July 21, 2004

Well, back to the Old Deal

From time to time, I rant about how the U.S. – which got where it is by virtue of becoming the first big worker's paradise, a place where hard work actually could lead to a better life – is beginning to look more and more like a plutocracy, with a yawning gap between the very rich at the top and everyone else. Today, Billmon has an excellent post on this subject, so I'll let him do the ranting. It looks like John Edwards' "Two Americas" theme is beginning to get some traction.

Posted by tbrown at 11:30 AM

Campaign humor

The blog Jibjab has a very funny Bush/Kerry animation set to the tune of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land." Just about every insult these two have hurled, and a few they haven't yet, are in here. Be forewarned: you'll need a broadband connection.

Posted by tbrown at 11:26 AM

Berger update

I won't waste a lot of pixels on Sandy Berger and the missing memos, since everyone else is. Suffice it to say that Republicans are scandalized. Democrats, on the other hand, suspect the Berger investigation – which has been underway for nine months – was leaked to change the subject from tomorrow's 9/11 commission report, which will slam both the Clinton and Bush administrations for missing 10 opportunities to head off the 9/11 attacks. Kevin Drum, the Political Animal, however, speculates that the leak actually may have come from a Democrat who decided it would best to air the problem now rather than later. Oh, yeah. Berger did withdraw as an informal foreign policy adviser to John Kerry. Based on what we've heard so far, Berger doesn't seem to have actually withheld any documents the 9/11 commission needed, and it appears unlikely he'll be charged with a crime. So, though profoundly dumb, the Berger scandal is unlikely to have legs. It does, however, torpedo Berger's ambitions for a high appointment if Kerry wins (he would have liked to have been secretary of state, it is said).

Posted by tbrown at 11:25 AM