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July 23,
2004 TGIF Edition |
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The 9/11 Report: Bad News for Bush -- David Corn
…The
9/11 report says,
The
President was seated in a classroom when, at 9:05, Andrew Card whispered to
him: "A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack." The
President told us his instinct was to project calm…
In the
Moore film, Bush hardly looks as if he is projecting "calm." To me--and, of
course, this is a highly subjective view--he has a what-the-hell-should-I-do
expression on his face….
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Bush
Ducks a Bullet -- For Now
Washington Post, DC - 7-23-04
... on the campaign trail in Illinois, Mr. Bush brushed aside criticism in
the report, insisting the commission endorsed the administration's actions
since 9/11.". ... |
Iran,
Saudis Feel Vindicated After Report
ABC
News - 7-23-04
TEHRAN, Iran July 23, 2004 — A powerful Iranian politician told
anti-American worshippers Friday there was nothing in the US Sept. ... |
Come on, November 2!
“President Bush said
today, because of the war in Iraq and the war on terror, the moon is now safer
than it's ever been.” Jay Leno
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 Dave Casey
The Large Editor -
AllHatNoCattle.net
If the Republican Party
rebellious ever succeed in dumping crudely-spoken and Halliburton-stained
Dick Cheney from the ticket, it raises intriguing questions.
Not just who, but how
and when?
Let’s start with the
usual suspects. The GOP would love to ensnare John McCain as VP candidate,
but the war hero and political icon knows he stands too strong a chance of
winning the presidency in his own right in the next eight years to risk
linkage to the sins of the Bush administration.
And Colin Powell as VP
could secure the election for the Republicans, but he and Bush are light
years apart on too many issues for that to happen. It’s far more likely
that Powell will be shown the door by the administration or bow out
gracefully from his cabinet post if Bush is re-elected, rather than serve
as his number two.
So the Republicans
likely would have to settle for a far dimmer star who also is without
significant controversy or scandal in his past. Let’s see; that eliminates
Trent Lott and many other stalwarts of the party’s right wing. That means
we might see a Johnny Whitebread-type like Bill Frist or Dennis Hastert.
Or might Republican
power brokers get really innovative and try a woman candidate? The party
has a plethora of robotic Stepford Wives out there to choose from for such
a gamble, ranging from office-holders at state and federal levels to media
talking heads. Imagine Peggy Noonan writing her own speeches instead of
the patriotic puffery she churned for the Gipper. Imagine Peggy gazing
adoringly at Bush as she walks alongside him to state functions. Imagine …
no, I can’t go on.
What about the how of
VP replacement?
I’ve heard a few
longtime Republican friends muse that the most convenient thing (except
for the vice president) would be for Cheney’s troubled ticker to take its
last tock. They say this in muttered whispers after a few drinks, then
glance about furtively to make sure no one from the party apparatus or
Department of Homeland Security is listening.
Then the GOP could
merrily anoint a replacement out of natural necessity – instead of because
of a rising mire of suspected corruption and fear of what offensive,
bullying tripe Cheney will utter next.
Or could the vice
president actually come to his senses and withdraw for the good of the
party? Nah … this snarling, opportunistic street-fighter will go the final
round for his continued political existence, vowing to take others down
with him if he’s forced out. He’d become the prosecution’s key witness
before falling on his own sword.
And when might the big
bounce occur? If it does happen – and that’s a big if – would it be at the
Republican convention in five weeks or before?
This gets at both the
how and when issues. Some political prognosticators say if it happens, if
must be soon, as long before the looming convention weekend as possible.
Give the fetid air of Cheney’s record a chance to clear before the GOP
gala gets underway. A replacement then can be trotted out for public
review – and hopefully not much scrutiny – either just before or at the
convention, while Cheney is whisked away to an undisclosed location.
Or will the Republican
insurgents continue to build their case against Cheney right up to
convention time, hoping that outrage within the ranks will swell to
sufficient momentum for change?
I don’t pretend to know
any answers to these questions, but speculating on them is fun. After
years of watching fragmentation in the Democratic Party, it’s great to see
cracks appearing in the bulldozing political monolith that the Republican
Party had become.
Email:
dave@allhatnocattle.net
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The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
"As you
know, the presidential conventions are coming up. You know how much time the
major networks are going to devote to convention coverage? Three hours. Three
hours total. One hour a night for three nights ... to pick a president. That's
about one-tenth of the time we devote to finding an 'American Idol.'" Jay
Leno
Disturbing News
Nursery Crimes
George be humble,
George repent,
George change from war
to peace president.
John Grant - Japan
Republican Shenanigans
www.liberalcartoons.com
"President Bush spoke with the Amish. He didn't want to, but it was the only
group he could find that wasn't upset about the high price of gas."
Jay Leno
Bush-Prison-Torture News
Go-F***-Yourself News
"The Bush
administration announced they want to lift the ban on logging as part of their
No Tree Left Behind program." Jay Leno
Good News
Biz/Tech
News
“President
Bush said he also played a lot of sports as a child, but somehow the records
were either lost or destroyed.” Jay Leno
Email:
Subject:
Homophobic Republican Hijinks
Lisa,
There is an anti-Kerry web video making the rounds called, "Dems In Love." Over
romantic music,
we see animations of Kerry & Edwards holding hands, kissing, etc. Perhaps the
abundance of easily
PhotoShop-able campaign pictures was a temptation too strong to resist, or maybe
it was the fact that it's beyond the powers of the human mind to imagine Bush or
Cheney loving or being loved by anyone.
Still, it's a telling indictment of the Republicans that not only do they oppose
gay marriage and gay rights, but, led by their illustrious Ahnold Gröpenfuhrer
with his "girlie men," they believe that "gay" is an insult to be freely hurled
at anyone whom they dislike. (My 10th grade male students do the same thing.)
Kerry and Edwards should openly call the Repubs on this one — publicly state
that they stand for equal rights for all and dare Bush to disavow this video.
It's more offensive and potentially more dangerous than the MoveOn.org video
with pictures of Bush & Hitler (not to mention much less accurate).
So, are Repubs so pathologically homophobic because of their narrowminded
religious values, or are they just emotional 10th graders in a state of arrested
sexual development — permanent adolescents?
Does it really matter?
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See the video at: http://www.noedesign.com/dev/KerryEdwards/index.html
Two still excerpts attached for your reference.
--
Peace Now,
DamnRebel
Rightwingers are so imaginative,
eh?
Kerry/Edwards News
http://internetweekly.org/2004/07/cartoon_jacko.html
Odd News
Swinburne
University of Technology's center for micro-photonics have constructed a model
of the Sydney Opera House, seen in this undated photo, that is about half the
diameter of a human hair. With dimensions of 64 x 38 x 41 micrometers, or more
than a million times smaller than the real Sydney structure, the model was built
from a hybrid material of glass and polymer by firing intense laser light into
the matter in a liquid state to create what to the human eye appears as an
almost imperceptible dot, but under an electron microscope it contains the
detail and the beauty of the iconic Sydney harbor side structure. (Swinburne
University)
Peace.
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