Now that the turnout had been high enough to become difficult to deligitimize, some on the left will have to turn elsewhere for cynicism and criticism. Here is your challenge- Be the first to find a left-wing pundit or blogger who states some version of the following- “It’s amazing. Bush can run an election in …
Archives for January 2005
Congrats, Iraqi’s
From what I hear on MSNBC and CNN, turnout in Iraq has been fantastic- up to 72%. That, mind you, is 10% higher than the turnout here in the United States in the hotly contested Bush/Kerry election several months ago. Such a high turnout will be difficult to spin, and it appears that the ‘Damning …
Tough as Nails
This is unbelievable: The first time Lance Cpl. Tony Stevens was bombed in Iraq, a car packed with 155 mm shells exploded next to his Humvee just as a device containing five more shells detonated beneath it. By bomb No. 9, the former baseball minor league shortstop had become a good luck-bad luck icon and …
Is It Really This Difficult?
Sometimes Andrew Sullivan is simply amazing. He has recently been in a tedious little tiff with Glenn Reynolds and Mickey Kaus (who is telling one side of the story, who is being inconsistent, etc.) that I was mostly able to ignore. Tonight, however, he has outdone even himself: GLENN’S DEFENSE: He argues that he only …
The Damning “But”
The Damning But (aka the “Copperhead Conjunction”) is out in full force: Reuters– Iraq to Vote Shadowed by Threat of Bloodbath-Sat Jan 29, 2005 04:24 PM ET Insurgents threatened a bloodbath on Sunday when Iraqis go to the polls in an election intended to unite the country and quell violence but which could instead foment …
Give It Up
The extent to which the loony left will go to attack this administration over stupid little things is mind-boggling. Dear Deep-Thinker, Go sit your ass outside in Aushwitz for an hour without moving. Then, walk from your heated hotel to a heated limo. Get back to me which one is colder. Ankle-biting morons. PS- They …
World Class Trolling
Sometimes I think my comments have become a cesspool, and I despair. However, after reading this comment at Max’s, I have decided my trolls are but mere pikers: Somehow, you dumb fucks on the left seem to get the “big” picture. The rightwingers don’t seem to understand Arab politics. Who cares about those fucking Shia’s …