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Sen. Max Cleland

• August 27 -- Movie Critic's Urban Liberal Smugfest
Stephen Holden files two favorable, angry, indignant reviews of anti-Bush documentaries, one of which mocks pro-war Middle Americans: "Asked to express their opinions about the war in Iraq, the mostly unidentified subjects of this documentary polemic, 'This Ain't No Heartland,' are only too happy to make fools of themselves. Their fundamental ignorance of the facts, compounded by their disinterest in knowing more, doesn't prevent them from expressing strong opinions and conveying misinformation in bad grammar."

• August 12 -- Still Haunted by Max Cleland's Loss
Katharine Seelye's front-page story shows Democrats (and the NYT) still obsessed over Sen. Max Cleland's 2002 defeat: "Republicans ran a television commercial showing pictures of Mr. Cleland, Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, and said Mr. Cleland 'voted against the president's vital homeland security efforts 11 times.' Mr. Cleland lost his seat."

• July 27 -- The Myth of Max Cleland
At the Democratic convention in Boston, the Times trumpets former Democratic Sen. Max Cleland as a Republican victim: "And there was Max Cleland, the triple amputee and former Democratic senator from Georgia whose defeat in 2002--by an opponent who ran commercials linking him to Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden…." Wrong.

• May 17 -- "Mild-Mannered" Tom Daschle?
Carl Hulse covers a speech by "mild-mannered" Sen. Tom Daschle on the "startling meanness" of modern politics (he evidently missed Daschle comparing conservative critics to the Taliban)

• March 2 -- Cleland Wuz Robbed!
Editorial writer Adam Cohen spreads paranoia in a story on electronic voting machines, hinting that just maybe there's some doubt about two Republican Senate wins in 2002.

• February 26 -- Mad Over Max
Sheryl Gay Stolberg writes former Sen. Max Cleland's life story up as a Hollywood story ruined by Republican tactics: "He called [the Senate] his 'dream job,' but the dream ended abruptly in November 2002….President Bush traveled to Georgia five times to campaign against him. But the low point, Mr. Cleland said, came when Republicans ran an advertisement juxtaposing his face with those of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein."

• February 4 -- "Striking Contrasts" Between Bush and Kerry
As Sen. John Kerry piles up Democratic primary victories, "Military Service Becomes Issue in Bush-Kerry Race" frames a potential Kerry-Bush contest to Kerry's advantage.