November 25, 2004
Very close

The nearly-final results are in for the race for Washington governor, and Republican Dino Rossi came out ahead -- by a mere 42 votes. More than 2.7 million votes were cast in the race. This will provide ample evidence to Washington State civics teachers as they encourage high school seniors how important it is to […]

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November 20, 2004
Rooney blows the whistle

CBS curmudgeon Andy Rooney echoes what all of CBS News' critics have been saying ever since Dan Rather's bogus Bush National Guard documents story ran. "I am very critical of some of the people at CBS who make it apparent what their political leanings are," Rooney said. "That's what happened to this thing of Dan […]

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November 19, 2004
Cleaning up the editorial cartoons

The Washington Post has decided to follow The New York Times' lead and stop running "cartoonist" Ted Rall's disgusting drawings. Rall said he thinks the site dropped his work because of a Nov. 4 cartoon he did showing a drooling, mentally handicapped student taking over a classroom. "The idea was to draw an analogy to […]

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November 18, 2004
Revisionist history

Al Hunt's column in today's Wall Street Journal is entitled "McCain-Feingold Did Its Job" -- an analysis that is laughable to say the least. [Link requires paid subscription.] The most compelling case for the success of the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance measure is the case that was made against it. This was a passionately contested national election, […]

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November 10, 2004
On the bulletin board

You can sometimes find some interesting things regarding the state of journalism on the bulletin board. Someone posted New York Times reporter Fox Butterfield's annual article on the drop in the crime rate. Despite Drop in Crime, an Increase in Inmates By FOX BUTTERFIELD The number of inmates in state and federal prisons rose 2.1 […]

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November 4, 2004
Reduce the GOP Senate majority

Barring any unexpected, last-minute developments, the GOP will have a 55-44-1 majority in Congress' upper chamber. After President Bush and Vice President Cheney helped Pennsylvania's senior Senator Arlen Specter fend off a strong primary challenge from conservative Pat Toomey, Specter has decided to bite the hand that feeds him. Specter, as presumptive chairman of the […]

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November 4, 2004
Conservatives in the "old media"

John Hinderaker, who blogged for NBC on election night, recounts an encounter with an assistant producer: Early in the day, a very young woman who was working as an assistant producer leaned over to me and whispered, "Are you the conservative?" I said Yes. "Don't tell anyone," she whispered, "but I'm on your side." I […]

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November 3, 2004
Four more years

I'm not talking about the term starting Jan. 20, 2005, for George W. Bush. The barking moonbats over at Daily Kos, completely nuts with the defeat of John Kerry, have suggested a "tactic" to continue their attacks on Bush's legitimacy. Second, gut any Bush hopes for legitimacy. Find the places in Florida and Ohio and […]

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November 3, 2004
Bush wins!

The networks are loath to call enough states for President Bush to be declared the victor, but I will. Bush wins Nevada, Ohio and New Mexico (and very likely Iowa). Those of you who are still up at this ridiculous hour can now go to bed.

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November 2, 2004
Looks like a Bush win

With the Fox News Channel call of Ohio for Bush, one co-worker has already inquired about working in Canada for the next four years. There aren't a lot of happy faces around here.

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