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politics
| November 16, 2004 11:42pm |
| Ok, so I was wrong about pretty much everything.
Bush did select Cheney as his running mate, and Americans voted
for him anyway. This country is really in a mess right now. I suppose
this is how many republicans felt during the Clinton years. The
difference is the Clinton years were some of the best this country
has ever experienced. The stock market was soaring, everybody had
great jobs, our wars were small enough that every American death
was worthy of an entire evening news program, and everyone was just
a lot happier. Now we have a war that we can't get out of, American
soldiers are dying every day, the stock market is stagnant, people
have jobs that suck and pay a lot less. Ol' W will tell you how
great things are because unemployment is lower than in the Clinton
years. The problem is the average wage is down, way down. Computer
programmers working at McDonalds is not a sign of a successful economy,
Mr. President. Oh, by the way, in case anyone missed the news recently,
half of the president's cabinet has resigned. I won't have Ashcroft
to kick around anymore, and I am a poorer man because of it. The
big issue during Bush's second term will be his appointment of a
new Chief Justice, and whether he will make an attempt to overturn
Roe v. Wade. You asked for Bronze Age morality folks, now you've
got it. It's like we're in a time machine going backwards. I'd rather
just watch Back to the Future. |
| July 10, 2004 1:25pm |
| It's been a long time since I updated this page,
and I can't tell you it's because there hasn't been much going on
in politics. To the contrary, John Kerry has finally selected a
running mate in John Edwards, a fine choice that should help Kerry
with the southern states. Of course, I predicted all this back in
early March (see post below), so was it really necessary for me
to update when my predictions were confirmed? My next prediction
is that Bush will not select Dick Cheney as his running mate. Cheney
is involved in too many scandals right now, including a possible
conflict of interest in giving out rebuilding contracts in Iraq
and the likelihood that he let his oil buddies help form the administrations
energy policy (these meetings are the ones that Cheney has gone
to great lengths, including Supreme Court battles, to keep out of
public view). If the American people ever knew what went on in those
energy policy meetings they would be dragging Cheney out into the
streets. Of course, it's very unlikely that our president was not
also involved in these scandals as well, unless you subscribe to
the theory that he gets dropped off at day-care while Cheney runs
the country throughout the day. I will probably add an update to
this page during or after the Democratic National Convention in
Boston. In the meantime, check out this awesome
non-partisan website that has just about every presidential
TV commercial ever made. |
| March 2, 2004 1:48am |
| The Democratic primaries are all but over now as
Super Tuesday has passed and Kerry did what he was expected to do:
destroy Edwards and all the other candidates. Dean did manage to
win his own state of Vermont, his first and only win in the primaries.
The political advertisement season has now descended upon us, with
the President's massive war chest putting ads up against his poorer
opponents. MoveOn.org will help out the liberal candidates with
their anti-Bush ads, but their budget is in the low millions. The
key to a Democrat winning the White House in November will be grassroots
campaigning. Bush has many more rich supporters willing to donate
$2000 each to his campaign, so the Democrats will have to counter
that with thousands of supporters hitting the streets and going
door-to-door. Kids won't have to be "Clean for Gene" but
rather "Merry for Kerry" (hey, look at the time, do you
really expect something better than that?). By the way, I predict
Kerry picks Edwards for his running mate, creating the John-John
ticket. Wesley Clark would probably be the better choice, but Edwards
looks like he should be a Kennedy (and a future president). |
| January 29, 2004 3:06am |
| Well, I think we all witnessed the Dean disaster in Iowa, and
then the subsequent collapse in New Hampshire. Make no doubt about
it, John Kerry will be the democratic nominee, barring any Robert
Kennedy-like tragedies. I saw Ann Coulter bashing Kerry today on
Fox News (who else would let her on TV?). I found it quite amusing
to see her knocking Kerry for being a "gigalo" (referring
to the fact that he married an heir to the Heinz ketchup fortune),
and yet she has no problem with the fact that our current president
has career earnings in the negative millions of dollars. He was
completely supported by Daddy, despite the fact that he has continually
cost the family BIG money. He hasn't had a single successful business
venture, and the business of our country has been no different.
Ann Coulter is book-smart, but she does not write books for smart
people. She infuriates some but somehow appeals to others through
her callous and insensitivity. On the plus side, she has a rockin'
body. |
| December 29, 2003 3:06am |
| Looks like Howard
Dean is a little tired of being kicked around. Now he's asking
the head of the democratic party to step in and ease the relentless
attacks coming from his rivals (who are we kidding, it's mostly
coming from John Kerry, who is still steamed about Dean stealing
this nomination away from him). Give it a rest Kerry, if you stop
now you might be able to salvage a position as Dean's running mate,
although I think Wesley Clark would make a much better choice, as
he could pull a lot of votes from "military Republicans"
and those undecided in the center. |
| December 28, 2003 11:43pm |
| A report out today claims that President Bush is still eating
beef despite the Mad Cow scare, although he has shown symptoms of
the brain-wasting disease for the past decade. |
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