Out of Touch/Out of Time
With about five weeks to go, it looks like this election will rest squarely on the shoulders of Iraq—as unlikely a place as ever to decide an American election, but war, as it seems, has its own political momentum. The unrepentent Bush speaking to the UN this week acted as if he were still trying [...]
Kerry on Iraq
By now you’ve seen the sound bites. But as everyone knows, sound bites suck. So, here’s the full text of John Kerry’s position on Iraq. This election is about choices. The most important choices a president makes are about protecting America at home and around the world. A president’s first obligation is to make America [...]
Battle of the Sound Bites
I think now that the RNC convention is over, exposing itself as the hatchet job on John Kerry that it was, with still nary an intelligent debate to be seen in sight, the course of election politics will sadly be played strategically over sound bites in the next couple of weeks. For instance, tonight’s glance [...]
RNC Rhetorical Predictions
Words I would be surprised to hear at the GOP convention: Stem cell research Halliburton Supreme Law of the Land Deficit Offshoring 3 Purple hearts Slam Dunk Occupation Torture Osama Bin Laden Words I would not be surprised to hear: Safer, Terrorists, Safer, Terrorists, Safer, Terrorists Evil Saddam Hussein Brutal dictator September the 11th Libya [...]
Model Behavior
An old acquaintance of mine, Jacob Hornberger, hits it on the head in his latest blog entry over at FFF. There is a valuable lesson to be learned in the Bush-Kerry battle over their respective roles during the Vietnam War. When our esteemed members of Congress reinstitute the draft in order to gain the manpower [...]
