Year: 2004

The 10 most notable quotes of note from the debate, in order… — 10) George Bush: “You know, he talks to the workers. Let me talk to the workers. You’ve got more money in your pocket as a result of the tax relief we passed and he opposed. If you have a child, you got […]

Last night, I debated Jeff Seemann, a liberal Democrat running for the House in Ohio. We duked it out on the draft, Iraq, Afghanistan, health care, the economy, the deficit, and a number of other topics. It was a fun debate and you’ll definitely want to check it out. You can read the debate by […]

8:50: I am preparing for the debate. Taking the dog out, ordering Chinese food, and waiting for George Bush “to be real positive, while I keep my foot on John Kerry’s throat”. Figuratively of course! I have no idea if that’s a real quote or not, but it should be. 9:01: I didn’t get time […]

Hat tip to the fine folks at the Barking Moonbat Early Warning System for creating this graphic.

President Bush will “tote along a Twister mat and fourteen flexible Romanian gymnasts” for tonight’s debate to “further illustrate John Kerry’s multiple positions on Iraq,” Republican operatives said yesterday. The third presidential debate, to be held at Arizona State University tonight, was to focus primarily on domestic issues, but Bush’s stage props should ensure that […]

I will be liveblogging the debate starting tonight at 9 PM. Pop a bag of popcorn, grab a few beverages and tune in for the fun =) Maybe we can come up with a drinking game by then? Let’s see…every time Bush calls Kerry a liberal, take a drink. If Kerry says he has a […]

Democrat presidential candidate John Forbes Kerry today announced the details of his plan to completely eliminate the nuisance of terrorism. “I have a plan,” said Mr. Kerry, “to create a do-not-terrorize list that Americans could sign up for on the internet. And if any terrorist would flout the law and attack someone whose name is […]

— You know, I’ve seen politicians make some outrageous promises before an election, but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything to top this… “If we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is President, people like Christopher Reeve will get up out […]

I received an email from a reader, jsl@be**.***, that covered a topic I wanted to address. Here’s the email in it’s entirety… “Your editorial “11 reasons why we were right to hit Iraq” abstracts the war into ideas and ideals. How do you feel about the 13,000 – 15,000 Iraqi civilians killed as a result […]

A forensic scientist studying photographic evidence has identified an object which caused a bump on the back of a suit jacket worn by President George Bush during his first debate with John Forbes Kerry. “It’s a spine,” said the unnamed scientist. “The president’s backbone, in a sense, was showing during his debate with Mr. Kerry.” […]

Last night, I got together in a private RWN chat room with Bill from INDC Journal, Ace from Ace of Spades HQ, Michele from A Small Victory, & Frank J. from IMAO and we discussed the media and blogosphere. We talked about a variety of topics including money, memogate, women in blogging, criticizing other bloggers, […]

I’m going to be heading to the beach today at about 4:00, which means this will be the last update until Tuesday. That’s a shame because I was looking forward to liveblogging the debate tonight… By the way: My prediction? The Dems way overspun the first debate so that expectations are that Kerry is going […]

Here’s a quick summary, even though I’m on vacation. Note that I haven’t seen or heard anyone else’s analysis on the net or TV. (Am I a political junky or what?) Moderator Performance: Excellent. I have no complaints about the questions. Funniest moment: Bush on the Timber company. Worst Reply: After Bush called Kerry a […]

Here’s a little more reading material to keep you busy while I’m gone. Enjoy the humor… — Behind The Scenes In Iraq With Wolf Streisand — Canadian Man Mildly Offended That America Isn’t Threatening To Invade Canada — Constitution Ruled Unconstitutional — French PM: ‘It’s Great to Be Collaborating with Germany Again!’ — I Am […]

Since I’m going out of town today and won’t return until Tuesday, I thought it might be a good idea to give you a little Retro RWN releated to the election to chew on. Enjoy the Kerry bashing and Bush boosting… — 40 Reasons To Vote For George Bush Or Against John Kerry — A […]

Since the Duelfer report has now definitively revealed that Saddam had no stockpiles of WMDs, I thought it was worth pointing out just SOME of the many reasons why taking out Saddam was the right thing to do. 1) Without question, Iraq was a nation that provided “safe haven” for terrorists with “global reach”. Among […]

I am a senior citizen. During the Clinton Administration I had an extremely good and well paying job. I took numerous vacations and had several vacation homes. Since President Bush took office, I have watched my entire life change for the worse. I lost my job. I lost my two sons in that terrible Iraqi […]

Like a lot of political junkies — and apparently Robert Reich, I find America’s move to the right, particularly over the last 25 years to be fascinating. Here’s the gist of Reich’s take

“And now we go to our round table,” Brit Hume announced, “Mara Liasson of National Public Radio, Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard, and Mort Kondracke of Roll Call. Of course, our subject is the Vice Presidential debate.” “Slam dunk for John Edwards, no question,” Barnes stated. “I dunno, seemed more like a body slam […]

“When it was popular to be a Massachusetts liberal, (John Kerry’s) voting record was that. When it was popular to be for the Iraq war, he was for it. Now it’s popular to be against it, and he’s against it.” — Jay Carson, a Dean campaign spokesman “(F)irst, they voted to commit the troops, to […]

In America and around the world, conservatives and liberals have battled it out over the Kyoto Protocol. Liberals argued that we absolutely had to sign the Kyoto Protocol, IMMEDIATELY, no matter what damage it might do to the economy! Why, if we didn’t sign Kyoto, not only would the Europeans be angry at us (how […]

“No seriously — imagine that you struck up a conversation with a relatively informed person who said, “I agree with John Kerry about the war on terror.” What, exactly do you think that person would mean? Would he be trying to communicate that we should stay the course? That we blundered going to war in […]

Some countries should have nuclear weapons, such as America. Then… well, that’s about it, but I guess it’s okay the British have some, and I don’t mind much that India and Pakistan have them as long as they just keep them pointed at each other. But know who shouldn’t have nuclear weapons? Iran, North Korea, […]

Here are what are in my opinion, the top 10 excerpts from last nights veep debate, in order. 10) Dick Cheney: “It’s important to look at all of our developments in Iraq within the broader context of the global war on terror. And, after 9/11, it became clear that we had to do several things […]

— Let’s get ready to rumble….. — Way to start with a loaded question. Here’s a quote from Bremer “I believe that we currently have sufficient troop levels in Iraq”. From Rumsfeld, “Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Tuesday he was misunderstood when he stated hours earlier that he knew of no “strong, hard evidence” linking […]

“Internet Polls: Few things are easier than influencing the results of an internet poll. All it would take to send tens of thousands of people to a local church website to write in Satan as a choice for a new pastor would be posts on a handful of large message boards and websites. In fact, […]

The VEEP debate tonight should be interesting. We have John Edwards, AKA the fluffy puppy, a man selected for VP solely because he’s pretty and slick, going up against Dick Cheney, a grizzled but not particularly charismatic political veteran who is far more competent than Edwards, but who usually gives the impression that he’d rather […]

Kerry mentioned a “global test” during Thursday debates, so I sent my crack research staff to find out what that could be. Ends up, it’s freely available from the U.N. Here it is: THE GLOBAL TEST FOR PREEMPTIVE STRIKES Brought to you by your local U.N. Please answer these questions with a “yes” or “no” […]

Since Ann Coulter has a new book out and since it has been about a year since the last time I compiled quotes from the bombastic blonde bomber, I thought it would be a good time to put together a year of quotes from Ms. Coulter’s columns. I think you’ll enjoy the quotes, particularly the […]

In a sane world, you wouldn’t need to explain why felons should be allowed to vote. But today, if you have enough votes to swing elections, somebody ** cough cough ** Democrats ** cough cough ** will rush to embrace you. In this case, we have MLK’s widow, Coretta Scott King, tying the rights of […]