Oh yeah – both Obama and Biden were either co-sponsors of, voted for or drafted Katrina relief or oversight bills. Biden was the sponsor of Senate amendment 1661, which was to provide emergency funding to victims of Katrina. The vote failed 41-56, with McCain voting against it. As Geiger notes: .
“Read my lips: no new taxes” was a famous pledge made by Republican Presidential candidate George H. W. Bush at the 1988 Republican National Convention in his acceptance speech on August 18. Written by speechwriter Peggy Noonan, the line was one of the most prominent sound bites from the speech. The no tax pledge had [...]
Cindy Sheehan was arrested and dragged off Tuesday night before the start of the president’s State of the Union address. A guest of California representative Lynn Woolsey, who has called for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq, Sheehan was handcuffed in the House chamber for wearing an anti-war T-shirt.Sheehan pledged back in October that she [...]
Senator John F. Kerry has called President George W. Bush conceding Ohio and the presidency, according to the Associated Press. Kerry is expected to make a speech at 1 p.m. at Faneuil Hall and the president is scheduled to make a statement at 3 p.m. Although the White House claimed that Bush’s margin in Ohio [...]
If you are registered to vote in the United States, please vote today. And while you’re at it, vote for my man, John Kerry
President Bush campaign acknowledged Thursday that it had doctored a photograph used in a television commercial to remove the president and the podium where he was standing. The campaign said the ad will be re-edited and reshipped to TV stations.
One of the most powerful televised exchanges in recent history. Stewart hits it out of the park. BoingBoing reader bryan says, “Jon Stewart blasted the hosts on CNN’s Crossfire for hurting the democratic process instead of helping. He also calls Tucker Carlson a dick. Bittorrent: Link, and transcript here.
Michael Moore is considering taking legal action against a US cable pay-per-view TV company for dumping his pre-election special, which included the airing of his controversial documentary Fahrenheit 9/11. The cable company, iN DEMAND, said it based its decision to drop the program on “legitimate business and legal concerns.” The US$9.95, 3 hour pay-per-view special [...]
By 1972, John F. Kerry was a national figure, but without roots in one place he could call home. For a young man with congressional ambitions, that was a handicap, one he would quickly compound…
