Excellent article on how to slice and dice a political opponent with the right ingredients. Couldn't imagine a commentator here (from any side) being able to carry it off with such aplomb.

Kerry is the man.

He's got the axis-of-weasel backing him, he's got the Wiccans behind him, and he's got addled out of their brain druggies such as poor old Hunter behind him. What a guy - no wonder I detect a strong Slugger approval for him :-)

For a much more discerning view of the outcome of the US election - check out today's "The Village" magazine.

You've got to give him credit, his style is far more palatable than the smug self-rightous Micheal Moore.

I'm £50 long on Bush, from a bet with a mate placed 3 years ago.

So going to sell dollars going into the election. Tied result and the dollar falls, Kerry wins and the dollar falls, Bush wins and it rises. 2 out of 3 possible outcomes covered by one binary transaction.

"Four more years of George Bush will be like four more years of syphilis,"

LMAO

See Pete Baker's no fool he knows a good article when someone reads one to him

BULLETIN: KERRY WINS GONZO ENDORSEMENT; DR THOMPSON JOINS DEMOCRAT IN CALLING BUSH "THE SYPHILIS PRESIDENT".

Hmmm... How did Thompson find out?

I will be contacting Raul Duke about this forthwith.

terrible thing, what drugs do to the brain-not only do you talk crap but apparently write it as well. Peteb's ironic (surely) intro sets the tone well

My, my, my, our boy has certainly made a name for himself. It seems only yesterday that Thompson, Kesey, Ginzberg and Sonny Barger were tripping in Kesey's dayglo redwoods in La Honda, just up the road a piece from here. The old boy can still stoke up the cerebellum though but it would be kinder of you lads to talk him into viewing the Bush years as just another acid flashback. I know I'd prefer it that way.

Now for those of you who wish a kinder, gentler gutting of Bush, take a canoe ride along Lake Woebegone with Garrison Keillor. If you're feeling artsy, try E. L. Doctorow as well, someone who took a few ranging rounds from the Bushies who cashed in their tax cuts and blew 120 large getting wee Buffy through school.

David Vance

For a much more discerning view of the outcome of the US election - check out today's "The Village" magazine.

I was wondering why you made this comment, and then I turned to page 34...

Gerry,

Yip - into the lion's den! What did you reckon to it?

David

As a regular reader of A Tangled Web, I was delighted to see your contribution to a mainstream publication here in the Republic. However, as usual, I disagreed with nearly everything you said!

Fear and Loathing Part II

"I find myself talking almost with nostalgia about Nixon,"

No shit, Sherlock.

Tell me this is all just a flashid ashback.

Sighs- another embarrassment for Quakers !