Apologies for this poorly cobbled-together graph, but what it shows is interesting (even if it’s not immediately obvious). Allow me to deobfuscate: What you’re seeing is based on exit polls. It shows the correlation between income and vote choice. Bush and Kerry, in this case. (Who, bowing to recent “tradition,” are red and blue, respectively.) […]
Who’s on your dollar bill?
Posted by Ben on November 8, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/the-last-one-i-promise/
James Howard Kunstler Speaks
James Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere (previously quoted elsewhere on this blog) has a blog of sorts. “Of sorts,” because it has none of the easy navigation or granularity typically associated with blogs (much less the links, blogroll, etc.); if you want to adhere to the author’s intent, it’s probably best to do […]
Posted by Ben on November 8, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/james-howard-kunstler-speaks/
Point / Counterpoint
Momus aka Nick Currie writes: For those of you thinking of leaving America today — and there are many, I’m sure — I’d say just do it. Walk away. … So just leave. America doesn’t deserve you. Walk away. America doesn’t need your talent, your creativity and your intelligence. Or rather, it needs them desperately, […]
Posted by Ben on November 4, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/point-counterpoint/
Really scare the kiddies this Halloween
Carve political pumpkins. Printer-friendly patterns of John Kerry and George Bush at FabulousFoods.com. (via This Modern World)
Posted by Ben on October 29, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/really-scare-the-kiddies-this-halloween/
Kubrick and Politics
Last night1, Turner Classic Movies kicked off a monthlong series called “Party Politics and the Movies,” in which senators are invited to choose and introduce their favorite films. John Edwards was the inaugural guest, and his selection was almost shockingly bold: Dr. Strangelove. … Edwards was bashful about drawing parallels, but host Ben Mankiewicz finally […]
Posted by Ben on October 29, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/kubrick-and-politics/
What Mistakes?
GRABEL: President Bush, during the last four years, you have made thousands of decisions that have affected millions of lives. Please give three instances in which you came to realize you had made a wrong decision, and what you did to correct it. Thank you. BUSH: I have made a lot of decisions, and some […]
Posted by Ben on October 19, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/what-mistakes/
But how will the writers vote?
Slate asked a variety of prominent American novelists, ranging from Edwidge Danticat to John Updike, for a frank response to the following question: Which presidential candidate are you voting for, and why? Thirty-one novelists participated, with four for Bush, 24 for Kerry, and three in a category of their own. Dan Chaon, Amy Tan, John […]
Posted by Ben on October 19, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/but-how-will-the-writers-vote/
I am reminded of this when we hit the second moose
I’m not nearly as fanatical about Fafblog as any number of other folks are, but the following piece, “drivin with Donald,” is pure gold. Better, even. I’m quoting it in its entirety because, well, it’s that good. (Also because it’s related to the previous post here regarding a real-life Rumsfeldian incident, albeit without Rumsfeld’s involvement.) […]
Posted by Ben on October 13, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/i-am-reminded-of-this-when-we-hit-the-second-moose/
It was an honest mistake
Really, it could have happened to anybody. A 20-ton piece of road machinery mowed down a fence and a couple of trees on property belonging to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (news – bio) after the brakes apparently slipped and the machine rolled away. “It was a freak accident,” said Michael Trujillo, director of public works […]
Posted by Ben on October 13, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/it-was-an-honest-mistake/
Anecdotally yours
Via Digby at Hullabaloo: The one and only time I interviewed Mr. Bush, when he was running in 2000, he called me by the wrong name several times, which was no big deal, and I didn’t correct him. But after this went on for a while, his adviser Karen Hughes, who was sitting in on […]
Posted by Ben on June 14, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/anecdotally-yours/