While I don't agree with everything in it, today's New York Times has a surprisingly reasonable editorial calling on Democrats to take a position on American foreign policy post-9/11 that is something more substantive than: Bush is wrong. The candidates also need to tell Americans where they stand on the larger issue of preventive war. […]
If the economy had never tanked and the Iraq war and its aftermath had been flawless, would former Gen. Wesley Clark be a Democrat? Or would 2007 come and he would seek office as a Republican? Well, it appears as the good general was offering effusive praise of the GOP administration as recently as January […]
Perhaps the only thing sadder than seeing a blogger do his monthly banging of the tip jar (hint, hint), is seeing a wealthy, egotistical multimillionaire ask for money. That's right, Arianna's campaign is still $235,000 in debt and she wants you to fork over some cash. The woman who hasn't paid income taxes in the […]
On Fox News Sunday, Sen. Jay Rockefeller attacked President Bush for alleging that there was an imminent threat to the United States from Iraq. Snow, then confronted the senator with a clip from this year's State of the Union address, where President Bush said: Some have said we must not act until the threat is […]
Headline: "Jobless Claims Lowest in Eight Months." So, when good economic news hits, what can you be sure of? Well, like death and taxes, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman will ignore it. Krugman comes out today with a defense of name-calling, oddly titled "Lessons in Civility." The column is mainly a hodge-podge of probably […]
I've got a recording of the Democratic Presidential debate replaying right now. The most stupid question/gimmick thus far is from a woman who apparently only speaks Spanish. The woman asked, through a translator, what the candidates proposed to do to help the "Spanish economy." What was apparently was meant was Latino/Hispanic businesses, not what they […]
Sacramento Bee columnist/blogger Daniel Weintraub debunks a plethora of myths about today's recall election here in California. If you've followed the election closely, many of them will come as no surprise. But at least one was news to me: Myth: Many of the paid circulators were convicted criminals bused here from out of state. Fact: […]
Just caught the newest Dianne Feinstein anti-recall commercial. A couple of things struck me: First, there's no mention of any names. Not Gray Davis -- he's "this governor." Arnold Schwarzenegger also got a mention -- he's "this governor's" "opponent." Second, it casts the recall as a Davis vs. Schwarzenegger -- a tactic Davis has been […]
They both get special treatment at Fresno State. Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante got credit but did not have to attend a basic speech class at Fresno State in the late 1990s because a professor decided in 15 minutes or less that the Fresno Democrat would have earned at least a C based on his public […]
Then Gen. Wesley Clark would be running for the Republican nomination for president in 2004. After reading Clark's remarks at a fund-raiser for the Pulaski County Republican Party in May 2001, I can't comprehend how a man who graduated first in his class at West Point and was a Rhodes scholar can make what is […]