BY SUSAN BRYCE
He grew up as a very rich child with powerful parents. He partied from high school until he was 40 then went cold turkey on drugs and alcohol. His business career was marked by mediocrity or failure that nonetheless resulted making him millions of dollars thanks to the political allies of his father, who happened to be the US President. He was elected 46th governor of Texas mostly because of his family name and his dad’s cronies. He found God and became a Christian. Now, (...)
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Who is George W. Bush?
14 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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Gonzales to Succeed Ashcroft, Sources Say
14 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
By SCOTT LINDLAW
President Bush has chosen White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, a Texas confidant and one of the most prominent Hispanics in the administration, to succeed Attorney General John Ashcroft, sources close to the White House said Wednesday.
Ashcroft announced his resignation on Tuesday, along with Commerce Secretary Don Evans, a Texas friend of the president’s.
After a National Security Council meeting, Bush was sitting down Wednesday with Secretary of State Colin (...) -
A Note On The Presidential Election in Ohio
14 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
by Congressman Dennis Kucinich The 2004 presidential election was determined by the results of Ohio. The unofficial result, as reported on November 3, had George Bush with approximately 136,000 more votes than John Kerry. Senator Kerry conceded the election to President Bush. He also said every vote would be counted.
I have been vigilant in monitoring Ohio’s election in 2004. Attorneys from my party closely monitored the election before and during election day. While there were some (...) -
Witch Hunt at Columbia. Columbia Profs Smeared as Anti-Semites
14 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentBy ADAM FEDERMAN
Charges of anti-Semitism against professors in the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures (MEALAC) at Columbia University, are being made by a Zionist organization that claims to promote, "a fair and honest understanding of the Middle East Conflict." The David Project, a Boston based organization created in 2002, "in response to the growing ideological assault on Israel," is using a documentary film, "Columbia Unbecoming," to argue that anti-Semitism (...) -
Ashcroft’s Reign of Terror Comes to an End
14 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
By DOUG THOMPSON
From the time he took the oath of office as Attorney General of the United States, John Ashcroft declared war on the Constitution and freedom as we know it in the United States.
President George W. Bush capitulated to the rabid, right-wing of the Republican Party by appointing Ashcroft, a bible-thumping zealot from Missouri who holds a narrow, ultra-conservative moralistic view of the world.
Ashcroft showed his true colors from day one, ordering drapes for nude (...) -
Florida : Kerry made inroads into Hispanic vote
14 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
Florida Democrats found some positive signs in John Kerry’s loss, saying a sampling of Hispanic precincts in Miami-Dade County shows some movement toward the Democrats.
BY LESLEY CLARK
lclark@herald.com
John Kerry lost Florida, but state Democrats have found solace in one particular area: He made a dent in the reliably Republican Cuban-American voting block.
A sample of overwhelmingly Hispanic voting precincts in Miami-Dade shows Kerry picking up 35 percent of the vote, with 63 (...) -
Rolled up papers at fifty places (Keith Olbermann)
13 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
3 comments• November 12, 2004 | 5:29 p.m. ET
SECAUCUS- You know it’s bad when the two sides start throwing professors at one another.
Two conflicting scholarly studies on the variance between the national exit polling and the presidential election results, are flying across the Internet, eating up your e-mail storage capacity.
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Vice President Cheney Hospitalized for Tests
13 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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Vilsack, Dean Jockey for Top DNC Post
13 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
Fri Nov 12, 5:49 PM ET
By RON FOURNIER, AP Political Writer
WASHINGTON - Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack told Democratic leaders on Friday he may seek the party’s top job as the jockeying to replace chairman Terry McAuliffe intensified.
One is a long list of other Democrats interested in the job, including former Kerry rival Howard Dean (news - web sites) who began calling DNC members this week seeking support. The 400-plus DNC membership meets in February to select a replacement for (...) -
Randi Rhodes and Laura Flanders join forces to raise money for a recount in Ohio.
13 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
4 commentsThe Randi Rhodes Show (November 11th, 2004)
Randi Rhodes and Laura Flanders join forces to raise money for a recount in Ohio.
Listen here:
http://airamericaradio.com/layout.asp?baseurl=RandiRhodes/11-11-04/RandiRhodes.wma