ROCK THE VOTE REPORTS THAT IT HAS HELPED REGISTER more than 1,000,000 new young voters in the country. While it is true that America’s elder citizens outweigh youthful voters at the polls, there is some evidence that greater election curiosity is stirring among students and young people. EasytoVote.
CHALMERS JOHNSON PROVIDES A POWERFUL TEMPLATE FOR ATTACKING representatives in Congress who have escaped the gravity of constituent concerns and have flown upward into the care of lobbyists and special interests.
TODAY BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, DONALD RUMSFELD backed off the assertions of an active link between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda.
MICHAEL MOORE STATES THAT HE WAS OFFERED FRAUDULENT KILLIAN DOCUMENTS by the same source who provided them to CBS News while Moore was making Farenheit 9/11 and rejected them. Speaking Sunday evening at the University of Central Arkansas, Moore was asked during Q&A about the “Dan Rather story.
JOSHUA MICAH MARSHALL BROKE THE STORY ON CARL CAMERON’S contrived John Kerry comments which were posted on Fox News‘ website. However, Eric Lictblau of the New York Times in his report on the fabricated Kerry posting says nothing of Joshua Marshall’s investigation or his reporting.
THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE ‘ADMONISHES’ TOM DELAY FOR 2ND TIME in five years. According to the Washington Post‘s Charles Babington: The report’s conclusion marked the second time in five years that the ethics committee has chastised DeLay.
KERRY WORE A RED TIE. BUSH WORE BLUE. The phrase, “War on Terror,” was mentioned 17 times — 7 by Kerry and 10 by Bush, although Bush’s references were frequently repeated in a single sentence. Bush said his job is “hard work” 11 times.
I JUST GOT BACK FROM WATCHING THE DEBATE WITH JAMES FALLOWS, Deborah Fallows, Michael Lind, Peter Bergen, Jenny Buntman, Andrew Oros, Deborah Fallows, Ted Halstead and about 40 other people. Josh Marshall has an interesting quick reaction to the debate, untainted by hearing the views of commentators.
THE PROJECTED ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE HAS ACTUALLY NARROWED. I check out www.Electoral-Vote.com as often as possible as the proprietor of the site has excellent commentary on the latest polls as well as very informed commentary on the increasing unreliability of these polls.
I HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE LIKE JAMES WOOLSEY who rake in the bucks from a war they helped promote while soldiers risk everything on behalf of their country.