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A Kerry Cabinet?

Here is a peek at a possible Kerry Cabinet courtesy of National Journal...

Oxford Union debate

I thoroughly enjoyed watching the Oxford Union debate on our upcoming general election. The Oxford Union is the debating society at Oxford University in Oxford, England. The proposition was - "This House Would Re-Elect George W. Bush." Among those speaking in favor of the proposition were Grover Norquist and the Rt. Hon. David Trimble, MP, head of the UUP in Northern Ireland. Both gave, I thought, very good arguments in favor of re-electing Pres. Bush.

Those speaking against the proposition included the actor Richard Dreyfuss. His had to be one the worst debate performances I've ever seen. I can only assume that he was in some state of drunkeness. To be sober and ramble on and on incoherently is completely inexcusable. Sure, he was great in "Always," but that was what, 15 years ago? I'm fairly certain that the man has lost it. He looked dishevelled and lost. I pulled up this bio on Dreyfuss which I believe may explain his irrational behavior. "Suffered a well-publicized drug problem in the early 1980s"; "Has a serious drug problem in the late 70s and early 80s. One of the side effects was that his memory was damaged, so much so that he still has no memory of filming the movie Whose Life Is It Anyway?"; etc.

Dreyfuss is the proto-typical liberal Hollywood actor who can barely tie his own shoes but feels that it is his "patriotic duty" to warn the world of the evils of Pres. Bush. Shut up already! We don't care about your politics. YOU ARE AN ACTOR. Run for office, then we'll listen. Until then, go back to your day job. Please, we beg you...

Another showing of this debate can be seen tonight at about midnight EST on CSPAN. The final vote was 277 against the proposition, 75 for the proposition. Unfortunately, no surprise there...

The Ultimate John Kerry Ad...

This is great.

Well, at least he doesn't look French...

The French newspaper Le Figaro is reporting that like Kerry Bush may have some "cheese-eating-surrender monkeys" in his family tree.

What is really funny is that Le Figaro thinks that this "discovery", as it were, might "tip the election in Mr Kerry's favor." The French are always good for a laugh. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that they are serious. I haven't had French in years but as far as I can tell this is not a joke. "With a name like Boucher, Mr Bush may even lose the vegetarian vote," it said.

The thought is that the Bush's surname is derived from the French "Boucher" which means butcher. The Le Figaro reporter says that somewhere along the line a Bush ancestor dropped the French spelling for a more American sounding name. I'm not into other people's geneology or anything, but from books I've read about the president's background I got the distinct impression his ancestors were English.

The only way a "surprise" in Bush's family tree might influence this election is if it is determined that his ancestors were from Mars. Seriously, who cares?

New meaning to "dead tired"

This is an odd story...

UN votes for Kerry

A WSJ editorial today calls into question the UN's timing of the Al-Qaqaa story. Last night, I argued the IAEA stood to gain a great deal from this story. How right I was. From the WSJ editorial:

There's one last date worth noting: September 10. That's the day Mr. ElBaradei announced that he would seek a third term as IAEA head. The Bush Administration believes heads of U.N. agencies should serve a maximum of two terms. It told Mr. ElBaradei when it supported him for a second term in 2001 that it would not support him for a third. A Kerry Administration might take a different view, especially after this week.

ElBaradei stands to gain even more than I initially suspected. Why isn't this getting more play in the news???

Bush in Alabama

According to a SurveyUSA poll of 636 likely Alabama voters conducted this week Bush has managed to squeak out a narrow 18 point lead over Kerry. Bush won Alabama in 2000 by almost 15 percentage points.

One thing to note about this poll though - the last SurveyUSA poll of Alabama voters conducted Oct 1-3 showed Bush with a 28 point lead. No need to worry; I think the 15 -18 point range is more in line with reality than an almost 30 point lead anyway.

"Azzam the American"

What a name! Does this creep think he is some sort of cartoon action hero or something? Azzam the American...

Adam Gadahn, from the OC nonetheless, is suspected of being Azzam the American. Obviously, he didn't get his butt kicked enough in school when he was a kid. A few good tail kickings and this guy would never have considered himself the newest X-man.

To the real OC (as opposed to the TV show): Way to go, it seems as though you really do have too many Seths and not enough Ryans...

Holy cow...

Last night I posted about Hawaii being in play... Well lo and behold I wake up this morning and turn on Fox News to find that VP Cheney will be flying to Hawaii Sunday for a rally there.

The Bush-Cheney campaign says Hawaii is within reach and that every electoral vote is worth fighting for, or in Hawaii's case, four electoral votes.

This is pretty wild. Hawaii has only gone Republican in a presidential contest twice before: Nixon in '72 and Reagan in '84, when both were seeking re-election...

EU politics

The Economist has a great article on the fight between the European Parliament and the new European Commission president, José Manuel Barroso. Barroso has had to pull his slate of heads of posts within the Commission. While it makes for great drama, it is certainly not the way Barroso wanted to start out. It seems to me that Barroso and the EU Parliament got into a staring contest and Barroso blinked.

The Economist article is really quite a good read...