Like father: Presidential candidate Wesley Clark on Friday complained that one of the moderators in Thursday night’s debate was carrying out a Republican agenda by questioning his Democratic credentials. Brit Hume of Fox News Channel, who worked as both moderator and questioner during the two-hour debate with the seven candidates, pressed Clark about when he …
Archives for February 2004
Primary Poll Numbers
Here are the primary poll numbers as of right now. I guess my only comment is that I find it frightening that 10% of SC Democrats would vote for Sharpton.
The Weird World of Josh Marshall
Fact: The President served during the Vietnam era as a fighter pilot in the National Guard. Fact: Parts of the same unit were deployed to combat in Vietnam. Fact: The president was presented with an honorable discharge upoon completion of his service. Fact: Some of the records regarding his National Guard service are missing or …
Like The Old Joke
How can you tell when a politician is lying? When his lips are moving: “Thank you for contacting me to express your opposition … to the early use of military force b the US against Iraq. I share your concerns. On January 11, I voted in favor of a resolution that would have insisted that …
Oh, Jeebus
More projection from the Calpundit: Despite the supposed rightward drift of America since the early 80s, the fact is that most Americans actually have an increasingly liberal view of most issues: they like Social Security and Medicare, they like strong public schools, they prefer working with the UN to taking action unilaterally, and they are …
Bring It On
I see nothing but an upside for Bush with this story: In recent days, a one-year gap in President Bush’s Texas Air National Guard service during the height of the Vietnam War has been raised by Democrats. While none of the presidential candidates has directly criticized Bush’s service, some Democrats, including Democratic National Committee Chairman …
This Needs to Be Repeated
The ‘Bush Lied, People Died’ crowd needs to read this over and over again until it sinks through their thick partisan skulls: After speaking to “innumerable” U.S. intelligence officers, David Kay has concluded that Bush administration officials did not pressure analysts to exaggerate the threats posed by Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. On Capitol Hill, …