Yearly Archives: 2004

Today, David Brooks describes how the CIA has been insubordinate to George Bush: “A president simply cannot allow a department or agency to go into campaign season opposition and then pay no price for it. If that happens, employees of … Continue reading →

Before I forget, here’s today’s counter agit-prop: “I will never give the UN a veto over our national security, and I will never give the World Trade Organization a veto over our economic security.” Really, Shrum et al., how hard … Continue reading →

Why can’t the Democrats say these two phrases: 1) they are for the free market, we are for the work ethic 2) the fruits of labor should not be sacrificed upon the altar of capital (and this has a subtle … Continue reading →

The more I think about it, the Democrats are screwed on the whole taxes issue. First, the Republicans have successfully tagged the Democrats as tax-and-spend. Now, Bush is talking about “tax reform” (anytime Bush mentions “reform”, grab your wallet and … Continue reading →

Here’s an interesting observation from Talking points memo: The oddity of this Red State moralism argument emerges most clearly when you look at statistics for virtually every form of quantifiable social dysfunction. Divorce, out-of-wedlock birth, poverty, murder, incidence of preventable … Continue reading →

All over the web, newspapers and other media, Democrats are offering all sorts of ideas of what’s wrong with the Democratic party (Slate has a good roundup of these opinions). I’m reminded of when a basketball team loses by one … Continue reading →