The popularity of Air America Radio reveals the true strength of the Left. From the New York Post : October 19, 2004 -- CRITICS said it wouldn't happen — but all-lib eral WLIB is seriously challenging talk-radio rivals WABC and WOR. Acc
I'm always surprised at how many people use free market theory to argue against taxing the rich more than the poor. These taxation haters scoff at ec
With only two weeks left before the election, both campaigns seem to be drifting. Bush is slightly up in national polls, but Kerry appears to be slighly ahead in the swing states, and hence the electoral vote count. The last two days haven't been domin
First of all, most lefties here attack the policies of the government, not America in an abstract sense. I think some of the people on the Right have trouble seeing that distinction. I can't be the only person who remembers just how much right wing hatred of the government there was during the 1990s. Predictably, when the president is a Democrat, conservatives get really pissy about the things the American government is doing -- and when a R
From the Associated Press : BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. Army Reserve soldiers who refused orders to drive a dangerous route were members of one of a few supply units whose trucks are still unarmored, their commanding general said Sunday. The soldiers, n
We're off to Allentown, PA. We're going to spend the day trying to boost turnout in some of the city's less lively quarters. We're going to need every vote we can get this year in Pennsylvania, and that means we've got to break the Republican's unfair manipulation of their "living" majority. I know some of the Bush supporters will try to spin thi
Draginol: The original neoconservatives were social liberals who came to believe in a hawkish foreign policy. I'm talking about them. Irving Kristol is usually considered the founder of neoconservatism. You may know of his son, William Kristol. I guess Paul Wolfowitz is currently the most prominent member. I guess I would say you believe in neoconservatism if you're socially liberal but believe the US s
First of all, Kerry has said that he made a mistake in how he explained his voting on the $87 million request. He acknowledged that in the first debate. Second, can you show where Bush has acknowledged a bigger mistake than flubbing his English and sometimes "misstating" things? (instant translation: Bush "clarification" = Kerry "flip-flop") Admitting
Texas Wahine, . I don't think Bush supporters are in a strong position to attack any candidate on issue of refusing to acknowledge mistakes. As far as I can tell, Bush said he's not aware of any serious mistakes that he's made, that'll he'll let historians identify the minor ones, and that the only mistakes of which he is aware are in
JillUser, I appreciate your effort to mediate. I invite you to look at the FactCheck quote I posted above. I read it twice before writing this response, and have checked it periodically as I've been writing. I've consistently focused on Bush's "exaggeration" line, and the way he drew it out -- and he did dramatize it -- as the smear. Bush didn't say "it might be one of those exaggerations," -- h
I've never personally attacked you. As I said, I enjoy your posts. Yahoo News paraphrased Kerry -- leaving out the "that" -- so I'm sorry for the confusion on that. I never noticed it was missing. The FactCheck article correctly quotes Kerry as saying "not that concerned." That means Kerry's quote of Bush was accurate and Bush lied or
BakerStreet, Kerry never said Bush said he was "not concerned". He said Bush said he was "not that concerned". Bush did say that, so Kerry was right, and Bush either lied or made a mistake when he said Kerry exaggerated about that. I'm not sure why you keep bringing up "that". I understand the distinction you're making, but Kerry included "that" in in his description of what Bush said.<BR
BakerStreet, I enjoy your comments, but I'm more impressed when they're not so belligerent. Here are the quotes: Kerry claims that Bush said "I'm not that concerned". At the press conference, Bush said "I truly am not that concerned about him". At the debate, Bush claimed that this was "one of those exaggerations." Both Kerry and Bush used "that", so why are you focusing on it? Kerry's description was
Hi everyone, I hope you don't mind if I interrupt the effort to prove Sandy2, do you? FactCheck says that Kerry was right on this. Here's what Kerry said: Kerry: Six months after he said Osama bin Laden must be caught dead or alive, this pr
you are the only one that I have erally called a name. So what does that say about you? Talk about blaming the victim. drmiller, I have often enjoyed your comments -- even though I do disagree with some of them -- but I'm not sure this is the only time you've done this, and I see neither are you. Maybe you could check and let us know?
I'm sympathetic to the neo-conservative vision. It's a liberal idea -- something that could have been suggested by the Left of the pre-Vietnam War era. The neo conservative vision is sweeping: Democracy spread around the glob
From the LA Times : BAGHDAD — Two suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden backpacks Thursday inside the heavily barricaded Green Zone, killing at least six civilians — including four Americans — in the first suicide attacks within the area that houses the of
Unless someone is actually using their family in a political campaign to assist in gaining votes, then that family is entitled to privacy First of all, Mary Cheney has been active all year stumping for her father. Second, Mary Cheney is the Director of her father's campaign. Third, Mary Cheney is openly gay -- she's been a coord
"There's nothing a liberal can do that's right." Yes, you figured it out. Now you're a JoeUser!
Yes, there's a trap here. Some Bush supporters say that Kerry supporters are only driven by dislike of Bush. But if Kerry supporters than explain why they support him, these Bush supporters regurgitate Bush campaign talking points. These Bush supporters never acknowledge that their original claim -- that Kerry supporters are driven only by dislike of Bu
A moment where we learned something troubling about Bush : Sen. John F. Kerry caught President Bush off guard during their final debate Wednesday night, asserting that the president once said he was
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If Cheney's daughter were suffering from Parkison's disease, would it have been acceptable for Kerry to bring her up as a reason to fund fetal stem cell research? First of all, being gay isn't a sickness, and I think it says something that people are making that analogy. The relevant comp
Here's what I wrote in another thread: If Cheney's daughter had Parkison's disease would you think it okay for Kerry to bring her up as an example of why we need to have federally funded fetal stem cell research? I would find
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