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The After Zell
Eric Zorn has the transcripts up of Zell’s appearances on Hardball and CNN
I saw both, the CNN was more damning in many ways. MSNBC was entertaining, but not nearly as substantive. Blitzer actually called on his expertise covering the Pentagon and cornered Miller on the B-2 and the F-14. The Apache was also included as I recall and we saw the exact problem of the Apache in Kosovo where it’s heavy deployment footprint makes it hard to use in an armed forces that needs to be highly mobile. The B-2 is virtually useless except in a large scale nuclear war–not unlike the B-1 that is marginally useful only after retrofits. The F-117 is far more effective in delivering conventional weapons as a stealth aircraft. The programs stick around because defense contractors spread their development around to enough Congressional districts.
As far as I can tell, Greenfield stopped asking questions because he was laughing when I watched.
What the hell were those speeches?
If you are going to attack, you have to dress it up as nice. I thought Arnold’s speech was good and probably effective in its rhetoric. Miller and Cheney scared the bejezeesus about of me and not about terrorism, but them.
Then Again
Zell Miller’s performance on Hardball is pretty damn close to as crazy as Keyes.
You’ll have to choose the Miller Interview. Larry Gatlin later was pretty classy heckling back at the crowd too.
And for goodness sakes–what does the MX,the B-1, the Apache or the biggest boondoggle and safety hazard to our troops, the Harrier have to do with keeping America safe now? Or even then?
The MX is now useless. The B-1 was useless within a few years of being operational, the Apache is an unreliable attack helicopter.
UPDATED: Removed bit about the Harrier–Xan points out I was confused with the Osprey. It was late.
But apparently the Harrier wasn’t much better–thanks Ralph
UPDATE 2: Actually, this reminds me that the Osprey was supposed to replace the Harrier–thus the votes to kill the Harrier were to usher in the next generation of jets.
Subservient President
Try these:
salute reagan
stop the war
wrap yourself in the flag
have a drink
vietnam (the response to this is incredibly funny)
what do you think of john kerry?
what do you think of the geneva conventions?
dance (ask him to dance again after that)
what about enron?
what do you think of halliburton?
do you like michael moore? (typing the word “france” gets the same result)
supreme court
constitution
cut taxes
what will you do about north korea (also iran)
what will you do about global warming?
nixon
rumsfeld
terrorists
constitution
what do you think of the subservient chicken?
How Charming
Via Atrios
Generally I’ve been steering clear of the nuttiness in the Presidential Elections. First, I don’t really care about 7 minutes on 9/11. I’m sure the President thought calm was important and might do it differently later, but those 7 minutes don’t really mean anything.
Second, the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth are so obviously freaks I have no idea why anyone is giving them airtime or printing the book–ok-wait, there was 8 years of this under Clinton so I get that, but the reasonable press should be handing their butts. But we get some interesting information from Media Matters on the co-author of Unfit for Command. It appears that he and reality have some issues to sort through.
? Corsi on Islam: “a worthless, dangerous Satanic religion”
? Corsi on Catholicism: “Boy buggering in both Islam and Catholicism is okay with the Pope as long as it isn’t reported by the liberal press”
? Corsi on Muslims: “RAGHEADS are Boy-Bumpers as clearly as they are Women-Haters — it all goes together”
? Corsi on “John F*ing Commie Kerry”: “After he married TerRAHsa, didn’t John Kerry begin practicing Judiasm? He also has paternal grandparents that were Jewish. What religion is John Kerry?”
? Corsi on Senator “FAT HOG” Clinton: “Anybody ask why HELLary couldn’t keep BJ Bill satisfied? Not lesbo or anything, is she?”
Quite a charmer.
But the good ‘ole boy couldn’t be contained. From today at the Free Republic
Several points.
First, Thomas Lipscomb is an honest reporter who did a fine jub uncovering John Kerry’s participation in the VVAW assassination plot. I suspect he will yet have more strong contributions to the developing story. Tom, I hope your health improves and that you will be well in the coming months.
Second, the politically incorrect humor I posted on this site is evidently not funny to everyone. Detractors should have interviewed my dog. No matter how I frame a comment, “Chico” has yet to laugh.
Finally, we all owe a huge salute to a great American patriot, Jim Robinson. Free Republic is a ground breaking forum, which allows us the free and robust expression of conservative political ideas.
I am honored to be associated with Free Republic, as I am honored to be participating in bringing the case against John Kerry as co-author of UNFIT FOR COMMAND.
“jrlc” on Free Republic
Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
A Charming fellow for sure. Why can’t the White House condemn these clowns as John McCain has asked?
I don’t expect either party to spend all day disavowing every crackpot, but these guys are running a major TV ad campaign.
Share Some Info With Kerry
New tool is being developed to go the next step beyond Meet-Up and looks promising from the Kerry Campaign. Go here to sign-up.
The advantage of this kind of system is that it does to the internet what Direct Mail did to mailings years ago. In addition, it has a volunteer component to allow individuals to act in a decentralized way.
Also, soon to be up on the links section, check out ChicagoLand for Kerry
The Effectiveness of the Kerry Speech
The Kerry speech was effective in two ways–it outlined a clear plan of attack on Bush, but also, it sold him to activists in the Democratic Party. One of his basic problems has been he isn’t terribly popular with a lot of voters because he is seen as sort of boring and overproduced. Complaints I’ve been known to make. That speech sold most of us and instead of being Anybody but Bush, I can now say I’m excited about a John Kerry Presidency. That’s a big accomplishment.
Will it work? Well that is what campaigns decide.
Overall the convention did two things well. It framed the debate on terms the Democrats think are favorable to them and then it provided a positive outlook for the future over just simple Bush rage.
When Campaign Aides Make News
Via Kos.
It’s almost never good:
“Why don’t they get new jobs if they’re unhappy — or go on Prozac?” said Susan Sheybani, an assistant to Bush campaign spokesman Terry Holt.