I say it’s a natural match, as they share similar philosophies regarding which information or disinformation to suppress or promote.
January 2008
GOP 2008: Some California delegates are easy [Karl]
At the American Spectator, Jennifer Rubin thought it was a big deal that a new SurveyUSA poll from California showed McCain at 41% to 17% for Romney, Rudy at 13% and Huckabee at 10%. Yet she downgraded it in an update because it was a poll of the “Bay Area only.” At NRO’s Corner, Rich Lowry joked that “McCain is now poised to sweep to victory in Nancy Pelosi’s district!” Rubin is going
GOP 2008: Is McCain Inevitable? [Karl]
Johnny Mac may have staged a million-dollar raid on Rudy Giuliani’s home turf yesterday, but he shouldn’t get cocky just yet. At RCP’s Horse Race blog, Jay Cost brings it (as usual): McCain is staunchly opposed by a vocal group of conservatives who view him as an unreliable maverick. You can hear their most prominent advocate on the radio every weekday from noon to three eastern. You can see them in the
Another Study Discovers Phenomenon It Sets Out to Discover, for Foundations Predicated on Discovering Said Phenomenon [Dan Collins]
A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations* found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.The study concluded that the statements “were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses.” The study was posted Tuesday
Zest Of Goldstein: Tom Cruise & Scientology
Nick Denton’s unexpectedly heroic stance against the litigious Church of Scientology, hosting a Tom Cruise-based indoctrination video, then responding to the inevitable copyright infringement notice with four more clips – including the Freedom Medal Award Ceremony – inspired me to recall former teen idol Leif Garrett’s take on a related controversy.
Where Were You In 1994? (CraigC)
This is awesome. Not to brag or anything, but I never did the AOL thing. It always amazed me that there were so many people who didn’t get that all you needed was Netscape and an IP. I do remember having a 9400-Baud modem, though. Took ten minutes just to download one lousy 56k dirty picture. Update: Very funny, Dan. So, what were you buggering if it wasn’t goats? As
GOP 2008: Whither Huckabee? [Karl]
The Associated Press, among others, confirms the sad condition of the Huckabee campaign, noted here earlier today. Although the AP and the Politico lead with news of top advisers working without pay and some aides quitting, worse conditions are buried further down in each account: Huckabee’s campaign has stopped arranging charter flights, hotel reservations and other means of helping journalists keep up with his movements. News organizations pay their own
My Own Private Idaho
Here’s an idea: somebody with a facility at putting together graphic representations should get together with Karl and others who’d be willing to do so to make a chart comparing the Republican candidates’ positions on all the major issues (including those candidates who’ve since dropped out), and then juxtapose their findings against the positions staked out both in the Reagan revolution and the Contract with America. And not just the
The “Fred Thompson is out” post [Karl]
Now that Fred Thompson has officially withdrawn from the race, the chatter will only increase about his apparent intent to not endorse another candidate, as reported by Jim Geraghty and Marc Ambinder. This is pretty cagey on Thompson’s part. Had he endorsed his good friend, Sen. John McCain, he likely would have hurt is own standing among Fredheads. Moreover, if McCain should win the nomination and offer the Veep slot
