Comments on: Bush’s ‘Significant Speech’ in Pennsylvania

By: carpeicthus

carpeicthus — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 18:50:47 +0000

Actually Bush has never issued any sort of veto as president. An interesting side-effect of his style of governance and near-total Republican control of government.

By: Elrod

Elrod — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 03:47:33 +0000

I hope Bush brings the whole speech up tomorrow night. Really. Because he will get eviscerated. Cheney has no problem lying with a straight face - he's done it for years. But Bush at least thinks he's honest. And when he gets called on any and all of the lies in this speech he's going to ask for 30 more seconds of stammering silence. I do have to wonder, though, when CNN and MSNBC will show a live broadcast of one of Kerry's stump speeches. It'd only be fair for the viewers to compare what the two say to their most fervent supporters.

By: Anjin-San

Anjin-San — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 02:15:14 +0000

I am reasonably sure that Bush has yet to veto a single spending bill, in spite of the out of control deficit. Why do you buy his charatization of Kerry as a "spender"? Or of himself as a conservative? He does not even pratice fiscal prudence, much less conservatisim. The fact is the goverment has increased greatly in size under Bush. If we had homeland security that was not a joke, it might be worth it. 30 Billion for homeland security this year?? We spend that much money in Iraq in a month.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:22:57 +0000

I wonder if Mr. Kerry's advantage in the domestic-topic debates may not be quite so great as has been assumed. Aren't there two pretty obvious lines of attack on each and every issue:

1. Bush has had four years in office; Kerry has had twenty years. Kerry has never introduced a health care bill, education bill, or environmental bill.

2. Over the years Kerry has voted against a substantial proportion of the bills that have eventually passed.

Leadership or obstruction?

By: The Moderate Voice

The Moderate Voice — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:16:21 +0000

This Was IT??
We're confused. This was the advance news story. This is what it was. Did I miss something? The AP thinks I did. But Political Scientist James Joyner seems to feel the same way as I do. (Just wondering)