Cohen, Hindrocket | |
Courting Confusion By / NYT — Permalink Since the mid-1970's the Supreme Court has been fashioning a series of doctrines that have been characterized as conservative, though I would call them liberal with a small l, the liberalism of classic individualism. | |
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Will Baude: Charles Fried complains that the Supreme Court is incoherent. Jack Balkin retorts that it's to be expected of heterogenous multi-member bodies. Steve Bainbridge: In today's NYT, Harvard law prof (and Reagan-era SG) Charles Fried argues that the Supreme Court under Rehnquist has... Ann Althouse: Lawprof Charles Fried, in a NYT op-ed, delivers a pithy analysis of what's at stake in Supreme Court appointments:... |
James Joyner: Our Nuanced Supreme Court — Stephen Bainbridge debunks Charles Fried's piece in today's NYT arguing that the current... Jack Balkin: Why the Supreme Court Makes No Sense JB Charles Fried's op-ed in the New York Times today argues that the decisions of... |
Hunting the Tiger By / NYT — Permalink I'm sure that experts would tell us there are many reasons that the presidential race is too close to call, but I would argue that it all comes down to this one simple point: We still don't know which man used the debates to overcome his biggest liability. | |
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Daniel Drezner: I see Tom Friedman is castigating conservatives over Iraq: [snipped quote] Andrew Sullivan concurs, confessing,... Joe Gandelman: Hunting The Tiger (When One Or More Candidates Are Lion) New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman thinks he may know why... Tom Maguire: In an odd and self-contradictory column, Mr. Friedman questions the patriotism of the conservative commentariat:... |
Gene @HarrysPlace: Sullivan quotes with approval the words of pro-war liberal Tom Friedman of The New York Times: Conservatives profess to... The Poor Man: Shrill. "Conservatives profess to care deeply about the outcome in Iraq, but they sat silently for the last year as the situation there steadily deteriorated. Roger L. Simon: Everyone's New York Minute — Tom Friedman accuses the Bush national security team of "criminal incompetence" in his NYT oped this morning. |
| Also: Andrew Sullivan, David Allan Pell | |
British intervention in poll backfires By / Telegraph — Permalink Dan Harkins, a political activist in the vital swing state of Ohio, was excited when he first heard that the Guardian newspaper was recruiting readers to write to voters in his state in the hopes of giving foreigners a voice in the American election. | |
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Glenn Reynolds: As the folks at The Guardian have learned, letting people know you think they're idiots isn't an especially effective way of winning their votes. Steve Bainbridge: The Guardian Goofs — By now, you've doubtless heard that the UK Guardian got its readers to send letters to voters in... Orrin Judd: THE WAR IN THE WEST: British intervention in poll backfires (David Rennie, 21/10/2004, Daily Telegraph) |
Kash: The Daily Telegraph (a right-of-center British newspaper) says not so well: "British intervention in poll backfires Dan... Tim Blair: Anyway, claims Katz, the whole idea was only a bit of a lark: "Somewhere along the line, though, the good-humoured spirit of the enterprise got lost in translation." Captain Ed: David Rennie reports from Springfield that getting letters from foreigners presuming to instruct Americans on their best... |
| Also: Scott Burgess, Mitch Berg, The Big Trunk, Betsy Newmark | |
Teresa Heinz Kerry apologizes for Laura Bush comment AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) — Teresa Heinz Kerry told a newspaper she doesn't know if Laura Bush has ever had "a real job." She apologized Wednesday for having forgotten about the first lady's 10-year stint as a schoolteacher and librarian. | |
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Daniel Drezner: Like Laura McKenna, I'm not at all happy about my choice (And if the Kerry campaign is stupid enough to let Theresa... Baldilocks: The former apologizes later for the oversight. William J. Dyer: Jobless Laura Bush shows empathy for loose cannon heiress — This, amazingly enough, appears in Thursday's WaPo at the... |
Joe Gandelman: On Teresa Heinz's Latest Gaffee — Foot_3 Two words of advice for John Kerry: duct tape. Susan Madrak: DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES — They're so desperate for anything they can use to attack Kerry, they seized on his wife:... Michelle Malkin: Teresa's boneheaded ""apology" was even worse than the initial comments. |
| Also: Hindrocket | |
Liberation Online By / Opinion Journal — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq—Basking in the sun by the Al Hamra Hotel swimming pool, a Spanish journalist complained to me that â€all my editors want is blood, blood, blood. No context. No politics.†| |
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Clayton Cramer: I guess the problem has spread to "respectable" journalism: "BAGHDAD, Iraq—Basking in the sun by the Al Hamra Hotel... Glenn Reynolds: BRUCE CHAPMAN WRITES IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: "BAGHDAD, Iraq—Basking in the sun by the Al Hamra Hotel swimming... Gene @HarrysPlace: A bit of hope in Baghdad — The Wall Street Journal features an interview with Ali Fadhil, one of the Baghdad physicians who write for the blog Iraq the Model. |
Betsy Newmark: Here's a nice article on Iraq bloggers. Roger L. Simon: Great WSJ Piece on Iraqi Bloggers... ... by Bruce Chapman, aptly titled Liberation Online. Cori Dauber: BLOGGING FROM BAGHDAD — OpinionJournal has a nice little piece on bloggers, Iraqi, military, and media, from Iraq, but focusing most heaving on IraqtheModel. |
| Also: Greg Ransom | |
Architect of Cold War Also Helped End It WaPo — Permalink Paul Henry Nitze, author of the basic U.S. strategy against the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War and later a key negotiator of U.S. -Soviet arms accords that helped dismantle the global conflict, died of pneumonia Tuesday at his home in Georgetown. | |
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James Martin Capozzola: Missing Meetings Paul H. Nitze has passed away. A shame. He didn't even get to sign up with the latest incarnation of the Committee on the Present Danger, CPD III. Nick Gillespie: Whole Post obit here. Curious tidbit: A Democrat by affiliation, he hated Jimmy Carter and did what he could while out of power to undermine the Man From Plains' foreign policy. Betsy Newmark: Paul Nitze has died. Rest in peace. |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: PAUL NITZE, R.I.P. Paul Nitze went to my high school and came back to it when I was in my senior year to talk to students interested in politics and international relations. Cori Dauber: TRULY THE END OF AN ERA — Read this man's biography and you're reading the history of a bygone world; it's just strange... Josh Marshall: Paul Nitze, a giant. Dead at 97. |
| Also: Greg Ransom | |
The last post Guardian — Permalink Blimey. I think I have an idea as to how Dr Frankenstein felt. By the beginning of this week, a quixotic idea dreamed up last month in a north London pub had morphed into a global media phenomenon complete with transatlantic outrage, harrumphing over... | |
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Kash: This is what the Guardian wrote today about Operation Clark County: "It's not as if we didn't consider the possibility... Scott Burgess: It's a lot of fun reading Guardian G2 editor Ian Katz's assessment of the effect of the Clark County letter-writing... Armed Liberal: Operation Leeds and Liverpool — So the Guardian has a self-satisfied column on 'Operation Clark County'. |
Tim Blair: 'OPERATION CLARK COUNTY' NOW 'OPERATION TRANQUILITY' — The Guardian's Ian Katz reviews Operation Clark County: "By the... Harry @HarrysPlace: The hardest word — It's not as if we didn't consider the possibility that our project might have precisely the opposite... |
Kerry Looks to Avoid Gore Recount Errors By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kerry , bracing for a potential fight over election results, will not hesitate to declare victory Nov. 2 and defend it, advisers say. He also will be prepared to name a national security team before knowing whether he's secured the presidency. | |
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Marc Schulman: An Associated Press reporter traveling with the Kerry campaign reports the following: [snipped quote] I don't have any... Hesiod: We have to focus on convincing people that the Democrats will do everything humanly possible to prevent their votes from being stolen. |
Steve @BeggingToDiffer: He believes in preemption, all right. At least, that is, as far as the November 2 election is concerned. |
Letters to Clark County By / Guardian — Permalink In a bid to give the rest of the world a say in the US election, the Guardian is urging non-Americans to write to voters in Clark County, Ohio, one of the most marginal areas in a key swing state. To receive the name and address of a Clark County voter, visit www.guardian.co.uk/clarkcounty. | |
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Tim Blair: Nor was this, from Ken Loach: "Today, your country is reviled across continents as never before. |
Scott Burgess: Film director Ken Loach (A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership (1995); Land and Freedom (1995)) joins in the... |