Archive for October 8, 2004

Dred Scott decision?

Good to know Bush wouldn’t appoint Roger B. Taney to the Supreme Court.

Transcript from debate October 8, 2004:

Mr. Bush: Uh, let me give you a couple of examples I guess of the kind of person I wouldn’t pick….Another example would be the Dred Scott case, which is where judges years ago said that the Constitution allowed slavery because of personal property rights. That’s personal opinion. That’s not what the Constitution says.

More questions for the candidates

Questions for Kerry

Questions for Bush

New animation from JibJab

The creators of This Land have given us a new political animation, Good to Be In DC (set to the tune of Dixie).

It’s only fair

From Opinions You Should Have:

The Federal Election Commission has ordered John F. Kerry to inadvertently direct viewers to a pro-George W. Bush website during Friday’s town hall debate. On Tuesday, during the Vice-Presidential debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards, Cheney mistakenly directed viewers to a site that urged visitors not to vote for President Bush, GeorgeSoros.com. …

Initially the Commissioners were unsure of which appropriately pro-Bush site they were going to require Kerry to mention, but by late this afternoon, they had settled on one.

RalphNader.com.