Aired February 26, 2004 – 22:30 ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. AARON BROWN, CNN ANCHOR: Good evening again. We have lots of politics on the program tonight. The debate just completed tops the news. But this is about politics of another [...]
The “Vote For War in 2004″ Forum #4203.17: “It just depresses me. This isn?t the country that I grew up loving; this is a strange, warped version of it that mocks true patriotism. I know I come off as pretty cynical and mean most of the time but I genuinely love this country and what [...]
Star Telegram | 02/19/2004 | God, government and legal garbage: “In essence, the bill would negate the federal court rulings that forced the removal of the Ten Commandments monument that Moore, then Alabama’s chief justice, had installed in the state’s Supreme Court building. The bill would remove the authority of any federal judge to hear [...]
Paranoia XP: “Spam. Viruses. Identify theft. Digital rights management. ‘Trusted computing.’ Weapons of mass destruction. Paranoia: Now more than ever. Paranoia XP, should that be what we call it, is not an attempt to bring back an old RPG for the nostalgic, or not only that. Today, distrust and fear of government is as high [...]
ABCNEWS.com : Comedian Garofalo Writes Book on Politics: “‘The book is like Susan Sontag meets The Onion, but not. … I just wish it were like that,’ Garofalo said in statement released Tuesday by her publisher, Simon & Schuster.” “Garofalo, a leading opponent of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, is focusing her book on ‘the [...]
…when calling people about political candidates. “I’m a Democrat and I’m voting a straight party ticket today.” Yeah, buddy. It’s a CAUCUS. “Mickey Mouse can beat George W Bush.” Probably true. But I’m not sure Dean’s that popular anymore. “Well, [he's] been dead for 20 years.” “Oh, I’m terribly sorry, ma’am. Seems he’s still on [...]
My hopes for New Mexico were dashed–only 11%, not enough to qualify for a delegate. But a win in South Carolina and a near miss in Oklahoma combined with a distant but solid second in Missouri, have kept Edwards in the think of things. The media’s on about Kerry winning five out of seven, but [...]
“Hi, my name is Joe and I’m a volunteer for the John Edwards for President campaign. Today is Election Day for the New Mexico Caucus and we’re calling to ask for your support for Senator Edwards. Are you going to vote today?” “Yes, I’m on my way to the polls right now.” “That’s great. Have [...]
Al Franken was in town back in October, and I went to his book signing. As you can imagine, a popular subject was the upcoming election. “You’re the people who are going to do this,” Franken said. “Get to work.” So here I am, at six o’clock in the goddamn morning, sitting on the corner [...]
I have committed cold calling. OK, so it wasn’t completely cold, they were all (supposed) to be people who have voted in past Democratic primaries, but some of them didn’t want to talk to us, some of them were divorced from the people who answered the phone, and some of them were dead. More news [...]