August 22, 2004
All Talk, No Action
Apparently the Sunday talk shows this week were all atwitter with discussion of John Kerry’s tour of duty in Vietnam over 35 years ago.
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August 2, 2004
Don’t Kill The Messenger
To a degree that many “progressive” people are unwilling to admit, the drubbing Ralph Nader has received for his latest quixotic tilt at the Presidency is shameful. This is very different from the shame ascribed to him for the “support” his candidacy has elicited in some of the country’s more conservative quarters. Such support comes clearly from a cynical, calculating mindset well-versed in the hoary necessities of American electoral politics; it is therefore both expected and unremarkable.
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