by matt
John Kerry takes charge. Any questions?
Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention didn’t have the charm of Bill Clinton, the youthful exuberance of Barack Obama, the fire of Al Sharpton or the southern drawl of John Edwards. But in the end, it will be judged as the most effective of the four nights.
Sen. […]
by matt
If you guessed “Capture Al Queda suspect” and “random terror threat” you win.
The administration announced the capture of African embassy bomber Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani (a scenario reported by The New Republic a month ago) and posted a terror warning for California and New Mexico.
And this just in: Fear of Death Wins Minds and Votes, […]
by Jason
Remember Afghanistan? You know, Afghanistan — the shining success story of the War on Terror, where we showered freedom on a war-torn people and crushed their Taliban oppressors. As recently as a month ago, President Bush was declaring victory in Afghanistan and touting it as a model for the rebuilding of Iraq.
“Coalition forces, including many brave […]
by matt
I spend a fair amount of time online. Just like in life, idiots are a dime a dozen. But every once in a while I come across a special kind of idiot. Today, I’d like to introduce you to one of them:
Meet James Broadwater, a candidate for U.S. Representative from Mississippi’s 2nd […]
by matt
Al Sharpton has taken a lot of heat around here, but that stops now. We may not agree with all of his ideas or methods, but all is forgiven after he rocked the Fleet Center into rubble with an incendiary call to arms. Read the transcript here.
“Mr. President, the reason we are fighting […]
by matt
James Carville on Ralph Nader:
“I wouldn’t urinate down his throat if his heart was on fire.”
While I certainly agree with the sentiment, I have to disagree with my hero Mr. Carville. I would, if called upon, urinate on Ralph Nader like there was no tomorrow.
Look, I’m all for third parties and different […]
by Jason
Sometime during the first few months of 1115.org, I needed access to some Republican talking points. Putting the interests of our readership ahead of my own sanity, I took a deep breath and signed myself onto the Republican National Committee website as a “team leader”. I got the information I was looking for, but with […]
by matt
I’ll write about it when the buzz wears off, but I’ll say this now:
If an alien landed on the earth and wanted to know what it meant to be a Democrat, it would only need to watch this speech by Bill Clinton.
Watch the speech and discuss.
Did Clinton overshadow John Kerry?
Have you ever seen a better […]
by matt
Following up on one of our earlier entries, it appears that it will be considerably harder for Diebold’s CEO to deliver Ohio for the President.
“As I made clear last year, I will not place these voting devices before Ohio’s voters until identified risks are corrected,” [Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth] Blackwell said. “Diebold Election […]
by matt
Today marks 99 days until the general election. What have you done to defeat George W. Bush today? The 10% of the country that has not been paying attention up ’til now will be greeted with an onslaught of coverage in all media.
We’re almost at the point where polls start to matter, but […]