Daily Archives: September 28, 2004

Procrastination pays

Posted on September 28, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Surely by now you’ve heard that the Lone Star Iconoclast, Crawford, TX’s hometown newspaper, has endorsed John Kerry. I was going to do a longish post on this, tying together some of the other iconoclastic things this paper has done, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Poor Tom

Posted on September 28, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

I see via Taking on Tom DeLay that our poor misunderstood Majority Leader is not such a hot draw on the campaign trail. When Billy Tauzin III announced this month that top Republicans would “campaign on his behalf” for Louisiana’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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On campaign cash

Posted on September 28, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Campaigns for People is running an ad decrying the influence of money on political campaigns. A grass-roots low-budget effort aimed at reforming how Texas campaigns are financed has begun circulating this week on the Internet and television in four Texas … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Kopper speaks

Posted on September 28, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The prosecution put on its star witness in the Enron Nigerian Barge case yesterday as Michael Kopper testified. Kopper, 39, calmly and thoughtfully explained that in 1997 he and ex-Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow started to divert funds to themselves, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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“The Hammer”

Posted on September 28, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

New to my bookshelf – The Hammer, by Lou Dubose (that would be longtime Texas Observer editor Lou Dubose) and Jan Reid. Sean-Paul of The Agonist was kind enough to not only get me a copy of this book, but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Care to CHIP in?

Posted on September 28, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Various Texas campaigns are focusing on the cuts in CHIP. U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards of Waco, a Democrat trying to win re-election in a Republican-majority district, charged his challenger the other day with depriving children of health insurance and shorting … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Texas Tuesdays: Martin Frost

Posted on September 28, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Yes, it’s time for another edition of Texas Tuesdays, this time featuring special guest star Martin Frost. Byron has a state of the race overview and a chat with the Frost campaign that you should check out. We’re about to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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