Old Warriors Giving Their Last, Worst Shot- August 26, 2004 Bob Dole's nasty swipe at John Kerry's war wounds this week made you understand why Viagra has been losing market share to Cialis. The sight of that bitter old face piling on to protest that Kerry did not bleed enough is instant detumescence.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/08/26/AR2005033112428.html?nav=r... The Governor Slips Out Under Cover of Gayness- August 19, 2004 New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey's gay declaration of independence, when he advanced downstage to muse about his inner turmoil, brought an oddly Shakespearean turn to the national soap opera. The difference is that when Shakespeare's Richard III goes on about what it's like to be a hunchback, he's talking only to himself. That's what a soliloquy is -- a character's inmost thoughts, overheard only by the audience. Whereas Jim McGreevey was cleansing his soul in front of all the other characters...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/08/19/AR2005033112543.html?nav=r... Paranoia Sneaks Up On a Suspecting Electorate- August 12, 2004 Among New York Democrats there's a weird fatalism about John Kerry's chances in November. The city's mania to see the president routed does nothing to lift the mood of bullish defeatism. What you hear is that Bush will still win by a hair -- not because Kerry fails to rev the electorate's engine, but because "they" will "pull something."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/08/12/AR2005033112532.html?nav=r... Barack Obama, Shaking Up The Sound-Bite Culture- August 5, 2004 In the media-saturated Hamptons, the summer's poolside reading is emblematic of life in the 21st century: the 911 commission report and Us magazine. There doesn't seem much alternative to the daily diet of terror and trivia -- except for the lingering impact of Barack Obama, which continues to reverberate as the only bounce worth talking about.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/08/05/AR2005033112442.html?nav=r... |