November 24, 2004

Jews and the GOP

From The New Republic six weeks before the election. I think Bush's Jewish strategy played out as described here:

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November 21, 2004

More Jews and liberals for Bush

An Israeli tells it straight.

Another liberal mugged by 9-11, tells his story. Very similar to mine, except I was more exercised about the 2000 election than he was.

From Roger Simon's comments:

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November 10, 2004

Conspiracy theory Dept.

Soneone with lots of money and familiarity with hedge funds seems to be manipulating oil futures. Someone with a similar profile manipulated the electronic markets predicting the election, the week before the election. Hmmm, I wonder who that could be . . . . and is there any way to find out for sure?

UPDATE: More.

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Yet more morning after musings

The 7-11 coffee-cup poll:

"Our popular vote was absolutely right on," Jim Keyes, the chain's head honcho, told the Dallas Morning News. "We sell a million cups of coffee every day, so our sample size was huge."

I wonder why I never got this chain email about Texas seceding if Kerry won. I'm from Texas and I am still on a huge Austin listserv. Well, anyway, it's a cute chain email.

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Judith | 11/10/04 at 11:19 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

November 09, 2004

Closet Bush voters in the world community

From the comment thread of a respectable reassessesment by John Perry Barlow:

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November 07, 2004

More morning after musings

Maps showing the Democratic/Republican split by population rather than area. States and counties are resized to show population density, which makes the maps look weird, but give a vividly visual understanding of what the electorate did on Tuesday. A good corrective to the overwhelmingly red county map, with more information than this also good map.

More stats:

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Judith | 11/07/04 at 11:41 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

November 06, 2004

How not to win hearts and minds

Depressed New Yorkers muse on the bigoted dumbness of the heartland. Bewildered San Franciscans and Portlandians muse on the bigoted dumbness of the heartland. Some of them rouse themselves from their grief to protest against bigoted dumbness too. Some of them apologize for not convincing swing voters that they are anything but losers. The Democrats pout.

Us Bush voters - especially us non-Republican, non-conservative Bush voters - have tons of advice for you once your week of shiva is over.

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Judith | 11/06/04 at 09:10 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

November 04, 2004

The morning after: The Jewish vote

Alison Kaplan-Sommer wrote a few months ago about her conflicted vote, as an American and an Israeli. She's still conflicted:

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Judith | 11/04/04 at 11:14 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

November 03, 2004

A lazy Wednesday evening election mop-up

Karol says:

Young people don't vote. They have never voted. They will never vote. Even when you threaten them with death. Even when Eminem makes a 'cool' video about it. Even when they're lied to and told that they'll get drafted. Counting on the young vote (or, really, 'new' voters of any age) is just about the worst strategy for any campaign.

How about all these Kenyon College students standing for hours in the rain last night?

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Judith | 11/03/04 at 11:33 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Antisemitism watch

Palestinian students attack Republican students, at - you guessed it - our old friend San Francisco State U.

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Judith | 11/03/04 at 06:55 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

The morning after

Relieved. Exhausted.

Spent all afternoon and early evening in Hackensack NJ calling voters and watching nerve-wracking TV pundits, along with my friend of the Command Post essays and several other Bushie New Yorkers I had rounded up to help. Came back to Manhattan around 8 PM, went home, changed clothes, and joined a noisy Young Republican party with free drinks and hors d'ouevres.

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Judith | 11/03/04 at 03:31 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

November 02, 2004

Greetings from the Antipodes!

GOOOOOOOOD Morning America!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today you get to decide if you want to be like Spain or Australia.

Try not to fuck it up please, it's not a trick question.

Murray, every time a pollster says this election will be a squeaker, I think about what a fine example Australia set for us, and I breathe a bit easier.

Volunteering helps too. Back to Hackensack today, to make phone calls, give little old ladies rides, and hand out lit.

Speaking of which, go vote today. Even if you don't live in a swing state.

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Judith | 11/02/04 at 04:05 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

November 01, 2004

Correction

Hitchens actually is endorsing Bush.

An email from Christopher Hitchens to my friend Ron Radosh indicates that Hitchens's comments on the election in Slate, which we posted here, were actually intended as an edorsement of Bush not Kerry as the editors indicated. When my daughter first sent me the Hitchens comments I told her they didn't look like an endorsement of Kerry to me, but then she sent me the Slate headline which indicated that they were. Now the record is clear. Hitchens is voting for Bush.

Sorry, Andrew.

More.

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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!

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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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October 29, 2004

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: . . . more »

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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 . . . more »

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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: . . . more »

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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" . . . more »

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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? . . . more »

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October 27, 2004

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, . . . more »

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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 . . . more »

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. . . . more »

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

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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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October 23, 2004

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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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October 17, 2004

Girls girls girls

. . . more »

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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 »

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October 14, 2004

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

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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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

October 06, 2004

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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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October 02, 2004

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 »

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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 »

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September 30, 2004

The reactionary Jewish vote

Jeff Jacoby on his fellow Jewish voters: . . . more »

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September 29, 2004

Bush and Kerry woo the Jews

Dueling editorials in the Jewish press: Vote for Bush! Vote for Kerry! Bush's formal statement on Israel Kerry's formal statement on Israel. Bush is using the same approach to court the Jewish vote as he using to court Christians. . . . more »

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September 28, 2004

The end of an era - in New York anyway

The lone Bush campaign table on the streets of New York displayed its wares for the last time on Saturday. But only because Ray is making his annual winter trip to Florida and plans to set it up there . . . more »

Judith | 09/28/04 at 06:17 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

September 27, 2004

Blog roundup - politics!

Jessica and Karol do Dallas. For the conservative film festival. And they visit the weekly Protest Warrior Halliburton love-in. Meanwhile, back in NYC, some pix from the Spirit of America fundraiser. Andrea Harris to James Wolcott. Just put down . . . more »

Judith | 09/27/04 at 01:21 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

September 22, 2004

Dirty tricks Dept.

Betsey has the best roundup on the latest Dem dirty tricks: an email campaign aimed at college students, insinuating that Bush plans to reinstate the military draft if elected. However, the exact opposite is true: the Bush admin has . . . more »

Judith | 09/22/04 at 06:52 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Election Projection

This site runs a daily electoral college vote projection based on polls. This chart superimposes various campaign decisions and media events over a timeline of the Iowa Elections Futures Market. It's revealing. . . . more »

Judith | 09/22/04 at 05:31 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Protest Warrior needs people for an event this Sunday in SF

San Francisco Voice for Israel and the local chapter of Protest Warrior will once again join forces to confront their nemesis: . . . more »

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September 21, 2004

Big Tent

Related to the topic of sane people fleeing from the Democratic Party: The excellent and quirky public radio show This American Life did a show about how the Republican Party is more inclusive and diverse than the Dems. It's . . . more »

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September 15, 2004

Yet more liberals for Bush

Bush got a big bounce in New York State, which usually votes Democrat but went to Reagan in '80 and '84. Bush is still trailing Kerry, but not by much. I thought this election might be a blowout, but not . . . more »

Judith | 09/15/04 at 03:16 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

September 14, 2004

Yet more Gore voters for Bush

Jeff asks if the Democrats would have been better off with Al Gore as their candidate. My reply: . . . more »

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September 13, 2004

Representing Bush on 9-11 in Manhattan

I didn't make it out to the Bush campaign table on 7th Avenue this weekend, but here is Ray's report: . . . more »

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September 08, 2004

Political SIGs

Someone on some comment thread a few months ago (I don't have a link for this; it just stuck in my mind) advanced the idea that much of the Michael Moore-ish rabidness of liberal politics these days comes from . . . more »

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The Jewish Carnival of the Protestors

Culture Festival Week? Not too bad, according to the Forward.UPJ's ascent to the leadership of the biggest protest this year was seen by many Jewish observers as connected to a larger sensitivity among progressive groups toward the concerns of . . . more »

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Sweeping up after the carnival

Previous Carnival of the Protestors entries here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. More tolerance and diversity from the New York Metro Anti-Bush Arts and Culture Festival Week. And being a thoughtful guest. . . . more »

Judith | 09/08/04 at 03:38 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

September 06, 2004

Carnival of the Protest Warriors - final wrap up

Previous Carnival of the Protestors entries here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. More about Thursday night's counter-protest, the one I actually made it to. (I got interviewed by a NYDN reporter but didn't . . . more »

Judith | 09/06/04 at 07:57 PM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Street scene, revisited

I helped out again at the Bush campaign table on Saturday. (Previous entry on this here.) Instigator Ray Agostini (who was a Maoist student radical in his youth) has the report: People were knocking on our imaginary doors before . . . more »

Judith | 09/06/04 at 05:36 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

September 05, 2004

The Zell Miller strategy explained

"Dennis the Peasant," who comments regularly at Roger Simon and Michael Totten: . . . more »

Judith | 09/05/04 at 10:42 AM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Carnival of the protestors, outside

Previous RNC entries here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Communists For Kerry take over Republican Convention, arrest delegates, establish one-party rule. Many stirring photos of dedicated comrades advancing the People's cause down 7th Avenue, . . . more »

Judith | 09/05/04 at 01:04 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

September 03, 2004

Carnival of the Protest Warriors

Previous Carnival of the Protestors entries here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. I woke up today feeling much better, started at the Republican Jewish Coalition event, then joined my fellow Protest Warriors in the last . . . more »

Judith | 09/03/04 at 02:10 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

September 02, 2004

Being Dick Cheney

The best comment on Alan Keyes' recent bigoted stupidity (in the comments):Well, Dick Cheney knows what to say to him next time he sees him. I hope he will. . . . more »

Judith | 09/02/04 at 01:14 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

September 01, 2004

Carnival of the RNC, inside

Previous Carnival of the Protestors entries here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. How geeky am I? I watched the RNC this evening on C-SPAN live streaming while reading comments at Allah and LGF (do not click . . . more »

Judith | 09/01/04 at 08:39 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Carnival of the Protestors (and RNC)

Previous Carnival of the Protestors entries here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Don't look at Iowa Electronic Market, Glenn, go over to Chicagoboyz and check out the InTrade box on their sidebar. Bush has been gaining a . . . more »

Judith | 09/01/04 at 02:27 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 31, 2004

Carnival of the Protestors, later that same evening

. Previous Carnival of the Protestors entries here, here, here, here, here, and here. If I wasn't sick I would have gone to this party. it would have been a great antidote to those conservative book panels. . . . more »

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Carnival of the Protestors, the sequel

Previous Carnival of the Protestors entries here, here, here, here, and here. So I'm spending all day home sick, but I am going to be back out there tomorrow. Today's big event was supposed to be A31. (August 31, . . . more »

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Greetings from P-town

He's baaaaaaack. UPDATE: Andrew, you need to either get caught up on the issues or go back in the hammock. The Purple Heart bandages don't "mock the military." They specifically mock John Kerry, for making much more out of his . . . more »

Judith | 08/31/04 at 12:51 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 30, 2004

Carnival of the Protestors, the evening after

Previous Carnival of the Protestors entries here, here, here, and here. Protest Warrior after-action report, with pix and video of attack by anarchists. More pix of Sunday's confrontation. (Plus a few of Saturday evening's meeting on the roof.) Link . . . more »

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Carnival of the Protestors, the morning after

Previous Carnival of the Protestors entries here, here, and here. Glenn has some links to protest coverage with photos. Allah is continuing to provide lots of links. (Thanks for the mention, O Omnipresent One.) . . . more »

Judith | 08/30/04 at 12:32 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 29, 2004

Further evidence of liberal slant on campus

According to Time:. . . according to data compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, 72% of university employees' $16.7 million in contributions during this election cycle has gone to the Democratic Party. The figure for Harvard is . . . more »

Judith | 08/29/04 at 09:00 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Carnival of the Protestors goes live

Previous Carnival of the Protestors entries here and here. More anti-RNC/Bush/war mobilizing sites: RNC Not Welcome. Still We Rise. Counter Convention. NYC Grassroots Media Coalition. RNC bloggers from the left of the dial. . . . more »

Judith | 08/29/04 at 05:10 PM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Socialite blogging

Before being swept up by convention/protest fever, I attended a whirlwind evening of Republican bloggish goodness, well-documented by Karol. . . . more »

Judith | 08/29/04 at 03:50 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 28, 2004

Carnival of the Protestors, cont.

Friday's roundup of anti-RNC protests here. The RNC bloggers have formed a group blog for the duration. There's news mixed in with convention anecdotes. . . . more »

Judith | 08/28/04 at 10:24 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 27, 2004

Carnival of the Protestors

The Republican National Convention is almost upon us, about 15 blocks from my apartment. Here is an informal roundup of planned events that are not taking place within Madison Square Garden. Bookmark this page from NYMetro for a schedule . . . more »

Judith | 08/27/04 at 11:59 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Street scene

I helped with this campaign table a few weeks ago, but I missed the week when the reporter showed up because I was leading services that morning (hey, you knew I wasn't shomer-Shabbas . . .) I will vouch . . . more »

Judith | 08/27/04 at 10:14 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 26, 2004

Stacking the display tables

Some links from Jeff Jarvis on the furor over the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain inability to keep the Swiftboat Vets book in stock. Potential readers suspect machinations, B&N says they just couldn't get enough copies from the publisher. . . . more »

Judith | 08/26/04 at 02:44 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Meet the RNC bloggers

Meet the bloggers covering the RNC. It's always fun to see what people look like when they come out from behind their blogs. . . . I didn't make the cut for this august group, but I will be . . . more »

Judith | 08/26/04 at 12:55 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 25, 2004

More Jewish liberals for Bush

Two weeks ago - in response to a challenge by the ABC News blog - a number of bloggers ran testimonials from former Gore voters who are voting for Bush this year. Kesher Talk rounded up many of these. . . . more »

Judith | 08/25/04 at 12:41 PM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Jews & the GOP: The Convention

Groups like the American Jewish Committee, the Israel Project, Baruch College, the Jewish Community Relations Council of New Yor, the Republican Jewish Coalition, and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations will all be rolling out the . . . more »

Judith | 08/25/04 at 10:19 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 24, 2004

Yet more Imperialist Running Dog Lackeys of the Capitalist Ruling Classes street theater

Communists for Kerry storm Union Square again: The August 21st Revolution was somewhat delayed by the imperialist rain of terror thrown over Soviet Union Square at 1:35pm EST by the desperate Bush administration. Of course the Great Lenin used . . . more »

Judith | 08/24/04 at 06:04 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 21, 2004

Outed

I'm going to quote most of this because it's short and doesn't have a permalink: . . . more »

Judith | 08/21/04 at 09:02 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 19, 2004

Anyone but Kerry Dept.

Most recent ABK entry, about the Swiftboat Vet controversy, here. Mostly fun parodies, Photoshops, bumperstickers, etc. here and here. . . . more »

Judith | 08/19/04 at 10:44 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 12, 2004

Dear ABC News, Cont.

Today The Note runs a follow-up to their request of yesterday.Forget the fact that that we still can't find a single American who voted for Al Gore in 2000 who is planning to vote for George Bush in 2004. (If . . . more »

Judith | 08/12/04 at 02:01 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Campaign liability?

From a Kerry supporter (scroll down): . . . more »

Judith | 08/12/04 at 02:59 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 11, 2004

Dear ABC News . . .

Dear ABC News, I saw your request here for emails from people who voted for Gore and are now going to vote for Bush. You claim not to have heard of any. Wow. Where you been? Just in my personal . . . more »

Judith | 08/11/04 at 03:03 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 10, 2004

Anyone but Kerry Dept - Swiftboat vets

Most recent "Anyone but Kerry" entry here. The previous ABK entry has links back to all the others, at the end. If you're wondering why I haven't written about the Swiftboat Vets accusations against John Kerry, I did. In . . . more »

Judith | 08/10/04 at 03:47 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 09, 2004

Bush Derangement Syndrome Dept.

Bush Derangement Syndrome Dept. I have written admiringly of Leon Wieseltier on this blog on several occasions. When he is dissecting bad arguments, as in his evisceration of Tony Judt's "bi-national state" nonsense last year, or explaining a complex subject, . . . more »

Judith | 08/09/04 at 11:03 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 06, 2004

Party hardy, dude!

I've been to several of these "Party for Bush" events. Last month 4 of us LGF-reading-quasi-liberals (well, Peggy says she's not a liberal any more at all!) got together to visit two parties of the many that took place . . . more »

Judith | 08/06/04 at 03:24 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 04, 2004

Anyone but Kerry Dept.

Anyone but Kerry Dept. Lots of fun parody stuff. Email them to your friends, print them off on your color inkjet and post them all over town. Make bumper stickers. Let's rumble in Davenport! . . . more »

Judith | 08/04/04 at 01:44 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

July 20, 2004

It's Chicago 1968 all over again

Dry run? Dry run for this weekend? After all, after today's ruling it would be easy to do it again. I don't think the ruling will stand. This is reassuring:the decision only means that "random searches" can't be performed . . . more »

Judith | 07/20/04 at 09:51 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Anyone but Kerry, er, Edwards, Dept.

First, some gratuitous Photoshopping propaganda: The glow. Let America be America again. Batman and Robin. (Links to Kerry-Edwards slash fic here.) Now let's get serious. John Edwards says: . . . more »

Judith | 07/20/04 at 02:54 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

July 14, 2004

Jews & the GOP

John Kerry, after a slightly rocky start, has had an epiphany of sorts on the Middle East. New "talking points" being privately distributed to pro-Israel groups almost make it seem like Kerry is running for president of AIPAC, the . . . more »

Judith | 07/14/04 at 11:53 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

July 10, 2004

Ask and ye shall receive

After a few days of the Kerry & Edwards Mutual Admiration Society, it occurred to me that slash fic must surely be in the offing. I even emailed my wonderings to a few fellow bloggers in tune with the . . . more »

Judith | 07/10/04 at 09:20 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

July 08, 2004

Worth a read

From The Atlantic comes Kerry Faces the World, a look at Kerry's likely foreign policy decisions, his perspective on the Middle East and Iraq, and his attitudes towards terrorism, democracy, and nation-building. The piece is by Josh Marshall of . . . more »

Rachel | 07/08/04 at 05:04 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

July 06, 2004

A message from our sponsor.

Many bloggers have linked to this website exhibit on presidential campaign TV commercials (from their start in 1952 through this year), but let me also encourage you to browse around in it. It provides an excellent perspective. There's also . . . more »

Judith | 07/06/04 at 04:15 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Anyone but Kerry and Edwards

Kerry's VP pick might compensate for this problem noted by Andrew Sullivan:The word 'pomposity' doesn't quite capture the condescension of the man. Think Clinton's ambition matched with Gore's endlessly self-callibrating mind. Now remove all charm whatsoever.But the best thing . . . more »

Judith | 07/06/04 at 12:18 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

June 26, 2004

Anyone but Kerry Dept.

I think Kerry just won the grand prize for dishonest negative campaigning. Read the whole thing. (Remember, these are the people who are telling you how Bush lies and misleads and uses facts selectively.) Much more here. . . . more »

Judith | 06/26/04 at 10:06 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

June 22, 2004

Pundit fisking Dept.

Leon Weiseltier is one of my favorite pundits, and I sympathize with his moral agonizing here - especially since the only "national greatness liberal" on the Democratic ticket was resoundingly rejected by not only his party but his former . . . more »

Judith | 06/22/04 at 11:00 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

June 16, 2004

Anyone but Kerry Dept.

Kerry and his advisors think that democracy-promotion is "unrealistic" and that we shouldn't challenge the sovereignty of other states in order to liberate oppressed peoples. He is willing to settle for "stability." Kerry would do well to read an . . . more »

Judith | 06/16/04 at 01:22 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

June 11, 2004

Anyone but Kerry Dept.

This is a sober, point-by-point examination of Kerry's probably performance in the White House based on his decades of (under) performance in the Senate. The headings are provocative: 1. Does he work well with others? 2. No visible political . . . more »

Judith | 06/11/04 at 04:22 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

May 24, 2004

Anyone but Kerry Dept.

Why am I so adamant that Kerry should not become President, in spite of the fact that I disagree with Bush on so many domestic issues? What keeps coming up again and again for me are two things: character, . . . more »

Judith | 05/24/04 at 08:54 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

May 19, 2004

Jews and the GOP

The Los Angeles Times gages the prevailing winds for President Bush among Jewish voters at the AIPAC conference this week. . . . more »

Judith | 05/19/04 at 01:48 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

May 18, 2004

Dubya speaks at AIPAC

President Bush wrapped up the huge AIPAC policy conference this morning in DC with this speech.. . . . more »

William | 05/18/04 at 02:18 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

May 15, 2004

Anyone but Kerry Dept.

Jason van Steewyck takes time from his pressing duties as an American officer in Iraq to deliver a sentence-by-sentence fisking of the latest iteration of "Is Bush stupid?" (You would think that by now even our intellectual pace-setters would . . . more »

Judith | 05/15/04 at 09:50 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

May 11, 2004

Anyone but Kerry Dept.

Anyone but Kerry Dept. Another endorsement for Bush from some oppressed people in Central Asia. Steyn again. Iowahawk. 'Nuff said. You don't support or reject a candidate solely on the basis of his mentors and fellow travellers. But when one . . . more »

Judith | 05/11/04 at 02:01 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

May 10, 2004

Like father not like son

Bush takes the gloves off. . . . more »

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May 07, 2004

Anyone but Kerry

Open letter to John Kerry from Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Their mission: . . . more »

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May 03, 2004

Jews & the GOP: Does Kerry support Israel?

Hebrew Lessons: Kerry's Jewish problems by lawrence f. kaplan The New Republic May 10, 2004 Last December, even as John Kerry was beginning his remarkable ascent in the Democratic primaries, his standing with America's mainstream Jewish organizations sank to an . . . more »

Judith | 05/03/04 at 03:37 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

May 02, 2004

Clash of civilizations Dept.

Via email, with permission: . . . more »

Judith | 05/02/04 at 03:14 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

April 29, 2004

Anyone but Kerry Dept.

I was kinda hoping that Joe Leiberman would cross the aisle for this election, like Zell Miller and Ed Koch, but no such luck. He's campaigning with Kerry to the Florida Jews. Gotta win Florida . . . (See . . . more »

Judith | 04/29/04 at 11:40 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

April 25, 2004

Anyone but Kerry Dept.

Krauthammer gets to the heart of my aversion to a Kerry presidency: foreign policy characterized by obeisance toward the UN (up to its armpits in corruption) and the vague concept of some "community of nations" which the US has . . . more »

Judith | 04/25/04 at 11:59 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

April 23, 2004

The red and the blue

Political fundraising in my neighborhood, midtown Manhattan. Political fundraising in my former neighborhood, Austin, TX. . . . more »

Judith | 04/23/04 at 01:43 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

April 22, 2004

Anyone but Kerry Dept.

I had dinner with Israeli blogger Allison when she was in NYC for Pesach, and she told me all her liberal American friends were fussing and fuming about Bush and Iraq, and - like a good journalist - she . . . more »

Judith | 04/22/04 at 01:13 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

April 15, 2004

Anyone but Kerry Dept.

Mark Steyn sees some implications for foreign policy in trying too hard to be hip. . . . more »

Judith | 04/15/04 at 07:40 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

April 12, 2004

Anyone but Kerry Dept.

Heh. (In all fairness I would not expect the Bush campaign to handle this any better. Most politicians still don't get the Internet, much less blogging and making web pages.) Charles makes a good point. (Screen captures here.) . . . more »

Judith | 04/12/04 at 02:08 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

April 09, 2004

Miscellany

I'm not a political pundit by nature; I'm happier talking about religion. But Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote compellingly that no religious man could legitimately ignore the Civil Rights movement and still call himself a man of God, so I . . . more »

Judith | 04/09/04 at 01:50 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Condi in 2008 Dept.

Some transcripts: Edited by a local station. See what was left out. Rice does a little aikido on Kerrey. Chris Matthews misrepresents Rice. Bill Herbert factchecks some attempts to take issue with Rice's testimony. Huge link roundup of reactions . . . more »

Judith | 04/09/04 at 10:54 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

April 08, 2004

Anyone but Kerry Dept.

Welcome to my new weekly feature (not expressive of the political leanings of everyone on this blog). Kerry shoots himself in the foot again. "Let's talk about healthcare." Lileks fisks Kerry again. The company he keeps. (Previous ABK post here.) . . . more »

Judith | 04/08/04 at 12:21 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

April 01, 2004

Anyone but Bush

If we're going to have a regular anyone-but-Kerry thread, I may feel obliged to counter with periodic anyone-but-Bush posts. Want to know why I don't like Dubya? Take a look at this resume. (Sure, it's satire, but it's funny. . . . more »

Rachel | 04/01/04 at 05:03 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

March 31, 2004

Anyone but Kerry Dept.

This is going to be a frequent if not regular feature of Kesher Talk until November. I have lots of material [cackling maniacally]. Bloggers wonder just which foreign leaders John Kerry has been talking to. Some foreign leaders sense . . . more »

Judith | 03/31/04 at 03:20 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

March 26, 2004

Free speech Dept.

Protest Warriors Matt and Aaron Margolis mix it up with some anti-Bush demonstrators, who exhibit their famed support for free speech.The fight started after a man wearing an Ironworkers Local 7 sweatshirt, perched atop a subway entrance, repeatedly taunted the . . . more »

Judith | 03/26/04 at 01:37 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

March 18, 2004

Why not to vote for Kerry

During the first half hour of the 03/18 broadcast of his show, Rush Limbaugh commented on a story which first appeared on the Norwegian internet news site Aftenposten about a meeting which took place last October between some high . . . more »

Judith | 03/18/04 at 07:46 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

March 16, 2004

Blog roundup: GOTV '04

This guy is keeping track of all public utterances of the Bush = Hitler meme. Sofia Sideshow is conducting an informal but informative writing workshop on constructing an effective "Bush lied" polemic, using hapless antiwar blog comments as models. . . . more »

Judith | 03/16/04 at 11:07 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

March 10, 2004

Waiter, there's a fly in my soup!

Bloomberg may have his hands full this summer: . . . more »

Judith | 03/10/04 at 03:18 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

March 09, 2004

John Kerry on Israel

Some Jewish leaders yesterday voiced concern about Democratic nominee-to-be John Kerry's 1997 description of Yasser Arafat as a "statesman" and his conflicting comments on Israel's security fence. The Post reported Kerry praised Arafat's "transformation from outlaw to statesman" in . . . more »

William | 03/09/04 at 09:16 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Lieberman's next gig

It�s not exactly the White House, but would Joseph Lieberman consider taking over one of America�s premier Jewish organizations? Officials at the World Jewish Congress say Lieberman�s name has been raised in talks about leadership changes. In addition, sources in . . . more »

William | 03/09/04 at 08:33 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

March 05, 2004

John Kerry on Israel

In an October speech to the Arab American Institute in Michigan, Mr. Kerry depicted the barrier as an impediment to peace. "I know how disheartened Palestinians are by the decision to build the barrier off the Green Line � . . . more »

Judith | 03/05/04 at 12:04 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

February 25, 2004

On Bush's support for FMA

This email to Andrew Sullivan speaks for me, except replace "conservative" with "hawkish fiscally conservative social liberal" (in any word order): . . . more »

Judith | 02/25/04 at 09:35 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

February 19, 2004

Rumsfeld fu

O Grasshoppa, study closely the 1000 fighting styles of Master Defense Secretary. Especially Sifu Rumsfeld's verbal fu. If firearms are more your style, here's an online game where you pretend to be Bush in a firefight with terrorists in . . . more »

Judith | 02/19/04 at 06:14 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

February 18, 2004

Attention Photoshop dudes!

The Guardian is holding a contest for best faked US election campaign photos. Allahpundit should win this one in a walk. Am I wrong? UPDATE: Wow! Contests all over the place! Iowahawk has a modest prize but much kvelling . . . more »

Judith | 02/18/04 at 05:24 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Balls Dept.

A commenter at Buzz Machine, on Edwards challenging Kerry to a debate: . . . more »

Judith | 02/18/04 at 01:26 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

February 14, 2004

Another potential flap for Kerry

In addition to his foreign policy views bearing an uncanny resemblance to Jimmy Carter's, Kerry is married to someone whose charitable giving is coming under scrutiny. (I'm not even going to talk about the intern issue - Lileks sums . . . more »

Judith | 02/14/04 at 08:04 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

February 11, 2004

Appeasement Watch

John F. Kerry = Jimmy Carter v. 2.0. You know, I didn't agree with much of Howard Dean's agenda, but the guy stood for something. John Kerry just wants to be President. UPDATE: It's simple really. . . . more »

Judith | 02/11/04 at 01:07 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

February 08, 2004

First Ladies in waiting

Look out, you "unpretentious" and "authentic" political wives. Here comes Maria Teresa Thierstein Simoes-Ferreira Heinz Kerry: . . . more »

Judith | 02/08/04 at 04:31 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

February 04, 2004

The Great Communicator - not

I have written before on this blog (scroll down) that before and throughout and after the Iraq war, Bush should have been conducting weekly fireside chats with the American public, a la Franklin Roosevelt. One of the basics of . . . more »

Judith | 02/04/04 at 12:18 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

January 29, 2004

Different ways of approaching reality

The Bush administration looks at the facts and learns from mistakes:The "road map" for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict died last Thursday. The funeral took place in the office of Condoleezza Rice in the White House, during a pleasant conversation . . . more »

Judith | 01/29/04 at 10:13 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

January 28, 2004

Nice Jewish grrls

One look at her face and I'm at home. But I still wouldn't vote for him. Some things are more important than a First Lady from the hood. UPDATE: Howard Dean's interfaith model. My comment. UPDATE: Smart, nerdy, and . . . more »

Judith | 01/28/04 at 09:07 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

January 27, 2004

I've always been metropolitical . . .

I've always been what Michael Totten calls metropolitical. I still blame Robert Heinlein young adult novels. Meanwhile, the Dems are battling it out for the Jewish vote, as they usually do. This year's twist is that one of them . . . more »

Judith | 01/27/04 at 01:42 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

January 22, 2004

Blog roundup - the elections

" . . . America is a skeptical girl in a bar, and those 8 or 9 guys or whatever are inept guys who have had too much to drink. They are hitting on America with bumbling phrases, and . . . more »

Judith | 01/22/04 at 10:35 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

January 19, 2004

Bookmark these

A fact-checking site, - like Snopes, only just for US politics. It's a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at U Penn. Good to bookmark for the next 6 months as the election campaigns heat up. The Command Post . . . more »

Judith | 01/19/04 at 09:14 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

January 17, 2004

The Wesley Clark weekend

I read the transcript of Clark's testimony, and at first I didn't think it invalidates the quotes that Drudge excerpted. They are surrounded by much hedging and "on the one hand ... on the other hand," but I didn't . . . more »

Judith | 01/17/04 at 06:35 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04