IA GOP Delegation Compares Party to Terrorists

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Monday August 30, 2004 · 1:23 PM PDT

2004/08/30 · 13:23

OK, this is too funny not to share.

The Republican National Convention started today in New York City, and already there has been a bit of a stir created.

Contrary to expectatations of many, though, this didn't come from the throngs of protestors outside Madison Square Garden, but from some of those inside.

It seems that the Iowa delegation, largely comprised of Fundamentalist Christians, have arrived wearing buttons, declaring the Republican Party to be "God's Own Party."
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IL-Sen: Obama Hard-Pressed

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Saturday August 21, 2004 · 10:57 PM PDT

2004/08/21 · 22:57

To win by 45%, anyway. ;-) Hey, it caught your attention, didn't it?

New polling from the Chicago Tribune and WGN, conducted by Market Shares Corp. from Aug. 13-16. It has an error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Obama - 65
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CO-Sen: Salazar Up 4%, Within MoE

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Friday August 20, 2004 · 11:34 AM PDT

2004/08/20 · 11:34

Courtesy of Rasmussen Reports:

August 20, 2004--In his bid to become the next United States Senator from Colorado, Ken Salazar is currently attracting 49% support from voters in his state. A Rasmussen Reports survey of 500 Likely Voters finds that Republican Pete Coors has support from 45% of Colorado voters.

The candidates are campaigning for a seat currently held by popular Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell. Had Campbell run for re-election, this would have been a safe Republican seat. But, earlier in the year, Campbell announced his retirement while citing health reasons. Read More

Legacy of the Patriot Act?

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Sunday July 11, 2004 · 9:18 AM PDT

2004/07/11 · 09:18

In some ways, I'm ashamed to report that this is happening in my hometown, in other ways, I think that if it's this bad in liberal Seattle, how bad can things be elsewhere in the nation.

This is the story: from BrownEqualsTerrorist.com, as reported by a Shoreline Community College photography student, about his racial profiling and inquisition by several law-enforcement organizations, including some from the Department of Homeland Security.

His 'crime': photographing a railroad bridge at the Hiram Chittenden Locks. And this, after checking with the park ranger to verify that he didn't need any sort of official permission to do so. Read More

Please, Run This Ad.

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Friday June 25, 2004 · 2:52 PM PDT

2004/06/25 · 14:52

OK, people, trust me. Go to georgewbush.com, and watch the ad right there on the main page at the top, just off the nav bars.

Attune yourself to your thoughts.

I swear, when I saw this, I thought "Wow, someone's hacked the site and changed content on them." Only the last ten seconds of the minute and seventeen seconds try to put a different spin on it, and they say nothing. Read More

WA-sen, pres: SUSA Poll

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Monday June 07, 2004 · 4:07 PM PDT

2004/06/07 · 16:07

Sponsored by Seattle-based KING TV, conducted by Survey USA, present polling shows:

Kerry 49
Bush 44
Nader 3
Undecided 2
Senate race
Murray (D) 49
Nethercutt (R) 34

Fully story is here (registration required).

Additional excerpts:

The split is almost identical to the outcome on Election Day in 2000, when Gore beat Bush by 5 percent and Nader got 4.

Kerry's strongest support comes from women and those between the ages of 18 and 34 and those over 50. Fifty three percent of those voters aged 50 to 64 said they would vote for Kerry.

Kerry is weakest among 35- to 49-year-olds, 42 percent of whom said they would vote for him.

Bush's support is strongest (49 percent) among men and among those in the 35-49 age bracket, where he gets 50 percent support. The president's support in Washington State is weakest among Hispanics, only 28 percent of which said they would vote for him.

Political Machinations to Get Bush on IL Ballot

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Monday June 07, 2004 · 11:56 AM PDT

2004/06/07 · 11:56

Borrowed from Teagan Goddard's Political Wireand expanded on somewhat:

Given the timing of this year's Republican National Convention- pushed into late August, there will be no Republican nominee on the cutoff date which Illinois has set- thus requiring special legislation or a court order to put Mr. Bush on the Illinois ballot.

Apparently, Illinois Senate Democrats have offerred a modification to the law which would allow Mr. Bush to appear on the ballot with a number of other changes to Illinois electoral law such as allowing for the registration of voters up to fourteen days before an elections, but Illinois Republicans have found the offer unacceptable, and will instead try to have their nominee placed on the ballot via court order.

Shame, isn't it? Couldn't we just put Nader on the Illinois ballot and leave the Chimperor off? Read More

Why the Iraq Governing Council failed

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Wednesday April 28, 2004 · 3:13 PM PDT

2004/04/28 · 15:13

Just released in the web edition of the Christian Science Monitor is a fascinating look at the Paul Bremer-led disaster in Iraq, and UN-led plans for an alternative solution. Read More

All Children Left Behind

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Tuesday March 30, 2004 · 6:00 PM PST

2004/03/30 · 18:00

Sure, just judging from the name alone, the concept of "No Child Left Behind" sounds like a good concept.

But let's take this seriously. The concept of withholding federal funds from schools which fail to meet certain educational criteria isn't going to make those schools any better- it'll make them worse, which will have a concomitant deleterious effect upon students.
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New Polling: MI, OH, PA

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Thursday March 18, 2004 · 8:09 PM PST

2004/03/18 · 20:09

Lifted from Taegan Goddard, Kerry leads Bush by four points in Michigan and Ohio, while Pennsylvania is a virtual dead heat. Polls are all from Rasmussen:
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Democrats and Republicans in Reverse?

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Wednesday March 17, 2004 · 12:20 AM PST

2004/03/17 · 00:20

I've a friend who runs a website/blog primarily for female entrepreneurs called CapitalistChicks.com and found herself in need of some news and op-ed pieces.

Even with the general bent somewhere to my right, I volunteered to contribute some op-ed pieces, and suggested this one on how the two major parties have seemingly switched definitions within the last two decades or so. This idea was approved, provided that I "wasn't too partisan."