The conventional wisdom among the swing voters and the lukewarm leaning-Kerry voters is that when it comes to protecting America, both candidates would do an equally good job. For the past 2+ decades, when Islamist radicals have attacked the United States, the country has retreated -- during both Republican and Democrat administrations. From the Beirut […]
Al Qaeda terrorists behead another American in Iraq. A group linked to al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has beheaded an American hostage in Iraq and posted a video of the killing on a Web Site Saturday. "My name is Benjamin Ford. I am from San Francisco, California," said the young man dressed in a […]
Today's big news was the unveiling of a one-minute ad that's being run in a very small number of broadcast markets. I've got issues with John Kerry's positions on an entire slew of issues. My first instinct when it comes to Kerry's service in Vietnam is that it is largely irrelevant to the 2004 election, […]
I'm curious to see how Eric Alterman and his ilk who believe that the media -- especially News Corp.'s Fox News and The New York Post -- are part of a right-wing cabal react to this news. Five executives on Kerry's list joined him in Davenport, Iowa, today at what the campaign called an "economic […]
For those hoping that the Kerry campaign would take a civil, high-minded approach to the 2004 contest following the Democrat convention, those hopes have been quickly dashed. From Kerry's acceptance speech: I want to address these next words directly to President George W. Bush: In the weeks ahead, let's be optimists, not just opponents. Let's […]
The other day the Kerrys and Edwards stopped at a Wendy's fast food joint to celebrate the Edwards' anniversary. Apparently, according to some news reports, Mrs. Heinz Kerry had to be enlightened by her husband about what exactly "chili" was (that's the meal, not the country). Well, it turns out that it was only an […]
Sen. John Kerry appeared on various Sunday morning shows promising that his election as president would usher in a renewed relationship with our "allies" -- understood to be at least Germany and France (and occasionally Russia) -- that would result in those countries sending troops to Iraq to help alleviate the burden on the American […]
Vietnam vet Sen. John Kerry apparently isn't all that popular with the Marines. The Marines — two in uniform and two off-duty — were polite but curt while chatting with Kerry, answering most of his questions with a "yes, sir" or "no, sir." But they turned downright nasty after the Massachusetts senator thanked them "for […]
PC Magazine columnist John C. Dvorak, a writer I admire, is unimpressed with the quality of the blogging at the Democrat National Convention. A cynic would suggest that bloggers, overwhelmed by convention attention, will be suckers to public relations pros resulting in a hopeless parroting of the party line in ways traditional media folks wouldn't […]
I'm watching some of CNN's coverage of the Democrat Convention and they highlighted the fact that the Democrats had lined up retired generals who support John Kerry -- including Wesley Clark. I counted a grand total of nine. In the AP style guide, you don't even use numerals until you get to 10, so it […]