Friday, September 26, 2003

Leiberman Tries, Fails To Hurt Clark Lieberman takes on Clark. Can you smell the desperation at Lieberman HQ? Igniting a spate of post-debate recrimination, Joe Lieberman accused new presidential rival... [Daily Kos] Lieberman's going after Clark on the now-infamous Little Rock Republican speech from May '01, where Clark said nice things about Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, et al... Now, it's nice to see Joe flailing around looking for something to prop up his collapsing campaign. And to be honest, I'm not that worried about this. Clark addressed his political loyalties pretty well last night - yeah, he only recently chose to be identified as a Democrat. Big deal. He's pro-choice, he's pro-affirmative action, he's anti-tax cuts, he's anti-Patriot Act, he's anti-unilateralism...and none of those are new positions for him. So he praised the Bush administration's defense/security people pre-9/11. At that point, they still looked pretty good. Rumsfeld was working at restructuring the military, which is something I can see Clark supporting, for example. So Clark said nice things about Bush at the same time that Bush was going tax cut crazy - he seems pretty strongly opposed to those tax cuts now, doesn't he? It's ironic, of course, that it's Joe going after Gen. Clark. After all, Sharpton's quip last night that a new Democrat like Clark is better than an old Democrat who acts more like a Republican - very obviously implying Leiberman. Joe, you're a Republican who sometimes pretends to be a Democrat. Do you really think *you* of all people can get mileage out of questioning Clark's party loyalties?

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Red Sox Playoff Game, BloggerCon Day 2...What A Dilemma! Description of the last session on Day 2. Remember, Day 2 is free. Spread the word. [Scripting News] Sounds like I'm probably going to miss most of Day 2 after all - if the Red Sox don't sweep the Oakland As out of the playoffs in three games (no, it couldn't go the other way - this is the YEAR! WOO!) then game 4 of their AL Division Series will be at Fenway, probably 1 o'clock, on Sunday, Oct. 5. And I've got tickets. No offense, Dave, but I'd have to go with the Sox there. =)

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DraftClark.com Guy Makes Good And Other Political Whatever Just heard Stirling Newberry of The Clark Sphere and draftclark.com on NPR's The Connection on my (late) way into work this morning. He called in to talk about the role of the Internet in the Democratic primary - pointed out that it's just one of the "micromedias" - along with things like NPR, cable news appearances, etc...he came across well. Earlier in the program, I heard the commentators the host had on (including pollster Frank Luntz) laugh at the idea that people in this country are turning against the war, turning against Bush's tax cuts, turning against Bush, etc...they said "Maybe if things get worse, they will..." Uh, guys, when's the last time you saw a Bush approval rating that was more than the margin of error over 50%? He's going down. Deal with it.

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