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 Thursday, October 10, 2002

Get Serious By Michael Kinsley

"The Bush campaign for war against Iraq has been insulting to American citizens, not just because it has been dishonest, but because it has been unserious. A lie is insulting; an obvious lie is doubly insulting. Arguments that stumble into each other like drunks are not serious. Washington is abuzz with the "real reason" this or that subgroup of the administration wants this war. A serious and respectful effort to rally the citizenry would offer the real reasons, would base the conclusion on the evidence rather than vice versa, would admit to the ambiguities and uncertainties, would be frank about the potential cost. A serious effort to take the nation into war would not hesitate to interrupt people while they're watching a sitcom."


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Borking: A Rule Book By Michael Kinsley

Fifteen years after Robert Bork got thumbs-down and 11 years after Clarence Thomas got thumbs-up, the process of Senate approval for White House judicial nominees remains a festival of disingenuousness. Presidents claim they have picked the best candidate based on merit and accuse opponents of corrupting the process with "politics."
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Abraham Lincoln. "When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and true maxim that 'a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.' So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the great highroad to his reason, and which, once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing him of the justice of your cause, if indeed that cause is really a good one." [Motivational Quotes of the Day]
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~Make the pie higher: a poem from the sayings of George Bush. This poem is composed entirely of actual quotes from George Bush. Circulating on the internet for some time, it was reportedly compiled by Washington Post writer Richard Thompson. Here we reproduce it to mark National Poetry Day. [Guardian Unlimited]
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