This post, forttelling a new SBVT attack on Kerry, makes me wonder how stupid these people are. How many other millions of people were against this war? It’s fitting , though, that these “my country right or wrong” people assume that what infuriates them is “naturally” going to be the vioew of the majority. They’re clueless. Seeing The Forest – Continue Reading

One of the more disturbing revelations in Graham’s book Intelligence Matters is how the CIA and the White House “classified” entire sections of the report from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that dealt with Saudi government and the assistance that government gave to some and possibly all of the September 11th terrorists (27 pages). Graham and Senator Shelby re-read Continue Reading

Eric has a great post on the game I will call “lie balancing”, best known by the kind of “balancing act” the major news outlets play in saying “both sides play fast and loose with the facts”, and leave the overwhelming impression that BOTH sides are equally deceptive. I find this kind of twisting infuriating most with the debate analysts Continue Reading

Last night Saturday Night Live had another great leadoff skit depicting the Friday night debates (and on later in thge show, one on the VP debate). The Bush character cracks me up, with his broken speech and his falling back on canned phrases, and this one where he depicted George jumping up and interrupting. Great job. On Weekend Updatelater, they Continue Reading

Afghan Poll Is Mostly Calm, but Challengers Cry Foul Afghan Poll Is Mostly Calm, but Challengers Cry Foul The vote was marred by 15 candidates’ declaring the election illegitimate, blaming widespread cheating and fraud.

Daily Kos :: Political Analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation. CIA rage at the smug neoconservative theologians who took us into Iraq is nothing new. There’s been bad blood since well before somebody – are we EVER going to find out who? – outed nonproliferation expert Valerie Plame 15 months ago. It’s not been the Continue Reading

This post by KOS linking to an article in the Washinton Post should be seen as the signs that the Republicans have taken corruption to a new level. A BIPARTISAN committee (which includes 5 of their own number, is having their charges dismissed: Republicans responded with a flood of statements defending DeLay, ridiculing the charges and blaming vengeful Democrats for Continue Reading

The following is from the letter from John DiIulio, who resigned as director of Bush’s White House Office Of Faith-based and Community Initiatives. My words: It is indeed scary that Bush was ever voted in as either president or governor, given that NOTHING in his background qualified him for public service, and EVERYTHING seemed to point to someone who could Continue Reading

Who is Rasmussen by the way? I didn’t see it on this list (the previous poll that put me in a foul mood) Daily Kos :: Political Analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation. New polls today continue to show a tightening race

Rasmussen shows a bump for Bush from yesterday to today. How, after that debate, which everyone not on the far right agrees Kerry won, some rather convincingly? Day Bush Kerry Today 49.6 45.9 Oct 8 48.4 46.1 Oct 7 47.8 46.7 Oct 6 47.2 46.9 The jumps began on Wedenesday, after the VP debate. Useless.

This by Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter MSNBC – Your Gut Only Gets You So Far Why is he so afraid of engaging in a real argument? Because answering more than softball questions requires boning up, and this president doesn’t believe in acquiring information that contradicts his assumptions. He believes in making decisions by instinct, then sticking with them without second-guessing. It’s Continue Reading

My Southern Baptist neighbors give me the privelege of getting this sign in my face when I leave home and when I come home. Meanwhile, even though the sign says “Rutherford County Supports”, my two Kerry yard signs, and the intents of at least two other neighbors on the opposite side of our house, to vote for Kerry, this sign Continue Reading

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: October 03, 2004 – October 09, 2004 Archives Karl Rove tells Sean Hannity about ‘October Surprise’ he’s working on. “We’ve got a couple of surprises that we intend to spring,” says Rove. This post today from Josh sends chills up my spine, given the propensity for inane “revelations” and the obsessions of pundits Continue Reading

More from the article Kerry’s Undeclared War in the NYT Magazine, which is dynamite that would help blow the lid off of the Bush mirage of strength and responsible action against terror.