George McGovern on the Democrat Presidential candidates [nyt]

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Iowa Presidential Watch: 2004 election
Democrat candidates caucus, primary
national campaigns news

Iowa Presidential Watch: 2004 election
Democrat candidates caucus, primary
national campaigns news 09/17/2004 06:35 AM
conservative site IowaPresidentialWatch.com .. Iowa Presidential Watch

iowapresidentialwatch.com
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Yahoo! News - Clark Wins Backing from
Ex-Nominee George McGovern

Yahoo! News - Clark Wins Backing from
Ex-Nominee George McGovern 01/19/2004 01:57 PM
Wesley Clark Wins Backing from Ex-Nominee George McGovern

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Democracy Now! | Online Exclusive...
27-Year CIA Vet Ray McGovern On George
Tenet's Surprise Resignation

Democracy Now! | Online Exclusive...
27-Year CIA Vet Ray McGovern On George
Tenet's Surprise Resignation 06/04/2004 10:11 PM
this administration will resort to extra-legal methods to do something to ensure that there are four more years for George Bush .. Online Exclusive... 27-Year CIA Vet Ray McGovern On George Tenet's Surprise Resignation .. democracy now .. agrees

democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/03/1626202
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Nader Should Drop Presidential Bid -
Democrat

Nader Should Drop Presidential Bid -
Democrat 07/04/2004 05:22 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 4 2004 7:41PM GMT

Chairman Calls on Democrat Candidates to
Repudiate Ad Comparing Bush to Hitler

Chairman Calls on Democrat Candidates to
Repudiate Ad Comparing Bush to Hitler 01/05/2004 06:09 AM
text

rnc.org/moveonvideo.htm
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Web servers of presidential candidates

Web servers of presidential candidates 11/07/2003 07:45 AM
Penguins for President? .. Vote Democrat Linux!

linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7239&mode=thread&order=0
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Democratic presidential candidates
prefer PCs

Democratic presidential candidates
prefer PCs 11/05/2003 12:09 PM
Democratic presidential candidates were asked one very important question last night at the Rock the Vote debate in Boston: Mac or PC? Of those that answered the audience question, Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean said PC, Former U.S...

Should we pay attention to the
Democratic Presidential candidates on TV
(or anywhere)?

Should we pay attention to the
Democratic Presidential candidates on TV
(or anywhere)? 01/22/2004 02:13 AM

Flip on the television these days and instead of an entertaining comedy one will often find news coverage of the Democratic Presidential primaries.  Should we pay attention to the speeches and commentary?  Perhaps the Web Age has relieved us of the need to sit and watch these men in real time.

Let's look at http://www.deanforamerica.com/, for example.  A quick read of the "on the issues" section is more informative than 100 hours of TV coverage.  Here are some things that I noticed...

His "job creation plan" (under "economy") proposes to make sure that broadband Internet access is "available" in rural areas.  Given that it is already possible to get two-way high-speed satellite Internet at a reasonable cost ($70/month, a touch more than the $50/month that urbanites pay for cable modems) anywhere in the Lower 48 and has been for several years, this presumably means that Dean wants to subsidize politically powerful people who live in underpopulated farm states.  So basically Dean wants to shovel more money from people who live in cities to people who live on farms... just like every other American politician.  Dean doesn't propose to invest in anything new, e.g., a wireless Internet infrastructure.

Dean has an extensive section on K-12 education.  Whenever a federal politician talks about what he is going to do for America's schools you can be sure that he is lying.  The federal government pays only about 7% of the cost of K-12 education in this country and therefore has almost no control over what happens in our classrooms.  Pity the poor teacher in her classroom.  She has to answer to the vice-principals and principal of her school.  She has to answer to the superintendent of her city or county.  She has to answer to a skyscraper full of bureaucrats in her state's central education administration.  And then all of them have to answer to the federal U.S. Department of Education, all of whose employees answer in turn to their Secretary who answers in his or her turn to the President.  There are more layers of management above a K-12 teacher than above an assembly-line worker at GM or Toyota, which makes sense until you reflect that it takes $billions in capital investment to build a car whereas plenty of brilliant people were educated at their parents' kitchen table.  Honest politicians generally start from the position that the federal Department of Education should be abolished.  Then they show up in Washington and find that this isn't political acceptable so they try to curb its growth.  The dishonest ones make a lot of promises about what they are personally going to do, sitting at their desk in the White House, for a kid in a classroom in Peoria, whose school is almost entirely funded by local taxpayers.

On foreign policy Howard Dean complains that the Bush Administration has "disengaged" from meddling in the 55-year-old war between the Arab nations and Israel.  His proposed solution?  "The Israeli government will have to work to improve the living conditions of the Palestinian people".  This is a tough goal given that the Palestinians have a 5% annual population growth rate; the Israelis would have to somehow generate more than 5% annual GDP growth among the Palestinians, many of whom are illiterate (a 5% annual GDP growth rate is something that we Americans are unable to achieve for ourselves, despite the fact that we have almost unlimited capital and a well-educated citizenry).  The U.S. meanwhile will "have to take responsibility with its international partners for helping the Palestinians establish a middle-class democratic society in which women fully participate in economic and political decision-making."  (See http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/20 01793273_honorkilling17.html for a story on women's status within present-day Palestinian society.)

Under Energy/Clean Air, Dean says "To reduce oil consumption and global warming emissions, Governor Dean believes we should increase the average fuel economy standard to approximately 40 miles per gallon for all automobiles, including SUVs and minivans."  This might have some effect on the environment circa 2020 but it doesn't do anything to discourage people from driving their 2004 model year monster SUVs.  An economist would chuck all of Dean's complex proposals in favor of a $10/barrel tax on oil, a $20/barrel tax on imported oil, and some sort of tax on pollution.

It would appear that a thoughtful voter could easily write off Howard Dean as a non-entity after spending 30 minutes at his Web site.  And perhaps this process can be repeated for the other candidates.  Are there any Dean supporters who would care to use the comments section to note brilliant ideas from the Howard Dean campaign that I've overlooked?  And would one have been more likely to discover these ideas watching Dean on TV rather than looking at his Web site?

Do the Democratic presidential
candidates have what it takes to lead?

Do the Democratic presidential
candidates have what it takes to lead? 01/24/2004 10:22 AM
OpinionJournal - Jack Welch .. leadership

opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004596
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"Boston.com / News / Politics /
Presidential candidates / john..."

"Boston.com / News / Politics /
Presidential candidates / john..." 04/24/2004 09:05 AM

Democratic presidential candidates offer
help for Michigan's Internet voting

Democratic presidential candidates offer
help for Michigan's Internet voting 12/18/2003 03:21 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Dec 18 2003 3:10AM ET

Democrat Wars - Sorting out the hawks
and doves in the presidential field. By
William Saletan and Avi Zenilman

Democrat Wars - Sorting out the hawks
and doves in the presidential field. By
William Saletan and Avi Zenilman 03/13/2003 06:16 PM
Sorting out the hawks and doves in the presidential field .. here is an easy breakdown

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A Must-read Perspective: Why The
Democratic Presidential Candidates
Should Write off Dixie in 2004

A Must-read Perspective: Why The
Democratic Presidential Candidates
Should Write off Dixie in 2004 11/17/2003 06:58 AM
give up on the South .. Thomas Schaller

washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40359-2003Nov14.html
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Boston.com / News / Politics /
Presidential candidates / Kerry disputes
allegations on Cambodia

Boston.com / News / Politics /
Presidential candidates / Kerry disputes
allegations on Cambodia 08/18/2004 10:40 AM
"Kerry disputes allegations on Cambodia." .. The Boston Globe .. still contends

boston.com/news/politics/president/articles/2004/08/18/kerr y_disputes_allegations_on_cambodia?mode=PF
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Boston.com / News / Politics /
Presidential candidates / Kerry refuses
to release more records

Boston.com / News / Politics /
Presidential candidates / Kerry refuses
to release more records 04/20/2004 03:19 PM
"Kerry refuses to release more records." .. military service record .. Boston Globe .. Kerry'

boston.com/news/politics/president/articles/2004/04/20/kerry_ refuses_to_release_more_records
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Boston.com / News / Politics /
Presidential candidates / Dean bid shows
signs of ending

Boston.com / News / Politics /
Presidential candidates / Dean bid shows
signs of ending 02/15/2004 05:23 AM
ready to quit .. Boston Globe

boston.com/news/politics/president/articles/2004/02/14/dean_bi d_shows_signs_of_ending
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McSweeney's Internet Tendency: PROS AND
CONS OF JOHN KERRY'S TOP TWENTY
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: PROS AND
CONS OF JOHN KERRY'S TOP TWENTY
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES 05/29/2004 06:07 PM
PROS AND CONS OF JOHN KERRY'S TOP TWENTY VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

mcsweeneys.net/2004/5/26moe.html
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Boston.com / News / Politics /
Presidential candidates / john kerry /
Discrepancies noted in Kerry's record

Boston.com / News / Politics /
Presidential candidates / john kerry /
Discrepancies noted in Kerry's record 04/23/2004 03:03 PM
The former skipper of Kerry's swiftboat .. Discrepancies noted in Kerry's record .. THIS SEEMS EMBARRASSING: .. Boston Globe: .. wasn't there

boston.com/news/politics/president/kerry/articles/2004/04/23/d iscrepancies_noted_in_kerrys_record
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Boston.com / News / Politics /
Presidential candidates / john kerry /
Healey calls for Kerry to resign

Boston.com / News / Politics /
Presidential candidates / john kerry /
Healey calls for Kerry to resign 06/17/2004 07:04 AM
How does anyone get away with missing 88% of their votes? .. call for Senator Kerry to resign his position .. Boston Globe

boston.com/news/politics/president/kerry/articles/2004/06/16/h ealey_calls_for_kerry_to_resign
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SelectSmart.com Selectors | 2004
AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SELECTOR
| President Candidates Bayh Biden
Bradley Browne Buchanan Bush Clark
Clinton Constitution Party Daschle Dean
Democratic Party Dodd Edwards Feingold
Feinstein Gephardt Gore Graham Gr

SelectSmart.com Selectors | 2004
AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SELECTOR
| President Candidates Bayh Biden
Bradley Browne Buchanan Bush Clark
Clinton Constitution Party Daschle Dean
Democratic Party Dodd Edwards Feingold
Feinstein Gephardt Gore Graham Gr 12/11/2003 06:11 AM
2004 American Presidential Candidate Selector quiz .. which candidate do you match up with" .. Find out who you'll be voting for .. Choose your President .. some online poll

selectsmart.com/president
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Dean and the McGovern Thing
(washingtonpost.com)

Dean and the McGovern Thing
(washingtonpost.com) 01/05/2004 06:08 AM
Lawrence Kaplan .. seem unable .. nails

washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50821-2004Jan2.html
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God is Not a Republican. Or a Democrat.
8/21

God is Not a Republican. Or a Democrat.
8/21 08/23/2004 06:46 AM

go.sojo.net/campaign/takebackourfaith
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Democrat Contenders Will Face Off in
N.H. (AP)

Democrat Contenders Will Face Off in
N.H. (AP) 01/22/2004 06:17 PM
AP - John Kerry bounced higher in the polls Thursday and Howard Dean struggled to regain his political balance as the Democratic presidential contenders campaigned their way into the final debate before New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary.

Rep. Matsui, a Top Democrat, Dies at Age
63

Rep. Matsui, a Top Democrat, Dies at Age
63 01/02/2005 06:25 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 2 2005 9:34PM GMT

"Democrat Party behavior like this"

"Democrat Party behavior like this" 09/17/2004 04:04 PM

Democrat convention set to open

Democrat convention set to open 07/26/2004 02:25 AM
A four-day meeting in Boston will back John Kerry as US presidential candidate, amid a huge security operation.

letter from a Georgia Democrat

letter from a Georgia Democrat 11/02/2003 03:13 AM
Atrios

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Clintons to Kick Off Democrat Convention
(AP)

Clintons to Kick Off Democrat Convention
(AP) 07/25/2004 04:12 PM
AP - It's John Kerry's convention, but Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton are stealing his opening-night thunder. Forceful, charismatic and controversial, the Clintons are the most sought-after stars in the Democratic Party, reminders of White House glory days and an administration willing to wage fierce fights with Republicans.

'I Am Who I Am,' Democrat Dean Says of
TV Outburst (Reuters)

'I Am Who I Am,' Democrat Dean Says of
TV Outburst (Reuters) 01/22/2004 09:56 PM
Reuters - Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean struggled on Thursday to explain his nationally televised outburst after a stunning loss in Iowa, putting the "whooping and hollering" down to emotion and fallibility.

Democrat Sees Parallels to '94 Elections
(AP)

Democrat Sees Parallels to '94 Elections
(AP) 05/28/2004 04:51 AM
AP - The second-ranking Democrat in the House sees parallels between now and 1994, when his party — entrenched in power but shaken by dissension in the ranks and tied to a president in political trouble — suffered a stunning defeat in the November elections.

Democrat Would Name Top Envoy to Mideast
Process

Democrat Would Name Top Envoy to Mideast
Process 12/03/2003 04:10 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 3 2003 3:43AM ET

The official Liberal Democrat website

The official Liberal Democrat website 04/15/2005 09:33 AM
The official Liberal Democrat website (35.23 kb) .. The Lib-Dems have just launched a new site .. „Š¨§„ …ˆ©§ª .. Liberal Democratic Party .. relaunched their site .. LibDems .. 3

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Democrat Calls for Rumsfeld to Resign
(AP)

Democrat Calls for Rumsfeld to Resign
(AP) 05/06/2004 11:34 AM
AP - A Democratic senator became the first in Congress to demand Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation over the U.S. military's abuse of Iraqi prisoners, but the White House reaffirmed President Bush's support of the embattled Cabinet officer.

Democrat Convention Credentials Bloggers

Democrat Convention Credentials Bloggers 06/20/2004 05:39 PM
AP via Daily Press Jun 20 2004 9:33PM GMT

Democrat Convention Credentials Bloggers
(AP)

Democrat Convention Credentials Bloggers
(AP) 06/20/2004 03:55 PM
AP - A handful of scribes publishing in a newer medium will join the thousands of newspaper, magazine and broadcast journalists at this summer's political conventions. They'll be blogging.

The Secret Republican and Democrat
Leadership Does Not Want You to Know

The Secret Republican and Democrat
Leadership Does Not Want You to Know 06/29/2004 02:19 AM
I am sure we have all been taught to praise the ingenuity of the United States Constitution but how many of you have ever heard any politician of the two main political parties say that there are a few huge errors in the Constitution? Even academia is bent on keeping this a secret, mostly because 95% of American professors are socialists (communists) and they love their government jobs. [PRWEB Jun 29, 2004]

Warren Buffett to advise Democrat Kerry

Warren Buffett to advise Democrat Kerry 05/03/2004 03:02 PM

Democrat Wins Election for Janklow's
Seat (AP)

Democrat Wins Election for Janklow's
Seat (AP) 06/02/2004 08:55 AM
AP - Democrats looking ahead to November got a bounce with the victory of Stephanie Herseth in a special election, marking the party's second straight congressional triumph and snatching a House seat in a heavily GOP-leaning state.

Mark Steyn: Democrat 'Metrosexuals' Hard
To Believe

Mark Steyn: Democrat 'Metrosexuals' Hard
To Believe 11/03/2003 05:28 AM
He has a great column .. Is defending France .. waffles .. Review

suntimes.com/output/steyn/cst-edt-steyn02.html
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