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Bush
is
still likely to win, let's remember
by
IseFire
- Tue 03/16/04; 9:23 am EST
Some friends of mine are pretty excited about Kerry's strong
poll numbers. They shouldn't be. Bush is still likely to be reelected.
Here's why:
1. The
Electoral College favors Bush as it did in 2000.
{excerpt} The Electoral Map favors Bush over Kerry, starting
with the 30 states the president won four years ago. Those states
were worth 271 electoral votes in 2000, but reapportionment has
increased their value to 278.Kerry's base will be the 20 states
plus the District of Columbia won by Gore, worth 267 electoral votes
in 2000. Those venues get just 260 electoral votes Nov. 2.
2. Incumbents are likely to be reelected.
3. The Iraqi people are happy that we invaded, would be happier
if we left, but regardless
are happier now than they were under Saddam, and
their hope for the future is better! Hope! Hope is the power behind
all great things.This good news will probably crowd out discussions
about the
cost of the invasion at the expense of our healthcare,
US credibility throughout Europe, and trust in our government. No,
happy Iraqis do not suddenly change the fact that
lies were perpetrated in order to get us into this
Bush war, and they are still
being stated, amazingly. But, Iraqi happiness will
be, in an overblown manner, probably successfully used by media,
FOX and this administration to disingenuously "prove"
that the unilateral invasion was a great idea. The media has already
proved itself to be a great stenography corps for this Administration's
spin. And positive spin the American people like. Democratic attacks
will eventually seems incomplete messaging unless coupled with a
vision and clear plans for a better future. So far, Kerry has done
a mediocre job of "the vision thing."
The President just hopes that if there are more terror attacks here
or in Europe they won't give credence to the logic that the invasion
stirred up a hornets nest, just when we have fewer friends than
ever. (Though attacks in Europe might simply draw Europe closer
to us. It didn't in Spain, but Spain's reaction is not necessarily
what reactions would be in Britian or Germany if they were attacked.)
Bush so does not want to become another Anzar. For starters, he'd
look silly in that little Dewey mustache.
Just
when you thought Ralph Nader had made it safe to drive again!
by
IseFire
- Mon 03/15/04; 9:23 am EST
Drunken
polish nun crashes tractor. (Sorry. I couldn't resist.)
Oo! 17
times over the legal limit.
Don't
like 30 political ads (no substance!)? Blame the broadcasters, not
the pols
by
IseFire
- Mon 03/15/04; 9:19 pm EST
From U.S.
Politics Today.
Rumsfeld
caught in a lie on Face the Nation--But
this time a journalist called him on it
by
IseFire
- Sun 03/14/04; 6:10 am EST
The Bush administration has recently
taken to hemming hawing that they didn't say the threat from Iraq
was imminent, so that supposedly exempts them from being called
liars for having suggested the [nonexistent] threat from Iraq was...well...imminent.
But they did say it was imminent. Rumsfeld sputtered about that
today,
in fact. (Here's a more
substantial record going back months.)
Rumsfeld
has 9/11 debris souvenir
by
IseFire
- Sun 03/14/04; 10:58 am EST
Sick.
Plans
for a special skills draft after a Bush reelection
by
IseFire
- Sun 03/14/04; 10:41 am EST
The questions this
raises:
1. Is the military able to handle its linguistic resources when
it's willing in a time of crisis to self-destruct
assets under idiotic policies like Don't Ask Don't Tell?
2. Would this special skills draft be the precursor to a full-blown
draft of America's young people--the first since Vietnam?
3. Wouldn't a better way both to deal with this shortage and enhance
a sense of pride and service nationwide simply be to adopt the civilian
reserves plan of Democratic politicians and former
general Wesley Clark?
Kerry
leads among Man's Best Friends
by
IseFire
- Sat 03/13/04; 10:15pm EST
Perhaps it has something to do with
the fact that Kerry won
the endorsement of America's firefighters.
Remember:
Bush said it--There never was a connection between Saddam Hussein
& 9/11
by
IseFire
- Sat 03/13/04; 8:29 pm EST
We can't remind the world and each
other of this
admission often enough. "We have no evidence
that Saddam Hussein was involved with the 11 September attacks."
- G. W Bush
As Bush unleashes his ads insinuating he's the answer to America's
terrorism fears, let's remind America that Bu$h's invasion of Iraq
has made a vacuum there into which al-Qaeda is pouring, and that
he has spent--is still spending--BILLIONS
of dollars on his Iraqi adventure instead of our
security at home. Remember: he had determined way before
9/11 ever happened to make us all gluttons, fully
half of us unwilling ones, for a dangerous Iraqi invasion.
To contemplate the psychopathic cynicism required for a President
of the United States to knowingly exploit a national tragedy for
the sake of a pet project unrelated to either the American peoples'
need for better security or their thirst for justice is to realize
soon that a High Crime has been committed, and nothing less than
formal impeachment of Bush is apt.
Record
trade deficit under Bush
by
IseFire
- Fri 03/12/04; 6:15 pm EST
Record
number lose jobless aid
by
IseFire
- Fri 03/12/04; 6:15 pm EST
"By all indications, the number
of people who have exhausted benefits but are ineligible for a federal
extension is at a record high." -- Isaac Shapiro, a senior
fellow at the Washington think tank, as quoted here.
Christian
group funds Congressional house
by
IseFire
- Fri 03/12/04; 6:11 pm EST
[Excerpt] Six members of Congress, including Rep. Jim DeMint,
R-S.C., live in a million-dollar Capitol Hill townhouse that is
subsidized by a secretive religious organization, tax records show.
(More.)
Don't
let them off the hook
by
IseFire
- Thur 03/11/04; 11:23 pm EST
F.A.I.R., a New York-based organization, has done some pretty
good analysis of the GOP/FOX
misrepresentations of Sen. John Kerry's voting record
on defense issues.
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