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Poking holes in Sacred Cows

ArchPundit October 17, 2002 No Comments

Poking holes in Sacred Cows

I can think of three mixed metaphors that could be involved above. How about you? Anyway, Steve Chapman argues the Cuban Missile Crisis was mishandled and applies it to Iraq. It is good reasoning and while I disagree, he makes an excellent argument.

What should be interesting is the linguistic pirouette the administration makes to distinguish between Iraq and North Korea. There are significant differences to be sure, I’m just skeptical the administration can communicate them.

The Geriatric Crowd doesn’t Get

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The Geriatric Crowd doesn’t Get the Boondocks

And Don Wycliff offers some perspective.

Illinois School Deficits Increase J-Ry

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Illinois School Deficits Increase

J-Ry and Blago are lying or stupid if they don’t plan on addressing a tax increase for school funding.

Freebird This cracks me up.

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Freebird

This cracks me up. But I wouldn’t have given any money back, nor allowed him back in.

Ouch One might think Steve

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Ouch

One might think Steve Neal wrote this. One has to see this as a shot towards his reelection. Two years out and mentioning reelection, the Trib may start campaigning against him pretty damn soon.

Trib endorses a Libertarian The

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Trib endorses a Libertarian

The Trib castigates Madigan and the ICFST and endorses a libertarian in one hell of an endorsement. Won’t see anything that interesting the P-D.

Southwest makes a profit But

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Southwest makes a profit

But much of the rest of the industry insists on needing a bailout. Hey look, they still haven’t gotten rid of the Wright Amendment!

John Fund: HACK Let’s look

ArchPundit October 16, 2002 No Comments

John Fund: HACK

Let’s look at John Fund’s little screed compared to the Argus Leader article on vote fraud in South Dakota. Is there a bit of cognitive disconnect here or what?

The Democrats have to be more careful about their registration drives. By only providing the incentive of per registration pay, some fraud is inevitable. Democrats need to monitor workers better or they are going to be embarressed by such problems.

This is not a major scandal and the Argus Leader points this out. All vote fraud is serious, but perspective is necessary. John Fund has none. Why not? Duh.

Kass on Ryan and Joyce

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Kass on Ryan and Joyce

Kass points out the problem with Ryan’s claims of Blago being a Daley tool. It isn’t exactly accurate. He also points out how Daley has taken out the Democratic candidtates recently. Blago and Mell aren’t perfect, but they have more distance from the combine than does Ryan.

The bigger problem for J-Ry is that kind of bashing only turns out the base–and he needs a lot more than the base this year.

Snarky gets the point across

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Snarky gets the point across

Mike Madigan does not get endorsed by the Tribune.

22nd District (Southwest Side): “Republican” Terrence Goggin has long been a wholly owned subsidiary of House Speaker Michael Madigan. The speaker’s political workers put Goggin on the ballot, then he hides for the duration of the campaign. This is the fourth time he has been Madigan’s opponent. This is not a real race, so there is no endorsement.