I occasionally joke about living in Republican North Georgia, or dispair about our Senators. They are both Bush Clones, elected during the Bush Era, when the South became solidly Republican. One of them is worse that the other – Saxby Chambliss. He ran against Max Cleland, a triple amputee from the Viet Nam War, with […]
Interview of the Vice President by Martha Raddatz, ABC News Question: Two-thirds of Americans say it was not worth fighting. VP Cheney: They ought to go spend time, like you and I have, Martha. You know what’s been happening in Iraq. You’ve been there as much as anybody. There has, in fact, been fundamental change […]
I guess this is the last in my Rush Limbaugh series. I usually wear out after about three days. I want to highlight two of his topics: "‘Candidate of Race’ Speech Brings Obama’s Authenticity into Question" and "Obama Denounced Don Imus, But Won’t Disown Reverend Wright." One of my reasons for occasionally gritting my teeth […]
I’ve heard a lot of speeches in the last few of days. I heard Barak Obama yesterday. It made me cry. My political self came into being during the Civil Rights days, and to hear a Presidential candidate of any race address both sides of the race issue candidly pulled at every string I had […]
worth [wurth] –preposition 1. good or important enough to justify (what is specified): advice worth taking; a place worth visiting. Presidents Bush and Cheney have had dramatic disconnects between what they say and what they do from the very beginning. Their speeches are always sales pitches -, rarely heartfelt, rarely personal, rarely of interest to […]
Bush says Iraq war was worth it President Bush says he has no doubts about launching the unpopular war in Iraq despite the "high cost in lives and treasure," arguing that retreat now would embolden Iran and provide al-Qaida with money for weapons of mass destruction to attack the United States… At least 3,990 members […]
Part of the game is to get the Talking Points out there fast. Here we have "Rush’s commentary and analysis of the Obama speech, without a scintilla of Drive-By Media emotional swooning." I’m doubting Rush wrote it himself, but whoever did got the tone and sarcasm into the piece. "RUSH: In Florida, they said […]