tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50020972011-04-21T17:56:36.200-04:00Right By Popular Demand<left>Distilling the misreadings of the masses and debunking those who would lead you into darkness.</left>KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comBlogger2471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1099535583310033842004-11-03T21:32:00.000-05:002004-11-03T21:33:03.310-05:00What Am I Doing Tonight?
Just sitting in my recliner and watching mindless TV.
For some reason I thought this would be a good post. You see, so many of us have worked our butts off for months, for free with the sole purpose of getting information out to help the President get re-elected. Every night and day, many of us would scour the web for any news story we thought needed to be blasted KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1086537572636933202004-06-06T11:59:00.000-04:002004-06-06T12:00:34.480-04:00Ronald Reagan 1911-2004
We shall not look upon his like again...KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1083677397992218752004-05-04T09:29:00.000-04:002004-05-04T09:33:47.216-04:00Democrats keep falling for the trap of George W Bush as "idiot", and Dick Cheney only makes them more and more gullible.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1083677091129247892004-05-04T09:24:00.000-04:002004-05-04T09:28:40.420-04:00Here is a run-down of Dick Cheney's deferments from service in VietnamKPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1083676424756018822004-05-04T09:13:00.000-04:002004-05-04T09:17:34.186-04:00Battleground House of Congress Update: The Senate
The lay of the land is still precarious but the Republicans hold a slight advantage at maintaining control of the Senate.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1083676013313712392004-05-04T09:06:00.000-04:002004-05-04T09:10:42.826-04:00Battleground Voting Block Update: Catholics
The LA Times looks at the clearly divided Catholic vote (no surprise much like the divided opinions on the Catholic Church) and has some interesting insights into voter opinion.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1083675133457938242004-05-04T08:52:00.000-04:002004-05-04T08:56:03.153-04:00Battleground State Update: Florida
Here is an extensive write-up on the Hispanic vote in Florida and their diverse opinions on political issues.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1083163189896173082004-04-28T10:39:00.000-04:002004-04-28T10:43:58.716-04:00Just as a reminder, I am doing most of my blogging at BushCheney2004 and Blogs for Bush.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1082939872429707052004-04-25T20:37:00.000-04:002004-04-25T20:46:06.076-04:00 Democratic Strategist Concedes: "If this election is about terrorism, Bush wins."
The "doom and gloom" campaign of the Democrats seems to have fallen on deaf ears with the American public:
Democrats once thought a bleaker outlook in Iraq would help their nominee convince Americans that the time has come to find another Commander in Chief . . .
As one Democratic strategist says, "No matter KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1082938867072715482004-04-25T20:21:00.000-04:002004-04-25T20:25:12.576-04:00Bush Bus Tour to Visit Michigan, Iowa, and Wisconsin
The President is actively visiting the battleground states to make sure his message reaches the public:
President Bush plans a stop in Lucas County on May 4 as part of a four-state campaign swing that represents the next step in focusing his attention on key battleground states in the Midwest, sources close to his re-election campaign said KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1082938497999311802004-04-25T20:14:00.000-04:002004-04-25T20:19:03.576-04:00Bush Campaign to Begin New Ads Showing Kerry's Weak Record on Defense
The Presidential election is six months away, but as John Kerry continues to flip-flop on his positions, the Bush campaign is aggressively showing American voters what John Kerry's career is the Senate has meant to military readiness:
The tough television attack advertisements, combined with a speech Vice President Dick KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1082384984046540262004-04-19T10:29:00.000-04:002004-04-19T10:44:44.293-04:00Republican National Committee Rolls Out New Ads on Kerry's Record
Ron Brownstein had en excellent piece last Friday (I was indisposed for the last 4 days so I am now catching up) highlighting the new ads coming from the RNC. His excellent reporting focuses on how these ads contrast Kerry most specifically with Southern voters, but I think any reasonable interpretation reveals these ads show KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1082083684491075972004-04-15T22:48:00.000-04:002004-04-15T23:06:51.576-04:00"I Would Die For You"
The carping from the critics of the liberation effort in Iraq often site the statements from Bush Administration that our troops would be welcomed as liberators by the Iraqis, often deriding the statement that we would be welcomed by them "waving flowers". Well, it sounds like the Iraqis have far stronger feelings than simply "welcoming" our forces as liberators:
As the KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1081913347572979682004-04-13T23:29:00.000-04:002004-04-13T23:50:27.936-04:00Reactions to Bush's Prime Time Press Conference
The President did an excellent job tonight. He was focused and had a clear message: We have a tough mission in the war on terror, we are fighting it and will continue to do so, Iraq is no longer an ally of the Taliban, Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda and whoever else is with the terrorists in this battle. The United States will transfer the authority toKPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1081884577475668562004-04-13T15:29:00.000-04:002004-04-13T15:33:26.700-04:00Democrats in Florida Sink to Incredible Lows -- Suggest Shooting Donald Rumsfeld
Matt Drudge has the exclusive:
CAMPAIGN RAGE: FLORIDA DEMOCRATS PLACE NEWSPAPER AD CALLING FOR RUMSFELD HIT; FUNDRAISING FOR KERRY
Campaign 2004 turns extreme in Florida with the placement of a newspaper ad calling for physical retribution against Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld!
"We should put this S.O.B.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1081875849799826332004-04-13T13:04:00.000-04:002004-04-13T13:32:58.950-04:00My Bush-Cheney 2004 Blog Gets Some Ink
Jennifer Smith, a journalism major at NYU, wrote up a nice story about bloggers in lower Manhattan for "Voice" magazine. And she interviewed yours truly about the whole blogging experience:
Republiblogger
Few topics incite more heated discussion in the liberal bastion of New York City than support for President George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
"Blogs KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1081869749693252592004-04-13T11:22:00.000-04:002004-04-13T11:26:18.780-04:00Ms. USA Supports the Effort to Liberate Iraq
Good to see a public figure with strong beliefs:
A Republican, she told Reuters she would use her position to help explain America's involvement in Iraq. "What needed to be done had to be done," she said.
Now I was rooting for Ms. Tennessee but had I known of her stance Ms. Missouri would have been my favorite. The following two quotes from the KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1081435724167996012004-04-08T10:48:00.000-04:002004-04-08T12:08:47.810-04:00What We Have Learned From Dr. Rice's Testimony So Far
First, her opening statement amplified the difference between grandstanding (Richard Clarke) and governing (Rice and the Bush Administration) -- hat tip K.Lo.
Second, we see that the Bush Administration transitioned on September 4th, 2001 from the previous Administration's passive strategy on terror to a more aggressive approach to Al-Qaeda:KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1081396255574279202004-04-07T23:50:00.000-04:002004-04-08T00:00:32.530-04:00Fundraising Advantage of President Bush Disappearing?
As is much publicized, President Bush has raised enormous amounts of money for this most important election:
President Bush's reelection campaign has exceeded its fund-raising goal of $170 million nearly five months ahead of schedule, cementing its cash advantage over Democrat John Kerry in the hard-fought presidential race, Bush campaign KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1081268800572868242004-04-06T12:26:00.001-04:002004-04-06T12:30:32.060-04:00Who Do You Want Quarterbacking The Nation?
Anyone want to bet Kerry was generally the "last pick" in playground sports?KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1081268762177130332004-04-06T12:26:00.000-04:002004-04-06T12:29:42.030-04:00Richard Clarke's Lies Continue to Unravel His Story
If you read nothing else, be sure to read THIS today.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1081185421101883522004-04-05T13:17:00.000-04:002004-04-05T13:20:39.873-04:00Who is Ed Gillespie?
The Washington Post looks at RNC Chairman, Ed Gillespie, and finds some interesting tidbits about a man whose career is the defintion of dogged determination and razor sharp wit:
Politics today is about the primacy of packaging, and Eddie Gillespie, who started as a kid in the RNC basement, cold-calling for dollars, is one of the finest packagers the Republican Party has KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1080933309125072352004-04-02T14:15:00.000-05:002004-04-02T15:09:56.653-05:00The Ted Rall Wing of the Democratic Party
Today "Kos" has a truly despicable post (he changed the post so here is the screenshot) regarding the tragic murder and mutilation of American civilians in Iraq:
I feel nothing over the death of merceneries. They aren't in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1080914876848832932004-04-02T09:07:00.000-05:002004-04-02T09:11:31.543-05:00The Bush Boom Hits The Jobs Market
As we have said ad naseum, job growth is a lagging indicator and with the blistering pace of the economy these last few quarters it was only a matter of time before payrolls caught up. Well the chicken has come home to roost and with the Kerry Campaign's prospects inversely related to these numbers, Kerry et al have to be none too pleased:
U.S. nonfarm KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1080662278546283932004-03-30T10:57:00.000-05:002004-03-31T11:39:29.670-05:00Why These Blogs and Your Sacrifices Matter
Let's look at the media landscape of the past week:
» The New York Times and major media outlets have darn near canonized Richard Clarke for writing a "Bush bashing" book about his time in the White House despite Clarke's huge credibility problems.
» The "non-partisan" 9-11 Commission has been aflutter in partisan wrangling (thanks Tim Roemer!).
KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1080591658997333392004-03-29T15:20:00.000-05:002004-03-29T15:24:32.000-05:00David Frum is On Fire Today
I do think it was rather petulant of Richard Clarke to complain on “Meet the Press” that the administration is out to “destroy” him. Clarke hurls a series of terrible accusations at the administration and its senior staff – and is then outraged when they reply that Clarke is wrong? Or when they point out that what he says today contradicts what he has said in the pastKPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1080588873184519442004-03-29T14:34:00.000-05:002004-03-29T14:38:02.500-05:00Cracking the Democrat's Code: Definition of Character Assasination
From the friendly guys at Cox & Forkum.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1080338580496528932004-03-26T17:03:00.000-05:002004-03-26T17:06:26.403-05:00Richard Clarke Lied Under Oath in Front of Congress? . . . Maybe
We all know Democrats don't think lying under oath is that big of a deal (see: William Jefferson Clinton) but I doubt Congress is going to look too kindly on Richard Clarke if the nation's top terrorism official is lying under oath just to "play politics" and sell books:
WASHINGTON - Top Republicans in Congress sought Friday to KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1080226930791512432004-03-25T10:02:00.000-05:002004-03-25T10:18:03.186-05:00Shhhh . . . Don't Tell John Kerry, the Bush Boom Continues
Gross domestic product (GDP) increased at a 4.1% annual rate. For the uninitiated, GDP is a measure of all the goods and services produced in the U.S. This has been the standard to measure economic growth in the US for the last few decades (when they switched from GNP to GDP).
The biggest underlying trend that makes these numbers so KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1080153290638873342004-03-24T13:34:00.000-05:002004-03-24T13:38:23.340-05:00So What Was Dick Clarke's Opinion Before He Had a Book to Sell?
From his interview with Jim Angle in August 2002:
RICHARD CLARKE: Actually, I've got about seven points, let me just go through them quickly. Um, the first point, I think the overall point is, there was no plan on Al Qaeda that was passed from the Clinton administration to the Bush administration.
Second point is that the Clinton KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1079971124021367812004-03-22T10:58:00.000-05:002004-03-22T14:17:50.716-05:00What Credibility to Richard Clarke's Charges on 60 Minutes?
So 60 Minutes does a puff piece on a guy who is writing a book that is highly critical of President Bush and his Administrations handling of terrorism, Al Qaeda and the Iraq liberation...surprise, surprise, surprise. First off, the author and critic Richard Clarke served the Ronal Reagan, George Bush I, Bill Clinton and George Bush II KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1079451949275710912004-03-16T10:45:00.000-05:002004-03-16T10:49:02.140-05:00The New York Times Employees Overwhelmingly Support Democrats
Notorious muckraker (in the worst sense of the word) Michael Petrelis has done exhaustive research on the campaign contributions of current and former employees of the New York Times:
The Times’ code of conduct, as laid out in the Ethical Journalism handbook that was revised in January 2003, explicitly prohibits staff from making KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1079389835693751802004-03-15T17:30:00.000-05:002004-03-15T17:33:46.763-05:00Staged Media Controversy Over Bush's Ads Showing Images from 9/11? I'm Shocked, Shocked!!!
No surprise that the supposed "outrage" over the images from 9/11 in President Bush's ads was actually the work of left-leaning media savvy special interest organizations. What is surprising is how easy a small group of PR people actually got this ball rolling and the lazy media bit on the story "Hook KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1079378047901826172004-03-15T14:14:00.000-05:002004-03-15T14:17:19.013-05:00The Coalition of the Bribed, the Coerced, the Bought and the Extorted
Are these the leaders John Kerry "met with" who said they were hoping he would beat George Bush?
A year ago John Kerry described the nations that would liberate Iraq as a "coalition of the bribed, the coerced, the bought and the extorted." It turns out that may be a better description of his own antiwar camp. From Jacques KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1078419253314562032004-03-04T11:54:00.000-05:002004-03-04T11:59:51.873-05:00The President is Getting Warmed Up
We all saw the release of the President's first TV ads yesterday, but this is only the beginning of what promises to be a difficult battle. The Wall Street Journal (subscription requires) has an excellent piece on the comparatively enviable position John Kerry is in versus, Walter Mondale in 1984, Michael Dukakis in 1988 and even Bill Clinton in 1992:
After KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1076604048069260032004-02-12T11:40:00.000-05:002004-02-12T11:43:16.513-05:00Read Drudge for all the latest Kerry Scandal headlines...KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1076514474307207522004-02-11T10:47:00.000-05:002004-02-11T10:57:10.746-05:00Kerry to Cede U.S. Sovereignty to the United Nations?
At least that's what he said in 1970:
“I’m an internationalist,” Kerry told The Crimson in 1970. “I’d like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations.”And about those intelligence failures by the agencies created to protect us? Well, it looks like Kerry's career in the Senate of weakening our KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1076513049760163082004-02-11T10:24:00.000-05:002004-02-11T10:26:49.280-05:00David Brooks Writes Bush's Talking Points Today
The New York Times must regret hiring David Brooks, because week-in and week-out he has been skewering the Democrats and strengthening the Republicans. Today is no exception with an exceptionally well argued "translation" of George Bush's positions from his "Meet the Press" appearance with Tim Russert:
I have staked the security of this nation onKPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1071514378360366592003-12-15T13:52:00.000-05:002003-12-15T13:54:08.733-05:00So, Who Is Upset That A Homicidal Dictator Has Been Captured?
Why the grassroots "Ted Rall" Dean supporters, of course! Their original threads are here, here and here. Check out some of the choicest quotes, compliments of Dean's World:
"I can't believe this. I'm crying here. I feel that we now don't have a chance in this election."
"HEY GUYS WAKE UP!!!
THERE IS NO SUCCESS EXISTS IN THE KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1071231177973154742003-12-12T07:12:00.000-05:002003-12-12T08:47:39.013-05:00Why Are There Gas Lines in Iraq?
Andrew Sullivan asks that today and the answer is quite simple as the gas lines are an outgrowth of the exponential increase in prosperity in Iraq since Saddam has been deposed. There are gas lines in Iraq because there are a minimal amount of gas stations to support what WAS a limited amount of vehicles due to the sanctions against the Iraqis and the KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1071172289892711072003-12-11T14:51:00.000-05:002003-12-11T14:59:30.920-05:00Howard Dean's Grassy Knoll
Since traditional media has taken a 'pass' on Howard Dean's reckless furthering of conspiracy theories that would implicate the President in treasonous behavior, a number of columnists and bloggers are picking up the slack. Beginning with his NPR visit on Dec. 1 Howard Dean brought up the outlandish theory that the Saudis tipped off the President regarding the KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1070315040094117692003-12-01T16:44:00.000-05:002003-12-01T16:44:52.513-05:00Clip 'N Save from "The Note"
Here's a Note clip 'n' save for between the holidays, and into next year.
In parentheses after each item, we list those people who should be Noting more carefully what's going on out there; in brackets are those who are already paying quite a bit of attention.
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1. The KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1070242649190690302003-11-30T20:37:00.000-05:002003-11-30T20:38:38.936-05:00Why the French Government is Really Our Enemy, Part 72
"Follow the money" is an old adage, and it means that economic interest will eventually explain much human behavior. That France opposed the removal of Saddam Hussein because he owed millions to French banks is proof of this. Less well known, but much more troubling, are key French financial links with other U.S. enemies. They raise the KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-106631656855504882003-10-16T11:02:00.000-04:002003-10-16T11:03:27.323-04:00The Most Important Man of the 20th Century? Probably (Philip Jenkins, 10/15/03, Dallas Morning News)
When the history of our time is written, Pope John Paul II will be featured not just as one of the towering figures of the age but also as an authentic revolutionary. That is to say he presided over a change in global attitudes so profound and so rapid that it is difficult to remember that KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1066227792377434602003-10-15T10:23:00.000-04:002003-10-15T10:28:13.976-04:00Rumored Papal Successors
Now this is a topic of keen interest to me but something I shouldn't necessarily put on the BC04 site (hence I keep this site alive yet post only about once a month).
Boomshock at Priorities and Frivolities has the first round-up on an international 'short-list':
With these considerations in mind, which names have surfaced in the succession talk? Here are a few, in noKPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1064004890391883392003-09-19T16:53:00.000-04:002003-09-19T16:55:12.333-04:00The French Boycott (cont.)
The French have a long history of collaboration with tyrants. One would think their association with Hitler in WW II would have prompted some reforms -- but no! Jacques Ch-Iraq's allegiance to Saddam Hussein and his Ba'athist henchmen continues even after Saddam's deposition, which is to say, the French continue to support attacks by Saddam's loyalists against KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-1058795973349570032003-07-21T09:59:00.000-04:002003-07-21T09:59:33.130-04:00Just a reminder, I am doing my blogging at Bush-Cheney 2004 until further notice.
Thanks,
KevinKPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-959890582003-06-24T14:29:00.000-04:002003-06-24T14:29:34.256-04:00Cal Thomas Has an Essay on the Upcoming Nuclear Winter on Capitol Hill Regarding The Supremes
(compliments of Howard Bashman over at How Appealing)KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-959861102003-06-24T12:52:00.000-04:002003-06-24T12:52:37.070-04:00The GOP Moves Ever-So-CLoser to the Nuclear Option on Judicial NomineesKPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-959587622003-06-23T17:10:00.000-04:002003-06-23T17:10:32.546-04:00Better Late Than Never
This may be 6 months old, but I wasn't blogging back then! Polipundit has a nice write-up about the RNC Get-Out-The-Vote Campaign and its coordinator, Blaise Hazelwood.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-959528412003-06-23T13:54:00.000-04:002003-06-23T13:54:28.656-04:00I will be doing 95% of my Blogging at Bush-Cheney 2004 until further notice. Thanks for your readership and please check out Bush-Cheney 2004!KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-959462642003-06-23T10:32:00.000-04:002003-06-23T10:32:23.076-04:00President Bush to Visit Africa
President Bush will make his first trip to Africa next month, visiting five countries with an agenda expected to include the fight against AIDS, counter-terrorism and economic development.
The White House on Friday announced the trip. Bush will visit Senegal, South Africa, Botswana, Uganda and Nigeria from July 7-12. The trip had been postponed from January amid KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-959440012003-06-23T09:09:00.000-04:002003-06-23T10:38:03.000-04:00Iran in Perspective, compliments of Mark Steyn
That's why the term ''Middle East peace process'' is better applied to the region as a whole than to the so-called Palestinian road map. Dignifying the swamp of the West Bank with the name of the entire neighborhood buys into the Arabs' propaganda that the Palestinian situation is responsible for the wretched nature of the Middle East, rather than KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-959349352003-06-23T00:47:00.000-04:002003-06-23T00:48:01.000-04:00French Boycott Update, compliments of Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit
Are Americans still holding a grudge? For the third consecutive four-week period, sales of French table wines in the United States have declined substantially, following drops in March and April.
French wine sales dropped 26.2 percent in case volume and 27 percent in dollar value for the four weeks ending May 18, 2003, comparedKPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-958154022003-06-19T00:11:00.000-04:002003-06-19T00:11:46.330-04:00Can Bill Kelly Be Far Behind?
President Bush plans to nominate White House lawyer Brett M. Kavanaugh, an author of independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr's report on President Bill Clinton, for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Republican sources said yesterday.
Kavanaugh is undergoing an FBI background check in preparation for his nomination, which will not be announced KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-957996262003-06-18T14:32:00.000-04:002003-06-18T14:33:07.000-04:00The Two Faces of W: The Fiscal Conservative and The Political Pragmatist
Since I won't discuss too much negativity on the Bush-Cheney 2004 site, I thought I would share a brief discussion between myself and Paul Jeane regarding the fiscally conservative George Bush who delivers tax cuts on an annual basis and the guy currently residing in the White House who spends like FDR:
Paul: If KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-957766432003-06-17T23:04:00.000-04:002003-06-17T23:04:03.613-04:00Andrew Card Speals in New Hampshire and Cites Grassroots EffortsKPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-957763682003-06-17T22:54:00.000-04:002003-06-17T22:54:48.986-04:00Update: Fund-Raising Push Begins with Hot Dogs in WashingtonKPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-957676342003-06-17T17:25:00.000-04:002003-06-17T17:25:27.390-04:00Tom Daschel Wants W To Seek His Counsel Before He Nominates Any Supremes . . .
Uhhhh, no thanks.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-957675932003-06-17T17:23:00.000-04:002003-06-17T17:23:35.390-04:00Our Enemies: The French
Now I don't support ANY terrorist, but this crackdown is clearly timed to make sure as little aid as possibel reaches the student dissidents in Iran. This is also clearly another attempt to cutdown the United States who are supporting the dissidents. It is important to acknowledge that the US isn't big fans of this terrorist group, but in this case France has applied: "KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-957253732003-06-16T14:42:00.000-04:002003-06-16T14:42:20.063-04:00I Will Be Blogging At Bush-Cheney 2004 Today. Stop by and check it out!KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-956990582003-06-15T21:16:00.000-04:002003-06-15T21:25:52.000-04:00KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-956986962003-06-15T20:59:00.000-04:002003-06-15T20:59:59.533-04:00The American Empire
This is a fascinating topic that I have actually thought about for many years and with the dominance of our military unquestioned, the concept is very fresh in the minds of academics and government officials alike. Joseph Nye in the Washington Post takes a look at that and offers some unique thoughts.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-956871322003-06-15T11:55:00.000-04:002003-06-15T11:57:39.000-04:00The Future Governor of California: Dr. Condolezza Rice
The San jose Mercury News has an excellent profile of this great American:
Rice, 48, has been coy about her intentions, but those who know her well say the state's top job is potentially appealing to her. She has not publicly expressed interest and has taken no visible steps to lay the groundwork for a campaign. But key Republicans said she KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-956870002003-06-15T11:50:00.000-04:002003-06-15T11:50:10.916-04:00Who Is Prescott Bush?
A truly amazing man:
Although three decades have passed since Prescott Bush's death, his children's memories remain vivid this Father's Day. They paint a portrait of a devoted husband and father, patriot, U.S. senator and modest sportsman who sired a sense of civic obligation. Son George and grandson George W. rose to the nation's highest office. Another grandson, Jeb, is KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-956866372003-06-15T11:36:00.000-04:002003-06-15T11:36:41.486-04:00Examining The Image Makers
Former political consultant Raymond Strother has written a book on his many experiences in a lifetime of advising politicians. It is full of anecdotal tidbits like the following:
Strother makes no secret of his admiration for [Dick] Morris's skills, yet opines ''that this one man's persuasive and unrelenting drive, fueled by necessity of feeding his hedonistic KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-956622982003-06-14T11:27:00.000-04:002003-06-14T11:27:23.536-04:00Miguel Estrada Gaining Traction All Over
On of the things the GOP knows that the Donkeys fail to realize is the gain or loss on Miguel Estrada's nomination to the bench runs much deeper than one judge or one potential Supreme nominee. Ruben Navarrette of The Dallas Morning News addresses this caluculus deftly:
But what about the standard to which Democrats have held Miguel Estrada? I've lost KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-956616942003-06-14T11:01:00.000-04:002003-06-14T11:01:59.656-04:00Fighting Over The Big Casino
Now I stole the pharse "Big Casino" from those guys at The Note who refer to the budget battle of tax cutters versus deficit hawks versus tax raisers (do they even exist anymore? Oh yea, check your state houses...). Well Jonathan Weisman at the Washington Post does a great job on both the theoretical debate and practical debate over tex reform and strengthening the KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-956294232003-06-13T10:20:00.000-04:002003-06-13T10:20:50.980-04:00Howard Dean Wants You To Lose Your Job!
At least that is what his and all of his cohorts rhetoric would lead you to believe. They can't beat Bush if things stay as they are (sluggish but improving economy, aggressive national defense, etc.) So they are bad-mouthing the economy and just about everything else in hopes they can keep this economic engine under wraps. Columnist Joseph Perkins has a KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-956261732003-06-13T08:27:00.000-04:002003-06-13T08:27:06.873-04:00The Latest From The Official Bush-Cheney Campaign!
Check it out over at the Bush-Cheney 2004 Blog.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-956143602003-06-12T22:59:00.000-04:002003-06-12T22:59:55.330-04:00Analyzing State Budgets and Tax Increases
The AP breaks a sweat with a state-by-state analysis of the legislative proposals addressing each state's budget crunch.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-955949262003-06-12T12:25:00.000-04:002003-06-12T14:13:07.000-04:00Add Assault & Battery To Clinton's List Of Crimes
Dick Morris sets the record straight about why he didn't want to work for Bill Clinton in 1994:The real reason I was reluctant was that Bill Clinton had tried to beat me up in May of 1990 as he, you, Gloria Cabe, and I were together in the Arkansas governor's mansion. At the time, Bill was worried that he was falling behind his democratic primaryKPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-955942002003-06-12T12:06:00.000-04:002003-06-12T12:06:15.806-04:00We're For Nothing, But We're Against Him!
Ron Fournier writes about what has to be seen as a desperate attempt by Democrats to find some weakness in W:President Bush, elected after casting Al Gore as a serial exaggerator and borderline liar, is now being accused of stretching the truth about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
It is an irony that Democratic rivals would like to convert to a KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-955919742003-06-12T11:05:00.000-04:002003-06-12T11:05:39.180-04:00And I Won't Back Down
Looks like Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor did a fine job of fending off the ideological driven questioning by the Senate yesterday. I say meet these guys head-on and let the public see what kind of underhanded tactics the Ds employ to further their ideological purposes.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-955889632003-06-12T09:39:00.000-04:002003-06-12T09:39:12.510-04:00Dennis Miller On Your Right
Fox News Channel has apparently inked Dennis Miller to join Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes on their cable news show:An announcement could come as soon as today. Miller is expected to appear once a week on the 9 p.m. show...Another arrow in the quiver of right-minded people shooting down the hypocrasy of the Left.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-955879782003-06-12T09:08:00.000-04:002003-06-12T09:28:56.000-04:00Deny Estrada A Vote At Your Own Peril
It looks like the hoopla around the "split" Hispanic community and Miguel Estrada is another canard of the Left as recent polls show Hispanics favoring him by a 9 to 1 margin:While about half of the 800 respondents were identified as Democrats, 87 percent said they back Republican President Bush's bid to make Estrada the first Hispanic judge on the U.S. KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-955861542003-06-12T07:57:00.000-04:002003-06-12T07:57:52.000-04:00Liar, Liar Pants On Fire!
Add Joe Lieberman, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara A. Milulski, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, Madeline Albright, Robert Byrd, Hillary Clinton, Dick Gephardt, Al Gore, Bob Graham, Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi to the list of government officials who lied and manipulated public relations to justify going to war in Iraq. Rightwingnews.com will have part 2 out today.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-955470922003-06-11T09:12:00.000-04:002003-06-11T09:12:04.596-04:00Help for the Googling Monkies
Here is a site dedicated to tips on how to more efficiently use Google.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-955470412003-06-11T09:10:00.000-04:002003-06-11T09:10:31.660-04:00NO VACANCY
The Washington Times takes a temperature reading of the Supreme Court and finds it unlikely that anyone will step down this year:
Any prospects for a partisan fight this summer over confirming President Bush's first Supreme Court nominee appeared to dim recently after justices agreed to hear a contentious case in September, signaling that the bench will remain unchanged at least untilKPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-955467982003-06-11T09:01:00.000-04:002003-06-11T09:01:27.033-04:00All States Are In Play
Here is a quick run-down by the New York Post regarding Karl Rove's visit to NYC to prime the pump for W's big NYC fundraiser later this month.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-955072632003-06-10T10:45:00.000-04:002003-06-10T10:45:12.170-04:00What Are The Cool Kids Up Too?
Re-Calling Gray Davis, that's what! Here is the latest on thegrowing momentum in the Gray Davis recall effort:
Now, amid signs the recall movement is gaining momentum, Democratic and Republican leaders are bracing for a political earthquake in the nation's most populous state, one whose tremors could ripple all the way to the White House.
"I don't think I've ever KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-955068622003-06-10T10:36:00.000-04:002003-06-10T10:36:25.123-04:00What Comes Around, Goes Around
The DNC and the Clinton machine were always quick to have unruly neagtive campaigners hound the Bush 41 campaign, but the GOP was not willing to meet fire with fire. However that has all changed:
The idea is simple: Send an "attack mascot" to primary and caucus appearances of leading Democratic White House hopefuls to heckle and unnerve the candidates. Initial KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-955059462003-06-10T10:13:00.000-04:002003-06-10T10:13:35.343-04:00More Evidence That Doesn't Matter In 'After-the-Fact' War Debate
The Washington Post doesn't some more reporting on the mass graves in Iraq:
The U.S. and British investigators have been traveling widely in Iraq to find mass graves. Since the end of the war they have found more than 80 such sites, some containing thousands of corpses dug up by Iraqi volunteers. In the debate leading up to the warKPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-955039472003-06-10T09:16:00.000-04:002003-06-10T09:16:46.933-04:00Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way
It looks like some of Mitch Daniels' rivals are taking the third option as State Sen. Murray Clark, R-Indianapolis has dropped his campaign bid, returned his campaign contributions and signed on the Mitch Daniels team. Is there any question which bus everyone should be on?KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-955035772003-06-10T09:05:00.000-04:002003-06-10T09:05:18.473-04:00Alternatives To Blogger
SDB had an extensive write-up (aren't all of his write-ups extensive?) on why Blogger is good for beginners but once you become a serious blogger, it's time to move on. I couldn't agree more...KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-954731992003-06-09T13:52:00.000-04:002003-06-09T13:52:39.356-04:00W's Not-So-Secret Weapon
Dana Milbank in today's Washington Post on why bush wins the game of low expectations.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-954724672003-06-09T13:34:00.000-04:002003-06-09T13:34:02.850-04:00CREEP 2004
Bill Sammon has a must-read in the Washington Times on the official campaign maneuverings that they quite honestly prefer remain quiet:
"It's our strong preference that we not generate any news," said Nicolle Devenish, the campaign's communications director.Too late!KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-954687692003-06-09T12:02:00.000-04:002003-06-09T12:02:10.210-04:00Bread Crumbs, Mi Amigo . . . Bread Crumbs
Mitch Daniels said goodbye to Washington and the Post had a nice exit interview in today's paper. Although he hasn't declared his candidacy for Governor, he did have this to say about the political situation in Indiana:
"The state is in need of revival, in need of some repair," he said. "The thing that would finally push me to do it is the tone of KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-954319822003-06-08T15:02:00.000-04:002003-06-08T18:45:34.000-04:00Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Hans Blix, John Deutch, William Cohen . . . ALL LIARS!
Those are just a few of the names you MUST include if you are going to accuse George Bush and Tony Blair of lying to go to war in Iraq. Robert Kagen, in today's Washington Post discusses the rediculousness and fallacy of the "Bush Lied About WMDs!" from those who leave rational thought behind when discussing George KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-954316292003-06-08T14:52:00.000-04:002003-06-08T14:52:27.006-04:00What is almost becoming a daily update on the 'behind-the-scenes' maneuverings, the New York Times examines the preparations on both sides of the aisle for upcomings Supreme retirements.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-953798502003-06-06T14:14:00.000-04:002003-06-06T14:14:23.980-04:00No One Did It Better Than The Gipper
On the Anniversary of D-Day, what better way to remember the sacrifice and heroism than through the words of "The Great Communicator":
Today, in their memory, and for all who fought here, we celebrate the triumph of democracy. We reaffirm the unity of democratic people who fought a war and then joined with the vanquished in a firm resolve to keep the peace.
KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-953728222003-06-06T11:10:00.000-04:002003-06-06T11:10:32.330-04:00Judicial Activism . . . They Name Is Boyce F. Martin Jr
With all of the outright lies being bandied about regarding the "conservative activist jurists" being nominated by W, I can only laugh at the reports (long known by us evil conservatives) regarding the legitimate actvist shenanigans being pulled by 6th Circuit Chief Judge Boyce Martin:
The federal judge whose majority opinion sent an KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-952952142003-06-04T14:47:00.000-04:002003-06-04T14:47:41.156-04:00Boy, Are My Arms Tired . . .
From patting myself on the back all day, that is! Check out what "The Note" (an always 'must read' on both sides of the aisle) had to say today about the Bush Cheney 2004 blog:
Much less starchy than GeorgeWBush.com, it's the Bush-Cheney re-elect's unofficial, unofficial blog: bushcheney2004.blogspot.com … which announced its first National Bush Meetup Day. (That's KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-952696992003-06-04T00:38:00.000-04:002003-06-04T00:38:34.640-04:00The Self-Sabotage Continues . . . Thankfully
Gary Jacobson writes an analysis of the 2002 mid-term elections in Political Science Quarterly and explains away the Democrats historic loss thusly:
The Republican victory was... much more a consequence of redistricting (in the House) and of the higher turnout among Republican loyalists than of any national shift in public sentiment toward the party. KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-952357072003-06-03T09:36:00.000-04:002003-06-03T09:36:35.766-04:00BushCheney2004 Meetup!
Next week is the first National Bush2004 Meetup; Tuesday, Jun 10 @ 7:00PM. Register at http://bush2004.meetup.com/ and vote on the location. Then stop by, introduce yourself, have a drink and get involved! I look forward to seeing everyone at the New York City Meetup.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-951989042003-06-02T13:14:00.000-04:002003-06-02T15:04:38.000-04:00Sometimes It Is Better To Be Lucky Than Good
Megan McArdle over at JaneGalt.net finds a wonderful write-up regarding who gets credit during good economic times and bad. Her money line though addresses the deficits of the new millenium by reflecting on those Depression-like years in the 1980s:
deficits aren't good for the economy, but if they had that much power we'd have spent the eighties KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-951972652003-06-02T12:34:00.000-04:002003-06-02T12:35:25.000-04:00Checking In With The Service Men And Women
Here is a "Thank You" note to President Bush from one of the web's most provocative war-blogger's (and service veteran) Lt. Smash:
I am writing to you, as a mobilized reservist, to express my appreciation for your courage and leadership as Commander-in-Chief. In the face of tremendous pressure and even outright opposition from both home and abroad, you KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-951932792003-06-02T10:58:00.000-04:002003-06-02T10:58:49.976-04:00Senate Domination in 2004Here is a roundup by the Washington Post of the Senate recruitment efforts:
Top Republican leaders "haven't shown their [recruiting] muscle, but what we have here is more normal" for the early stages of Senate campaigns, said Stuart Rothenberg, an independent political analyst. "What was remarkable was what they were able to do two years ago."Now this quote by a KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-951918362003-06-02T10:21:00.000-04:002003-06-02T10:24:41.000-04:00What Have We Learned In The Last Two Months?
Victor David Hanson takes an extensive (5000 words!) look back at the Battle in Iraq and assesses what we accomplished, how we accomplished it, and why they lost:
The new American military proved lethal beyond its numbers, as near-adolescents without combat experience showed themselves to be more adept at street fighting than the so-called Saddam KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002097.post-951614802003-06-01T15:37:00.000-04:002003-06-01T15:37:31.263-04:00Here is the latest speculation from the Washington Post on Rhenquist and O'Conner's deliberations of retirement.KPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272762308148067440noreply@blogger.com