Point & Counterpoint

Courtesy of the RNC, here are some highlights (or low lights, depending on your viewpoint) of what the false face of the GOP will be saying.
Up first is that darling of liberal fantasists everywhere, John McCain.

Heart and Honor

I’m slowly getting used to living a normal life again. I’ve been relaxing these last few days, running errands and getting the place ready for the future Mrs. Arkhangel to come over from Boston.
Along those lines, I stopped by local Democratic HQ to check on my voter registration, and get information on the local candidates. [...]

Truth & Consequences

Well, I should be leaving Iraq tomorrow morning, God willing. Wish me luck.
And as a parting post before I leave this tragic land, I bring you Richard Clarke. As many of you know, Clarke was the chief counter-terrorism advisor to the White House. Reputedly, he delivered a brief to the President predicting the September 11 [...]

Secrets and Lies

This is what the Bush/Cheney ‘04 campaign boils down to:

Courtesy of Matthew Baldwin.

The War Bloc

Kevin Drum links to Glenn Reynolds, who in turn links to Michael Totten.
And just what is the cause of this linkage? Reynolds is fretting that the President is so successful at the War on Terror that people will think it’s over and vote based on other issues (like, say, the economy), and thus cost him [...]

The Liberal Choice in 2004

It’s over.

John Kerry swept the country, from coast to coast and north to south. He’s your 2004 Democratic nominee for President, and on Tuesday night, delivered a classy acceptance speech, thanking my John (Edwards) and Howard Dean (who finally won a primary, taking Vermont’s in a walk).
Let’s hope that this is the [...]

A Wedge of this, A Wedge of that…

I wrote a long post about how gay marriage isn’t really a wedge issue, but more of a red herring, designed to lure your attention from the record of non-accomplishment that is the Bush Administration.
But then the computer froze, and took my post with it. Such is life.
Look, if you want to talk [...]

Leading By Example

I was talking with some people last night, while working, and the Bush AWOL story came up. We tossed it about some, and what I ended up realizing is this:
It doesn’t really matter, strictly speaking, whether Bush joined the National Guard, or the Air Force–that is, the quantity of his service.
What matters is the quality [...]

The Tale of the Tape: Bush’s Economic Disaster

The Tale of the Tape: Bush’s Economic Disaster
3,000,000: The amount of jobs America has lost since Bush took office.
1,000,000: The amount of jobs that have been sent overseas since Bush took office.
50% Higher: How much health care costs have increased since Bush took office.
33% Higher: How much unemployment has increased since Bush took office.
$35,000: How [...]

Questions of Service

I’m not going to comment much on the President’s National Guard service during Vietnam. Others, like Kevin Drum, have done an outsanding job of documenting what’s going on.
There’s two points that I do want to make, though.
First, what’s the President hiding? Maybe there’s nothing in his records. But the longer he takes in keeping [...]