tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54904282011-04-21T22:06:05.263-04:00The Beltway BanditAn online journal of politics, culture, and sportsBeltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comBlogger11191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1136493346929409582006-01-05T15:32:00.000-05:002006-01-05T15:35:46.930-05:00Hold your breath -- It's good news from Florida. A new Rasmussen poll puts Democratic Senator Bill Nelson ahead of GOP challenger Rep. Katherine Harris 54-31 percent. According to Rasmussen,it appears that Nelson could not have asked for a better challenger. Harris, at this point in time, only earns 59% of the vote from Republicans in Florida. Among unaffiliated voters, she trails 64% to 18%.It'sBeltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1136493140778938772006-01-05T14:38:00.000-05:002006-01-05T15:32:20.886-05:00The Indispensable Man -- The massive stroke that has sent Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to the hospital in grave condition is a catastrophe. What's remarkable about Mr Sharon is how he has moved from pariah to the indispensable man in just a few short years. Five years ago many people in the U.S. and Israel would have agreed that Ariel Sharon was the one man in Israeli politics who must Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1136489883363034742006-01-05T14:36:00.000-05:002006-01-05T14:38:03.366-05:00The Last Throes -- 100 Iraqis, 5 Americans dead:Two new suicide bombings rocked Iraq today, killing at least 100 in attacks at a shrine in the Shiite city of Karbala and a police recruiting station in the Sunni city of Ramadi.Also today, five American soldiers were killed when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device while operating in the Baghdad region, the American military Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1136489586791041492006-01-05T13:46:00.000-05:002006-01-05T14:33:06.906-05:00Gillespie to Allen -- Chuck Todd at The Hotline reports that former RNC Chair Ed Gillespie is joining Senator George Allen [R-VA] as treasurer of his political action committee. That's a nice get for Allen, who is thinking about the presidency in 2008 at least as much as the Senate in 2006.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1136483186215960912006-01-05T12:44:00.000-05:002006-01-05T12:46:26.220-05:00The Power Poll -- If former NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle was still alive he’d be a very happy man today. The mastermind behind the league’s incredibly successful parity program – created to ensure any team not owned by Bill Bidwill has a chance at the playoffs – has succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. The only NFC team to make the playoffs both this year and last is the Seattle Seahawks. In Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1136483034587321962006-01-05T12:43:00.000-05:002006-01-05T12:43:54.606-05:00The Bandit Returns... -- ...but for how long?Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1120914456714318312005-07-09T09:05:00.000-04:002005-07-09T09:07:39.266-04:00JESUS LOVES YOU -- But the Family Research Council probably does not:The show had something to offend everyone... featuring a homosexual couple; a black couple; a Hispanic couple (with lots of kids); an Asian couple (who owned a restaurant); a white couple (country-comes-to-town); a devil- worshiping witch (kid you not); and a Republican couple with tattoos.Remember that every time the mainstreamBeltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1120857238369595932005-07-08T17:09:00.000-04:002005-07-08T17:13:58.376-04:00HILARITY AT THE CORNER -- K.J. Lopez, writing about Tony Blair's statement yesterday about the London terror bombings:"we condemn utterly these barbaric attacks...."calls it an attack "on civilized people everywhere." Bush is standing behind him glaring down the terrorists.My emphasis.Kidding, right? No? Bush glaring down the terrorists?? As if the murderers who carried out these attacks are Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1105030442387771022005-01-06T11:44:00.000-05:002005-01-06T11:54:02.386-05:00THE GOP LOVES VETS -- Okay, after seeing what happened to John McCain and John Kerry [and will happen to Chuck Hagel if he's foolish enough to take the party crown away from Karl Rove's new golden boy, Bill Frist], we know the GOP does not, in fact, love veterans. And here is more proof:Worried that House Republican leaders are poised to oust Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) as chairman of the Veterans Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1105021181626055882005-01-06T09:18:00.000-05:002005-01-06T09:19:41.626-05:00GOODBYE TO THAT -- Tucker Carlson is leaving CNN and the network is ending its long-running "Crossfire" program. Good. It stunk. Jon Stewart was right.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104948214195788592005-01-05T13:55:00.000-05:002005-01-05T13:04:18.366-05:00BANDIT'S NFL POWER POLL -- It's back and as good as ever. Enjoy.
01. Pittsburgh Steelers [15-1]: Last week I speculated that the team MVP might be TB Jerome Bettis, not QB Ben Roethlisberger. This week they beat a good Buffalo team without either one of them. Perhaps the entire team is the MVP. You know what they usually call teams like that? Super Bowl champs. [NC]
02. New England Patriots [Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104947698799449142005-01-05T13:38:00.000-05:002005-01-05T12:54:58.800-05:00ALL NFL AWARDS -- What follows is the Bandit's rundown of NFL Awards, the traditional ones and a few of my own devising. Enjoy.
Offensive MVP: QB Peyton Manning [Indianapolis Colts]
Honorable Mention: QB Daunte Culpepper [Minnesota Vikings]
Defensive MVP: S Ed Reed [Baltimore Ravens]
Honorable Mention: CB Shawn Springs [Washington Redskins]
Overall MVP: QB Peyton Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104946696630963672005-01-05T13:27:00.000-05:002005-01-05T12:38:16.630-05:00THE REAL IRAQ -- Freedom is on the march...backwards:The war's worse, the insurgency's worse," said a senior U.S. Embassy official in Baghdad, who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to talk candidly. "This is not going to be a short fight. Nobody should think it is."
The assessment reflected a new willingness among senior Iraqi and American officials to acknowledge that large tracts of Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104946047349033612005-01-05T13:18:00.000-05:002005-01-05T12:27:27.350-05:00THE GRAY LADY -- The American Prospect has an interesting interview with Seth Mnookin, author of the new book Hard News: The Scandals at The New York Times and Their Meaning for American Media. I recommend reading the interview. Once you've read that, you can decide if you want to buy the book.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104868286448174842005-01-04T14:50:00.000-05:002005-01-04T14:51:26.446-05:00BLEEDING IRAQ -- The beat goes on...Four American soldiers and a marine were killed today and three other soldiers were wounded on a day that also saw the assassination of the governor of Baghdad, one of the highest-profile killings of an Iraqi official in months.
In other violence, a bomb-laden fuel truck killed eight Iraqi commandos and two other people when it crashed into a checkpoint in Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104868205615398032005-01-04T09:18:00.000-05:002005-01-04T14:50:05.616-05:00WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS? -- Actually, it's just more of the same from the Bush admin and their gang of comical accountants.To show that President Bush can fulfill his campaign promise to cut the deficit in half by 2009, White House officials are preparing a budget that will assume a significant jump in revenues and omit the cost of major initiatives like overhauling Social Security. To make Mr. Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104773626903624092005-01-03T13:32:00.000-05:002005-01-03T12:33:46.903-05:00CRYBABY -- Christine Todd Whitman wants you to know the GOP needs moderates like her, too. And she feels so strongly about it she's written a book called "It's My Party, Too," in which she dishes the extremist dirt on the Bush administration. The problem, my dear Ms Whitman, is that the GOP has already proven they don't need you.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104773520029974742005-01-03T13:31:00.000-05:002005-01-03T12:32:00.030-05:00TOM TOMORROW KNOWS -- Read and know what he knows. You'll probably chuckle a bit, too.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104442872680681172004-12-30T14:40:00.000-05:002004-12-30T16:41:12.680-05:00MORONS WITH TONGUES -- The good folks over at Media Matters have compiled the ten craziest political quotes of 2004 and, predictably, it reads like a who's who of American wingnuts.Rush Limbaugh on the Abu Ghraib photos: "I'm talking about people having a good time, these people, you ever heard of emotional release? You ever heard of need to blow some steam off?"
Ann Coulter: "[Senator John] Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104435478600434822004-12-30T14:12:00.000-05:002004-12-30T14:37:58.600-05:00HOW THEY DID IT -- This Washington Post article on how the Bush campaign out-organized the Kerry campaign in the 2004 election makes for fascinating, if sometimes depressing, reading.In a $2.2 billion election, two relatively small expenditures by Bush and his allies stand out for their impact: the $546,000 ad buy by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and the Bush campaign's $3.25 million contract Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104433835697299672004-12-30T13:34:00.000-05:002004-12-30T14:40:18.226-05:00DIASTER UPDATE -- The estimates of deaths caused by the Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunami keep rising. The latest figure is almost 117,000 dead. That number will go up, too. Here is how it breaks down by nationality, thus far:Indonesia: 79,940
Sri Lanka: 24,673, with another 6,589 missing and condered most likely dead.
India: At least 10,000
Thailand: 1,830. Thai PM says toll could rise as 5,288 Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104431267593918352004-12-30T13:26:00.000-05:002004-12-30T13:28:11.513-05:00THE LORD'S WORK -- If you're thinking of donating money for disaster relief in the Indian Ocean, Episcopal Relief and Development is a good way to go.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104430182034326962004-12-30T13:06:00.000-05:002004-12-30T13:09:42.033-05:00TREASON! -- Looks like cuts in defense spending are on the way.The proposed Pentagon cuts, which include sharply reducing the program for the Air Force's F/A-22 fighter and delaying the purchase of a new Navy destroyer, would for the first time since the Sept. 11 attacks slow the growth in Pentagon spending, which has risen 41 percent in that period, to about $425 billion this year. Military and Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104429058756642482004-12-30T11:45:00.000-05:002004-12-30T12:50:58.756-05:00GO WEST -- The non-Pacific west has long been Republican-occupied territory, but some state-level gains by the Democrats in 2004 has party leaders thinking they can start winning elections in the southwest and Rocky Mountains.Party leaders acknowledge that the noncoastal Western states, which voted last month largely for George W. Bush for president, are hardly a Democratic bastion. But Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104360006690101652004-12-29T17:34:00.000-05:002004-12-29T17:40:06.690-05:00WHO IS GIVING WHAT? -- This story gives a pretty good rundown of which countries and international agencies are donating to the Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunami disaster relief and what they are donating. The European Union, Norway, Japan, and Saudi Arabia appear to be the most generous.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104359650041214322004-12-29T17:33:00.000-05:002004-12-29T17:34:10.040-05:00APPLE IS ALSO -- doing the right thing.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104359574103704152004-12-29T15:34:00.000-05:002004-12-29T17:32:54.103-05:00GOOGLE IS DOING -- the right thing.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104352449225799832004-12-29T15:29:00.000-05:002004-12-29T15:34:09.226-05:00CAN IT BE TRUE? -- The United Nations is now estimating that the death toll from the Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunami is heading above 100,000.The UN said there were now strong grounds to believe that the toll in the Sumatran province of Aceh, the worst affected area, would be as high as 80,000.Eighty thousand! Just in Aceh! Mind-boggling. Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104352168526317932004-12-29T15:28:00.000-05:002004-12-29T15:29:28.526-05:00PITY THE CHILDREN -- Well, at least the white children.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104352009203172342004-12-29T15:23:00.000-05:002004-12-29T15:26:49.203-05:00THERE IS NO END IN SIGHT -- to the soaring death toll from the Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunami. The latest death toll estimate is 76,000.Concerns are already rising that a shortage of clean drinking water and medicine could bring a new wave of fatalities.
"We are afraid that there could be an outbreak of gastroenteric diseases because of poor sanitation and the environment," said Mariani Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104346150828447842004-12-29T13:08:00.000-05:002004-12-29T13:49:10.826-05:00THE BANDIT'S NFL POWER POLL -- Only one more week in the regular season, but its not too late to shake up the world’s most prestigious power poll. We have a new top three for the first time in months and with three teams in the top eight, we can now officially call the AFC East the best division in football—by far.
01. Pittsburgh Steelers [14-1]: Everyone assumes the team MVP is Ben Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104343720026293232004-12-29T11:54:00.000-05:002004-12-29T13:08:40.026-05:00RED GOES BLUE -- At least it does in Montana. A bit of good news coming out of the mostly awful 2004 elections is that the state government of Montana--previously a hardcore red state--has been taken over by the Democratic party.The Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a decision that determined a disputed legislative race was tied, likely giving Democrats control of the state House of Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1104339030579361742004-12-29T11:46:00.000-05:002004-12-29T11:50:30.580-05:00I CAN'T GET EXCITED -- about who is going to be the new chief of the DNC. Folks over at Daily Kos and MyDD continue to report/comment on that issue breathlessly, but I just don't care that much. I suppose it'll matter to a certain extent, but I think the importance of the position is being vastly overstated. I could note, if I was of a mind to, that Daily Kos and MyDD are also sites famous for Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1101267744450966872004-11-23T22:35:00.000-05:002004-11-23T22:42:24.450-05:00NFL POWER POLL -- It's back and it keeps getting better.
01. Pittsburgh Steelers [9-1]: Big Ben finally looked like a rookie, but the NFL’s #1 defense won the game for him. [No change]
02. New England Patriots [9-1]: Always overlooked at linebacker, Mike Vrabel is hoping to make the Pro Bowl at wideout this year. [No change]
03. Philadelphia Eagles [9-1]: Here’s an idea: What about telling Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1101232186783290772004-11-23T10:01:00.000-05:002004-11-23T12:49:46.783-05:00DANGER AHEAD -- Award-winning economist, Priceton University professor, and NY Times columnist Paul Krugman believes the Bush administration is leading the U.S. to a fiscal and economic meltdown.The most immediate worry for Krugman is that Bush will simultaneously push through more tax cuts and try to privatize social security, ignoring a chorus of economic thinkers who caution against such Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1101222090675763972004-11-23T09:58:00.000-05:002004-11-23T10:01:30.676-05:00NEW MATH! -- Privatizing Social Security, as the Bush admin wants to do, is costly. Even pro-privatization analysts estimate it would cost at least $1.5 trillion over ten years. Other estimates are considerably higher. The question is, how to pay for all this? Well, the GOP Congress has a great idea: Borrow the money!
But, you may wonder, wouldn't that massive borrowing, on top of the record Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1101142395488063152004-11-22T10:03:00.000-05:002004-11-22T11:53:15.486-05:00BUSH'S SECRETARY OF STATE -- bashes Bush's Secretary of State. That's Bush 1.0 v. Bush 2.0:One of the woes of former President George H. W. Bush 's administration was that top aides didn't shut up when the media asked them to dis each other. That is still the case with the younger President Bush 's nomination of National Security Adviser Condi Rice as secretary of state. Take, for example, the Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1101135782121008202004-11-22T10:00:00.000-05:002004-11-22T10:03:02.120-05:00PRIORITIES -- Families of soldiers in Iraq are holding bake sales to buy their loved ones proper body armor. Meanwhile, the GOP Congress wants to buy George W. Bush a yacht.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1101049371013166162004-11-21T10:00:00.000-05:002004-11-21T10:02:51.013-05:00IS THERE NO END to the savage incompetence of the Bush administration? This speaks for itself:Acute malnutrition among young children in Iraq has nearly doubled since the United States led an invasion of the country 20 months ago, according to surveys by the United Nations, aid agencies and the interim Iraqi government.
After the rate of acute malnutrition among children younger than 5 steadilyBeltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1101048360878640242004-11-21T08:49:00.000-05:002004-11-21T09:50:10.456-05:00GOP TAX PLOT EXPOSED -- In case you thought the Republican party was going to become less obnoxious after the November 2 elections, you may now consider yourself properly educated and warned. They're going to get worse. Their latest scheme, which they are now lamely passing off as a mistake, is to invade the privacy of every American who files a tax return in this country.Congress passed Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100884828834141162004-11-19T13:11:00.000-05:002004-11-19T12:20:28.833-05:00THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH -- about the Fallujah offensive has been revealed by intelligence officers in the First Marine Expeditionary Force: Marine intelligence officials have issued a report warning that any significant withdrawal of troops from the Iraqi city of Fallujah would strengthen the insurgency, it was reported.
The New York Times said the assessment, distributed to senior Marine and Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100880539262406022004-11-19T11:05:00.000-05:002004-11-19T11:08:59.263-05:00BELTWAY BANDIT NFL POWER POLL -- It's the most prestigious power poll in the world and it is back. Read, learn, enjoy.
01. Pittsburgh Steelers [8-1]: All future victories to be preceded by pre-game fistfights and spitting contests. [No change]
02. New England Patriots [8-1]: Insiders credit team’s success to Tom Brady’s new “Friends” haircut. [No change]
03. Philadelphia Eagles [8-1]: TheBeltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100880243403335622004-11-19T11:03:00.000-05:002004-11-19T11:04:03.403-05:00WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN? -- I've been ill with the flu. Rapid change in temperatures gets me twice a year. I'm back even if I'm not at 100 percent. You can't keep a good man--or me--down.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100880167668592332004-11-19T10:57:00.000-05:002004-11-19T11:02:47.670-05:00CONFIRMED -- Senator Arlen Specter had to surrender his testicles, but he will get the Judiciary Committee Chair in return. Whether or not that's a fair deal depends on your point of view, I suppose. I suppose Senator Specter might say "Le Comité vaut une Masse."Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100625709509089352004-11-16T10:31:00.000-05:002004-11-16T12:21:49.510-05:00ARMITAGE GONE -- Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage resigned today, following his boss and friend Colin Powell out of the Bush admin. Look for Armitage to be succeeded by an aggressive hardliner such as John Bolton.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100619080090000622004-11-16T10:30:00.000-05:002004-11-16T10:31:20.090-05:00E.J. DIONNE ASKS THE QUESTION -- Will the Republican moderates speak up? The Beltway Bandit provides the answer: No.
Next question, please.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100543793773322762004-11-15T11:24:00.000-05:002004-11-15T13:36:33.773-05:00HOUSECLEANING -- The Bush purge moved from the CIA to his own cabinet today, as Secretary of State Colin Powell resigned, along with Rod Paige at Education, Spencer Abraham at Energy, and Ann Veneman at Agriculture.
Good riddance to Colin Powell. He enjoyed a reputation for moderation and honesty he did not deserve. He did little but provide political cover for Mr Bush's preposterous war policyBeltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100535845576941882004-11-15T11:17:00.000-05:002004-11-15T11:24:05.576-05:00A PURGE -- of librulcommie pinkos is underway at CIA.The White House has ordered the new CIA director, Porter Goss, to purge the agency of officers believed to have been disloyal to President George W. Bush or of leaking damaging information to the media about the conduct of the Iraq war and the hunt for Osama bin Laden, according to knowledgeable sources.
"The agency is being purged on Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100193200002974072004-11-11T11:41:00.000-05:002004-11-11T12:13:20.003-05:00EARLY REVIEWS -- of Oliver Stone's $150 million epic "Alexander" are not good.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100190938899042852004-11-11T11:24:00.000-05:002004-11-11T11:40:42.213-05:00FAIR FIGHT IN THE CULTURE WAR -- Much of the credit for Mr Bush's victory goes, no doubt, to the Religious Right and its vast army of committed [and some of them should be] voters. Morals, values, this is what matters most to these voters and they supported George W. Bush in overwhelming numbers. These people blame liberals for coarsening American culture and they look to the Republican party to Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100190030535571912004-11-11T11:19:00.000-05:002004-11-11T11:20:30.536-05:00REWARDING INCOMPETENCE -- Mr Bush is apparently content to make few, if any changes to his foreign/defense policy team. Remember, folks: No mistakes!Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100188017930232022004-11-11T10:35:00.000-05:002004-11-11T10:46:57.930-05:00THE SPECTER OF DEFEAT -- In January 2005, when a new Congress is sworn in and Mr Bush takes the oath of office for a second time, the Republican agenda for the next four years will be decided by a series of turf wars between Wall Street Republicans and the Religious Right. On some issues they will be able to cooperate and compromise. On other issues, it looks a bit more dicey. [Teehee.]Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100186398909213202004-11-11T10:18:00.000-05:002004-11-11T10:27:46.230-05:00HAPPY VETERANS DAY
Much blood has been spilled. Never forget it.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100183292450204942004-11-11T09:15:00.000-05:002004-11-11T09:28:12.450-05:00SNOUTS IN THE TROUGH -- Yes, we've all known for some time that Halliburton has its snouts in the trough. What is increasingly emerging, however, is the fact that the company has got its two front trotters in the trough, as well.The U.S. ambassador to Kuwait and other senior U.S. officials put pressure on Halliburton to award a contract to a Kuwaiti company suspected of overcharging to bring fuelBeltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100135865816180822004-11-10T20:14:00.000-05:002004-11-10T20:17:45.816-05:00IRAQI INSURGENTS STRIKE BACK -- Not in Fallujah, where the media and the Bush admin thinks the real battle is being fought, but in Ramadi.Rebel fighters massed in the centre of the restive Iraqi city of Ramadi Tuesday after US military snipers withdrew from their positions following 24 hours of clashes, an AFP correspondent said.
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US snipers left a hotel from where they were able to control Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100124132539867652004-11-10T16:06:00.000-05:002004-11-10T17:46:43.286-05:00THE WAY FORWARD -- I've been thinking about where the Democrats should go from here for a while and it seems like most liberals in the blogosphere have posted on this subject already. I have not because I decided to take a bit more time formulating my thoughts. [Or perhaps I'm just a bit slower than most.] I was settling on a stridently anti-Washington, D.C. theme for the Democrats, but Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100120805028308532004-11-10T16:05:00.000-05:002004-11-10T16:06:45.026-05:00TOM TOLES GETS IT -- Insert grim chuckle here.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100114635296025862004-11-10T14:19:00.000-05:002004-11-10T14:23:55.296-05:00THE TWILIGHT ZONE -- When George W. Bush insists that he needs the line item veto to control spending, all sane people must surely suspect they've left the real world and entered The Twilight Zone, a universe where up is down and black is white. Mr Bush has never vetoed a single spending bill. He's the all-time drunken sailor of spending. Now he wants the line item veto to pull out a few million Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100113711641538132004-11-10T13:47:00.000-05:002004-11-10T14:08:31.640-05:00SPANKING PERVERT -- is "a very Christian person":RED BANK, Tenn. - Two young women complained to police that they were spanked by their 57-year-old employer for mistakes on the job, and the boss now faces criminal charges.
One of the women told police that on her first day at the Tasty Flavors Sno Biz, before any spanking, owner Paul Eugene Levengood made her sign a statement that said: "I giveBeltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100111452845838762004-11-10T13:33:00.000-05:002004-11-10T13:30:52.846-05:00LIES MAKE BABY JESUS CRY -- Your science is no match for our lies!Women seeking abortions in Mississippi must first sign a form indicating they've been told abortion can increase their risk of breast cancer. They aren't told that scientific reviews have concluded there is no such risk.
Similar information suggesting a cancer link is given to women considering abortion in Texas, Louisiana and Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100108007485502202004-11-10T13:14:00.000-05:002004-11-10T13:46:58.256-05:00NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL -- will be Alberto Gonzalez, the current White House counsel. I don't think this makes much of a difference either way. Sure, Gonzalez is the man who signed off on the Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib gulags, but someone else would have done the same if he had not. Mr Gonzalez was also general counsel for Enron, so you can see that his appeal to Mr Bush is clear. A willingness Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100106256065566622004-11-10T11:54:00.000-05:002004-11-10T12:04:16.066-05:00THIS IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST THINGS -- I've ever read:Straight male seeks Bush supporter for fair, physical fight - m4m
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I would like to fight a Bush supporter to vent my anger. If you are one, have a fiery streek, please contact me so we can meetBeltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100105562327677752004-11-10T11:21:00.000-05:002004-11-10T11:52:42.326-05:00LIBERAL CHRISTIANS -- are trying to battle the notion that right-wing social conservatives have a headlock on the followers of Christ. There are liberal Christians in America and they want to make their voices heard.Battling the notion that "values voters" swept President Bush to victory because of opposition to gay marriage and abortion, three liberal groups released a post-election poll in Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100103654512741622004-11-10T11:13:00.000-05:002004-11-10T11:20:54.513-05:00DeanNC -- There has been a lot of blogosphere chatter about Howard Dean becoming the next head of the Democratic National Committee. My view is that the next head of the DNC is not the most important thing for Democrats to be thinking about right now, but I'm fine with Dean in that position. In fact, I rather like it. Dean is a take-no-prisoners sort of public speaker who does fine on television Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100103179877298962004-11-10T10:55:00.000-05:002004-11-10T11:12:59.876-05:00FALLUJAH FALLOUT -- The assault on Fallujah is not terribly popular with Sunni Iraqis [or any Iraqis, probably] and the repercussions were not long in coming.A powerful group of Sunni Muslim clerics called Tuesday for a boycott of national elections set for late January to protest the U.S.-led attack against the Sunni insurgent stronghold Fallujah.
The group's director, Harith al-Dhari, said Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100098560216583172004-11-10T09:49:00.000-05:002004-11-10T09:56:00.216-05:00DON'T MISS THE POINT -- All this chatter about U.S. Marines re-taking Fallujah misses the point. The key to winning any war, including a war of insurgency, is not to hold territory, but to destroy enemy forces. The U.S. has taken most of Fallujah and will soon, no doubt, take the rest. What good does that do? The enemy left Fallujah before this attack even began and will regroup to launch new Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100060852789616222004-11-09T23:25:00.000-05:002004-11-09T23:29:08.613-05:00NOT SINCE THE UNABOMBER -- has a handwritten letter contained such unintentional hilarity.The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved. The rule of law has been strengthened and upheld in the courts.
-- John Ashcroft, resigning.Absolutely priceless.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100060030193756272004-11-09T23:11:00.000-05:002004-11-09T23:13:50.193-05:00FALWELL TO LEAD NEW COALITION OF JERKS -- He's back, though he never really went away. Jerry Falwell says he will soon head up a new coalition of evangelicals to overturn pro-choice abortion laws, elect more awful people like George W. Bush to the White House and think up ways to do more harm to American gays.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100051785766244032004-11-09T20:51:00.000-05:002004-11-09T20:56:25.766-05:00FALLUJAH BURNS -- The U.S. news out of Iraq is heavily censored, so we go to the BBC for information about what is going on in the city during the U.S. attack. From my window, I can see US soldiers moving around on foot near it.
They tried to go from house to house but they kept coming under fire.
Now they are firing back at the houses, at anything that moves. It is war on the streets.
The Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100025566044949282004-11-09T13:37:00.000-05:002004-11-09T13:39:26.043-05:00BLEEDING IRAQ -- The battle for Fallujah is bloody:U.S. Army troops, Marines and some Iraqi forces punched their way through and past the center of Fallujah on Tuesday, but at least 3 U.S. soldiers lost their lives and more were wounded in battles with Sunni extremists.
The fighting in the city and elsewhere in Iraq has cost the United States at least 14 lives over the past two days, according Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100024453204306282004-11-09T13:11:00.000-05:002004-11-09T13:20:53.203-05:00BIG RIG IN IRAQ -- Is the Bush administration going to try to rig the Iraqi elections? Consider for yourself.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100020283591123302004-11-09T13:09:00.000-05:002004-11-09T12:11:23.590-05:00ARAFAT NEAR DEATH -- after suffering a brain hemorrhage. What will the Palestinian liberation movement be like without Yasser Arafat? Looks like we will soon find out.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100010333621368202004-11-09T09:21:00.000-05:002004-11-09T09:25:33.620-05:00SOCIAL INSECURITY -- Jonathon Cohn at The New Republic has written a timely and excellent piece examining the false promise of Mr Bush's Social Security "reform"--which is another way of saying privatization.So the first question to ask of any proposed reform is whether it would similarly remain true to the program's founding ideals. When it comes to private account schemes, the answer is "no." Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1100010000373353932004-11-09T09:15:00.000-05:002004-11-09T09:20:00.373-05:00FIGHTING IN THE SOUTH -- New Donkey has some interesting thoughts on Democrats fighting an uphill battle to compete in the south. The gist: It won't be easy, but it is not impossible either--unless we fail to try.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099955206316188052004-11-08T16:49:00.000-05:002004-11-08T18:06:46.316-05:00A MANDATE FOR WHAT? -- Jacob S. Hacker & Paul Pierson at The New Republic have an interesting article on what the election meant and whether Mr Bush has the mandate he claims.There is a more fundamental objection to Republicans' claim of a clear mandate for an ambitious domestic agenda: It is, put simply, a bait and switch. If one can bear to recall events of only a week ago, the Republican Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099946103461227062004-11-08T15:21:00.000-05:002004-11-08T15:35:03.463-05:00TWO U.S. MARINES DIE -- in Fallujah. More of the same to come.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099945207523284622004-11-08T15:07:00.000-05:002004-11-08T15:21:20.066-05:00COMES THE REVOLUTION -- Want to know what the Christian Right think of the 2004 general election? Wonder no more.The president's margin of victory — 51% to 48% — was clear but hardly a landslide. The voices that spoke decisively on Nov. 2 were those of churchgoers, and what they said is even clearer.
"The voters have delivered a moral mandate," D. James Kennedy, president of Coral Ridge Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099944271793633952004-11-08T15:03:00.000-05:002004-11-08T15:04:31.793-05:00BLUER COLORADO -- Chris Bowers over at MyDD has some interesting information about the gradual Colorado trend toward bluer politics. Dems made fairly impressive gains in the state, though Bush still won it by a narrowing margin. Hope for the future. Take it where you can find it.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099941278124336432004-11-08T14:09:00.000-05:002004-11-08T14:14:38.123-05:00IRAQI KURD DESERTS -- from U.S. forces just before the Occupation attack on insurgents in Fallujah. Big deal? Well, this Iraqi Kurd desertedafter receiving the battle plan for the Fallujah attack. The Pentagon says they do not believe this deserter will inform the insurgents about the battle plan. They had better hope not.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099940946898352032004-11-08T11:37:00.000-05:002004-11-08T14:09:06.896-05:00SENATOR NELSON -- Democrat from Florida has a target on his back. Having taken the open seat occupied by Bob Graham [D-FL] on November 2, Florida Republicans are now targeting Bill Nelson, the only Democrat holding statewide office in the state. The only candidate I'd worry about is Jeb Bush, the current governor, who is term-limited and must leave Tallahassee in 2006. Governor Bush, however, Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099928042004698572004-11-08T10:16:00.000-05:002004-11-08T10:34:02.003-05:00NOT HER -- Josh Marshall makes some good points about the implausibility of a Hillary Clinton presidency and how it says nothing good about the American polity for the White House to become the property of two competing families.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099689780172174232004-11-05T16:20:00.000-05:002004-11-05T16:23:00.173-05:00TODAY'S MUST-READ -- It's Daniel Gross at Slate on the chronic fiscal irresponsibility [and unreality] of the Bush administration and Republican Congress. It's pretty close to perfect and it's got a great title: "Why Democrats Should Be Grateful." A title like that has got to pique your interest. Now go read it.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099689609910910052004-11-05T16:17:00.000-05:002004-11-05T16:20:09.910-05:00LETTER FROM MICHAEL MOORE -- He's got a 17-point plan for why progressives should not slit their wrists. My favorite is #4:In spite of Bush's win, the majority of Americans still think the country is headed in the wrong direction (56%), think the war wasn't worth fighting (51%), and don’t approve of the job George W. Bush is doing (52%). (Note to foreigners: Don't try to figure this one out. It'sBeltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099592951253375552004-11-04T13:28:00.000-05:002004-11-04T13:29:11.253-05:00HUNGRY FOR ESCAPE -- Hungary is getting the hell out of Iraq. Another "coalition" partner down.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099592469917696712004-11-04T13:19:00.000-05:002004-11-04T13:21:09.916-05:00BUSINESS AS USUAL -- Anyone who naively believed the Bush administration would reverse its four years of reckless deficit spending should probably stop reading right now.The Bush administration announced Wednesday that it will run out of maneuvering room to manage the government's massive borrowing needs in two weeks, putting more pressure on Congress to raise the debt ceiling when it convenes Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099592338311486072004-11-04T13:17:00.000-05:002004-11-04T13:18:58.313-05:00TOUGH WEEK -- Elizabeth Edwards, wife of John Edwards, has breast cancer. This is sad news, indeed, and I wish this truly wonderful woman a speedy recovery.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099591641985081112004-11-04T13:01:00.001-05:002004-11-04T13:07:21.986-05:00TOUGH WEEK -- Elizabeth Edwards, wife of John Edwards, has breast cancer. I wish this truly wonderful woman a speedy recovery.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099588015724545242004-11-04T13:01:00.000-05:002004-11-04T12:06:55.726-05:00ONWARD, SOLDIER -- Atrios is correct, post-mortem recriminations are a waste of time and--worse--only turn important elements of the party against each other. We need to pick ourselves up, dust off, and get back to work. There's nothing else for it. Don't be a political narcissist. Be a political warrior.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099454458261646122004-11-02T22:55:00.000-05:002004-11-02T23:00:58.260-05:00RESULTS -- Looks like I was too optimistic earlier today. So far it appears to be a big night for the Republicans in the Senate, House, and possibly the White House, as well.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099410694373668102004-11-02T10:26:00.000-05:002004-11-02T10:51:34.373-05:00BUCKEYES: GOOD NEWS -- The GOP is filled with "volunteers" who desperately want to keep African-Americans from voting in this election and lawyers who craft legal arguments to enable this fraud to take place. Fortunately, the Democrats also have lawyers and we might have won something in Ohio.An order by U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott of Cincinnati found that the application of Ohio's statute Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099408987867264142004-11-02T10:21:00.000-05:002004-11-02T10:26:26.200-05:00TWO MEN AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW -- John and Bruce.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099406267524483252004-11-02T09:32:00.000-05:002004-11-02T09:42:03.023-05:00ON THE RECORD -- Well, it is election day and time for me to make a prediction. I'm going against the grain, partly because it is more fun to do so. I'll give Kerry 50% of the vote to 48% for Mr Bush. This will translate to a Kerry victory in the electoral college by a margin of 312-226. Ohio and Florida will go for Kerry, despite widespread electoral fraud. Kerry will also win New Hampshire, Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099319323739454192004-11-01T09:25:00.000-05:002004-11-01T09:28:43.740-05:00NEW ZOGBY POLL -- has Bush at 48% and Kerry at 47 percent. In Zogby's subscriber-only website there is more, but I thought I'd share a few bits of his wisdom with you.The President’s overall job performance has moved up a point to 47% approve and his disapproval rating has held at 53%.
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The right direction percentage drops one point and is now 45% while wrong direction holds steady for the Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099319095950858372004-11-01T09:23:00.000-05:002004-11-01T09:24:55.950-05:00BACK TO POSTING -- Future in-laws were in town over the weekend. Wonderful people, couldn't be luckier to have them. Did cut into blogging a bit, though. Now I'm back. You'll just have to learn to live with it.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099078166514095012004-10-29T15:02:00.000-04:002004-10-29T15:29:26.513-04:00HERE WE GALLUP ALL OVER AGAIN? -- From The Angry Liberal we see that on October 27, 2000 a Gallup/USA Today/CNN poll put Bush at 52 percent nationally and Gore at 39 percent nationally. Ralph Nader scored at around four percent. See for yourself. If Gallup favored Kerry right now I wouldn't be comfortable.Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099074929253848322004-10-29T14:29:00.000-04:002004-10-29T14:35:29.253-04:00A NEW FLORIDA POLL -- gives John Kerry a lead of less than two points over George W. Bush. However, there is more good news for Senator Kerry in this poll.Florida may be headed for a repeat of 2000, with President Bush and John Kerry locked in an extremely competitive race for the presidency in a state that could hold the key to the national election, a new Florida Poll shows.
The two candidatesBeltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099074536866094452004-10-29T14:23:00.000-04:002004-10-29T14:28:56.866-04:00VOTE GETTING OUT -- A big part of winning Florida [and thereby the national election] will be determined by which party does a better job of getting its supporters to the polls. This is called Get Out The Vote [GOTV] and right now it appears the Dems are doing well in Broward County, Florida, where early voting has been going on for some time.Overwhelming numbers of Broward County Democrats have Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099074172229558652004-10-29T14:19:00.000-04:002004-10-29T14:23:23.866-04:00HELL FREEZES OVER -- And I expect pigs flying through the air over New Hampshire at this very moment. Via Daily Kos we learn that former Senator Robert Smith of New Hampshire, one of the most right-wing politicians in the history of the United States, is endorsing John F. Kerry for President.As someone who worked with you daily for 12 years as a United States Senator, I am acutely conscious of Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1099073892044588452004-10-29T14:15:00.000-04:002004-10-29T14:18:12.043-04:00WHERE'S THE FRAUD? -- Here is the fraud: When Catherine Herold received mail from the Ohio Republican Party earlier this year, she refused it.
The longtime Barberton Democrat wanted no part of the mailing and figured that by refusing it, the GOP would have to pay the return postage.
What she didn't count on was the returned mail being used to challenge the validity of her voter registration.
Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490428.post-1098996924556491542004-10-28T16:42:00.000-04:002004-10-28T16:55:24.556-04:00HAROLD MEYERSON HAS SEEN THE FUTURE -- and he thinks it works. Mr Meyerson spent some time with liberal activists working to elect John F. Kerry on November 2nd and it was an impressive sight. have spent the past week observing the official Democratic Party and unofficial 527 field operations in the battleground states of Ohio and Florida. And I have found something I’ve never before seen in my Beltwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570704428544149221noreply@blogger.com