Saturday, October 30 2004
The Gremlin Assist: On the Last of the 2004 US Presidential Debates
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
