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From THE GREAT STATE OF MAINE...
Cheers and Jeers for Wednesday, February 4, 2004
CHEERS to John Kerry. Ladies and gentlemen...The Next President of the United States.
CHEERS to John Edwards. Won his must-win state. Now what?
JEERS to Clintonites. Shoved a wholly unprepared Wesley Clark into the race, and now he's taking it on the chin. This certainly wasn't covered in basic training.
CHEERS to Joe Lieberman. He ran an honorable (if unpopular) campaign. Now that he's out, let's help him out of the mud puddle and give him his Campaign Survivor's merit badge. Oh, and about that child-scaring "Oklahoma" warble: forget we even mentioned it.
CHEERS to Howard Dean and his supporters. They (we) will go down in history as the guys who flung themselves on the right-wing's barbed wire, making it possible for the rest of the pack to run over them, charge the fortress, and send the barbarians packing. Dr. Dean made it okay to be a proud Democrat again, and in that respect he is THE hero of the new millennium. I hope he is richly rewarded when we take back the White House.
JEERS to Hillary Clinton's sense of timing. The Democratic field isn't as strong as she thought it'd be, and Bush isn't as strong as she thought he'd be. Now Kerry election looks quite promising, and his re-election in '08 would spell the end of the Clinton dynasty. Whoops!
JEERS to White House's defense of the Bush AWOL flap. Just because you got an honorable discharge doesn't mean your daddy didn't pull strings to get it rubber-stamped. It's called the power of privilege. You're guilty as hell, W...and you dishonor our real soldiers.
JEERS to GOP Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina. Says on Crossfire that Bush budget provides "strong backing" for veterans. But when Paul Begala points out that budget actually slashes vet benefits to the extent that the VFW calls it "disgraceful, harmful proof that veterans are no longer a priority in this administration," Sanford mumbles, "Um...I haven't seen the details yet." So...you love the budget but you don't know what's in it? Meet today's winner of the Golden Waffle Award. Thhpppppppt!!
JEERS to Colin Powell. Now says U.S. would have invaded Iraq anyway because of their "intent." I see. So this little quip that slithered out of your mouth at the U.N. in '02---"The only thing that is even being discussed right now is what stockpiles were out there"---was a slip of the tongue? Pathetic.
JEERS to this front-page story in the Portland (Maine) Press Herald: "The cost of complying with the No Child Left Behind Act may eventually outpace the flow of federal education money to Maine, leaving taxpayers to pay the cost." Help me out here: is that Bush lie #12,456...or 57?
CHEERS to the theory of "We the People": Americans turn stupid---or smart---in droves when you least expect it. Last night's exit polls show that, this year, they'll be smart enough to boot Bush out of the White House. Because they know he thinks they're stupid.
What are you cheering and jeering about today?
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