Why should Rumsfeld resign?
Mon May 10, 2004 at 03:06:28 PM PDT
I still don't get it.
Rumsfeld didn't snap those pictures. He didn't order that torture be used in Abu Gharib prison. It wasn't like he knew about these abuses and did nothing, but rather according to his own testimony he learned about these pictures by watching the news.
So why are people calling for his head?
Liberals: just as gullible as conservatives
Fri May 07, 2004 at 11:25:05 AM PDT
A few days ago, a URL purporting to demonstrate that
blue states are more intelligent than red states was making the rounds.
Turns out, the figures were made up, but the conclusions are still real:
Error Correction: The source of this data is not "Wealth of Nations" as it had been attributed to us. A reader writes in and tells us he has the book (Sorry to hear that Mike) and the state IQ's aren't in it. This is a huge relief as the book is one of those race/IQ books. So we're still trying to track down the source for the IQ scores. As this is all a bit of good fun we aren't to concerned with the source. We know that Republicans are mentally impaired. If they weren't, that would just make them greedy.
The Delusion Index -- 27%
Thu Apr 22, 2004 at 04:00:09 PM PDT
I saw
this article on MSNBC today. Never mind what the article was about -- this was the quote that caught my eye:
A separate 2003 Harvard School of Public Health poll of Massachusetts adults found that 82 percent of the public generally supports expanded Medicaid -- but only 55 percent like the idea when they're told taxes might rise to pay for it.
The strength of Bush's campaign ...
Mon Apr 05, 2004 at 01:10:11 PM PDT
... is their ability to come up with one label and push it everywhere. This year the label is "flip-flopper" (with "tax hiker" coming in close second). I don't mean to be bashing Bush here: the simple fact is that in political campaigning, facts are irrelevant, or at the very least only fodder for distortion. Bush is very good at it. Kerry's still trying to find his voice.
A Grassroots Campaign Idea (+Poll)
Fri Mar 19, 2004 at 05:48:49 PM PDT
I made this comment in the Limbaugh thread, but because I like the sound of my own keystrokes, I am making it into a diary ...
I would like to spread some apathy into the diehard Republican camp. I think it would be an interesting idea if there was a massive campaign to call up right-wing shows and say, "I want to vote for Bush in 2004, but I am concerned about his abandonment of (insert traditional conservative principle here)".
By self-identifying as a conservative, one could make it past the phone screeners, avoid being immediately dismissed as a 'liberal', and use the other side's communication channels to connect with voters about issues they care about, like liberty, privacy, honesty, and fiscal conservatism.
This campaign may not cause people to vote for Kerry, but it may disillusion them enough to stay at home.
Who's with me?!
Kerry Breakfast Scandal!
Mon Mar 15, 2004 at 08:55:05 PM PDT
From the
AP newswire ...
... more or less ...
Bush Admin Says Kerry Should Prove Claim
The Bush administration, casting doubts on John Kerry's credibility, strongly suggested on Monday that the presumptive Democratic nominee lied when he said that he enjoyed a hearty breakfast in the privacy of his Boston residence.
POLL: Government and Marriage
Fri Feb 27, 2004 at 10:33:20 PM PDT
The current debate is over whether the definition of marriage should be expanded to refer to homosexual couples. But more and more I'm running into people who express this sentiment: get government out of the business of endorsing and regulating marriage and instead only provide the legal framework of civil unions. I'm wondering just how popular this view is.
Yah, it may be a war of terminology: six of one, half a dozen of the other. But the right framing of the role of government and marriage will lead to less arguments about why we extend certain benefits to married couples at all -- do we do it just because they raise families, or because of the relationship union itself? And should civil unions be extended to multiple people vs. should we legalize polygamy. Etc ...
Reforming Democracy
Thu Feb 19, 2004 at 02:55:27 AM PDT
Dear Kossacks,
From time to time I've pondered the nature of democracy and how it could be improved both here in the US as well as worldwide. And over the past few months I have stubled upon an idea which I think is strangely underrepresented in the world of political philosophy. I'd like to share it here with you today, and I would love to hear your feedback ...
Who Will Be The Anti-Kerry?
Tue Feb 10, 2004 at 07:10:02 PM PDT
Clark looks like he's on his way out. That leaves two candidates positioned to be the anti-Kerry going into Super Tuesday: Dean, who is still ahead in the delegate count, or Edwards, who has actually won a primary.
Leaving aside for the moment who you want to win, who do you think has the best chance of making it to the championship round in the Democratic primaries? And why?
Where Dean Stands Now
Wed Feb 04, 2004 at 03:33:36 AM PDT
Tonight was a predictably bad night for Howard Dean. Because of his decision to pull ads in the February 3rd states, he failed to capture any of tonight's seven states outright. Regardless, he managed to pick up 6 out of 269 delegates, recieved 18% in New Mexico and took three third-place finishes -- not bad for not even trying.
Dean's post-New Hampshire strategy remains on course. Clark and Edwards managed to hold Kerry back in South Carolina and Oklahoma, wearing down the emergent front-runner while Dean saves his money for later states. As explained by Roy Neel, Dean now plans to campaign heavily in Washington, Michigan, and Maine, making his stand in Wisconsin on the 17th. If he manages to do well, he will be well-positioned to go entire the long march of "big states" in early March -- California, New York, Texas, and Florida.
