You’ll forgive me for my schadenfreude-induced smile, but this non-political story was too good to pass up. The KKK was holding an initiation ceremony recently in Johnson City, Tenn., when a participant, 45-year-old Gregory Allen Freeman, fired his pistol towards the sky. Well, what goes up must come down, and the next thing you know […]
There’s been a mini-firestorm of controversy surrounding the new Republican National Committee TV ad on Bush’s war on terrorism. I wanted to withhold comment until I saw the ad for myself. Now that I have seen it, I can tell you that it’s pathetic. The ad started running in Iowa yesterday, at a cost of […]
Wesley Clark has tapped Bob Graham’s former campaign officials for several key posts. Graham spokesperson Jamal Simmons now has the same job for Clark, as does Graham’s New Hampshire director Steve Bouchard. Now we can add Paul Johnson to the list. Johnson, Graham’s campaign manager, will now be Clark’s campaign manager. Johnson has extensive background […]
The Louisville Courier-Journal, Kentucky’s best and most widely-read paper, had a big scoop last week. Gov.-elect Ernie Fletcher (R), just two weeks after winning his election, assembled a transition team featuring members with close business ties. In fact, the Courier-Journal found apparent conflicts of interest — Fletcher has asked business executives and registered lobbyists serving […]
The latest poll out of New Hampshire showed fairly predictable results. There were, however, a couple of noteworthy trends. The poll, conducted by American Research Group and released late Friday, has a margin of error of +/- 4%. Dean — 38% (no change from early November) Kerry — 17% (down from 24% in early November) […]
George W. Bush has intertwined his faith with his politics more than any president in recent memory. Putting aside his policy proposals that are in obvious conflict with church-state separation — his so-called “faith-based” initiative, his support for school vouchers, his endorsement of government-sponsored Ten Commandments displays, his support for a constitutional amendment on school […]
For years, Social Security was supposed to be the “third rail” of American politics — the one no wanted to touch. George W. Bush treaded gently into this area in the 2000 campaign, emphasizing (without details) his desire to privatize the system by allowing workers to invest money in private accounts instead of the Social […]
A few days ago, Wesley Clark called the war in Iraq a “distraction” from the real war on terror. Fox News may not have liked Clark’s choice of words, but if you want proof of how right he was, consider the first three paragraphs of this article from today’s Philadelphia Inquirer: With al-Qaeda being linked […]
It’s hard to criticize the Bush administration’s Iraq policies when the White House does not appear to know what its Iraq policies are. On Wednesday, U.S. officials announced that the administration would go to the United Nations seeking another resolution on Iraq. As was reported on the front page of the Washington Post, the White […]
About a month ago, I did a short tally on how the presidential candidates were doing in signing activists up for their campaign’s MeetUp gatherings. I thought it’d be interesting to return to the topic to see how the candidates were doing. Just to be clear, as I said last month, there is no such […]