The NYT watches John Kerry’s old Vietnam footage with the Senator and contemplates the relevance of military service to political life.
Category: Election 2004
Payroll Problems.
Say, don’t you remember? They called me Al. It was Al all the time. Say don’t you remember? I’m your pal! Hey buddy, can you spare a dime?
Carter Beats the Dubya.
Former President Jimmy Carter decries Dubya’s Middle East policy, as well as the numerous human rights violations currently being overlooked and/or perpetrated in the name of anti-terrorism.
Dubya and the Dems.
Is the Bush White House hoping for heavy GOP losses in 2002? Somehow, I doubt it…the last thing he’d want to see is a Democratic House looking more carefully into subjects such as Enron, Halliburton, and Harken.
Tactical Retreat.
A “close aide” of Colin Powell suggests the general is on his way out. If so, I shudder to think which right-wing apparatchik Dubya will replace him with. And you gotta think that this story leaking out is going to even further reduce the General’s influence in the Bush White House.
With Power Comes Responsibilitude!
The Amazing George W, via PlasticBag. Can we get Cheney with the J. Jonah flattop?
Show him the money.
Dubya sets a new (and dubious) record for raising midterm campaign cash. “There’s some senators up there who would rather listen to special interests in Washington, D.C., than listen to the voice of the people,” Bush told Republicans in Little Rock. “There are senators who would rather give us a rule book this thick about how we have to behave, and what we must do to protect the homeland than to trust any administration for protecting America.” THAT‘s his speel? I’ve heard better, more plausible stuff on late-night infomercials. I guess if you’re a GOP bigshot and you’ve already thrown lots of money Dubya’s way, all you can really do at this point is protect your investment.
Shame of the Founders.
“The only thing the FISA court proved was that when wolves are guarding the henhouse, they eat a lot of coq au vin.” The always incisive Dahlia Lithwick rails against secret courts and the overlooked provisions of the Patriot Act.
Stalled Straight Talk Express.
Also from Slate, has John McCain removed himself from contention in 2004?
The Dubya-Dip Downturn.
Bush administration strategists fear the wrath of a W-shaped recession.