Recent Politics Features

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Thursday, December 30 2004

The Year In U.S. Politics: New Lows and Scattered Saving Graces

By Terry Sawyer

Ooooh to writh under the blinding glare of his piercing eye, to bear the stinging lash of his sassy tongue. It smarts to be pinned down so and held in the vise-like critique of Terry Sawyer, but 2004 revealed so many deserving people... Ah, but the sparks that fly from this year in review also light up the darkness, giving us glimmers of hope. Not all is lost. Read on.

Friday, November 5 2004

Emigration Dreaming

By Natasha Julius

Give us your tired, hungry, oppressed and downtrodden. Of course we mean Canada. Can we convince them to take us?

Saturday, October 30 2004

More of the Same: Bush, Kerry and the War on Terror

By Jay Dunbar

Distinctions between stopping terrorist organizations and disarming 'rogue' nations are glossed over in favor of ever-shifting rhetorical positions which seem to follow the polls in a vertiginous ballet of double-speak.

The Gremlin Assist: On the Last of the 2004 US Presidential Debates

By Terry Sawyer

The Presidential debates are no supposed to be like the Special Olympics; everyone is not a winner for simply trying.

Wednesday, October 27 2004

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad 527?

By Katie Zerwas

The reality is that while speech, assembly, and petition are guaranteed 'free' that does not mean they do not have a cost.

Wednesday, October 20 2004

Hollywood Babbling On

By Michael Abernethy

Naturally, Kerry will be judged by the company he keeps, but it's not like he is consorting with Satan Worshippers or Neo-Nazis.

Monday, October 11 2004

Kerry Cakewalk: The Second of the 2004 US Presidential Debates

By Terry Sawyer

It's stunning to see the President think that's he's handily dealt with his opponent's charges when he's in fact just lit another one of his hallmark stupidity flares.

Wednesday, October 6 2004

Gargoyle Eats Choir Boy: The 2004 US Vice-Presidential Debate

By Terry Sawyer

Cheney may have won if the discussion is dispassionately viewed as a series of chess moves, but the fact remains that he frightens the horses and bores most folks with the scowling, ancient grind of his voice.

Friday, October 1 2004

Road Kill: The First of the 2004 US Presidential Debates

By Terry Sawyer

Bush and his handlers want the election to be a referendum on the war on terror as some kind of skeet shooting, coon skinnin', bare knuckle boxing triathlon.

Wednesday, September 8 2004

Republican Convention: Day Four

By Terry Sawyer

Bush's speech was designed to soft-pedal his ideological psychosis, recycle 'compassionate conservatism,' and excoriate what was his speechwriter's best turn, 'the soft bigotry of low expectations.'

Republican Convention: Day Three

By Terry Sawyer

Zell Miller delivered this blustery bullshit with maximum venom, his mouth drawn tighter than a Crown Royal whiskey sack.

Wednesday, September 1 2004

Republican Convention: Day Two

By Terry Sawyer

Tuesday's show felt like one long lull, a string of clichés tepidly delivered. I kept chugging Starbuck's espresso-and-cream cans, wishing Jerry Falwell would come on to talk about how God hates fags and the ACLU.

Tuesday, August 31 2004

Republican Convention: Day One

By Terry Sawyer

The greatest feat of the Republican National Convention is to hide the GOP's true beliefs. It's a sign of great discipline that the party machinery would line up its most maligned moderates to speak during primetime, while shuffling the ghastly religious right off to the cold cut line, keeping its theocratic designs tucked under the Wonder Bread.

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