Politics

Though there’s widespread allegations of heavy handedness in the election process, ex-KGB man Vladimir Putin won the Russian elections with 69% of the vote (much less that Saddam Hussein’s last margin of victory…). Was the election rigged? It’s quite possible. Did it matter to much if it was? Maybe not: “We voted for Putin because … Read more

By virtue of my workplace, I got the opportunity to volunteer at President Bush’s fund-raising luncheon today here in Louisville. I turned out to be quite an experience. My duties invovled escorting the press to the “press cage” and making sure they didn’t wander off from there. Added to that was keeping people away from … Read more

A Washington Times article listed by Drudge says that evangelicals are frustrated by Bush and feel like he “left them on the table” since coming to power in 2000. I disagree that most evangelicals are disappointed, but what concerns me most about this article is the way that evangelical groups are cited. Listed are complaints … Read more

Peggy Noonan on Bush: Mr. Bush is the triumph of the seemingly average American man. He’s normal. He thinks in a sort of common-sense way. He speaks the language of business and sports and politics. You know him. He’s not exotic. But if there’s a fire on the block, he’ll run out and help. He’ll … Read more

Drudge alleges some Clinton-esque behavior in the Kerry camp. The Dems’ show gets wilder and wilder…

While this Washington Times Op/Ed piece by a lieutenant who served with George W. Bush in the Air National Guard should put the issue to rest, it probably won’t. What is so interesting is that such tactics are being raised now. The opposition usually raises aruguments of this kind during September or October to sway … Read more

Howard Dean will make a spectacle of himself, and nothing will stop him from doing so. He initially indicated that he would drop out of the Democratic race if he lost Wisconsin, but now he says he will stay in for the long haul: Acknowledging that it was an “obvious contradiction” from his fund-raising e-mail … Read more

My mother-in-law, who works for his office, sent me a great article on U.S. Congressman Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) in The Hill today. The article chronicles Wamp’s personal changes from a drug addict to the God-fearing man he is today, and is an inspiring read. Wamp, who incidentally was one of only two congressmen in 2003 … Read more

Jonah Goldberg on “undecided” voters: No, I’m not saying that all undecideds are dumb, and I’m not saying that the choices in presidential elections are as cut-and-dried as the strawberry ice cream versus the garden-rake smack. But what I am saying is that the rush to show one’s independence of mind in contests between Republican … Read more

Overall, I thought it was a good speech. There are certainly none in the Democrats’ camp who would even take a stand on, much less talk about defending marriage in such strong terms as George W. Bush did tonight. However, my question for any Democrats who read this blog is in a different direction. Why … Read more