Politics

Well, the thought that the Daily Show will still have plenty of material for the next two years has been the one bright spot that’s helped me accept the results of the election. Hopefully, both parties will pay more than lip service to the idea of working to bridge the gap between them. If not, […]

Nothing spectacularly insightful and I missed the first hour of the debate because we were watching the US-Panama World Cup Qualifier, but here are some observations: In his answer to the no child left behind question, Kerry spoke about Hispanics and the president seemed to refer to them as “children whose parents don’t speak English.”

Scott Rosenberg writes about how John Kerry should debate the president this week: Speaking unblinking truth to power. This president is all about “Not Blinking”. Or as John Stewart said, “Sure he drove us into a wall, but he didn’t flinch while he doing it”. “Mr. Bush, after 9/11 your job as president was to

Some folks not so happy with the Republican National Convention in New York have organized together to, umm, welcome the GOP’s candidates. Bright blue tarps, painted with glaring yellow letters, are going up on dozens of rooftops in Brooklyn, under the flight paths into busy New York airports. Thousands of delegates and convention guests peering

On wonkette via Sandy. The Bush reelection folks have put out a great online tool where you can make your own Bush-Cheney 2004 posters. Their gonna get a lot of unintened hits and posters this way so enjoy while the app is up. Here are my two: Read more Bush campaign slogans

El presidente is visiting Her Royal Majesty in England. Always the polite guest, these are some of the thing his Secret Service demanded to assure his security while in London: Immunity from prosecution for SS agents if they fire their weapons or kill protesters, London police were asked to make sure he doesn’t see any