David Remer: Current Political EventsCommentary, analysis and context of political events and news.Bush's week in review- March 25, 2004 by David R. Remer, Political News & Analysis, WatchBlog Pres. Bush is in the N.E. defending his record on jobs and anti-terrorism. He is spending this time and money to shore up his record because it is under major attack from a number of directions. Both Democratic and Republican party members of Congress agree that jobs are critically important to both the economy and the November elections, and they both agree, the jobs growth is a major disappointment to economic...http://radio.weblogs.com/0124721/categories/currentPoliticalEvents/2004/03/25.html#a5142 911 Investigation - Not Good- March 23, 2004 by David R. Remer, Political News & Analysis, WatchBlog Testimony today before the 911 Investigating Commission was shocking. Among those testifying were Generals, Mr. Armitage, M. Allbright, and C. Powell, D. Rumsfeld, and P. Wolfowitz. Overall, it appears that both administrations, Clinton's and G.W. Bush's governed over a history of intelligence from 1991 right up through the summer of 911 which gave a host of indications and warnings of airliners to be used as weapons.http://radio.weblogs.com/0124721/categories/currentPoliticalEvents/2004/03/23.html#a5130 Is Bush Planting WMD in Iraq- March 22, 2004 Posted by D.R. Remer Political News & Analysis, WatchBlog There is a story circulating on the net about Americans unloading the kind of parts needed by Hussein in the early 1990&146;s to develop WMD and long range missiles. The source is an Iraqi Government official who spoke on condition of anonymity to the Mehr, an Iranian news agency covering Iraq. The official reports Americans were seen unloading cargo of the kind mentioned above at a port in Southern Iraq and timed...http://radio.weblogs.com/0124721/categories/currentPoliticalEvents/2004/03/21.html#a5123 The Great Bush Hoax- March 20, 2004 by David R. Remer, Political News & Analysis, WatchBlog Half the country has been fooled by the Great Bush Hoax. The other half saw it for what it was when it was launched. The Great Hoax is the idea that any amount of money, soldiers, or equipment sent overseas could possibly win the War on Terrorism. If you are a Bush supporter, you won&146;t want to read this, the inescapable logic of it will make you angry. For all others, the simple and elegant logic...http://radio.weblogs.com/0124721/categories/currentPoliticalEvents/2004/03/20.html#a5122 GOP-Going for Broke- March 17, 2004 Under Democrats, Congress had a "pay as you go" rule for spending by the federal government. They were called tax and spend Democrats because if they elected to pass a program needing money from the budget, they would raise taxes or decrease other spending to pay for it. The Republican&146;s Grand Old Party (GOP) now have control of Congress and they long ago dismissed the pay as you go rule. That action has resulted in the record half trillion dollar budget for 2005 without any attempt by the..http://radio.weblogs.com/0124721/categories/currentPoliticalEvents/2004/03/17.html#a5073 Another Bush Con Job- March 14, 2004 The NY Times today is picking up on a story I saw a couple days earlier entitled Medicare Expert Says He Was Told To Withhold cost, which ran on Friday. It is a detailed read about how the Bush administration knew the true cost of the Medicare legislation, and told at least one official who thought Congress should know the true cost, he'd be fired if he said anything. When the President deceives the Congress, he decieves the people of the U.S. for Congresspersons are the people's...http://radio.weblogs.com/0124721/categories/currentPoliticalEvents/2004/03/14.html#a5039 Bush: Classic Commodity Defense- March 10, 2004 by David R. Remer - Watchblog - Political News & Analysis A few years ago there was a scandal regarding Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). Barely after the headlines ink dried ADM saturated the media with paid advertising. You remember it, it said they were Feeding The World. Now which do you remember about ADM, there scandal, or their commercial This is classic commodity defense. When your product or company gets in trouble, advertise the negative news out of existence. Shell Oil is...http://radio.weblogs.com/0124721/categories/currentPoliticalEvents/2004/03/10.html#a5012 Ralph Nader polling 6%- March 5, 2004 by David R. Remer Political News & Analysis Ralph Nader, just 10 days after announcing his candidacy as an Independent for President, is polling 6% of voters according to the Associated Press. Nader is going after corporate corruption of the laws, environment, economy, and the exploitation of American workers. Nader has also raised a quarter million dollars in that same 10 days. So many said he could not be taken seriously except for the votes he would draw from...http://radio.weblogs.com/0124721/categories/currentPoliticalEvents/2004/03/04.html#a4955 Kerry Steamroller headed for Swing States- March 3, 2004 by David R. Remer, Political News & Analysis Super Tuesday was no surprise for those who have followed my previous articles on the Kerry Steamroller here and here. The question now is, can the Kerry steamroller turn the swing states into win states It is very likely and here is why. Regardless of what events occur between now and November, Sen. John Kerry can win the Presidency with President Bush's help. The help Sen. Kerry needs from the President is simply a hard hitting, money...http://radio.weblogs.com/0124721/categories/currentPoliticalEvents/2004/03/03.html#a4930 |