Author Archive | Jim Lindgren

One of the best things about being a new blogger is getting to link Mark Steyn, this time on John Edwards: I don’t care about Edwards’ dad and his heartwarming, sepia-hued vignettes any more than I cared about the mythical ”coatless girl” he used to cite in his primary speeches: a wee shivering thing whose […]

Like Eugene, I was going to post on the Nevada vote fraud story. But then I saw Kerry Spot’s post pointing out that the supposed Republican leaning Nevada vote organization appears to be part of the Democratic get-out-the-vote drive, including ACORN, who has been implicated in voting fraud charges in other states. I decided not […]

Bill O’Reilly, whom I generally find unwatchable, is in trouble and is fighting back. Matt Drudge has the details on an extortion lawsuit filed by Bill O’Reilly against Andrea Mackris, a FOX associate producer, and her lawyers, the Morelli law firm. According to the O’Reilly filing, the producer alleged sexual harassment by O’Reilly and may […]

A number of commentators have been making the link between John Kerry and Neville Chamberlain, such as Ed Koch and the guys at Powerline. Long before John Kerry emerged from the pack of Democratic candidates, I was struck by the parallels to England in the 1930s. Although Bush is DEFINITELY no Churchill, the response of […]

Some bloggers are disappointed or angry that the outside team investigating the CBS story that used the forged Bush Guard documents will not report until after the November election. I disagree. If I were at CBS, I would do the same thing–wait until after the election for the post mortem. It IS a distraction to […]

[[Oct. 3 update: I added pictures from Paul’s post at Wizbang to this early Oct. 2 post.]] I have waited to post on this until things are mostly sorted out, but I expect much more to come out today, when Wizbang (who broke this story) provides significant updates. Several days ago, Associate Professor David Hailey […]

–Watching part of Bush’s interview with Bill O’Reilly (tip to Instapundit), I found Bush’s responses to questions about Rove having prior knowledge of the Swift Boat ads to be odd, to say the least. Of course, Bush can look uncomfortable even when he is saying something that he deeply believes in, but he looked awfully […]

–I personally find it hard to watch either Bush or Kerry speak, especially when it counts, such as in a debate. Both did a little better than I thought they would. I thought Kerry won on style and Bush won on substance, though Kerry certainly had some moments where he gave strong answers that would […]

–INDC Journal has interesting interviews with the reporter and producer of the CBS story spreading the email selective service hoax. It is surprising that they can’t see that spreading a hoax that has been debunked might be more than a tad irresponsible.

As if CBS isn’t in enough hot water already after running two stories in one month based on phony documents, MoveOn.org has started a lobbying campaign to get CBS to run yet a third false story (hat-tip Kerry Spot). This one, on the attempts by Iraq to get Yellowcake uranium in Africa, was bumped from […]

I posted on CBS’s new problems with its pushing an email letter without pointing out that it is a hoax. If you want to see how these hoax emails prey on the gullible, consider this letter (scroll down) to the editor of the Northeast Times (Philadelphia area) from last June. It is from Beverly Cocco, […]

When 60 Minutes II ran its story based on crude forgeries of Texas Guard documents, the humor site, Sharp as a Marble, ran a mock story entitled, “Dan Rather: Nigerian Mail is Authentic. Will be Retiring After Money is Transferred.” Dan Rather, of CBS News, is reported to have tendered his resignation from 60 Minutes […]

(as seen through the eyes of the Yale Daily News). As the election has drifted into deadly serious exposes of the lives of George Bush and John Kerry in the early 1970s, I thought a look back at a lighter time in their lives might be fun (no, there are no smoking guns in this […]

In a couple of thoughtful posts (here and here), Wisconsin law professor Ann Althouse recounts the evolution of her thinking about John Kerry. They are worth reading, whomever one favors in the election.

At Slate, Christopher Hitchens asserts that at least some Democrats are hoping for bad news in Iraq (via Roger Simon): There it was at the tail end of Brian Faler’s “Politics” roundup column in last Saturday’s Washington Post. It was headed, simply, “Quotable”: “I wouldn’t be surprised if he appeared in the next month.” Teresa […]