Day: January 13, 2005

I’ve seen some hate mail in my day, but man, this takes the cake.

Kerry to meet with French president, via AP.

PARIS – Sen. John Kerry will meet Friday with French President Jacques Chirac, U.S. and French officials said.

The Massachusetts Democrat who lost the November election to incumbent President Bush has relatives in France and speaks French.

Kerry’s stop in Paris was part of a trip to Europe and the Middle East, the U.S. Embassy in Paris said Thursday. Kerry was also to meet with French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier.

I can only imagine the trash Bush talk that went on in private between John and Jacques. Better yet, what “deals” were made?

Via The Boston Globe:

HERE’S THE new Democratic Party slogan: We stand for nothing but victory.

Or, as Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, the new chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, told The New York Times: “Some people argue about old Democrats and new Democrats. I’m a Vince Lombardi Democrat. Winning is everything.”

And this gem from well known leftist Donna Brazile…

“As a party, we have a large tent, but our basic values will remain. The Democratic Party’s problem is not what we stand for, as much as how we communicate our values.”

Wrap it up and tie a big red bow around it. It’s the WAY we communicate, it’s not WHAT we communicate.

The Democrats have a LONG way to go…

Then take the Rathergate Pop Quiz. And yes, this will count against your final grade.

Via Wired:

For all the press that bloggers have received for revolutionizing journalism by bringing Gutenberg’s printing press to the digital masses, when push comes to shove, journalists who operate personal weblogs face an inherent conflict of interest. In the end, it’s the blogs that usually get short shrift.

Read the whole thing.