Entries from September 2003

Conservative Policy Initiatives

Date September 26, 2003

My new piece on how the Dems can win by sounding more conservative is online at OSP: “Conservative-Sounding Policy Initiatives”:http://www.ospolitics.org/usa/archives/2003/09/26/conservati.php.
While there, you might want to check out some of the other writers as well. Recent hits are Jeff Alworth’s “Hey DNC, Choose This One”:http://www.ospolitics.org/usa/archives/2003/09/26/hey_dnc_ch.php, about positive political advertising. Fred Henning tells us about “Macho [...] Read more »

Bush’s War, Clinton’s War

Date September 24, 2003

The article comparing Kosovo and Iraq II is “up at OS Politics”:http://www.ospolitics.org/usa/archives/2003/09/24/clintons_w.php. Read more »

Yet another Clark lie

Date September 23, 2003

Lie about Clark, not from Clark. Geez. You think these people are scared of him or something.
Again, “JM quotes Bob Novak”:http://talkingpointsmemo.com/sept0304.html#092203707pm being critical of Clark for meeting with Serbian General Ratko Mladic in August of 1994.
bq. *Novak:* U.S. diplomats warned Clark not to go to Bosnian Serb military headquarters to meet Mladic, [...] Read more »

It worked so well the last time…

Date September 23, 2003

Woo! Everyone’s a liar! The smearing of Al Gore worked so well the last time, now the Republican Party is trying to pin the phrase on Wesley Clark. They say he lied about
the White House asking him to lie about Iraq.
Now get this one. Apparently, Clark told a couple of Republican higher-ups he [...] Read more »

Where were Bush’s Critics?

Date September 23, 2003

I’m researching my next article for OSP about Republican attempts to draw parallels between Clinton’s war in Kosovo and Bush’s war in Iraq. A common question I’m running into is “where were Bush’s critics during Kosovo?”
Now, I was pretty sure there were a lot of liberals who disagreed with me over Kosovo (I _supported_ [...] Read more »