Guts, the South and forgotten times

Journalists head into the fray to rescue cohorts from Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf. Makes one wish our domestic political reporters had the same kind of guts.

Despite Kerry holding a substantial electoral advantage for the last six weeks the press continue reporting “It’s a tie.”

A staunch liberal from the Northeast went looking for the 45% that want Bush. That meant touring the South. The folks he talked to don’t like Bush but they’ll stick by the girl they brought to the dance.

Am I the only one creeped out by the Bush campagin requirement that you sign a pledge of allegiance to Bush if you want to attend one of his rallies? I suppose Bush forgot these words from his first campaign: "…I’m a uniter, not a divider. I refuse to play the politics of putting people into groups and pitting one group against another" [From a link to a Salon (!) interview with Bush by David Horowitz (!). What a different world it was in 1999!]