Tom Bartel Minnesota Republican Watch today has a post detailing the few lines of computer code used to change Mark Kennedy’s website to express his phony outrage at Amy Klobuchar. It’s funny how pathetic Kennedy and his people are, and how easy it is to puncture their lies. When is the Strib going to cover this, btw?
How you can tell Kennedy’s lying–his website is down. We were informed last evening of a serious security breach of sensitive Kennedy campaign information by a senior member of Amy Klobuchar’s campaign. This was the first sentence on the new front page of Mark Kennedy’s website today, as he tries to exploit his own vendor’s … Read more
According to the Washington Post today, the U.S. Marine officer in charge of military intelligence in Iraq thinks we’ve already lost a substantial chunk of the country. Think about why we’d “stay the course” when the course is a path to defeat. It’s not called Cut and Run. It’s called Cut Your Losses.
Just pointing out that today is the 67th anniversary of the beginning of World War II in Europe. Tomorrow is the 61st anniversary of the surrender of Japan. Ten days from now is the fifth anniversary of 9/11/2001. World War II in Europe lasted 2076 days. America’s involvement in WW II lasted 1365 days. It’s … Read more
And now for the good news you’re paying for… The Pentagon is letting a bid for $20 million to hire a public relations firm to help it improve the coverage of our performance in the Iraq War. For some reason, they don’t seem to like what the independent press has been saying about what’s going … Read more
Never mind Osama, here’s Neville When I was in eighth grade, there was a question on my American History final exam that read, “Who was the person most responsible for starting World War II?” The answer the teacher was looking for was, of course, Adolf Hitler. I wrote Neville Chamberlain. If Don Rumsfeld had been … Read more
I was asked once to reveal some “universal truth” I’d learned. When I couldn’t dredge up the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus from my faded memories, I settled for, “Things are usually more complicated than they seem.” I give the same answer when asked why I live in Minneapolis. Each day here is an exercise in … Read more
I came to America so I could be free to read whatever I wanted Remember Elian Gonzalez? I remember him mostly for how crazy they are in Miami about the whole Cuba thing…and how any politician who hopes to make it in Florida better keep that in mind. Today on NPR, there’s a story about … Read more
Show me the money Imagine the inner conflict. You’ve spent the last few months trying to convince Minnesota voters that you aren’t the Bush administration’s lap dog, despite voting with them 97 percent of the time. You are, despite the overwhelming evidence of the past few years that lying to the voters is a great … Read more