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This weekend, Iraq’s Independent Electoral Commission announced the nation would hold elections on January 30. There are serious obstacles still to be overcome to meet that objective. Flawed or delayed elections would be a significant blow to Iraq’s stability and threaten civil war.
Read moreWell, any hope that Bush might mellow a little as a lame duck went away this week with his appointment of John Ashcroft’s replacement. Bush proved Wednesday his personal contempt for the Constitution by replacing one hater of the U.S. Constitution with another – nominating right-wing zealot Alberto Gonzales to replace his head Nazi – John Ashcroft – as attorney general.
Read moreThe media have unanimously accepted the notion that “moral; values” was the driving force behind the 2004 Bush victory. I’m not buying it, and I’m surprised that so many of the writers I admire have accepted this shabby explanation without a bit of skepticism. The last time the media acted with such earnestness they were conspiring to pack the nation off to war. I expect a similar deception is taking place now.
Read moreI’d like to drop politics and the election as a topic, and I sincerely hope you’ll see less of it here, but the things going on now have the potential for an on-going impact on our day to day lives. So, I’ll continue to monitor Bush Act II. There is much to be concerned about. Bush’s only plan for unity is to “reach out to those who share our views.”
Read moreIf America has entered one of its periodic eras of religious revival and if that revival is having the profound impact on politics that is now presumed, to participate in a discussion of “faith” one must qualify oneself.
Read moreI know, by the time you finish reading this, if you get that far, you are going to think I’m a serious crackpot. I promise I’m no more crazy than anyone here in the U.S. (which may not be a ringing endorsement after Tuesday night), but in my life I have never feared for the future of the Republic before now.
Read moreWe obviously lost Tuesday, and we lost in many more ways than just the Presidency. Unfortunately, Deception and dishonesty and bigotry were allowed to win the day.
Read moreWith the Democratic Party splattered at his feet in little blue puddles, John Kerry told the crushed crowd at Faneuil Hall in Boston about his concession call to President Bush.
Read moreIn honor of Election Day, I decided to write each Justice of the Supreme Court. I wanted to invite them to cast their own personal vote, right along with the rest of Americans, at their polling place, but to leave the final selection of President to electorate as a whole.
Read moreI must say, when they’re cruising through elections, it’s all inclusion and compassion and ‘reaching out’ (as that idiotic phrase has it). But when things are going south the GOP is truly the party of Jim Crow. There’s no other way to put it.
Read moreThe most divisive election campaign in recent American history has not merely split the nation along party lines, it has split the Grand Old Party itself. Unfortunately, most Americans are wholly unaware of the loud dissents against Bush that has begun to be heard in Republican circles.
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