Sullivan
CHENEY'S NEGATIVES: The Fox poll is a good antidote to Newsweek's - but it does show Bush with under 50 percent support against Kerry, and a seven point difference. But what also struck me was that Dick Cheney's negatives have doubled in two years. 39 percent now view him unfavorably. Interesting.
FORGETTING THE SOUTH: There goes South Carolina for Kerry. But the interesting question is: is he right? The cultural divide between the South and the rest of the country is getting pretty yawning. Isn't it equally true that the Republicans have given up on most of the Northeast? If you don't include Florida in the South, Kerry may well be factually correct.
THE TRUTH ABOUT IRAN: Forget about internal reform. Regime change is what we need. Here's why.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I think it was reasonable to reach the conclusion that Iraq posed an imminent threat. Now that you know reality on the ground, as opposed to what you estimated before, you may reach a different conclusion -- although I must say I actually think Iraq, what we learned during the inspection, made Iraq a more dangerous place potentially than, in fact, we thought it was even before the war." - David Kay, as reprinted by Robert Tagorda.
ATRIOS PUNTS: Funny. In his long posting about how he does too occasionally criticize the left, he cites not a single actual link to anything he has ever written. I just want to read, say, three specific instances in which Atrios has criticized the left. Just three. Then I'll leave him alone.
EMAIL OF THE DAY: "I honestly don't know how to respond to the all the plaudits raining down on the oratory of John Edwards from conservatives who ought to know better. Watching him, I saw in him the worst traits of Clinton all over again. The demonization of those with honest policy differences, and the casting of those disagreements in moral terms, the encouragement to voters to think of themselves as victims of malevolent right-wing forces, to believe that only government programs can save them from market-induced destitution. His comments were directed at people in my middle-income bracket. I've always thought of myself as an independent person that can manage my own affairs and pay my way through the world by purchasing the goods and services that I need. I'm not rich, but I have more than enough money to pay for the basic necessities and afford a few extra material comforts while I'm at it, yet Edwards seems to think that I'm one paycheck away from the poorhouse, and that if he doesn't reach down to me and lift me up from my condition of incipient bondage, I'll be scraping to survive until I die. Well I don't need Edwards condescending pity, and I resent the insinuation that I need him to save me from the big, bad world... For the record, I'm no Grover Norquist flat-tax disciple. Fiscally, I'd say I'm a moderate, and some wealth redistribution doesn't bother me one bit. It's just that this guy is an opportunistic snake-oil merchant if I've ever seen one. I don't know what Brooks, Marshall et al are seeing that I'm not. He makes me physically ill." - |
