Politics
The third debate: quick reaction
Looks like four more years. God help us.
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Politics
The second debate: quick reaction
I was pleased to see that after talking so much about hard work during the first debate, President Bush actually put some in for the second debate. I give a slight advantage to Bush, if only because he finally stated his case with some supporting detail. And he didn'
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Why I support Kerry/Edwards
The Democrats put their lightweight in the lower spot on the ticket. (Does anyone else feel deprived of a Kerry-Cheney debate?)
Intellect
-sume
I wonder whether the reason why so many people use "assume" when they mean "presume" is that "when you assume, you make an ass out of u and me" makes so much more sense than "when you presume, you make a pres out
Politics
The second debate: Prepare to be surprised
I'm puzzled to have heard no mention since Thursday of the 1984 presidential debates. Remember the first one? Reagan looked old and sounded confused. The post-debate Gallup poll showed that 54% thought Mondale had won, versus 35% for Reagan. The polls started to move, and Mondale thought he
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The first debate: A fable come to life
Hans Christian Andersen wrote a better summary of the first presidential debate (and the years that led up to it) than anything I've seen from the pundits. ("Listen to the voice of innocence", the father says at the end. I want someone to write a history
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John Kerry: the conservative in the race
I'm not a big fan of Andrew Sullivan, but he is right on this one: [W]hat strikes me in [David] Brooks' defense of Bush is how it's traditionally a liberal defense of a liberal president. It's liberalism that has historically enunciated grand,
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Kansas: A second-world country?
Something I wrote for Usenet a couple of years ago: > That's like calling Kansas a 2nd world country! Let's not dismiss that idea so quickly, now... 2nd world: Communist Bloc (mainly, Soviet Union) Soviet Union: Mostly barren prairie Kansas: Mostly barren prairie Soviet Union: Hellish
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The governing philosophy of the Bush administration
From The Tom Peters Seminar (1994), pgs. 109-110: I've long been offended by the whining middle managers and professional staffers who tell me how tough they've got it. They're bound to their desks by dictatorial bosses who might demand their presence at any moment,
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The Bushes and the evangelical vote
A fascinating interview with Doug Wead, who was a liaison between the 1988 Bush campaign and the evangelical communities and an early sounding board for George W. Bush.
Books
Bush at War
I have finally read Bush at War, Bob Woodward's application of his patented you-are-there-right-now technique to the workings of the Bush White House after September 11. As with all of Woodward's books, it is a compelling and breezy read. A good sign about it is that
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The Amazon primary, as of May 12
Since February 3, John Kerry has collected $134,557 in the Amazon primary, while George W. Bush has collected $31,030. Since April 10, the Kerry advantage has been $34,137 to $6,782.