Who Would You Guess is Handling The Bulk of the Catering These Days to the Green Zone?
According to this morning’s front page NYT story, the hostage taking strategy in Baghdad has been extremely effective in shutting down commercial trucking. According to the article: Several companies have pledged to stop working in Iraq, and on Thursday a notice went out in the Green Zone, the heavily...
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Pot Calling The Kettle: Put Up Your Resume!
Chomping at the bit after ceding the stage to the Democrats for four days, President Bush came out today (as expected) slinging dirt. Curiously, the man with almost no political experience (save the one term, primarily ceremonial post of Governor of Texas) accused Senator Kerry of few “signature achievements.”...
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Results From Final Race at Boston Downs
In the final race of the Democratic Speechstakes, the favorite, John Kerry, scored a resounding victory over his main challenger, John Kerry. Kerry, backed up by a team of trainers from Vietnam, jumped out ahead of the former Kerry, turning in an intelligent and intense performance. Sweating and hardly...
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Saving Private Rassmann
(Three days into the Convention, is it possible the only hook the Dems have to support Kerry’s National Security credentials is that he fought in a war and took a bullet? …Paging Wesley Clark!)
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Live From Boston Downs: Veep Destroys Field In Third Night Speechstakes!
The Convention Speechstakes took a surprise turn last night. Edwards from Kerry Farms was so dominant, Sharpton was the only entrant that even managed to stay on the track with him. As it turned out, however, the North Carolina thoroughbred had some unannounced competition. With his usual flash, as...
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Charting the Course
A company called Next Stage Analytics has been using “predictive outcome” techniques to look at the effectiveness of the Kerry, Bush and Nader campaign websites. To showcase their analytical tools, they are presenting a daily analysis of these site for the rest of this election season. On their site,...
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God Bless United States Inc.
Above is Open Secret‘s list of the twenty corporations that were donors this year to both presidential conventions. Even though the McCain-Feingold law bars soft-money contributions to the national political parties, the Federal Election Commission decided last year to remove a 1994 ban on individual and corporate convention sponsorship....
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Latest BAGnews Cartoon/Convention Edition: Who’s Who (…vs. Who Was Who)
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Live From Boston Downs: Young Upstart Explodes Past Field In Second Night Speechstakes!
As compared to last night, this evening’s competition at the Fleet Center produced a dramatic upset. The race belonged to a fledgling skinny-legged entry from Illinois. Displaying an energy and rhythm that seemed almost unhorse-like, Obama blew past the challengers as if he wasn’t in the same class. With...
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A Little Further to the Right… A Little Further… A Little Bit More…. Good! You’re Perfect!
The chart above, from an Op-Ed piece in yesterday’s New York Times (here), shows where our presidential and vice-presidential candidates stand on the ideological continuum from liberal to conservative. Recently, on the Daily Show, Jon Stewart looked at how the media creates “conventional wisdom.” Generally, it seems, the strategy...
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Tired of Bush’s Strong Arm Tactics
Employing a clever interactive device to illustrate the case against President Bush, the website, 10reasonstostopbush.com, suggests we’ve been getting played by this administration. Give it a spin here. (link source: jillian. Her dailykos journal here.)
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Ex-Presidents Run Away With First Night of Boston Speechstakes!
Serving as an unsuspecting stalking horse, former President Carter blew out of the gate this evening, establishing a blistering pace for the favorite, Bill Clinton, in the first race of the Boston DNC Speechstakes. Firmly in command from the outset, the 39th President used the whip early and often...
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Boston (Don’t Wanna be Teed) Party
What is the price of “Anybody But Bush?” I am as intent on victory as anyone, but I had a very difficult time reading the NYT story this morning about how the remarks of the convention speakers are being rigidly scripted to enforce uniformity and unanimity. I am as...
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My Name is John Kerry, and I Approve of this Personality …I Think
As part of my convention coverage, I am running some signature images from the campaign. Early in the primaries, John Kerry’s lack of presence looked to be his undoing. On the eve of the convention, he is still battling with obscurity. So far, Kerry runs well in the race...
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Live From Boston Downs: The 1st Quadrennial Democratic National Convention Speechstakes
Because the conventions this year are completely scripted, the only drama that remains is oratorical. As a result, we present the running of the 1st Quadrennial Democratic National Convention Speechstakes. The competition promises to be fierce, with some real speed in the field, including the two Southern entries, Clinton...
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Under the Radar
(Army Report, Released Behind Shade of 9/11 Commission Report, Claims Prisoner Abuse “Not Systematic”)
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Back in a Flash With More Lash
I’ll be ducking out for two or three days to: a) rest b) catch up on my 9/11 Commission reading c) dig up more visual links that aren’t just the ones making the rounds (like the PETA chicken abuse one; and the O’Reilly Shut-Up one; and the Jenna Bush...
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The Pot and the Kettle: the Vice Edition
Oh, I get it! When a sanctimonious right-wing pseudo-religious Vice President uses the f-word on the floor of the Senate in the face of a Democratic Senator, and then goes on to brag about it on a national news program, it’s called therapeutic unburdening…. but, when a left-wing comic...
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