We all know He speaks to Bush, and we all know He speaks to Pat Robertson. So why was He telling Bush one thing about the War in Iraq, and telling Pat Robertson something else: "I mean, the Lord told me it was going to be A, a disaster, and B, messy," Robertson said. "I warned [President Bush] about casualties." … Read More
You Say You Want A Revolution?
Even though the polls look good, I got an additional lift from this picture anyway: It’s been making the rounds — I thought I would share. Make of it what you will.
Arnold, Arnold, Arnold . . .
From Reuters: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Monday that his speech backing President Bush at the Republican Convention in August resulted in a cold shoulder from his wife, Maria Shriver, a member of the famously Democratic Kennedy family. "Well, there was no sex for 14 days," Schwarzenegger told former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta in an on-stage … Read More
We’ll Call It “The Freedom Vaccine”
Now we’re told that Chiron (which, by the way, Bush lied about in the last debate) was supposed to supply "46 million to 48 million doses, nearly half of the country’s projected need of 100 million doses" of the flu vaccine, according to CNN. But should we worry? No, says Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson. See, apparently when … Read More
Endorsements
NYT endorses Kerry. Captains Quarters blog endorses Bush. Whew! Because I was on the edge of my seat. Does anyone know ANYONE who votes based on a newspaper endorsement? I’m seriously asking, because I don’t. Even when it is a bit of a surprise (like a newspaper which traditionally endorses Republicans now "switching" sides and endorsing Kerry). I mean, it’s … Read More
Care To Rephrase That?
An actual headline: Bush, Kerry Joined in Same-Sex Marriage Positions, October 15, 2004 – by Roger F. Gay (Link) Hat tip: the Farmer
Do NOT, do NOT, do NOT . . .
Do NOT miss out on this video of Jon Stewart on "Crossfire". It is clear that he appeared on Crossfire to make a serious point about how unhelpful the media is (and particularly, "Crossfire"). He’s right of course — shows like that often shed a lot of heat, and almost no light, on any given subject. Tucker Carlson lamely tries … Read More
Swift Boat Liars Hit New Low in Truth-Telling
Oh, I always knew they were bad, but this takes the cake. Apparently, in their quest for the "truth", the Swift Boat vets actually stumbled upon the truth while looking for dirt on Kerry in Vietnam. But since it confirmed that Kerry was right all along, they basically walked away from it. Oh, well. Read in more detail here. Note … Read More
The Arab-American Vote
They voted 45.5% for Bush, 38% for Gore, in 2000. They "danced in the streets" here in America when Baghdad fell. But in the battleground states of Michigan, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, they overwhelmingly back Kerry over Bush, according to the polling firm Zogby International . . . to the tune of 47 percent for Kerry to 31.5 percent for … Read More
Dirty Tricks
And illegal, too. A GOP registration group called Voters Outreach of America (a.k.a. America Votes) registers voters, but then throws away the Democratic registrations. Two former workers say they personally witnessed company supervisors rip up and trash registration forms signed by Democrats. "We caught her taking Democrats out of my pile, handed them to her assistant and he ripped them … Read More
And The Answer Is . . .
During the second debate, Bush kept on asking "Kerry says he is going to involve the international community in securing the peace in Iraq. But what country is going to follow Kerry into Iraq, if Kerry keeps on saying that the situation there is so bad??" . . . or words to that effect. Good question. The answer? Well, um, … Read More
Democracy And Voting In The Middle East
In Afghanistan? Despite some possible fraud, it went a lot better than expected. Elsewhere? Um . . . not so good.
Conservatives Honor Christopher Reeve
Below are some of the comments made at the Free Republic regarding the passing of Christopher Reeve. They were rescued by Digby before Free Republic deleted them. Wonder if Hell is handicapped accessible. The willingness to sacrifice another life to save his own was not worthy of the Man of Steel. I’m sorry, but I have no compassion for this … Read More
Convert Websites to ASCII Format
Go here, type in any URL (like www.kenashford.com), and it will be converted into ASCII format. Now you may ask "WHY would I want to do that?" I have absolutely no idea.