Was Berg warned to leave?
Now the FBI is claiming that they "repeatedly" warned Berg to leave Iraq. Is this credible? It is perhaps not very preductive to be speculating with so litle to go on, but it seems like this is very...
View ArticleKick Zell Miller out fund
I think a great idea would be to create a "kick out Zell Miller fund." The idea would be create an account that kossacks cound donate to and, if the Dems boot Miller from the caucus, it would get...
View ArticleWhen the National Review is calling Bush a crook...
From NRO: Cover-Up Costs: The Bush administration may have broken the law on Medicare Deroy Murdock makes a damning case against the Bush team for their deceptions about Medicare prescription drug...
View ArticleEmbracing Ronald Reagan
In order to win in November, Democrats need to embrace Reagan's positive legacy:Unlike Bush, Reagan was a leader for all Americans, not just the members of his party. As a result, there were Reagan...
View ArticleReagan drops tax rates from 70% to 28% for most Americans
I can't believe it. CNBC just claimed Reagan "dropped tax rates from 70% to 28% for most working Americans." [emphasis mine] Does anyone wonder why Reagan is being remembered fondly?
View ArticleThe blogs have spoken: No Gephardt
I think Gephardt would be a miserable choice. But that doesn't matter. What does matter is that there has been a near-universal outpouring of derision towards the possibility that Kerry might choose...
View ArticleIs Ralph Nader Democrats' Saddam Hussein?
Is that title confusing enough? Like 9/11, Florida 2000 made a lot of Democrats realize that not only are we "at war" with a psychotic reactionary movement, but the enemy declared war on us years...
View ArticleGOP indictments coming down the pike
If there is ever a sure sign that the Republicans are going to do something nefarious or have something nefarious that they have done revealed it is a pre-emptive attack on the same issue. Today, Josh...
View ArticleKerry and Edwards on This Week w/ Stephanopolous
Watching Kerry and Edwards on This Week. I think it is a mistake for these two guys to show up together. First, it looks goofy. Sort of like Bush and Cheney going to the 9/11 commission together....
View ArticleCompetence
In my opinion John Kerry's weakest talking point is on Iraq. He has finally gotten a good response to why he voted for the authorization bill. He is effectively responding to the $87 billion vote. But...
View ArticleThe Pulitzer Prize for The Onion?
I was just thining back to the classic Onion article "Bush: Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over". Aside from being funny as hell, it truly was a phenomenal prediction...
View ArticleBush politicizing Hurricane Charley
I have just heard two references on NPR to Bush travelling down to Florida because "help is on the way." Clearly a co-ordinated effort to appropriate the message. The Republicans are right about one...
View ArticleWhy is there fighting in Najaf?
I suspect that very few Americans understand the difference between insurgents in Fallujah and insurgents in Najaf. Whatever one thought of the war, right or wrong, it was logical to assume that a war...
View ArticleWhy do Democrats suck on TV?
I am so sick of Democrats going on TV and just sucking. I just saw John Glenn with Judy Woodruff. Woodruff asked Glenn if Kerry brought the Swift Boat Liars on himself by focusing on his military...
View ArticleGoodbye liberal cowards
I'm so sick of Democrats talking about leaving the country if Bush gets re-elected. As bad as Bush's domestic policies are, they are not bad enough to flee America over. And Bush's foreign policy is...
View ArticleIs Google News fixed
I know that this has been commented on earlier, but it really seems like the GOP has figured out how to get preferable stories into the choice real estate. Right now a George Will column titled "Bad...
View ArticleSpinning the AWOL story
The GOP spin is already out: Kerry asked for the Swift Boat Liars when he "made his Vietnam service the center of his campaign." The AWOL story is unfair because Bush didn't make his military service...
View ArticleDSCC: "We're incompetent...give us money"
I recently received a fundraising letter from the DSCC. In one section entitled "No tactic too low" David Rudd of the DSCC claims to have personally witnessed intimidation tactics. He further lists...
View ArticleResponding to Dick Cheney
The TV pundits, while recognizing that Cheney was over the line, demand that Kerry respond or be perceived as a wimp. I agree. It has already taken too long to respond in my opinion. But anyway,...
View ArticleNot a joke: Bush misses deadline to get on ballot in FL
Can you believe this? Bush appears to have missed the deadline to get on the Florida ballot. Apparently, the Democrats are not going to contest this. No word yet on whether they will be actively...
View ArticleHoward Dean for NY Governor?
I have never heard this idea before, but I would love to see Dean run for office in 2006. There are a few reasons it might work. Dean already has a name and a following, he has a proven track record...
View ArticleWhy Kossacks are losing their minds
I think we can all agree that there has been much gnashing of teeth lately. Kerry should do this or that. We should shut up or speak louder. Kerry is doing terribly. Kerry is perfectly positioned....
View ArticleShould Dems call for Rather's head?
I do like Dan Rather, he is definitely a throwback to a time when journalists took their profession seriously. At his worst - going forward with a story that was insufficiently verified - he is no...
View ArticleDid Kerry drop the ball on the debates?
It takes two to tango, as they say. Why would Kerry agree to the faux-debates that have been planned? Bush's strength is in delivering mind-numbing homilies without fear of a followup questions. If...
View Article24 hours until I quit on Democrats
Enough is enough. After 2000, Democrats should have gotten their act together. Instead, they have gotten worse. Aside from using federal tax dollars to help states buy e-cheating boxes, they have...
View ArticleAre fake Fox News stories intentional?
Back to back, Fox has released bogus news stories on John Kerry. First it was fake story with fake quotes about Kerry's "metrosexuality" and his cuticles. Next it was the story about the Communist...
View ArticleMy Favorite Kerry Moment
There were many good things about the debate. Kerry's physical command of the debate space, Bush coming unglued, Kerry clearly articulating his positions, Bush's charges sounding hollow and...
View ArticleJon Stewart meets the missing explosives
This is a moment of truth for the Democrats. As other diaries have pointed out, the media is already allowing the WH to spin this story away. While this story is devastating any way you look at it,...
View ArticleHoward Dean, gays, and morality
I'm not trying to start a flame war. Nor am I trying to second-guess the selection of Kerry. But I want to share a personal recollection of Howard Dean that I believe illustrates how the Democrats...
View ArticleUPDATE: Hacked! Did you get the DNC spam?
Hackers have hijacked the DNC mail server! Please disregard any erroneous emails you may have received. One such example, regarding the close governor's race in Washington, read in part:I need your...
View ArticleRethinking Social Security
The hot political topic is obviously the GOP's plan to kill Social Security as we know it. I have been excited to see opposition to the "crisis" spin coming from Democratic leaders and not just...
View ArticleOpen apology to Harry Reid
I admit it. I was wrong. I was one of the skeptical. Okay, I was more than skeptical. I considered Reid's elevation to Senate Minority Leader to be deeply disconcerting. (I may have used the phrases...
View ArticleDon't fall for the Jordan Eason propaganda
Yet another manufactured outrage, don't buy it. I have read several Kossacks, including Kos himself, prematurely accept, or at least entertain the idea, that Jordan was out of line. I presume that the...
View ArticleBush: Canadian aide more "pretty" than McClellan
Most of you may already be aware of this. But given the Guckert angle, I thought I'd repost this for comments. Last year, Bush visited Canada. During that trip, he met Scott Reid, an aide to new...
View ArticleGannon/Guckert: What probably happened
This diary is an attempt to state what I believe most likely occurred in the Gannon/Guckert affair. I know a lot of people don't want yet another Gannon diary clogging the recent diary list. I...
View Articlespace's new wacky theory
With the new revelations that Gannon/Guckert knew about Shock and Awe hours in advance, how's this for a theory: Guckert was used to sleep with foreign dignataries visiting the WH and possibly...
View ArticleGannon/Guckert Latest
New theory, I believe. James Guckert may really be Johnny Gosch, who was once caught up in a sex ring. This theory has weird ties to Bush peré's sex ring and Hunter S. Thompson. Just check it out....
View ArticleStephanie Herseth, sellout?
Noam Scheiber's posted at TNR's &c. that the House New Democrat Coalition sent a letter to Speaker Denny Hastert that urged that Hastert support the same bankruptcy legislation in the House as the...
View ArticleMore on Framing and Fencing
This diary is a response to Hudson's earlier diary on framing. Hudson introduced the term "fencing" to a type of super-framing whereby you create mental barriers between a target audience and a...
View ArticleWhy are Atrios' comments so bad?
Okay, here's a question that's been bugging me. Why the hell are the comments on Atrios' blog so terrible? Reading and posting there is unbearable. It's nothing but "frist!" and "Bush sucks!"...
View ArticleA Guckert sports reporter
A local New York newspaper has reported that there may be a sports-press version of Gannon/Guckert.Mark Sabia, yellow-flagged microphone in tow, has been a regular in press boxes at Yankee Stadium,...
View ArticleBush earpiece...again
(or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Corporate Media) I didn't see this posted yet, so here's a link to Bush getting busted yet again for being wired up during a public speaking appearance....
View ArticleToo much profanity on dKos?
I'm interested in what people think about this issue. I'm as guilty of using foul language as the next person, so I'm not wagging my finger in indignation. But I suspect most people here have a...
View ArticleBoston Globe Fluffs Gannon/Guckert
Peter Canellos of the Boston Globe manages a twofer. He combines a "Jeff Gannon, no big deal" story with a "the internet is the root of the media's lack of credibility" story. The title says it all:...
View ArticleBlogger State of the Union?
In one week, George Bush will deliver his State of the Union address. In response, the Democrats have announced that VA Gov. Tim Kaine will deliver the Democratic rebuttal. Many bloggers and blog...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Lightbulb jokes!
Blogs have arrived! Mark Warner buys cocktail weenies for Markos! Ad Nags rubs shoulders with front-pagers. Hillary shows respect for bloggers by staying away. (Not attending YKos to demonstrate...
View ArticleDon't Bother, Senator Feingold
Senator,There was a time when I supported censuring Bush and Cheney: as a shot across the WH bow, to give Bush and Cheney pause, to bring impeachable evidence to light, to alert the public to the...
View ArticleWhat I want to know is where are the Deaniacs?
Is this it? Are we really going to nominate and then elect Hillary Clinton?
View ArticleIs war on Iran an election strategy to sink Hillary?
The GOP has a slate full of losers and Bush has fully discredited the Party's brand. Chances for a GOP Presidential win in 2008, regardless of who the Dem nominee is, are slim to none. That is, given...
View ArticleJoe Biden Brings Gun to Knife Fight, UPDATE: NOT REALLY
Update [2008-9-10 18:56:7 by space]: NO, THIS QUOTE IS NOT REAL. NO, I WILL NOT DELETE THE DIARY.Wow. Something sure got into Joe Biden's wheaties today:
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