September 10th, 2004
Wlady P. reports that CBS may have gotten the questionable documents from the Democrats. He’s got some sources spilling mild amounts of dirt, and I trust Vlady pretty implicitly–he’s a real pro.
Is this what Susan Estrich meant when she said “You have to fight fire with fire, mud with mud, dirt with dirt”?
Another Expert
September 10th, 2004
Hugh Hewitt interviews Farrell Shiver, a document expert who actually has a name!
I don’t mean to be a killjoy in all of this, but part of me wants to see CBS exonerated because (1) I find it deeply unsettling that a serious news organization could get hoodwinked so easily; and (2) If they have been duped, it makes me wonder how often this sort of thing has happened before, say, in the last 30 years. The logical answer would be: A lot.
I’d like to cling to my illusions about the superiority of old media for a little while longer, please.
0 commentsSeptember 10th, 2004
A fantastic piece on the new Army Combat Uniform.
0 commentsSeptember 10th, 2004
Has Ken Jennings lost Jeopardy? Don’t click here if you don’t want to know!
0 commentsSeptember 10th, 2004
My piece on the un-making of Suspect Zero is up. It’s not quite a movie review, and should probably be avoided unless you’re interested in the sausage-making aspect of Hollywood.
0 commentsSeptember 9th, 2004
You’ll fall off your chair laughing: An email from 1972 casts doubt on Bush’s National Guard service.
The Daily Parody strikes again.
0 commentsIs It a Hoax?
September 9th, 2004
Steve Hayes has lots of expert testimony about these 60 Minutes documents.
0 commentsLosing New Jersey?
September 9th, 2004
Could things be going so bad for the Kerry campaign that even New Jersey, considered a Democratic lock in this election cycle, is now up for grabs? According to the latest Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers poll, John Kerry leads George Bush among likely voters by a slim margin of 43 percent to 41 percent. Among registered voters, the margin is only slightly larger, with Kerry leading Bush 43 percent to 39 percent. Compare this with a month ago, when Kerry led Bush by a whopping 53 percent to 33 percent.
With the Kerry camp now devoting most of its resources to battleground states like Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania, and with many New Jerseyans upset with the antics of Democratic governor James McGreevey, it seems the Garden State would be ripe for a Republican upset. But high-level sources in the Bush campaign say they are still reluctant to spend more money and time here, as opposed to, say, Missouri and Wisconsin–although New Jersey has more electoral votes (15) than either of those two states (11 and 10, respectively).
If Bush wins in New Jersey, it will be the first time a Republican has taken the state since his father beat that other Massachusetts liberal back in 1988.
