9/25/2004

15 Comments

1. If one needs any further evidence of MSM bias, it’s that they spend inordinate amounts of energy, air-time and ink nit-picking the National Guard record of Mr. Bush (”The Draft Dodger”)– who long ago signed a form DD-180 releasing all of his military records, and yet never ever question why Mr. Kerry (”The War Hero”)refuses to do the same thing. Just imagine the MSM reaction if the situation was reversed. And never mind that Mr. Kerry has also refused to release all of his tax returns. Nuff said.

   Comment by The Old Coot — 9/25/2004 @ 10:30 am

2. Actally he didn’t sign a Form 180, but he did issue an executive order authorizing release of all records. It is, in effect, signing a 180, but literally, it is not. It amounts to the same thing though.

   Comment by kimsch — 9/25/2004 @ 11:47 am

3. Apple pie. With chocolate ice cream.

   Also, getting rid of a hurricane so we can return to Chicago tomorrow.

   Comment by Patrick — 9/25/2004 @ 3:02 pm

4. kimsch: Thanks for the correction. Three televised debates; will anyone there ask Mr. Kerry why he will not release his military records?

   Comment by The Old Coot — 9/25/2004 @ 3:38 pm

5. How’d your trial go?

   Comment by julie — 9/25/2004 @ 4:49 pm

6. USC is losing to Stanfurd.

   Given that I hate both football teams, I’m hoping for a meteor strike.

   Comment by The Angry Clam — 9/25/2004 @ 6:20 pm

7. Re: The famous quote that the press is worth 15 pts to Kerry in the election.

   If Kerry LOSES this election it will ALSO be the press’s fault. They didn’t vet him during the primaries, the didn’t research his Vietnam claims, they didn’t innoculate the voters against his Senate voting record, and on and on. They gave Kerry (and all the other Democratic Primary contenders) a pass, because ANYONE, indeed EVERYONE, was better than Bush.

   If Kerry loses, it’s because the press gave him a pass and he burned himself. The press treated him with kid gloves and the Blog Republic ripped him to shreds everytime he made a mistake.

   Legitimate criticism from the beginning by the press wouldn’t have killed Kerry, it would have made him stronger.

   Just my $.02

   Comment by Jim — 9/25/2004 @ 6:50 pm

8. Re: The famous quote that the press is worth 15 pts to Kerry in the election.

   If Kerry LOSES this election it will ALSO be the press’s fault. They didn’t vet him during the primaries, the didn’t research his Vietnam claims, they didn’t innoculate the voters against his Senate voting record, and on and on. They gave Kerry (and all the other Democratic Primary contenders) a pass, because ANYONE, indeed EVERYONE, was better than Bush.

   If Kerry loses, it’s because the press gave him a pass and he burned himself. The press treated him with kid gloves and the Blog Republic ripped him to shreds everytime he made a mistake.

   Legitimate criticism from the beginning by the press wouldn’t have killed Kerry, it would have made him stronger.

   Just my $.02

   (Go Stanford!)

   Comment by Jim — 9/25/2004 @ 6:51 pm

9. At one time I would have agreed with you, but now I’m convinced Kerry would kill himself in any case. He’s the single most inept campaigner I’ve ever seen, and I’ve got a few miles on this chassis.

   Comment by antimedia — 9/25/2004 @ 7:13 pm

10. If the Democrats _do_ implode to the point that Nader runs second in some states… What’s the name of the new party going to be?

    Comment by Al — 9/25/2004 @ 8:34 pm

11. I find this LAT article interesting. Poisoning the jury pool (public) by implying Thornburgh has an axe to grind. The Rove-Thornburgh connection is mentioned almost ominously. How’s that possible given the fact that Rove sued (and won) Thornburgh? They didn’t mention it!

    http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-cbs25sep25,1,641872.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

    Comment by MaDr — 9/25/2004 @ 8:51 pm

12. Is it too early to start cutting through the BS and hype about the California ballot? With all the “do you vote yea or nay on the proposition to cease the reckless pursuit of the negation of public law 12345?” measures, I’m considering the possibility of hiring an attorney to sort through the damned thing.

    God knows I won’t get the straight story from my local partisan rag — the San Jose Mercury News — but it’s not like I’ll get anything more accurate out of the SF Chronicle, LA Times, or SacBee.

    Maybe we need a separate ballot discussion area so we can fact-check in parallel, I don’t know. I just know that I’ve got about a month to figure this thing out.

    Comment by cthulhu — 9/25/2004 @ 10:14 pm

13. Julie,

    Thanks for asking.

    It continued on the defense’s motion.

    Comment by Patterico — 9/25/2004 @ 11:08 pm

14. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=11&u=/ap/20040926/ap_on_en_tv/tv_cbs_fallout

    AP Links to Rathergate.com under “On the web” along CBSnews.com - how did that one slip through?

    Comment by j. fredd muggs — 9/26/2004 @ 2:12 pm

15. Which executive order released his records?

    I looked through them all and I cannot find it:

    http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/executive_orders/wbush_subjects.html

    Comment by Jim Ausman — 10/27/2004 @ 3:57 pm

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