Who’s the Rich Guy?
More good jabs from Krugman on the Bush over Kerry slams:
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Trivial Pursuits
I read another of Krugman’s NYTImes articles, and I think I like this guy.
Some interesting articles
I saw The Manchurian Candidate yesterday, and it led me to look at Ebert’s review, where he mentions this article by Paul Krugman of the NYTimes (a non-NYTImes link here (from Truthout) , which is called The Arabian Candidate. From all the mounds of “coming out of secrecy” being done by scores of now former Bush administration people, and the Continue Reading
The “Bush Economy”
I can’t quite take seriously the idea of a Bush economy, so inept is Bush intellectually when compared to any president in recent memory. It is common knowledge amongst political folks that Bush doesn’t read anything about policy unless he has to for appearance. Clinton read more in a typical month of his term than Bush has read in his Continue Reading
Oil Rules the Roost: Is Anybody REALLY surprised?
NOW with Bill Moyers. Politics & Economy. Paying for Politics: What Oil Buys | PBS I continue to be amazed at how quickly Republican pundits seem aghast and offended or even “amused” by the suggestions that oil interests hold sway over politics. Do they actually believe that the GOP is NOT? Even when it is glaringly obvious that much of Continue Reading
What’s the Matter With Kansas?
NOW with Bill Moyers. Politics & Economy. Election 2004. Culture Wars | PBS I checked the website for the Moyers show, NOW, which I just missed enroute home , to see what was on. I found this summary of the segment on Politics and Economy. What is the matter with Kansas? In the eyes of Thomas Frank, it’s “the same Continue Reading
The Command Post – 2004 US Presidential Election – JFK Moment The Command Post posts this JFK quote which was displayed on the board and played the audio in a darkened hall: Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans – Continue Reading
Lessig about Obama: Remember
Lawrence Lessig Lessig:If you missed Barack Obama tonight at the Democratic National Convention, you missed one of the greatest speeches of this campaign MSNBC has the video
Obama Delivers
This guy, Barack Obama, is an awesome speaker. I had never heard of him. I am impressed. I almost wish HE were the candidate now, but he will be a tremendous boost to the Dems if not only in Illinois. Get him on the campaign trail. I’m looking for a streaming video somewhere so I can see that again. But Continue Reading
DW gets USAToday frothing
USATODAY.com – Blogs, journalism: Different factions of the write wing USAToday: In the blogging world, anyone producing an online diary or Web site that collects commentary from around the Internet is supposed to let everyone know his or her politics. The theory: Web surfers need to know bloggers’ biases to understand their motivations. Presenting both sides of an issue in Continue Reading
Carter spoke softly but carried a big “stick”
Carter carried a message of “regain the trust” and “answer the call”; emphasizing “readiness” over pre-emptive, irreponsibility. Carter , for me, and as a Christian, I thought was the most Christian president we ever had. He was not a Washington insider, and not a rich man, unlike others since. His life since his presidency has been , fairly clearly, one Continue Reading
More Gore
Gore Sneaks in some harsh words
The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > Rebounding From 2000, Gore Urges Bush’s Defeat
From the NY Times: Mr. Gore has been increasingly critical of the president recently, and his speech seemed not entirely in keeping with the Democrats’ strategy of building up Senator John Kerry rather than denigrating George W. Bush. Mr. Gore said Mr. Bush had divided the country, not united it, as he promised in 2000. “Has the promise of compassionate conservatism been fulfilled?” the former vice president asked, according to a prepared text. “Or do those words now ring hollow?”
When I heard that the message to the convention was “tone down the attacks”, I wondered whether or not this is the best course. It depends on the nature of the criticisms. It seems to me that the “undecided” may be among the ones who can be outraged, and are looking for some backbone.
The level of corruption and deceit in this adminitration makes it almost a sin to keep these concerns to ourself. If it was thought that Gore broke the rules, then good for him.
I just heard a guy on PBS say thatr Gore and Carter “realize” the need to appeal to the undecided and will do this “for the team”. Again, I hear an awaful lot of outrage; what are these people going to think of a candidate who shows no outrage?
I hate to say it, also ….but I am not convinced that “talking about the positives of Kerry is a strionger appeal thanb talking about the concerns that the Bush administration’s actions have caused.
Jimmy Carter is about to step up……
Overreaction
via MIke James: Just a Bump in the Beltway: Only Your Friends Will Tell You I totally agree with this : …if Osama bin Laden is still in a fit state to make political calculations, he must be backing an election victory for George Bush. The object of the terrorist is often to reveal the “true” repressive character of the Continue Reading
Loss of Compassionate Religion
Weblogsky: Through the Stained Glass: Religion and the Media Weblosky announces something that makes me wish I was in Texas. I just finished House of Bush , House of Saud, and am in a bit of a depressed , anxious state about the “leadership” of this country, and the blindness of the Church loeadership who give their blessings to the Continue Reading