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Negative Campaigning… This Year’s Story

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Michael Grunwald notices at the Washington Post that most political ads are extremely negative. Even for American standards that is. Please read the entire article. What I noticed was that it started off with 1 1/3 page about Republican ads, then just 2 short paragraphs about Democratic ads, accompanied by the words "Some Democrats are playing rough, too." It's almost … [Read more...] about Negative Campaigning… This Year’s Story

Oops… Wrong Turn

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Perhaps it's time for American conservatives to start listening (again) to William F. Buckley? A great article at CNN.com: Where the right went wrong. Fifty years ago, when a 29-year-old Yale graduate named William F. Buckley Jr. funded National Review magazine, conservatism was a small insurgency, fighting the dominant tide of liberalism that had governed the United States … [Read more...] about Oops… Wrong Turn

The GOP Plays the Gay Card

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When everything else fails, re-focus on gay marriage:The divisive debate over gay marriage, which played a prominent role in 2004 campaigns but this year largely faded from view, erupted anew on Thursday as President Bush and Republicans across the country tried to use a court ruling in New Jersey to rally dispirited conservatives to the polls. Wednesday’s ruling, in which … [Read more...] about The GOP Plays the Gay Card

State of Denial or Amateurism at the Highest Level

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State of Denial is Bob Woodward's third book on the Bush administration. In it, Woodward tells the story of an administration in which no internal accountability exists and in which intellectual laziness rules the day. It is a history of weak military leadership, an incredibly dominant and undefined US Secretary of Defense and political leaders who conveniently ignore all bad … [Read more...] about State of Denial or Amateurism at the Highest Level

So The Policy Was Never “Stay The Course?”

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When President George Bush and his associates began saying the undefined policy was never "stay the course" we predicted that someone would have fun by going back and looking at all the video tape that showed that the administration was saying that was indeed the policy. The Democratic party has — and the result is an ad that has a documentary montage of many clips, very … [Read more...] about So The Policy Was Never “Stay The Course?”

Quote Of The Day: Shakespeare’s Sister On Rush Limbaugh And Michael J. Fox

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From this post at Shakespeare's Sister:[Rush]Limbaugh is just one of many loathsome characters who have made names for themselves by treating politics as a game, a fun and profitable little pastime that has no real-world consequences—and the richer he gets, the more real a lack of consequences becomes for him. The luxury of staggering wealth means never having to worry about … [Read more...] about Quote Of The Day: Shakespeare’s Sister On Rush Limbaugh And Michael J. Fox

Poll: GOP May Be Losing Middle Class

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If this poll is true it would be particularly bad news for the GOP:Middle-class voters who deserted the Democratic Party a dozen years ago are now giving the party its best chance to reclaim the House since the GOP swept Democrats from power in 1994. Motivated by anger at President Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress, 56 percent of likely voters said they would vote … [Read more...] about Poll: GOP May Be Losing Middle Class

This Just In!

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THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:Bush: I Will Stay the Course of Not Using the Phrase 'Stay the Course' But Will Not Cut and Run from 'Cut and Run,' President Says Responding to criticism that he has dropped the phrase "stay the course" from his speeches about Iraq, President George W. Bush said today that he would stay the course of refusing to say the … [Read more...] about This Just In!

GUEST DVD REVIEW: Charlie Chaplin’s The Circus (Part II)

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This is the second part of a two-part review of Charlie Chaplin's classic film "The Circus," written by Dan Schneider who sometimes leaves comments on this site. He has this site and this new film site. DVD Review Of The Circus Copyright © by Dan Schneider This sense of a narrative bildingsroman that the audience is left with is recapitulated within the structure of the … [Read more...] about GUEST DVD REVIEW: Charlie Chaplin’s The Circus (Part II)

Sabato’s Crystal Ball – 2006: THE BIG PICTURE

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Twelve Days and CountingWe've been through a lot together this election cycle, and now we're headed for the last round-up on November 7th. Your Crystal Ball staff will be tweaking our predictions right up until election eve, taking into account last-minute shifts, scandals, and surprises. But the outline of this election couldn't be clearer: 2006 is a Democratic year. The … [Read more...] about Sabato’s Crystal Ball – 2006: THE BIG PICTURE

Waterboarding…”It’s A No-Brainer”

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You've gotta hand it to Cheney. He certainly knows how to turn a phrase. From a recent interview: WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney has confirmed that U.S. interrogators subjected captured senior al-Qaida suspects to a controversial interrogation technique called "water-boarding," which creates a sensation of drowning. Cheney indicated that the Bush administration … [Read more...] about Waterboarding…”It’s A No-Brainer”