That's a good question, and the answer you believed, at least until now, has really depended on whether you considered yourself "left" or "right", "liberal" or "conservative", pro-Kerry or pro-Bush....
Well, Sean Hannity can officially, to quote Bill O'Reilly, "shut up."
In Newsweek's "Conventional Wisdom" section (August 23, 2004), it says, "Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office confirms that the top 1 percent got one third of the Bush tax cuts."
It goes on to say, "In ads, Bush honors sacrifice. When will those guys?"
Let's look at that statistic and let it sink in for a moment. The top 1% got 1/3 of the Bush tax cuts....
So that means that 99% of the population got to divide the two thirds that were left after Karl Rove, Enron's Ken "Kenny Boy" Lay, and Dick Cheney's old pals at Halliburton got their share.
Someone should tell Sean Hannity not to believe everything he reads in the Weekly Standard or the Republican National Committee's newsletter.
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Speaking of the Newsweek article, there's another interesting thing about Dick Cheney. "[Cheney] ridicules Kerry for saying U.S. should be more 'sensitive' in terror fight. Yo, Dick, Bush said same thing in March."
Public Speech: Free
Leather Shoes: $250
Reading about Dick Cheney putting his foot in his mouth: Priceless
There really are some things in life money can't buy.
more info:
Newsweek
8.18.2004
8.09.2004
Who holds the Keyes to hypocrisy?
As we see in the political world almost daily, a politician's words usually end up coming back to haunt him - whether it's John Kerry voting for the $87 billion, then against it, or George W. Bush being against a constitutional ban on gay marriage in 2000, then promoting one in 2004.
After the Jack Ryan sex scandal (the GOP's ex-senatorial candidate from Illinois who was formerly married to actress Jeri Ryan, not the character from the Tom Clancy novels), the GOP did not have a candidate to run against Barack Obama, one of the Democrats' rising stars.
As of Wednesday night, August 4, the GOP extended their invitation to conservative talk-show host Alan Keyes.
You might remember Keyes from his attempt to get the Republican Presidential nomination in 1996 and 2000. Or you might remember him as being one of those 10-Commandments supporters who arrived in Montgomery, Alabama during the Roy Moore controversy (where you could hear individuals in the crowd say how "articulate" he is, with the rest of the sentence being "for a black man".)
Alan Keyes accepted the GOP's offer, and is planning to move from his home state of Maryland to Illinois so that he can run for Senate...to...um...represent the people of Illinois.
One could say that in politics there is a fine line between irony and hypocrisy...enter Alan Keyes.
Alan Keyes appeared on Fox News in March of 2000, and had this to say of Senator Hillary Clinton:
"I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton's willingness to go into a state she doesn't even live in and pretend to represent the people there...So I certainly wouldn't imitate it."
Of course not, Mr. Keyes, and we would not expect you to.
more info:
Hypocrite Alan Keyes Said Carpetbagging is Wrong
Illinois GOP offers Senate nod to Alan Keyes
After the Jack Ryan sex scandal (the GOP's ex-senatorial candidate from Illinois who was formerly married to actress Jeri Ryan, not the character from the Tom Clancy novels), the GOP did not have a candidate to run against Barack Obama, one of the Democrats' rising stars.
As of Wednesday night, August 4, the GOP extended their invitation to conservative talk-show host Alan Keyes.
You might remember Keyes from his attempt to get the Republican Presidential nomination in 1996 and 2000. Or you might remember him as being one of those 10-Commandments supporters who arrived in Montgomery, Alabama during the Roy Moore controversy (where you could hear individuals in the crowd say how "articulate" he is, with the rest of the sentence being "for a black man".)
Alan Keyes accepted the GOP's offer, and is planning to move from his home state of Maryland to Illinois so that he can run for Senate...to...um...represent the people of Illinois.
One could say that in politics there is a fine line between irony and hypocrisy...enter Alan Keyes.
Alan Keyes appeared on Fox News in March of 2000, and had this to say of Senator Hillary Clinton:
"I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton's willingness to go into a state she doesn't even live in and pretend to represent the people there...So I certainly wouldn't imitate it."
Of course not, Mr. Keyes, and we would not expect you to.
more info:
Hypocrite Alan Keyes Said Carpetbagging is Wrong
Illinois GOP offers Senate nod to Alan Keyes
8.05.2004
'Bushism' or Freudian Slip?
At the signing ceremony of the Department of Defense's 2005 Appropriations Act, Bush gave a speech in which he "misspoke".....or did he?
Bush:
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we...They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
It's good to know that Bush and al Qaeda think alike.
If the election goes well in November and we're inaugurating John Kerry as President, Bush won't have to look too far for a job opportunity. Our allies in England (London, to be exact) are looking for someone to be the nation's first court jester. They haven't had one since 1649. According to the add, you "must have [your] own outfit (with bells)."
more info:
Bush "misspeaks" during signing ceremony
Help Wanted: Court Jester
Bush:
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we...They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
It's good to know that Bush and al Qaeda think alike.
If the election goes well in November and we're inaugurating John Kerry as President, Bush won't have to look too far for a job opportunity. Our allies in England (London, to be exact) are looking for someone to be the nation's first court jester. They haven't had one since 1649. According to the add, you "must have [your] own outfit (with bells)."
more info:
Bush "misspeaks" during signing ceremony
Help Wanted: Court Jester
8.01.2004
Bush-Cheney '04 and the Race Card
The Arizona Daily Star reported that the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign has requested to know the race of one of the Star's reporters who would be covering an event.
The article states that all journalists who cover presidential or vice-presidential events must undergo a background check and provide their name, birthday, and social security number.
The Star provided all of that information willingly, but still received a call from the campaign asking to provide the reporter's race.
Why would the campaign need this other information?
According to Danny Diaz, a spokesman for Bush-Cheney '04, the journalist's race was needed for security purposes. When asked if it was typical White House practice to ask for that information, or if the journalist, Mamta Popat, was singled out because of her name (which is Indian), Diaz referred those questions to the Secret Service.
The Star's managing editor, Teri Hayt, refused to give the information, saying, "One has to wonder what they were going to do with that information...Because she has Indian ancestry, were they going to deny her access? I don't know."
Christine Walton, an organizer for the event, had asked two other Star editors for the journalist's race before speaking with Hayt. The other editors also refused to release the information.
Walton said the Secret Service needed to know so that they could differentiate between Popat and someone else who may share the same name.
Hayt called it "a very lame excuse."
After all, there were probably going to be a lot of "Mamta Popets" attending the event that day.
more info:
"Bush camp solicits race of Star staffer"
The article states that all journalists who cover presidential or vice-presidential events must undergo a background check and provide their name, birthday, and social security number.
The Star provided all of that information willingly, but still received a call from the campaign asking to provide the reporter's race.
Why would the campaign need this other information?
According to Danny Diaz, a spokesman for Bush-Cheney '04, the journalist's race was needed for security purposes. When asked if it was typical White House practice to ask for that information, or if the journalist, Mamta Popat, was singled out because of her name (which is Indian), Diaz referred those questions to the Secret Service.
The Star's managing editor, Teri Hayt, refused to give the information, saying, "One has to wonder what they were going to do with that information...Because she has Indian ancestry, were they going to deny her access? I don't know."
Christine Walton, an organizer for the event, had asked two other Star editors for the journalist's race before speaking with Hayt. The other editors also refused to release the information.
Walton said the Secret Service needed to know so that they could differentiate between Popat and someone else who may share the same name.
Hayt called it "a very lame excuse."
After all, there were probably going to be a lot of "Mamta Popets" attending the event that day.
more info:
"Bush camp solicits race of Star staffer"
"Owning the word liberal" at the Capital City Free Press
Be sure to check out my new article, "Owning the word liberal" at the Capital City Free Press.
"Now can someone please explain to me why being free from bigotry, favoring reform proposals, being open to new ideas and being tolerant of others is "evil" or something to be ashamed of?"
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"Now can someone please explain to me why being free from bigotry, favoring reform proposals, being open to new ideas and being tolerant of others is "evil" or something to be ashamed of?"
Read more here.
Check out the Free Press here.
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