Political Figures

Bush, Kerry & Vietnam Bush, Kerry & Vietnam

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Sep 9, 2004 / Feature / Ian Williams

The Girlie Vote The Girlie Vote

Since when are women--51 percent of the population--a special interest?

Sep 9, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Swatting at Flies Swatting at Flies

Who would you rather have in your corner, Sasso or Baker?

Sep 9, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Rudy Makes His Move Rudy Makes His Move

Back in the fog of war in Vietnam, LBJ super suckup Jack Valenti let the world know how he felt.

Sep 9, 2004 / Noel E. Parmentel Jr.

Still Sliming Away Still Sliming Away

(Karl Rove & Co. knock off Paul Simon's "Slip Slidin' Away")

Sep 9, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

2004: GOP Convention’s Looney Tunes 2004: GOP Convention’s Looney Tunes

Good sizzle can always sell a lousy steak.

Sep 7, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

A Little Education Can Be a Dangerous Thing A Little Education Can Be a Dangerous Thing

Most teachers delight at being remembered by their former students. But when the student is Dick Cheney, it can be embarrassing. Consider the case of Dr. H. Bradford Westerf...

Aug 26, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols

Zombies for Kerry Zombies for Kerry

Didn't John Kerry ever read about rope-a-dope? Karl Rove must be kicking his heels with merriment at the way the horse-faced son of Boston is tangling himself up in the Swift Boa...

Aug 26, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The George W. Bush Presidential Library, Inc. The George W. Bush Presidential Library, Inc.

This piece first appeared in different form in Billionaires for Bush: How to Rule the World for Fun and Profit (Thunder's Mouth Press).

Aug 26, 2004 / Richard Lingeman

The Vietnam Confessions of George W. Bush The Vietnam Confessions of George W. Bush

"I am angry that so many sons of the powerful and well placed...managed to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard units." --Colin Powell on the Vietnam War, in My American J...

Aug 26, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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