Debates
He won, according to just about everybody — including the now notoriously bias Gallup.
Show some love to our next president.
…BTW, sorry I didn’t make it Matt. I was exhausted after having to shift out of Dem HQ due to a HUGE turnout and having find another venue just to see the damn TV, which just happened to be throwing a party after the debate for Ross Mirkarimi for Supervisor. Met the guy, and I liked him, so am keeping an eye on him from here on out. I’ll donate my time/$ should I find myself on the same page. He’s been endorsed by Gonzalez, which already makes me lean towards him.
MSNBC cans Luntz
Background here.
Congratulate MSNBC for at least doing one thing right:
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…BTW, I’ll be at Dem HQ tomorrow evening for the debate. I’m either then going to Matt’s or hanging out with the Drinking Liberally crowd at Martuni’s. Most probably both…
UPDATE: Ohhhh… Debate Drinking Games! Although I think if Bush mutters “safer” and “Saddam” in the same sentence, that’s worth two. Also worth noting Bush hasn’t uttered “Osama bin Laden” in public in 16 months, so that should be worth like a whole pitcher.
Homeland Security
Keepin’ us safe… by denying Cat Stevens entry to the United States.
Gallup
…oversamples Republicans. Ain’t that just grand.
Lordy.
Missives from the Kremlin BC04
Running with the Cheney line in an email today, again reminding us that if we don’t make the right choice on 11/2, the terrorists have won:
This election is critical for our nation.
The choice is between winning the war on terror by defending the homeland, taking the battle to the terrorists and fighting them where they live and train
Friendly Reminder
I respect all your good-intentioned principles. Really, I do. I too wish Kerry said the Iraq war was wrong, and I also wish he supported full equal protection under the law — even for the Godless homosexuals.
However, your inability to understand the reality on the ground and the gravity of the situation is endlessly irritating.
So, I leave you with this thought:
Come November 2nd, either Bush or Kerry will be elected. Protest votes will benefit Bush, unless you’re a Libertarian, and I don’t think you are. In 2000, when Nader was less, um, insane than he is now, how many electoral votes did he win? ZERO. That’s right. Zilch. Nada. Zippo. 2004 will be no different.
Coburn
Mentioned him yesterday, but Salon’s got more on Oklahoma Senate candidate Tom Coburn. He’s already in the House, and is actually ahead in the polls…
For Coburn, the imminent danger facing America is apparently not terrorism but the “gay agenda.” His thumping about this menace within contributed to the pressure that led to Bush’s endorsement of a constitutional amendment to outlaw gay marriage. At a Republican meeting this spring, Coburn warned: “The gay community has infiltrated the very centers of power in every area across this country, and they wield extreme power … That agenda is the greatest threat to our freedom that we face today. Why do you think we see the rationalization for abortion and multiple sexual partners? That’s a gay agenda.”
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At a House subcommittee meeting on the Safe Drinking Water Act in 1996, which heard testimony on the danger of the parasite cryptosporidium, which had killed 104 and sickened 400,000 in Milwaukee in 1993 and killed 19 in Las Vegas in 1994, Coburn displayed his expertise as a doctor. The lethal spores, he held forth, “can sometimes … be very helpful — for doctors — because it helps us identify those people who in fact are immuno-compromised.”
As a doctor, he also sterilized a woman without her consent, then illegally billed Medicaid for the procedure.
For all his fine contributions, Shrub appointed him chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS in 2003.
R-OK Senate Candidate
Channeling Duncan Black Atrios again, this one almost made me fall outta my chair:
A doctor who has performed abortions wants there to be the death penalty for those who perform them. He also sterilized a 20 year old woman without her consent, and then illegally billed Medicaid for the procedure. He said “That [“the gay”] agenda is the greatest threat to our freedom that we face today.” He criticized NBC for showing “Schindler’s List,” saying that it promoted “irresponsible sexual behavior.”
Oh, and he’s the Republican candidate for Senate from Oklahoma.
VP, Last I Looked
Apparently, the White House has decided that transcripts need footnotes. How they must miss Ari.
Witness ScottyBoy today, and the after-the-fact footnote:
Q Why did the President defy a direct order to get a physical in 1972?
MR. McCLELLAN: Scott, these are the same old recycled attacks that we see every time the President is up for election. It’s not surprising that you see a coordinated effort by Democrats to attack the President when Senator Kerry is falling behind in the polls. And we had a very successful convention, and that’s what this is about. It was well known that the President was going to work in Alabama and seeking a transfer to perform equivalent duty in a non-flying status. And that’s what he was doing.
Q Did he decline to take it because he was moving to Alabama?
MR. McCLELLAN: He was transferring to a unit in Alabama to perform equivalent duty in a non-flying status. That is nothing new.
Q This was a direct order he defied, right? I mean, he did have a direct order that he defied?*
MR. McCLELLAN: John, these issues have come up every year. This was all part of the records — that he was seeking to transfer to a unit in Alabama because he was going there to work in a civilian capacity. And he was granted permission to do so. And he was proud of his service and he was honorably discharged in October ’73, after meeting his obligations.
*The memos that were released, in fact, show the President was working with his commanders to comply with the order.
Um, okay, nice footnote. Evidence please? There’s no links, no sources, no documents. You felt the need to footnote a *transcript* for fuck’s sake, so back it the hell up. Hello, a TRANSCRIPT! Fuckwads.
In the same press conference, this gem. Let’s all consider the the source — Al Gore, Vice President of the United States for 8 years, apparently not-at-all credible. Or not:
Q Al Gore is saying today that Cheney’s comments on the election are sleazy and despicable and an effort to blackmail voters with fear. That’s from Al Gore today — Al Gore in response to Cheney’s comments about another terrorist attack coming. If Kerry is elected — Al Gore is calling Cheney’s comments —
MR. MCCLELLAN: Consider the source.
Q He was Vice President, last I looked.
Douche-baggery. Say it with me, “douche-baggery.”
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