Vibrantly Vacuous
In the name of overcoming the lack of political involvement by young people, isn’t it well worth a moment to appreciate “sheer beauty, uninterrupted by thought”? Apparently, the Declare Yourself voter registration campaign–aimed at bringing young people into the political process with their counter-intuitive set of ads–has been quite...
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Are Right-Wingers Shoving The Women’s Vote? — Part 2
Did Fox Reporter Chris Wallace go too far in comparing Teresa Heinz Kerry to Eva Peron? Immediately following her convention speech, Wallace was openly mocking, saying that: “y the end, I half expected her to break out into ‘Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina.'” The following clip is from Bill...
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Are Right-Wingers Shoving The Women’s Vote? — Part 1
Even though Maureen Dowd is no fan, it appears that reaction to Teresa Heinz-Kerry is cutting both ways. Although her outspoken nature turns a lot of people off, she also seems to be developing a following among women voters–particularly in reaction to criticism of her. If you haven’t seen...
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Mr. Dictatorhead
The story that Iyad Allawi, the newly installed Iraqi Prime Minister, had executed up to six insurgents in cold blood, was first reported around July 16th. The account, written by a respected journalist, Paul McGeough, in the Sydney Morning Herald, was based on information from two independent corroborating witnesses....
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Will Ferrell “Pasturizes” Bush
If you’ve been following this blog, you know how rarely I use the term “hilarious.” This parody of a Bush campagn commercial, starring Will Ferrell, is featured at whitehousewest.com. This spoof site was created by ACT or Americans Coming Together. ACT claims to be creating the largest voter contact...
Continue ReadingLatest BAGnews Cartoon: Allawi at High Noon
The story that Iyad Allawi, the newly installed Iraqi Prime Minister, had executed up to six insurgents in cold blood, was first reported around July 16th. The account, written by a respected journalist, Paul McGeough, in the Sydney Morning Herald, was based on information from two independent corroborating witnesses....
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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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