"Both campaigns are focused on reinforcing and energizing their core support groups. The Republicans are appealing to religious conservatives and national security hawks, while Democrats are reaching out to union members, African Americans, Hispanics, women, and social liberals."

"We hear that the U.S. is bringing “freedom” and “democracy” to Afghanistan, Iraq and next Iran. That is not true. Those people are hostages. Hostages of our troops and hostages of puppet regimes we put in place to control them."

"The Times is incapable of “rigorous” reporting on the Middle East, and because of that it is largely responsible for the anti-Arab / anti-Muslim stereotypes that pollute our culture."

"...it has become clear that Rove believes in nothing more than winning. But the news media should adhere to a different set of ethics."

"The lessons of this past August are clear-conventions and events may be scripted, but the dynamics of the overall campaign cannot be. Politics is both a rough and dirty contact sport, and an unpredictable one as well. In a deeply divided partisan environment driven by multiple information sources, surprises are the order of the day."

"Thirty-three years ago, speaking out against the war in Vietnam, John Kerry was an anti-war hero for some. Now he deserves to be no one’s hero. Like Bill Clinton, he has proven himself ready and willing to embrace war based on lies."

"The issue is disinformation versus reporting. The Lobby cannot afford to have al-Jazeera report on Israel’s murder of Palestinians or the U.S.’s indiscriminate slaughter of Iraqis."

"The ideologues are the lobbyists who wield power. Their power is derived from their use of their members' money and votes, and from their ability to exploit their members' real and imagined fears. These lobbyists play politics as a "zero sum" game. For them, not only is losing anathema, compromise is as well."