Taking the GOP Bait, Hook, Line and Stinker- April 29, 2004 There was a surreal moment at a serious Manhattan dinner party Tuesday night when 12 power players who had all been talking at once about the mess in Iraq suddenly fell silent to listen to the waiter. He dove in shortly after he had served the coconut cake with lemon dessert -- perhaps to give moral support to the only Republican present, who was beginning to flag. Or perhaps he just thought it might be helpful for the guests to hear from one of the Ordinary Americans whose unhappiness with the.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/04/29/AR2005033112225.html?nav=r... Bucks Without the Buzz: Democrats' Sedate Party- April 22, 2004 Democrats in New York are bummed that when they raised $6.5 million for Sen. John Kerry in a single night last week at the gala fundraiser at the Sheraton New York (and $2.5 million more for the Democratic National Committee at a breakfast the next day), their triumphant blowout garnered hardly a line of ink or an instant of prime time.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/04/22/AR2005033112443.html?nav=r... At Bush &38; Co., No Threat Of a Pink Slip- April 15, 2004 Maybe part of the thrill of hearing Donald Trump utter the words "You're fired" on "The Apprentice" has to do with the fact that in public life no one ever seems to get canned. What are the chances of seeing Paul Wolfowitz trundling his wheelie bag out of the Pentagon for being wrong about Ahmed Chalabi and WMD Or John Ashcroft admitting manfully that after his failure to take terrorism seriously it was only right for him to get the boothttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/04/15/AR2005033112558.html?nav=r... |