The Village Voice: Nation: Mondo Washington: Dems for Death by James Ridgeway
[S]ix of the nine candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination are for the death penalty. Only Dennis Kucinich, Al Sharpton, and Carol Moseley Braun are in outright opposition.
Boston.com / News / Politics / Bush to stake bid for reeelection on peace, security
Bush used the news conference, only the 10th of his presidency, to defend his policies and lay out what will be a central theme in his reelection bid. The tightly controlled news conference in the Rose Garden was also notable because it was held on the heels of some of the deadliest and most well-coordinated attacks during the US-led occupation of Iraq. …
”I will defend my record at the appropriate time and look forward to it,” Bush said. ”I’ll say that the world is more peaceful and more free under my leadership, and America is more secure. And that will be how I begin describing our foreign policy.”
CNN.com – White House pressed on ‘mission accomplished’ sign – Oct. 29, 2003
Attention turned Tuesday to a giant ”Mission Accomplished” sign that stood behind Bush aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln when he gave the speech May 1.
The president told reporters the sign was put up by the Navy, not the White House. …
Navy and administration sources said that though the banner was the Navy’s idea, the White House actually made it.
Remember the campaign commercial taxpayers paid for? Now, the Commander and Chief says the buck stopped at the Pentagon. Sure. mjh
mjh’s Weblog Entry – 05/23/2003: Keepers of Bush’s image
George W. Bush’s ”Top Gun” landing on the deck of the carrier Abraham Lincoln will be remembered as one of the most audacious moments of presidential theater in American history. But it was only the latest example of how the Bush administration, going far beyond the foundations in stagecraft set by the Reagan White House, is using the powers of television and technology to promote a presidency like never before. …
Keepers of Bush image lift stagecraft to new heights by Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, Friday, May 16, 2003
”The environmental extremists and their liberal friends in the press would have you believe that this President does not have a good environmental record when he has the best record of any president in history.” – James Inhofe, Republican Senator
Is Inhofe that ignorant or just a liar? mjh
NPR : Senate Democrats Clear Way for Leavitt Confirmation
Senate Democrats Clear Way for Leavitt Confirmation
»from Morning Edition, Tuesday , October 28, 2003
The full Senate is now expected to confirm Utah Republican Gov. Mike Leavitt as the next Environmental Protection Agency administrator. Senate Democrats had blocked the nomination to protest the Bush administration’s environmental record. NPR’s David Welna reports.
Contact James M. Inhofe – U.S. Senator – Oklahoma
”A lie repeated often enough becomes the truth.” – Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister for Propaganda
The first primary is in January, 2004; the candidate will be picked a few month later; the election to unseat George Bush will be over before you know it. Find someone you can support and support them! Don’t just sit and wait until 11/2/04. mjh
Let me know of other candidates, related sites and endorsements. Thanks!
Candidate info from congress.org:
Congress.Org — Election 2004
There is a good test of senatorial courage coming this week. For the first time, senators will be asked whether they are prepared to do something serious about global warming. The question comes in the form of a bill by John McCain and Joseph Lieberman that would impose mandatory caps on industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases thought to be heavily responsible for warming the earth’s atmosphere. The bill is a long shot. But it will provide the first true test of the sincerity of senators who say they care about the problem and have faulted President Bush for not doing enough. …
But Washington hangs back, fearful of asking the country to make the investments in cleaner fuels, cars and power plants needed to start bringing emissions down.
This fear has been engendered in part by Mr. Bush, who remains stubbornly positioned at the rear of a parade he ought to be leading.
Dump Bush — Humorous Views