Day October 6, 2003

Republicans nervous about Dean Republicans underestimate Dean. “A memo being circulated by a prominent Republican polling firm argues that GOPers run a serious risk of underestimating” Howard Dean “as a general election candidate,” Roll Call reports. From the memo: “The…

Rumsfeld poetry “Needless to Say” Needless to say, The president is correct. Whatever it was he said. (Feb 28, 2001, Department of Defense briefing.)

Argentina gets deja vu watching California vote Argentines are watching the California governor recall vote with a sense of deja vu and have this advice to offer: booting out your leaders won’t necessarily solve your problems. Do they really think…

George W. Bush’s medieval presidency This LA Times Sunday Op-ed explores the religiously-based medieval mindset of the Bushies, who, convinced they alone possess truth, ignore and distort anything that contradicts their worldview. This behavior sounds oddly similar to those Islamic religious theocracies…

Answers please, Mr Bush Michael Moore fired his opening salvo against George Bush and his rightwing cronies with his bestseller Stupid White Men. Now the president is in his sights again. In this second extract from his new book <Dude,…