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...or rather: going down.
Another member of the Bush administration who we've been repetedly told is absolutely untouchable is viceprecident Cheney. Question is will he be able to adjust as fluently to the new political realities as to not become a liability. Can you imagine Cheney being politically flexible towards a democratic majority?
I give Dick less than a month.

didn't think he'd do that

So much has changed in so few days. President Bush's fired Rumsfeld. A move that by all accounts seems to have been long overdue. I *really* didn't think he'd do that. Not because it wasn't the right thing to do. It was. But because he's repeatedly said that he wouldn't.
So that's a good thing?
Well yes. It may be the only way to reach som sort of Iraqi "closure". Problem is, it shows how the presidents mind works. Full speed ahead untill you reach a locked door. Then change the direction. That's no way to lead a country. Or a world for that matter.
Interesting times lie ahead.

that's not funny - part V

So here's proving that Kerry was right after all.

don't do defence!

What's wrong with those democrats? Kerry's made that perfectly harmless - if unfunny - remark. And Now? He's busy apologizing and explaining! The question is: to whom?
The truth is that absolutely nobody could have found his remark offensive. Those who say they do, are either republican trained mud slingers or Rove's henchmen. It's all spin and every remotely sane American know it. (I hope!)
Here's what's happening: It's a well documented feature of Rove's political strategy to attack the opponent's strong points rather than their weaknesses. Furthermore they need a target that is big enough to 'damage' the entire democratic party team. To their line of thinking Kerry's the perfect man for the job. And - as we have seen - they have successfully mobilized the far right.
But the point here is that these people are not potential voters for the democrats so from a campaigning point of view they are totally unimportant. Democrats should focus their efforts on people whose views are centrist or moderate republicans. People who've found that Bush and/or republican lawmakers have let them down. That shouldn't be too hard!

that's not funny - part I

Senator John Kerry doesn't exactly look like the kind of guy who should try for a career as an stand up comedian. Nonetheless it seems he's tried to make a joke. He said:

"Education, you know, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."

That's not funny!
- It's true.
(You can watch the video clip here)