Veep Debate: Ace of the Night

In one shot, Edwards: (1) Took the gay marriage issue off the table, (2) Paid Cheney respect, (3) Notified the general public that Cheney has a lesbian daughter, (Most likely big news to that chunk of the population that still thinks Hussein was behind 9/11). (4) Killed with kindness,...

In A Word: Poor Colin Powell Is Delegated To Hype Final 1,500 Page Iraqi Arms Inspector’s Report. (We Offer a Mark-Up.)

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Political Orbits: Bush and The “T” Word

After the debate, reporters were looking for explanations from the Bush spin team about the President’s demeanor. The list of possibilities that were put to Karl Rove and Ken Mehlman included defensive; confused; irritated; and tired. In the next few days, anger and lack of confidence were added to...

The Only Thing To Fear Is Fear Mongering Itself

It might be a little dated, but I wouldn’t have run it if it wasn’t (still) worth it. Besides the comic relief and, of course, the echo chamber of fear, what struck me was the truly devious way in which Laura Bush was deployed at the Republican Convention. This...

More Bush Minus the Cue Cards

Here’s still another video clip on the Bush Debate performance. It appears on a site called howbushdidit. It probably runs about 5 minutes. At first, you think it’s a parody–like the DNC clip. However, it just keeps getting more painful and revealing. In most pieces like this, the editing...

About Face

Here’s the link to the DNC‘s take on the debate, “Faces of Frustration.” Windows Media Broadband Dial-up Real Player Broadband Dial-up (photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP via dogsinthenews.com)

Final Consensus on 1st Kerry-Bush Debate: Temperment

Final Consensus on 1st Kerry-Bush Debate: Confidence

Final Consensus on 1st Kerry-Bush Debate: Substance

Latest BAGnews (Debate) Cartoon: So That’s Why It’s A Quagmire!

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Debate Coverage: Once Again, Bush Proves That Rules Are Made To Be Broken

Did you happen to notice that Kerry and Bush were working off of different timers? Paging Jim Lehrer! (Kerry’s Debate Timer) (Bush’s Debate Timer)

There are Patriotic Duties and There Are Patriotic Duties

If this latest “Rock the Vote” PSA doesn’t motivate young people to vote, I don’t know what will. View here. (I was basically directed to this clip after reading an entry at Kotte.org. Jason put out a “call for help” to gather election information in one place. The resources...

Counting Your Eggs: Administration Nearing Consensus On Iraq Status (Or Not.)

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Bush and the Sausage (cont.)

Up until recently, Bush had been driving Kerry into the rocks with a replay of his father’s 1988 decimation of Mike Dukakis. Although not very imaginative, the feminization of Kerry, the swift characterization of him as the fool in a tank boat, and the association of his candidacy with...

Making Sausage

As a rule, I don’t repost other commentary. However, the recent “Talk of the Town” piece in the September 27th New Yorker (“The Political War”) by George Packer not only splits wide the administration’s fictionalization of the Iraqi campaign, it does so in a way that also implicates the...

In the Groves of Baal

(Who/What/Where — Posted one year after 9/11) A friend of mine, who happens to be a Rabbi, introduced me — this Yom Kippur week — to a poet named A.M. Klein. Reading Klein, you would think that he was alive and well. Instead, the pieces I read — railing...

Leading Photos: Slimes of the Times

When I laid out the NYTimes this morning, I was disappointed to find still another lead image (the second this week) clearly denigrating John Kerry. Frustrated, I started hunting around for stories that might reveal some new (conservative) editorial slant to the Times photo coverage. I can’t say my...

Bush/Satan ’04! (Or, three recommendations for the price of one)

I’m usually more judicious in picking out video clips, but I really couldn’t decide which of these I liked better. The first ad, ‘Fortunate Son’, from the Democratic National Committee (DNC), is the first I’ve seen that (finally!) targets Bush’s military record exclusively from the standpoint of privilege. I...