I advocate regulating all drugs because it is the only way to reduce our young people's access to them.
A word from Josh... A few days ago I noted a divergence between the websites of the two presidential candidates. John Kerry's website showed lots of pictures of John Kerry in all the expected poses of authority, empathy and so forth. Meanwhile, President Bush's website also showed lots of pictures of John Kerry caught, as you might imagine, in poses suggesting buffoonery, arrogance, indecision and the like. What the GWB website didn't have any of was pictures of George W. Bush. Now, earlier today I noted how the Bush campaign has replaced the front page of their website with a Reagan tribute, with a huge picture of the late president backgrounded with flags, accompanied by links to a Reagan tribute video, links to President Reagan's most famous speeches and statement of his praise for President Reagan by President Bush. That's the Bush website now. (You really need to see it to get the picture.) Now, how many days of leaving the site that way will it take before people start to see the obvious: that President Bush's campaign staffers believe that pushing their own guy isn't a particularly good political strategy and that bashing Kerry or grasping on to Reagan nostalgia is far preferable? Now to a related point. I've got a number of notes from people (few of them Bush supporters in the first case, of course) who are outraged by the Bush campaign's unabashed exploitation of Reagan's passing as part of their reelection campaign effort --- the morphing of the Bush website into the Reagan tribute website being a key example. Yes, it's crass and cynical. But it's also a tad desperate. And that's the more important point, I think. Having watched the Bush White House for some time and seen them try all manner of crude and crass political gambits, very few of them, in my recollection, haven't ended up biting them in the behind. I suspect this case will be the same. -- Josh Marshall
To be honest, I am hoping and praying that they continue with these tactics. I believe that they are simply shooting themselves in the foot at nearly every turn, particularly with independants. Keep it up, Rove!
Bush can wrap himself in the American flag and Reagan's legacy all he wants, but sooner or later people are gonna ask, "What's he hiding?"
if Kerry would pick Smarty Jones as his running mate, i'd vote for him. by the way...i'm considering ordering my Smarty Jones for President bumper sticker from www.smartyjones.com
oh, no you didn't, mark!!! you did not just disrespect the best triple crown threat in years!!!! the horse with more heart than both of our presidential candidates combined times 2!!
understood! you can probably tell from my continued love of that horse that i didn't have much on him in the belmont!
RM95's Guide to Offing MadMax (not that I want to, but you know, just a general PSA) 1. Put Smarty Jones on train. 2. Make sure that MadMax is standing somewhere on the train's route. 3. Watch MadMax's head explode due to pure, 100% joy as Smarty Jones passes by on said train.
HOLY CRAP!!!! YOU JUST BLEW MY MIND!!! of course, it would have to be the Metrorail downtown. while i'm enjoying a frosty beverage at Live Sports Cafe on the patio. that's it...i'm leaving...i'm going home and going to sleep. my day can't get any better.
You should always go out on a high note! Kruger: ...And it gets worse. The team working on the statue in Lafayette Square kind of over-smoothed it. They ground the head down to about the size of a softball, and that spells trouble. George: Alright, well why don't we smooth the head down to nothing, stick a pumpkin under its arm and change the nameplate to Ichabod Crane? Everyone at the meeting breaks out in laughter. George (getting up and leaving): Alright! That's it for me. Goodnight everybody.
Perhaps Smarty Jones could have Sargent York, the horse that that followed the Reagan funeral precession, as his running mate?
