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October 30, 2004

Pre-election whining

I wondered when some aggrieved protestor was going to start whining about Bush campaigning in "blue" states. After all, in September many of them expressed the opinion that Republicans were not welcome in New York (as though there were no Republicans here to begin with), and at the March 2003 antiwar march, they yelled at us Protest Warriors, "Get off our streets!" (as though we didn't pay NYC tax for infrastructure maintenance).

Today in Minneapolis:

Several dozen Kerry supporters protested Bush's appearance on the sidewalks across from Target Center, noting that Minneapolis is traditionally Democratic territory. "You just can't come to Minneapolis," said Shane Kinney. "It's our city - it's not OK for Bush to come here and ask for more votes. It's our city."

Mommy, it's not faaaaiiiiirrrr!

Judith | 10/30/04 at 11:18 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Blog roundup

The original group of LGF aficionados in New York City which gathered two years ago at Katz' Deli has mushroomed into a loose affiliation of liberal pro-Bush bloggers, Republican activists, and independent-minded folk who get together once in a while to do fun things like watch presidential debates, eat Chinese food, and see Team America.

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Judith | 10/30/04 at 10:05 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Around the blogosphere

October 29, 2004

Apikorus

*Sigh* Just read it. (In case you haven't connected the dots, that's this guy.) (via Protocols)

Judith | 10/29/04 at 02:35 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Iraqis speak

Those of us who read blogs are used to hearing the many different opinions coming out of Iraq (links to over 40 Iraqi blogs in the sidebar), but now there is a new venue for Iraqis to speak to the American people.

Voices of Iraq is a new documentary opening today in many cities. You can view clips from the film on the website - I found them riveting.

Tell all your friends to see the documentary, but the website alone, with its video clips, should be widely publicized to counteract the antiwar propaganda which depends on painting all Iraqis as worse off than under Saddam and hating our guts.

Spread the URL far and wide.

UPDATE: Iraqis speak to pollsters about their preferences for our presidential election, with some interesting results.

Judith | 10/29/04 at 02:14 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Iraq

An agonized Bush endorsement

Megan McArdle finally makes up her mind, and delivers the best refutation to the Sullivans and Jarvises and Adesniks and Pines who hope against all evidence that their guy will be an interventionist hawk when it counts:

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Judith | 10/29/04 at 01:57 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

In this election anything is fair game

The British medical journal The Lancet just published a report online estimating Iraqi deaths attributable to the invasion at 100,000. This is much higher even than Iraq Body Count, whose methodology has been severely critiqued.

The report was rushed to publication so it would appear right before the US election.

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Judith | 10/29/04 at 01:15 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

October 28, 2004

Yet more unlikely Bush voters

More unlikely Bush voters here, here, and here.

Jay Nordlinger collects anecdotes from beleaguered Bush voters in Dem country, on wearing or not wearing buttons. (Scroll down.) Example:

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Judith | 10/28/04 at 07:10 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Two Jews, three opinions on Bush and Kerry

Previous Jews for Bush entries here, here, here, here, and here, and click back from there too.

More unlikely Bush voters here, here, and here.

Wow. I thought I was keeping up with all the "liberal Jews for Bush" and "why Jews should vote for Bush" stories, but Aaron has the motherlode. (But I have more individual anecdotes.)

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Judith | 10/28/04 at 09:50 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Random campaign tidbits

Keep your eye on the Horserace Blog.

Track Bush and Kerry travel to swing-states with this nifty chart.

Bush-Cheney bumper sticker sightings in . . . wait for it . . . Berkeley CA?

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Judith | 10/28/04 at 07:59 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

October 27, 2004

The end of an era, soon

The Arafat resume, with links.

Arafat goes to a fortune teller and asks: "On what day will I die?" The fortune teller said: "It will be on a Jewish Holiday." Arafat said: "Which one? Rosh Hashanah? Passover?" The fortune teller said: "I do not know, but what ever day you die, that day will be a Jewish Holiday."

Lileks:

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Judith | 10/27/04 at 11:00 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Nope, no antisemitism here, move along Dept.

In our last entirely predictable installment, we reported on the selective "social activism" of the Presbyterians, which tracks closely with the preferences of the Arab bloc at the UN. William Sjostrom notes some related "Church folks" activities, including speculations by one George Hunsinger of the Princeton Theological Seminarythat Saddam didn't really gas the Kurds. (Insert aghastness at latest Rowen Williams pronouncement here.)

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Judith | 10/27/04 at 10:38 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Divestment watch

Greetings from sunny Florida!

An optimistic analysis of the Florida electorate (if you're voting for Bush, that is).

Like many Manhattanites, one-man Bush outreach dervish Ray Agostini wants to make a difference in a swing state. Since he spends winters in Florida anyway, Ray took his campaign table to the condos of Delray, where he reports from the heart of the battleground. Over to you, Ray:

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Judith | 10/27/04 at 09:57 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Get out the vote

The election is 8 days away. The best way to express our convictions is to close the browser, turn off the computer, put on our walking shoes, and GET OUT THE VOTE.

If you want to elect Bush, volunteer for the final 72 hours campaign. Get out the phone book or call information and call your local GOP office. As Captain Ed says:

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Judith | 10/27/04 at 08:49 AM | 8 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

October 26, 2004

No bias here, nope, nothing to see, move along

So now you know what filter you need to parse any kind of news and editorial content from Slate, right? Do you expect the rest of the mainstream media to be any different? Always triangulate, say I.

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Judith | 10/26/04 at 10:33 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Blog roundup

Congrats to Stephen Sensing, new US Marine!

Shark reports a bipartisan blog bash in Seattle.

Dave Winer refused to shake my hand because I'm a Republican. He also told me that he'd be more comfortable with the Iranian mullahs possessing nuclear weapons than with George W. Bush possessing nuclear weapons. Yes, he really said that.

Good ole Seattle. . . .

Latest news on the Avrechs' publishing projects. And if you aren't reading Seraphic Secret you are missing out. That's all I'm going to say.

Congrats to Tony Woodlief, whose third son was born a month ago.

Mary explains how to handle terrorists, using an anecdote from her college dorm years.

Judith | 10/26/04 at 04:10 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Around the blogosphere

October 26, 2004

Jews for Bush coming out of the woodwork Dept.

Previous collection of liberal Jews for Bush anecdotes and news stories, and links to other entries here. This is not a particularly savory analogy given some historical antisemitic stereotypes, but here goes: There's a rule of thumb that for . . . more »

Judith | 10/26/04 at 02:14 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

The Hanoi John meme

This has the potential to be much more damaging to Kerry than that UN story, which is as mind-numbingly wonky in its details as any of Kerry's speeches. Kerry's propaganda value to the Viet Cong is old news to those . . . more »

Judith | 10/26/04 at 07:14 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

More unlikely Bush voters

I like to put the stories about Jewish liberals for Bush together, since this is a Jewish blog and that concept is such a shock to many preconceptions. Here are a few representatives from other, um, not exactly ethnicities, . . . more »

Judith | 10/26/04 at 07:12 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

October 25, 2004

Latest liberal Jews for Bush

The over-the-top Club for Growth ad everyone is talking about was made by the latest liberal Hollywood Jew for Bush: . . . more »

Judith | 10/25/04 at 09:58 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

October 24, 2004

Coming down to the wire

Frequently updated site for news on voter fraud, vandalism, and intimidation. Run your own electoral vote scenarios! Daily poll compliation. The twelve tribes of American politics.Using data from the Pew Religion Forum (see full study) and the Ray K . . . more »

Judith | 10/24/04 at 10:39 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

October 23, 2004

Osama is dead and why we pretend he isn't

I've said before that Roger Simon has the most interesting comment threads in the blogosphere. Now, on the internet no one knows you're a dog. Or a conniving Rove operative. Or an Iraqi. Or an ex-Navy SEAL. Or al-Zarqawi . . . more »

Judith | 10/23/04 at 11:23 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: WWIV

With friends like these . . . .

Two thirds of Oxblog have decided to vote for Kerry, and their defenses of Kerry remind me once again why I am voting for Bush. For example, Josh writes: . . . more »

Judith | 10/23/04 at 09:21 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Time for more cool stuff

An occasional feature on Kesher Talk, this is where I link to random very interesting sites and information. Most of these links have been sitting in the bookmark folder for so long I don't remember where I got them, . . . more »

Judith | 10/23/04 at 08:26 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Amazing things

October 22, 2004

It's a helluva town

Thursday was one of those nights when too many cool events were happening and I couldn't attend them all. Scott blogged one I missed, conservative punk Michael Graves: . . . more »

Judith | 10/22/04 at 04:47 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: NYC

When the going gets weird, the weird get going

Who ever thought that liberal peacenik American Jews would wage a prayer battle with Israeli haredi Jews for the life and health of Ariel Sharon? This was an email from my synagogue in Austin: . . . more »

William | 10/22/04 at 04:04 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: Eretz Yisrael

Nope, no antisemitism here Dept.

Meryl has the links to the latest Presbyterian outrage, and the latest nasty noises from Israel's neighbors. Eugene Volokh has a survey of "Human Rights Advocacy in the Mainline Protestant Churches (2000-2003)." According to this report:. . . criticisms . . . more »

Judith | 10/22/04 at 02:00 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Divestment watch

October 19, 2004

More unlikely Bush voters

After ABC's The Note said they knew of no former Gore voters switching to Bush this year, they were deluged with email, and I collected many personal testimonials. Since then I have met and read many more. Now the . . . more »

Judith | 10/19/04 at 03:34 PM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Random campaign related stuff

You may have heard about Al-Guardian's touchingly naive project to influence the election by encouraging their audience of lefty Brits to target undecided voters in a crucial county in Ohio with pleading letters to vote for Kerry. They even . . . more »

Judith | 10/19/04 at 08:02 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

October 18, 2004

Yet more Jewish liberals for Bush

Previous entries here, here, here, and here. This entry also has many testimonials from former Democrats/liberals, not necessarily Jewish. Well, this one's a "sort of." It's what you do when you are not ready to break ranks like Zell . . . more »

Judith | 10/18/04 at 11:50 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Campaign humor

I can't face more fact-checking right now. (You can find links to fanatical fact-check sites here.) But I could use some funnies. No matter your position, John Kerry agrees with you! An audio parody ad. Regular Guys for Bush . . . more »

Judith | 10/18/04 at 08:35 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Do you want these folks deciding who runs the country?

See, this election isn't really about issues. Issues are boring. Issues are so 2002. It's about lifestyle, dude. . . . more »

Judith | 10/18/04 at 08:53 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

October 17, 2004

Girls girls girls

. . . more »

Judith | 10/17/04 at 10:55 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

October 16, 2004

More Jewish liberals for Bush Dept.

If you haven't yet read the essay I posted for a friend on Command Post, Why This Lifelong Jewish Liberal is Voting Republican, don't wait any longer. It is passionate and eloquent, and is causing a lot of discussion . . . more »

Judith | 10/16/04 at 08:08 PM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Blog roundup

No better hip daddy than Iowahawk to commemorate the passing of Russ Meyer. You can now buy Fletch's luscious photos of the Smokies, the Rockies, and funky central Texas. Real Live Preacher notes the characters who congregate around a . . . more »

Judith | 10/16/04 at 07:54 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Around the blogosphere

October 14, 2004

The violent death of Blogger

Sorry for the absence. I couldn't post for 6 days. I don't know if the problem was at the Hosting Matters end or the Blogger end, but I do know this: I submitted my first help ticket on Sunday, . . . more »

Judith | 10/14/04 at 08:02 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: Tedious details

Get out the vote

As we come down to the wire, the best way to express our convictions is to close the browser, turn off the computer, put on our walking shoes, and GET OUT THE VOTE. For those of us who want . . . more »

Judith | 10/14/04 at 07:53 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

The annual fall migration of the ISM

It's October, and long time Kesher Talk readers know what that means. No, I'm not talking about crisp fall days, flame-colored leaves, or the World Series. I'm talking about . . . The annual ISM Conference! That's right, the . . . more »

Judith | 10/14/04 at 03:07 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Wackademia

October 12, 2004

One more time: Anyone but Kerry

Rick Richman takes issue with Kerry's idea about what happened during the final "negotiations" between Arafat and Barak, at the formerly sleepy resort town of Taba, and extrapolates on what that says about Kerry's approach to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian dispute: . . . more »

Judith | 10/12/04 at 10:46 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

October 11, 2004

Live From NYC: A Republican!

I've posted before about Ray Agostini's Bush campaign table, in the heart of midtown Manhattan. Although I volunteered several weekends and met a great bunch of folks, I missed the Saturday when comedian Julie Goren staffed the table. She . . . more »

Judith | 10/11/04 at 03:03 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

October 10, 2004

The sum of all fears

In case you had begun to convince yourself that Kerry wasn't going to be another Jimmy Carter, an article in the NYTimes Magazine will give you a reality check. It begins with a description of John Kerry on the . . . more »

Judith | 10/10/04 at 08:59 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

October 09, 2004

The blogosphere fact-checks some asses again

Previous debate fact-checking here and here. First, a brief interruption for some polls: Bush is way ahead according to CNN. ElectoralVote.com has Kerry ahead for the first time in a month. Slate's EV projection shows Bush still leading but . . . more »

Judith | 10/09/04 at 08:26 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Taba

Simchat Torah is the glorious culmination of a week of what is supposed to be unadulterated joy and relaxation at completing the hard work of self-examination and teshuvah of Ellul and the Yamim Noraim. Of course (and it is . . . more »

Judith | 10/09/04 at 08:13 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Chagim

Coalition News

We just dodged a bullet. The Australians get it, thank God.A key ally in the Global War on Terror, Australia, has just returned John Howard to power in an election that the press predicted to be close, but which in . . . more »

Judith | 10/09/04 at 06:35 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Pacific Rim

October 06, 2004

Erev Shemini Atzeret

Gotta remember to light another yahrzeit candle. . . . Last year's posts for for Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, and subjecting my unsuspecting aunt to 6 hours of frenzied singing and dancing. William discovers the adult joys of . . . more »

Judith | 10/06/04 at 04:07 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Chagim

The blogosphere fact-checks John Edward's ass

(Fact-checking John Kerry's debating ass here.) What Paul Bremer really said. More here. Group smackdown from the generals, plus Bremer himself: . . . more »

Judith | 10/06/04 at 03:17 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

More on violent intimidation

Roundup of links to some of the news stories, plus this and this and this. And a bit more of a grey area if one believes certain protest groups have a "right" to banish counter-protestors, but in any case physical . . . more »

Judith | 10/06/04 at 01:23 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

October 05, 2004

Going to the candidates' debate

Part I is here. Just a reminder that you can find links to major polls and electoral college vote projections here. I expect Bush's lead to widen after the debate tonight. . . . more »

Judith | 10/05/04 at 04:56 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

The last chance to slip through the gates

Last Saturday, the Shabbat of Sukkot we chanted Kohelet, and a year and a half ago I dug up quite a few links on that megillah when I was hosting "Carnival of the Vanities" and wanted to milk the . . . more »

Judith | 10/05/04 at 03:22 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Chagim

Three views of the VP candidate, by three very opinonated people

In time for tonight's debate. Hitch:A couple of years ago I wrote a profile of Sen. John Edwards for Vanity Fair and decided that he is a good man who is in politics for good reasons. He voted for . . . more »

Judith | 10/05/04 at 01:56 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

October 02, 2004

Way more way cool stuff

From World Changing: The Face of Tomorrow. Beautiful composites of hundreds of portraits taken in certain cities, that express the result of their racial and ethnic mixing. Forgotten New York: the trolleys, the signs, the cemeteries, the streets . . . . more »

Judith | 10/02/04 at 09:54 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Amazing things

Debate funnies

"I will not wilt. I have never wilted." A dead-on parody of the debate. Like the JibJab animation, it is an equal-opportunity roaster. Iowahawk unearths a late unlamented TV Western: . . . more »

Judith | 10/02/04 at 09:17 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

The blogosphere factchecks John Kerry's ass

Thursday night after the debate, Eric said that it was well-known that Kerry's debating style was to just make shit up. This would explain why Bush didn't try to respond to most of it, and just stuck to his . . . more »

Judith | 10/02/04 at 08:13 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Debate effects

Bush is down to 61 on Intrade, and about 63 on the Iowa Markets. Bush is still way ahead on the Electoral Vote Projection map. A Newsweek poll says Bush's lead has evaporated. Rasmussen shows Bush slightly ahead. Lots . . . more »

Judith | 10/02/04 at 07:54 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

October 01, 2004

Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon, going to the candidates' debate . . .

Last night I watched the debate with the NYC Metropolitan Republican Club, a slightly yuppy Upper East Side institution populated last night with various libertarian geeks, party hacks, and campaign grrls to cheer Bush on a large screen TV. . . . more »

Judith | 10/01/04 at 03:50 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Blog roundup

The Third Annual Boobie-thon begins today. Make a donation to cure breast cancer and enjoy pulchritudinous photos at the same time. (More male eye-candy, please!) Mildly related: Nicky and Paris Hilton, the later years. Just what the blogosphere needed - . . . more »

Judith | 10/01/04 at 03:34 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Around the blogosphere