If I’d had $1,000 to spare, the freedom to blow off a day of work and the cost of plane fare from Buffalo, N.Y., to Washington, D.C., I could have met presidential […]
Rudy Giuliani: Everything you hate about Bush, and worse
“I’m pro-choice, I’m pro-gay rights,” Giuliani said.By Martin Bosworth —CNN.com Inside Politics, May 2, 1999. Giuliani has described himself as a backer of civil unions and is frequently described that way in […]
Echoes from the culture wars: excerpts from immigration bill rhetoric
If you want to scare the American people, what you say is the bill’s an amnesty bill. That’s empty political rhetoric trying to frighten our citizens. — President Bush May 29 at […]
Bush's patronage appointments to ambassador exceed father's, Clinton's
During the presidency of George W. Bush, nearly four out of every 10 of his nominees for ambassador have been “non-career appointees” — or what many would consider “political” appointees. Neither his […]
Mudcat Gets Mud In Edwards’ Eye
By Martin Bosworth Yesterday, longtime Democratic consultant (and self-admitted “inexperienced blogger”) Dave “Mudcat” Saunders started a guest gig at Time’s “Swampland” blog by basically telling much of the progressive Democrat blogosphere to […]
Outsourcing Criticism
By Martin Bosworth Yesterday my esteemed colleague Denny wrote an eloquent essay discussing how the removal of criticism from the newspapers contributes to our cultural and social erosion. The keystone for his […]
Indentured servitude (aka why vacations are important)
By Martin Bosworth Ezra Klein linked to a study by the Center for Economic and Policy Research that shows the United States as the only industrialized nation with no guaranteed paid vacation […]
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