Monday, August 18, 2003
Random Americana
It's always good to see good news the first thing on a Monday morning.
And here are companion thoughts from Sunday's Times Magazine:
...for people out of work, unemployment is always 100 percent, while for people who do have work it's zero, even if only three of them remain.
Is it me, or has President Bush been clearing the same brush off his ranch since midway through the 2000 primaries? Is this another example of how he is able to finish things, such as he did with the Texas Rangers Baseball Club, or Harken Oil, or finding Osama Bin Laden or Saddam or the Anthrax Guy.
Or do you suppose his staff just keeps putting it back? Just waiting for the next campaign trip or working vacation?
More good news!
The New York Times on Monday also reports:
[Arnold] Schwarzenegger's entry also pushed President Bush into saying for the first time that he is engaged in politicking for 2004, a way-off-message admission. When asked if he was "going to do anything for Arnold," Mr. Bush replied, "I'm going to campaign for George W., as you know." Two days later, the president had zoomed back on track at a Bush-Cheney '04 lunch in Irvine, Calif., when he repeated the line from his fund-raising stump speech that "right now I'm focused on the people's business" and "the political season will come in its own time."
"The political season," it seems, has decided its own sweet time is now.
And, obviously, for those of you who don't speak Republican, being "focused on the people's business" means "rich people's business," which does not necessarily entail getting you "people" a decent job:
Of course, the California trip was hardly a failure in that the Bush campaign collected another $2 million to add to the $40 million it already has.
Which, if you're paying close attention, is already 21% of the $193m total Bush raised in 2000, and we're still a little over 14 months away from the election!
It's odd that with the amount of venom the Bush administration has leveled at law firms as an industry, they still appear towards the top of Bush's contributors. Blank, Rome, etc. are in for $149,750. Hayes & Boone are signed up for $141,400 and Akin, Gump, etc. is in for $70,750. Let's keep an eye on all of this, and see if they can get tort reform killed this coming term. Or that new house in the Hamptons, at the very least.
Speaking of which, let's look at campaign contributions in perspective (as reported in Capital Eye, the newletter of The Center for Responsive Politics):
Here are top Bush/Cheney 1999-2002 donors—six heavyweights now all looking to turn a buck at the expense of the people of Iraq.
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posted by Gotham 1:52 AM
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