The Politburo Diktat

Some RINO Stompings

Andy at WWR writes Jeb Bush a letter.

I have a nutty idea, so try to keep up with me. Could it be, just possibly, that when you find your wife unconscious in the wee hours, your first instinct is not to mark the time down accurately just in case a prosecutor, or perhaps a Republican governor, tries to come after you 15 years later in a bid to win votes?

Orac follows up on his debunking of Salon's

one-sided account by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. of the supposed link between thimerosal in vaccines and autism that is being promoted by antivaccine activists as an indictment of the government and pharmaceutical companies.

SayUncle highlights some dirty pool by (the intentionally unlinked) Metropulse, and how South Knox Bubba stood up to some blustering threats. Kudos to SKB (even though he's a Leftie).

Tom Hanna reviews Death Sentences : How Cliches, Weasel Words and Management- Speak Are Strangling Public Language:

I'’m a believer that Words Matter and particularly that we are succumbing to Orwellian doublespeak in more and more areas of our lives. In politics, it’s the belief that every issue, no matter how simple has to be approached with the latest buzzword “nuance”. In education, they’ve exchanged the subject of English for “Communication Arts”. In business, it’s management consulting jargon.

Gary Cruse looks at Fox News and CNN ratings and demographics.

Mark Coffey looks at Iraq and critiques Eleanor Clift's pessimism. Mark begins:

A tipping point can be reached from which there can be no turning back, and we are flirting with it in Iraq. This point has little to do with military conditions on the ground, and everything to do with public opinion. For once, comparisons with Vietnam are apt, for as surely as a day came when public opinion forced Nixon's hand, the Bush Administration will find itself in a similar quandary if they don't get on top of the public relations game.

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Raging RINOs - looking at Iraq, Lefties, and Righties since June 16, 2005. Like Barry Campbell says. But some closet RINOs still haven't gotten the word.

Posted by Stephen at June 18, 2005 06:28 PM | TraktorBack (2)
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