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I think Round One went to Bush by default. Most pundits, and I agree with them, felt Kerry desperately needed to define a lot of his positions, something he has failed to do with his candidacy. Although I think he made efforts to do so, they were once again very generic recommendations, some [...]

Tags: 2004 Presidential Election

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I’ve written my thoughts here:
In brief summary: draft, Cocco, Jacob Levich, anti-Bush, anti-draft, Rather biased attack on Bush.
Rather seems to be having a major problem with documentation lately.

Technorati Tags: 2004 Presidential Election, The Media

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved an emergency loan of $436m (£232m) to Iraq, the first from an international organisation. The IMF hopes the loan will act as a catalyst for more international economic aid, including debt relief……
It’s about time the international community is making any effort to help stabilize Iraq. There [...]

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Man, this is getting ridiculous. Why do I keep repeating the same names here? I mean, there are other elections going on, but you’d think Dan Rather was running for something as often as his name appears here. Count the times I mention George Bush, count Dan Rather. Bush is just [...]

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I’m just gonna borrow this snippet from polipundit.com.
DIANE SAWYER: Was the war in Iraq worth it?
JOHN KERRY: We should not have gone to war knowing the information that we know today.
DS: So it was not worth it.
JK: We should not it depends on the outcome ultimately and that depends on the leadership. And [...]

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Think of it this way:

OR:

Now, which would you rather look at for four years?

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Kidnapped Italian women freed in Iraq
Abducted CNN producer released
Crude Prices Hover Near $50; Saudis to Hike Capacity
Coincedence? Or is it truly all about oil?

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I have found the absolutely unequestionably the best political website of this election. Babes for Bush, thanks in part to Powerline. This is a somewhat quirky site that references recipes and selling stuff. But, what it did do is inspire others to join the chant of “babes for Bush”, notably this gal [...]

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The Volokh Conspiracy has respectfully asked the “hawks” three questions, and wants to link to the answers, so, thanks to filling me by Hedonstix, I think I’ll take a stab at it.
So here’s a little experiment in blogospheric dialogue. I would like members of the hawkish side of the blogosphere to post responses on their [...]

Tags: International Politics

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The killer of Daniel Pearl was killed yesterday in Paksitan:
Amjad Hussain Farooqi, also accused in two attempts on the life of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in December 2003, died in a four-hour shootout Sunday at a house in the southern town of Nawabshah. Two or three other men, one of them an Islamic cleric, were [...]

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