A music video to
really annoy Dubya-haters with.
Polling suggests that Americans
have become less convinced since 1996 that the US Federal government should promote moral values. US politics consists of two sides who periodically accuse the other of “not getting” the American Revolution and who are both correct.
Data on American public opinion
collected during WWII.
Analysis thereof.
The US enlisted
largely reflect American attitudes, but their officers are more conserative.
About the CIA
and its performance.
Kos versus TNR-who have
humour on their side. Catching out Paul Krugman
being economical with history again. With so much to criticise Dubya on, why lie? (Because he has to be irredeemably evil, of course.)
Some
pointed thoughts about what ails the mainstream media: But what about the larger issue of stories that don’t get covered at all because of the unexamined assumptions of those who decide even counts as news?. And
also: it is not in how stories are reported. It is in what stories are ignored and the editorial "values" implicit in those daily choices. The NYT
confirms the problem.
Illegal immigrants are fleeing largely lawless societies while helping to make their host
more of one. Political partisanship and voter hostility to illegal immigrants will
likely mean no immigration bill this year: "The discussion is how to put the Democrats in a box without attacking the president," said one aide, speaking on condition of anonymity. As Andrew Sullivan
points out, no wonder Congress’s approval rankings are so low.
Attempts to
revive and broaden the Dems.
More. Why the Republicans
keep winning the politics of Iraq: Democrats keep hoping that the elections can be framed as a referendum on the Bush policy, and Republicans keep reminding the public that elections are a choice, not a referendum..
More. How the Dems
could do (much) better on Iraq. Expressing
the dilemma that polls suggest a lot of Americans feel: Someone tell me please: what are sensible people to do? I can’t be the only one who feels trapped between the unprincipled and the psychotic. Predicting
a Republican debacle.
Polling suggests that the Dems will indeed save the Republicans from the electoral kicking they deserve come November. About
the exhaustion of the Dems.
Hilary has a much higher No vote
in a poll than the two Republican frontrunners. Jeb Bush’s No polling was even higher. Arguing for Al Gore as the Dems
best bet in 08.