Year: 2004

Bill’s got a great article out today focusing on Kerry’s unwavering support for the U.N. He cites an article from the WaPo, which is here.

Michael Barone of US News published an article yesterday with interesting insights into the varying poll results we’ve seen lately. He mentions a couple of things worth noting:

“It seems highly likely that Bush emerged from the debates a little bit ahead. Some Kerry backers argue that voters who are still undecided are likely to end up voting against the incumbent. But it’s also possible that many of these will just not vote. And in any case, Bush is bumping up against the magic number of 50 percent. The debates helped John Kerry but evidently not enough to put him ahead.”

I know this confounds most of the MSM. Stephen Green’s theory is that the polls are working from assumptions on voting patterns built from past elections. On this I agree. Pollsters haven’t adjusted their methodology in this post 9/11 world.

Barone goes on to include Steven Den Beste’s blog article containing a chart with poll trend lines. He notes that Bush’s trend line has consistently gone up, while Kerry’s has not.

“Bush’s most effective opposition this year has come not from Kerry and the Democrats but from Old Media, the New York Times and the news pages of the Washington Post, along with the broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC. Old Media gave very heavy coverage to stories that tended to hurt Bush.”

An interesting observation for sure, one that I’ve believed to be true. I haven’t heard anyone else from the MSM admit this.

“George W. Bush is not running this year as an incumbent in a time of apparent peace or, in public perceptions, a time of apparent prosperity. Actually, the economic numbers are about where they were when Bill Clinton was running for re-election in 1996, but Old Media consistently report economic news more pessimistically when Republicans hold the White House than when Democrats do.”

I’ve lamented the fact that there hasn’t been fair comparisons made between the economic numbers of the Bush administration and past administrations. It’s a shame that this specific relation between Bush and Clinton is just now being revealed by the MSM with less than two weeks before election day.

The full article is here.

Castro falls after leaving the stage following a televised speech Wednesday night.

“Maybe I broke my knee, and maybe an arm . . . but I am all in one piece. I will do what is possible to recover as fast as possible, but as you can see I can still talk, he said. Even if they put me in a cast, I can continue in my work.”

Can it get any more pathetic than that? An old, worn out leader dressed in a military uniform that doesn’t fit him, afraid to confess to his nation that he’s tired. His regime is failing and communism as a movement failed long ago. Every time his poor health is revealed publicly, you can practically hear the people of cuba praying that the guy will finally die. I can only imagine the power vacuum that will occur once he does pass away.

UPDATE: Catch Daily Recycler’s video here.

If you want to have a shot at winning this election, put Teresa Heinz Kerry in a box…in fact, put her in a box and ship her somewhere until after November 2nd. That way, she won’t be able to make anymore idiotic statements, nor will she have to issue apologies.

UPDATE: LILEKS shares his view.

Most of the political news I digest comes from the Internet. I get additional information (or, misinformation) from my free subscriptions to Newsweak and Time. When I partake of their wisdom, I usually do so while riding the porcelain bus (aka, the toilet). I’ve often wondered if my mind would be more open to the persuasion of these magazines if only I had a more comfortable “throne” on which to ponder. The one I have is completely typical…much like the one you probably have in your home. Now, I’m a little bigger than most people. I’ve never found the “American Standard” brand to be very comfortable at all. As such, my political reading is often times hindered by its “one-size fits all” design. Well, I think I’ve finally found the solution. Now, if I can come up with an extra $5K, my desire might become a reality. Perhaps I could build my audience to a point where I can collect blogad money and purchase my way to political reading nirvana? Wishful thinking…maybe I should stick to eBay?

One can only dream.

UPDATE: Or, perhaps I’ll just spring $250 on this number.

The Kerry campaign saves tens of thousands of dollars by not airing political ads. They just create ’em and let the TV news programs report that they are being aired. (WaPo reg required)

Here’s another example of the Kerry Camp misunderstanding the war on terror. They believe that Abu Musab al Zarqawi was merely a nuisance before the fall of Saddam. They couldn’t be more wrong.

I’ve thought long and hard about this one, and I’m now in the camp. But…the folks at Winds of Change are still attempting to persuade.

Michelle over at “A Small Victory” is voting with her head AND her heart.

Hey, at least someone in the MSM is owning up to what we’ve known for decades…Peter Jennings admits that the media is less than objective.

“I’m a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective,” Jennings said.

Jennings said that everyone — even journalists — have points of view through which they filter their perception of the news. It could be race, sex or income. But, he said, reporters are ideally trained to be as objective as possible.

“And when we don’t think we can be fully objective, to be fair,” the anchorman said.

Huh? So, if the media is going to be biased, they need to be biased both ways? Obviously, Peter still has a ways to go.

The full story is here.