Monthly Archives: September 2004

en Español: ¿Crees a ese gilipollas? Grover Norquist en Español, Part 2

Few Americans would have voted for George W. Bush four years ago if he had promised that, as President, he would: Empty the Social Security trust fund by $507 billion to help offset fiscal irresponsibility and at the same time … Continue reading →

Why I will vote for John Kerry for President, By JOHN EISENHOWER Recent developments indicate that the current Republican Party leadership has confused confident leadership with hubris and arrogance. … Sen. Kerry, in whom I am willing to place my … Continue reading →

New Republic’s Noam Scheiber says the “security mom” phenomenon is bunk, and he’s got a convincing set of numbers from public polls. He even gets CBS’s Kathy Frankovic to note that Bush’s lead among women in her post-convention poll, which … Continue reading →

The Washington Times has a story about Kerry supposedly saying pre-emptive action in Iraq was ok in 1997: During a 1997 debate on CNN’s “Crossfire,” Sen. John Kerry, now the Democratic presidential nominee, made the case for launching a pre-emptive … Continue reading →

BEYOND BELIEF: I’m going to wait till after next week’s national security debate to make a final assessment of John Kerry on the war, but this statement by Joe Lockhart about Ayad Allawi is just vile: “The last thing you … Continue reading →

Poll shows conclusive results: Klingons Support Kerry. Find Bush’s Iraq War “dishonorable”.

“It scares me when a president says he won’t support stem-cell research because it goes against God,” Ventura said. “I have news for you. If you’re waiting for God to cure Alzheimer’s, then we are going to be waiting a … Continue reading →

Dan Froomkin, author of the the Washington Post’s White House Briefing, is soliciting suggestions for the presidential debates, for one or other candidate, at NiemanWatchdog.org. My question: Mr. President, before the Iraq War, you named Jay Garner as the postwar … Continue reading →

Salon interviews Sy Hersch. This is a dynamite must-read. Is there someone who is the Henry Kissinger in this administration? Oh, believe me, I pray for one [clasps his hands and looks beseechingly upward]. Wouldn’t it be great if the … Continue reading →