In a crazy turn of events, this letter to the editor wasn’t from Bill Stone
Backstory: South Dakota is voting today on a replacement for Bill Janklow. The race is a close one between Republican Larry Diedrich and Democrat Stephanie Herseth. The race has brought people out of the proverbial woodwork feeling the need to write letters to the editor of the Rapid City Journal. This one [...]
it’s almost like when the Volante prints professor salaries
And now I know that the President of USD likes John Kerry. Oh, and you might notice on the same page that Ted Waitt (and his wife) favor Joe Lieberman.
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Bush be gone
Up until this week, I wasn’t sure who had my presidential vote in 2004. I still don’t, but I now know for who I’m not voting — George W. Bush.
I’ve hemmed and hawed, weighed and measured, and contrasted and compared political views among the candidates. Could I compromise my stance against national healthcare [...]
Bad, bad ideas
We’ve already established, at some point, that I watch a lot of television. Lately, this has included a healthy dose of CSPAN. What else does one have to do around 1 am on a Monday? This time I couldn’t pull myself away from a meetup in Wisconsin. The meetup came on [...]
Why I could never be Whitehouse Press Secretary
Subtitle: How does Scott Mclellan do it?
Sub-subtitle: This must be why Ari Fleischer quit
After watching a press briefing on CSPAN, I had a strong will to kill myself. Slowly. How does Scott Mclellan do it? Answering nitpicking question after stupid question about nonconsequential topics. The topic that drove me to the [...]
the quest for a candidate
Can my political views be summed correctly via a simple quiz? Doubtful, but I thought I’d give it a shot. Here are the results which show the candidates ranked according to their alignment with my views (as gathered from the quiz):
Bush 38%
Kucinich 30%
Dean 30%
Kerry 23%
Edwards 23%
Clark 23%
Sharpton 15%
The results thoroughly disappointed me not [...]
And he’s not quite back in the game
As I know you all come here for my articulate, exacting, and poignant political rants, I’ve compiled a short reaction to the State of the Union address.
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