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No, not 43. 41: Dubya's dad, George Herbert Walker. And why is that? The more I look back on the elder Bush – Bush 41 – the more I find things to admire and the more I see attributes we need in our next president. The NYT's Thomas L. Friedman said in The Apparent Heir he [...]
Sun, October 31 2004 » Main Page » Comments Off
Here’s a CAJ-L posting I made on The Daily Show’s “coverage” of Dubya’s attempts to deflect on the Al Qaqaa cock-up and a pointer to a great column from the ever-lucid Paul Krugman of the NYT.
Fri, October 29 2004 » CAJ-L postings, Main Page » Comments Off
John Zogby, head of Zogby International, called it for John Kerry Thursday night on the Daily Show. He thinks incumbent George W. Bush isn't polling very good numbers for an incumbent and that the undecideds will break for Kerry. The Republicans going medievally negative on Kerry's ass have paid dividends. Zogby, the object of a [...]
Fri, October 29 2004 » Main Page » Comments Off
For his spinechilling portrayal of an amiable dunce and toaster of the super-rich with his finger on the nuclear trigger, George W. Bush earns movie villian of the year honours, says Total Film magazine. He trumped Doc Ock from Spider-Man 2 (Alfred Molina), Leatherface from a remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Gollum from Lord [...]
Fri, October 29 2004 » Main Page » Comments Off
The headline that did it this time was Republicans encourage minorities to get out and vote on Nov. 3. An excerpt: MIAMI, FL—With the knowledge that the minority vote will be crucial in the upcoming presidential election, Republican Party officials are urging blacks, Hispanics, and other minorities to make their presence felt at the polls [...]
Thu, October 28 2004 » Main Page » Comments Off
How about those trendy blogs — sez this little bandwagon jumper. Here is an NYT piece: Madison Avenue Ponders the Potential of Web Logs. An excerpt: EB logs have had an astonishing season this year, enough to freckle the faces of bloggers who do not, as a rule, get much time outdoors. Although political blogs [...]
Thu, October 28 2004 » Main Page » Comments Off
NYT columnist Thomas L. Friedman dumps on the Bush administration and — surprisingly — holds up Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as an example. It does contain this one stunningly dumb statement: Europe, for its part, has gone so crazy over the Bush administration that the normally thoughtful Guardian newspaper completely lost its mind last [...]
Thu, October 28 2004 » Main Page » Comments Off
That's the title for Frank Rich's current column on the 2004 U.S. presidential election. It analyzes the campaign from the perspective of screenplay writing. Read it. It's good! :) Here's an excerpt: JOHN KERRY is a flip-flopper. He's “French.” Whether he's asserting his non-girlie-boy bona fides by riding a Harley onto Jay Leno's set, “reporting [...]
Thu, October 28 2004 » Main Page » Comments Off
These are two to record for posterity: Guy at local sports bar: Busch stadium: Is that owned by the president? (Note: George W. Bush is a one-time owner of the Texas Rangers. In fact, some unkind souls thought his push for the presidency was actually an attempt to position himself to become the commissioner of Major League [...]
Thu, October 28 2004 » Main Page » Comments Off
David Brooks of the NYT has written an amusing column on election pundit blow-hards: Thus ate Zarasthustra.
Wed, October 27 2004 » Main Page, Media, politics » Comments Off