Month: November 2005
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Worst newspaper headline ever?
Here’s a classic of the “dog bites man” genre: “Leaves: Pretty, but lot of work”. Yes.
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Hollywood liberals don’t win elections
Mickey Kaus explains a universal law of politics to Warren Beatty and Rob Reiner: They don’t like you! They really don’t like you! Warren Beatty and Rob Reiner aren’t nearly as popular as their backers thought they were, according to the latest Field Poll. Beatty’s rating is 40% unfavorable/27% favorable–among Democrats! Yikes. .. Reiner is
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Is Dick Cheney the most disreputable person in public life?
Last night, Dick Cheney also said this: American soldiers and Marines serving in Iraq go out every day into some of the most dangerous and unpredictable conditions. Meanwhile, back in the United States, a few politicians are suggesting these brave Americans were sent into battle for a deliberate falsehood. This is revisionism of the most
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Another disingenuous defense of dissent
Yet another protestation that the Bush administration supports dissent, this time from Dick Cheney: [Cheney] said he respected the right of Murtha to form his own opinion. Murtha has served in Congress for three decades, is a decorated Marine combat veteran from Vietnam, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations defense subcommittee and has long
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Falling support for Iraq war
Given 9/11, it’s pretty unbelievable that support for the war in Iraq has fallen so fast: The three most significant US wars since 1945 – Korea, Vietnam, and now Iraq – share an important trait: As casualties mounted, American public support declined. In the two Asian wars, that decline proved irreversible. With Iraq, the additional
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Free book offer
I’m puzzled by the debate we’re having over whether President Bush made deceptive statements before the war. In the words of Lewis Black, when did that go up for grabs? We covered this issue (and many others) in extensive detail in All the President’s Spin. The evidence is quite clear. And we also covered many
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McCain 2008 hype watch
Mickey Kaus points out that conservatives are purportedly warming to John McCain, and suggests that, in a general election, McCain “would come close to being elected by acclamation”: On NBC’s Chris Matthews Show yesterday, David Brooks said conservatives had warmed to John McCain, and Matthews said he’d heard the same thing. … Let’s see. Conservatives
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Bush’s empty claims to support open debate
Washingtonmonthly.com guest blogger Steve Benen notes that President Bush again proclaimed his support for “open debate” today, contradicting the long history of post-9/11 attacks on dissent by his administration and his party. During a brief press conference, Bush first said that “Those elected leaders in Washington who do not support our policies in Iraq have
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Stephen Hayes: The last Saddam-Al Qaeda believer
Jason Zengerle devastates the Weekly Standard’s Stephen Hayes in this week’s New Republic. Here’s how the column begins (TNR subscription required): Earlier this month, The New York Times and The Washington Post reported what seemed to be big news. In February 2002, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) had concluded that a captured Al Qaeda commander
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More suggestions that dissent hurts America
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