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Newspapers Across America Endorse Kerry

2004-10-31T14:35:00.000-06:00

Countless newspapers have endorsed John Kerry for President, among them are The Times Union (NY), The Aspen Daily News (CO), The Courier-Post (NJ), The Nome Nugget (AK), The Financial Times, The Citizen's Voice (PA), The Washington Post, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Buffulo News (NY), The Tennessean, The Des Moines Register (Iowa), The Flint Journal (Mich.), The Corpus Christi Caller-Times (TX), The Reno Gazette-Journal (NV), The Waco Tribune-Herald (TX), The Decutar Daily (Ala.), The Arkansas Times, The New York Times and even The Lone Star Icnonoclast of Crawford, Texas. Find other endorsements here!

Faith Abuse

2004-10-31T13:54:00.000-06:00

Ariana Huffington originally posted this piece on DemocracyforAmerica.com

FAITH ABUSE: WHEN GOD BECOMES A CAMPAIGN PLOY
By Arianna Huffington

This is my last column before Election Day. With less than a week to go, I plan on doing everything in my power to defeat George W. Bush (need a ride to the polls?). Then I'm going to get down on my knees and pray to a higher power.

As someone for whom faith is incredibly important, and who regularly prays for all the people and things that matter to me, I'm hopeful that God is as appalled as I am with the way His name is constantly being taken in vain on the Bush campaign trail, and with how the president is abusing his faith to justify to himself and to the world his disastrous policies.

Lord knows there's a very long list of things to be angry with Bush about, but this one has moved to the top of my personal hit parade because, as Catholic theologians teach us, "The corruption of the best is the worst." And George W. is truly corrupting faith and dragging it into the political gutter. In two fundamental ways:

First, he's using it as a spiritual inoculation against uncertainty and complexity.

Ron Suskind's recent piece in the New York Times Magazine painted a chilling portrait of a presidency in which thoughtful analysis and moral questioning have been replaced by "God-given" certainty, and where facts and open debate have become an anathema.

Suskind reveals a president who uses his faith to numb himself against reality. It anesthetizes him in the same way a stiff drinkOK, 20 stiff drinksused to, and allows him to drown out the voices of doubt. Yet great thinkers throughout history have extolled the virtues of doubt. As Paul Tillich put it: "Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith."

But not in the Bush White House, where doubters are treated as traitors, and inconvenient facts are the work of the Devil � because facts can lead to questioning, and questioning undermines faith. And that would be blasphemy in an Oval Office where unbending resolve has become a holy sacrament. No wonder Bush is unwilling to admit to even a single mistake.

The second way the president is corrupting his faith is by using it as a marketing tool designed to garner support among the over 60 million Americans who identify themselves as evangelicalparticularly the 4 million born-again voters who stayed home in 2000.

Nowhere is this blending of church and campaign more evident than in "George W. Bush: Faith in the White House," a DVD being distributed to tens of thousands of America's churches.

Although not officially the work of the Bush-Cheney campaign, it obviously has its approval, and indeed was screened at a party for Christian conservatives hosted by the campaign at the GOP convention in New York.

In the documentary, President Bush is presented as a man with "the moral clarity of an old-fashioned biblical prophet"and is shown sharing a beatific split screen with the Son of God himself.

So, in 2004, Jesus is not only the president's favorite philosopherhe's his surrogate running mate. I'm surprised we haven't seen any "Bush-Christ 2004" bumper stickers yet. It would make for a heck of an October surprise.

All this pious posturing is also being used as a cudgel with which to attack John Kerry, portraying him as a sorry second in the faith sweepstakes.

Forget that Kerry carries a Bible and a rosary with him on the campaign trail, used to be an altar boy, and has said, "My faith affects everything that I do." The Bushies have made it seem as if they are running against Joe Pagan. Just check out the "Kerry: Wrong for Catholics" page on the official Bush-Cheney campaign Web site.

What's next? Attack ads from Altar Boys for Truth claiming Kerry never actually swallowed the body of Christ during communion?

What the president calls faith is actually nothing of the sort. It is fanaticism, pure and simple. The defining trait of the fanatic is an utter refusal to allow anything as piddling as evidence to get in the way of an unshakable belief.

This zealot's mindset is what allows President Bush to take in the death and destruction in Iraq and see them as "freedom on the march." And it's also what allows Abu Zarqawi and his followers to coldly put a bullet in the back of the head of four-dozen unarmed Iraqi Army recruits because they are "apostates."

"Either you're with us or you're against us" plainly cuts both ways.

"This is why George W. Bush is so clear-eyed about al-Qaida and the Islamic fundamentalist enemy," explained Bruce Bartlett, a domestic policy advisor to Reagan and Bush 41. "He understands them because he's just like them."

I pray that every American of real faith keeps this in mind when stepping into the voting booth on Election Day.

Weapons Where in Iraq After Invasion!

2004-10-30T15:03:00.000-05:00

A report from 5 Eyewitness News in Minneapolis reported that the explosives which disappeared from a storage facility in Iraq had been found by US troops after the invasion in 2003. Stop the spin! Read the report at kstp.com

The Nader Factor

2004-10-30T14:54:00.000-05:00

Why Nader? Why? This is no time for games, the stakes are to high and unless you withdraw yourself from the ballot there is a good chance that Bush could get four more years. This isn't a joke! Nobody's laughing, so do us a favor and get off the ballot!!!
(To my readers: Sorry I haven't posted in so long)

No Fly List

2004-10-11T14:03:00.000-05:00

I was thinking about Cat Stevens being classified as a terrorist threat and I'm starting to wonder why bin Laden's family members could leave the country via airplane yet Cat Stevens, the writer of Peace Train and Moon Shadow, is on an FBI watch list!

A War with Ratings!

2004-10-11T10:36:00.000-05:00

As the LA Times reports, the war in Iraq has not been decided by military strategy, but by political strategy. The article reads:
The Bush administration plans to delay major assaults on rebel-held cities in Iraq until after U.S. elections in November, say administration officials, mindful that large-scale military offensives could affect the U.S. presidential race.
Sound familiar? Remember when polls showed American's weary of the fighting in Falluja? Well the Bush administration didn't want to displease the voters, so we pulled right out!

Ten Reasons to Vote for Bush

2004-10-10T23:04:00.000-05:00

Brought to you by Billionaires for Bush.

10. Because you don't change horsemen mid-Apocalypse
9. Because the deficit is not growing fast enough
8 Because corporations are people too.
7. Because the other guy is distracted by healthcare, education, and real
homeland security.
6. Because 1.7 million jobs lost is just a start.
5. Because never has one man done so much, for so few, at the expense of so
many.
4. Because there's a lot more of our oil still trapped under their soil.
3. Because second-rate people don't deserve a first rate education.
2. Because global warming means better tans.
1. Because Fox News told me to.

More Endorsements for Kerry Role In!

2004-10-10T20:32:00.000-05:00

More endorsements for John Kerry have been reported among which are "The Oregonian", "Portland Press-Herald" and "The Phildelphia Inquirer."

Buy Fahrenheit 9/11 Now!

2004-10-10T18:26:00.000-05:00

Fahrenheit 9/11, the film that made America's rise is now out on DVD. Buy it through the link below and we'll get a small profit which will benefit the starving liberal bloggers of The Daily Blurb.

Wired

2004-10-10T17:43:00.000-05:00

Since the first debate, when the president shouted "let me finish" for no apparent reason, many theories have come about claiming that Bush was wired with an ear piece. Take a look at this photo. See the bulge? My point exactly.

Real Voices

2004-10-10T17:04:00.000-05:00

Check out these Bush bashing ads from RealVoices.org

Bite Back at Sinclair!

2004-10-10T13:13:00.000-05:00

As noted here and on other blogs like the Daily Kos and Eschaton, the Sinclair Broadcast Group will be airing an anti-Kerry film on their affiliates between now and election day. BITE BACK! Email the host of the feature, Mark Hyman or the president of SBG, David Smith. Give the main office a ring at 410.568.1500 and note that the president of the company has a thing for hookers, according to a wire report on his arrest Friday in a prostitution sting. Plus, call your Sinclair affiliate, even though they have no control of the programming, it wouldn't hurt.

Religion and Politics

2004-10-10T13:00:00.000-05:00

Jodi Wilgoren and Bill Keller wrote a great article for the Times entitled "Kerry and Religion: Pressure Builds for Public Discussions." The piece draws a fine line between John Kerry and George Bush, not on politics, but on religion and outlines the effect the President's faith has on his decisions. One example is stem cell research, an issue Catholic and protestant churches have taken up as a religious issue. President Bush put harsh restrictions on stem cell research, claiming his decision as one of moral and religious ethic, however, Senator Kerry, a Catholic, has promised to do the opposite, allow such research. Why? Just read the article.

Morning Blurbs

2004-10-10T10:41:00.000-05:00

>The Philadelphia Inquirer endorsed Senator John Kerry today in an editorial entitled "Kerry for President." The piece describes the poor nation President Bush is creating, reading:
We boast of exporting liberty and rule of law, yet watch them erode at home. A hooded prisoner on a box has replaced a soaring lady with a lamp as the global icon of America's intentions. Our national discourse has grown peevish, choking on distortion and bile.
In the end, readers are asked to cast their ballot for Senator John Kerry. The Seattle-PI and Crawford Iconoclast have also endorsed Kerry.
>READ THE EDITORIAL AT PHILLY.COM

>A new AP report claims that Muslims could be crucial in the election come November 2. The report sites the several hundred Muslims detained after 9/11 and even though many stand with Bush on social issues, they feel Kerry could better handle the conflict in Iraq.

Sunday Talk Shows

2004-10-09T23:15:00.000-05:00

You better get your TiVo ready because John Edwards will be on all of the Sunday talk shows tomorrow:
9:00 am ET – NBC Meet the Press, ABC This Week and FOX News Sunday
10:30 am ET – CBS Face the Nation
12:00 pm ET – CNN Late Edition

Timber!

2004-10-09T17:47:00.000-05:00

Though it was a rather obscure moment in the debate, John Kerry stated that the President owns a timber company. to which he replied, "I own a timber company? That's news to me." However, FactCheck.org reports that Bush is the owner of a timber company specified by his administration as a "small business." However, it's not a very profitable enterprise, considering that he only made $84 off his part ownership.

Media Says: Kerry Wins!

2004-10-09T17:44:00.000-05:00

Mort Kondracke: “… I think Kerry won this debate as he won the first debate I don’t think… I thought that Kerry was much more aggressive and the president was basically on the defense and didn’t have new arguments didn’t have…wasn’t as facile as he should have been.” [Fox News Channel, 10/8/04]

Bill Kristol: “I guess I think if you think the President was doing okay and didn’t need a win in this debate, he did fine, but I think, if one thinks that Bush missed an awful lot of opportunities to go after Kerry in the first debate he had to make some of them up in this debate, I’m not sure he really succeeded in doing so.” [Fox New Channel, 10/8/04]

Brit Hume: “Is it now fair to say that in each of these debates in terms of marshaling arguments, and remembering them and presenting them that this is something John Kerry has proved he is very good at. And that it doesn’t play to the president’s strong suit.” [Fox News Channel, 10/8/04]

Mort Kondracke: “I thought [Kerry] was very effective. I thought that he was also on the attack a lot and frankly I thought that the President seemed to be on the defense a lot and trying to explain things and not explaining them all that well.” [Fox News Channel, 10/8/04]

Tim Russert: “John Kerry, also, energetic, forceful.” [NBC, 10/8/04]

“On the question of whether Bush did everything he needed to tonight, I don't think so. I think he helped himself, but Kerry leaves these debates energized.” [Jonah Goldberg, National Review Online, 10/8/04]

Give it Up With the Flip-Flopping!

2004-10-09T13:42:00.000-05:00

Today, President Bush fired cheap shots at Senator Kerry's claims that he had never changed positions on Iraq, telling supporters at a breakfast rally, "Who's he tryin' to kid?" My advice to the president is simple, stop picking on the alleged flip-flops of John Kerry! You yourself have changed positions on things like the Homeland Security Department and the 9/11 commission, so quit being hypocritical. Plus, if you look back at the day you lobbied for support to take action in Iraq, maybe you'll remember what a reporter asked you: "Mr. President, how important is it that that resolution give you an authorization of the use of force?" To which you replied, "It's a chance for the Senate to say, we support the administration's ability to keep the peace. That's what this is all about." So, if you go around saying that John Kerry voted for the war, you'd be stretching the truth (that would be nothing new for the Bush White House) because Senator Kerry voted for action, not a war, you said it yourself. So stop running the whole flip-flop crap into the ground because we all know that you're just afraid of your own, horrible record of lies, lies and even more lies!

Bush Propaganda!

2004-10-09T13:20:00.000-05:00

The AP reported today that the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the same company that banned "Nightline" for running the names of our fallen troops, will be running an anti-Kerry movie on the eve of the election. The film, "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal" is about John Kerry's protest of the Vietnam War and shows former POW's trashing him.
If CBS or any other network ran a film like "Fahrenheit 9/11" on the eve of the election, there would be an enormous scandal. Protests would be held, newspaper editorials would bash the move and the network would apologize. Express your outage to Sinclair, email their investor relations office (the only email I could find) or call the corporate office at 410-568-1500. Also, call your local Sinclair affiliate, if you have one. This disgusting media bias mustn't go un-noticed!

Drafted

2004-10-08T22:54:00.000-05:00

From Bloggin Bob in Washington:

Hey, did you notice that when asked about a draft in the future, President Bush didn't deny such a possibility? There is a back-door draft right now and if things get worse in Iraq, we could see selective service. Democracy for America is already putting together an anti-draft petition, so to avoid another Vietnam, sign it.
P.S. VOTING FOR JOHN KERRY WOULDN'T HURT EITHER!

Post Debate Fact Check

2004-10-08T22:03:00.000-05:00

>The Bush campaign has misinterpreted Senator Kerry's plan for healthcare, claiming that the Democratic plan would put "big government in charge" of medical decisions. In fact, Kerry's plan would leave 97% with the insurance they have now but twenty-seven million Americans without coverage would receive government assistance.
>Tonight, the president said, “The truth of the matter is if you listen carefully, Saddam would still be in power if he [John Kerry] were the President of the United States and the world would be better off.” Actually, not only does Senator Kerry want Saddam Hussein in prison, he has been on the record as saying “There's no doubt Iraqis are living better lives with Saddam Hussein behind bars," and, "We've seen the mass graves, heard from the victims of Saddam's reign of terror, and know too well what Saddam (and his sons) Uday, and Qusay did to their political opponents. Whether it was the denial of freedom decade after decade, or the way in which Saddam Hussein built himself ornate palaces while his people suffered in absolute poverty, this was a brutal dictator whose iron fist made life horrifically worse for the Iraqi people.” To sum it all up, LIES, LIES, LIES from President Bush tonight!
>Let's not forget what Bush said about Dredd Scott: "Another example would be the Dred Scott case, which is where judges years ago said that the constitution allowed slavery because of personal property rights. That's a personal opinion. That's not what the constitution says. The constitution of the United States says we're all -- you know, it doesn't say that. It doesn't speak to the equality of America." Actually, PBS reports that Dredd Scott was denied US citizenship because was of African ancestry. The decision was read in March of 1857 by a pro-slavery Chief Justice, Roger B. Taney.

>Sources: John Kerry Rapid Response, FactCheck.org

Debate Note: Training Iraqi Forces

2004-10-08T21:53:00.000-05:00

Once again, the president painted a rosy picture of the situation in Iraq by claiming that, by the end of the year, 125,000 trained by the end of December. Interim "Prime Minister" Allawi contradicted this statement by saying that only 50,000 will are ready, and, according to documents provided by the Pentagon to Rep Obey, only 22,700 security personnel have enough training to be “minimally effective.”

Debate Note: Stem Cells

2004-10-08T21:17:00.000-05:00

President Bush says that embryonic stem cell research involves the destruction of a living thing, and indeed, stem cells are living, but so are trees and plants, not to mention our troops in Iraq. Bush cares about killing a stem cell, but not about bombing Iraqi children. My advice to you President Bush, listen to Michael J. Fox!

Debate Note: Fiscal Responsibility

2004-10-08T21:01:00.000-05:00

Kerry is “More Credible” on Fiscal Responsibility. The truth is that John Kerry is the candidate of fiscal responsibility in this race, which is why Goldman Sachs says that Kerry budget plan is “more credible” than Bush’s. Kerry was one of the first Democrats to sign onto the landmark Gramm-Rudman-Hollings bill. Kerry also voted for the Clinton economic plan in 1993, which no Republicans supported, and which led the way to ending years of government deficits and massive economic growth, and he supported the 1997 Balanced Budget Act.
>From the John Kerry Rapid Response Center

Debate Notes: Overtime

2004-10-08T20:38:00.000-05:00

"Every night, I know there are people working overtime..."
-President Bush
Then why are you cutting overtime pay?

Debate Note: WMD

2004-10-08T20:18:00.000-05:00

In response to the reminder that there where no WMD's in Iraq, the president said: "We didn't know there weren't any weapons of mass destruction 'till we got there [Iraq]." Well then why did Dick Cheney say ""We believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons" before the war?

Debate Verbatim

2004-10-08T20:10:00.000-05:00

"I wasn't happy when we found out there weren't any weapons"
-President Bush on WMD's in Iraq

"Chocolate Chip"

2004-10-08T19:32:00.000-05:00

On September 30, Rush Limbaugh unleashed the racism of the Republican Party, calling Jesse Jackson the "chocolate chip" of the Kerry campaign. I'm sure that made Strom Thurmond laugh.
>Listen to the clip here

Edwards on the Duelfer Report

2004-10-08T16:05:00.000-05:00

“An amazing thing happened today. The Vice President spoke about this most recent report that says there was no active program in Iraq to create weapons of mass destruction, and then he described, through convoluted logic, that that report actually justifies what they've been saying."

2004-10-07T22:22:00.000-05:00

From atrios.blogspot.com

2004-10-07T19:49:00.000-05:00

Yeah, sure, they've never met before...ever.

Nuclear Ambitions

2004-10-07T19:33:00.000-05:00

Finally, President Bush has come forward and admitted that Saddam Hussein didn't have any weapons of mass destruction, but he did say that Iraq had nuclear ambitions. Ambitions! I can think of thirty nations that hate our guts and have nuclear ambitions and lets not forget North Korea and Iran that are ready to press the button. Saddam Hussein thinking about getting WMD's doesn't justify us killing 12000 Iraqi civilians and 1000 of our own troops.

Politics of the Freeway

2004-10-07T17:04:00.000-05:00

Freeway Blogger takes his Anti-War, Anti-Bush message to the freeways as you can see here.

Ready to Report?

2004-10-07T16:51:00.000-05:00

In June, President Bush said, "I haven't reached a final conclusion yet because the inspection teams aren't back yet. I do know that Saddam Hussein had the capacity to make weapons. I do know he's a dangerous person. I know he used weapons against his own people and against the neighborhood. But we'll wail until Charlie [Duelfer] gets back with the final report and then I will be glad to report." Well, Duelfer has come back with a report and it says "no WMD's." So, are you ready to report?

The Media Weighs In

2004-10-06T17:34:00.000-05:00

Yes, this is spin, but whats wrong with a little biast media every once and a while?

>Don Imus: “The Vice President spent 90 minutes lying.” [MSNBC, 10/6/04]

>Slate.com: “In tonight's debate, Vice President Dick Cheney made a lot of false and misleading statements about his foreign and defense policies....” [Fred Kaplan, Slate.com, 10/5/04]

>Joe Scarborough: “This is Dick Cheney denying that he ever suggested [laughs]… I can’t even say it with a straight face [crosstalk] that Iraq and al-Qaeda were partners in terror.” [MSNBC, 10/06/04]

>Chris Matthews: “The only reason we know tonight that the vice-president asserted a connection between Saddam Hussein and 9/11 was we at NBC dug up the tape. He couldn’t dig up the memory. And that is a problem.” [MSNBC, 10/5/04]

>Tom Edsall, Washington Post: “I think these two points that were just made about the Iraq and Al-Qaeda connection and the never having met Kerry – ah - Edwards before, are the kind of things that can come back and haunt you after a debate.” [Fox News 10/6/04]

>Melinda Henneberger, Newsweek: “I though did not think that Cheney did the ticket any good tonight. In fact, I think if there is one damaging thing that comes out of it that will be remembered, it will be his strange insistence that he never drew the line between Iraq and 9/11.” [MSNBC, 10/6/04]

>Melinda Henneberger: “It's difficult to say, but I do think that the vice president made the statement that may have done the most lasting damage when he said that I never drew a connection between 9/11 and Iraq. I also thought that when he made his remark to Senator Edwards I’ve never -- you know, I’ve never seen you before, I have never met you before, whatever the exact words were. I thought that came across as a little nasty, and now that that turns out not to have been true too is obviously not a positive for him.” [Fox News 10/6/04]

>Aaron Brown: [CNN showed footage of Cheney and Edwards next to each other at the Prayer Breakfast]

>“A, in fact he had met him and was sitting reasonably close to him and tomorrow there’ll be a fair amount of talk about the fact that while it was a very good zinger, it wasn’t true.” [CNN, 10/06/04]

>Melinda Henneberger, Newsweek: “When Cheney said ‘I’ve never seen you before,’ or whatever his line was, I thought he just seemed nasty and now that it turns out not to even be true." [MSNBC, 10/06/04]

>Chris Matthews: “Why would the Vice President deny something that’s on public record? We’ve got the tape to show it. He has connected 9/11 to Saddam Hussein. He has said it, we have it on tape, and he denied it tonight. That’s not honest is it?” [MSNBC, 10/05/04]

>Mark Hosenball: “Cheney also said a couple things that, to my mind, that weren’t true. He said that this guy Zarqawi, the notorious terrorist, moved from Afghanistan after the U.S. attacked there to Baghdad. That just flatly isn’t true. Zarqawi went from, for many months, first to Iran before going to Iraq, and there’s no clear evidence Saddam’s regime knew that he was there. So, there’s not just one thing that Cheney said that wasn’t true.” [Fox News, 10/6/04]

>Boston Globe: “Edwards was ready with a sharp accusation of his own, that Bush and Cheney had not been leveling with the people on Iraq. Like the trial lawyer he once was, Edwards kept returning to his core point: that Cheney has misled the public by suggesting a tie between the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and Saddam Hussein's Iraq.” [Boston Globe, 10/6/04]

Report: No WMD in Iraq

2004-10-06T17:12:00.000-05:00

Top U.S. arms inspector said today that there are no WMD's in Iraq! Finally, the backbone of the Bush administrations argument for going to war in Iraq has been detiiriorated. Charles Duelfer, with the Iraq Survey Group discredited Dubyas claim of WMD's in Iraq. Read the AP report!
LIES ALL LIES FROM THE BUSH ADMINSTRATION!

Debate Note: The Record

2004-10-05T21:04:00.000-05:00

Tonight, Cheney bashed the Senate record of John Edwards claiming

“And senator you have a record in the senate not very distinguished. You missed 33 out of 36 meetings of the judiciary committee, 70% of the meetings in the intelligence committee. You have missed a lot of key votes on tax policy, on energy, on Medicare reform.”

Turns out that Dick Cheney has only attended one public hearing of the House Intelligence Commitee. But as a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence from 1985 to his nomination as Secretary of Defense in early 1989, then-Representative Dick Cheney (R-Wyo.) attended only one public committee hearing - a 1986 meeting on potential U.S. military involvement in Angola.
>From the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, House of Representatives, Government Printing Office Hearing Reports; Washington Post, 2/7/85; Los Angeles Times, 3/11/89 and the John Kerry Rapid Response Center

Online Polling

2004-10-05T20:52:00.000-05:00

After the debate, vote in online polls to support John Kerry and the Democratic effort. You can expect polling from CNN.com, MSNBC.com, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Akron Beacon-Journal and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Also, log on to your local news websites for polls.

Debate Note: Halliburton

2004-10-05T20:41:00.000-05:00

I think it's about time Edwards start swinging at Cheney and Halliburton. However, I like Dick's response of "I need more time."

Debate Note: Bin Laden

2004-10-05T20:13:00.000-05:00

Dick Cheney has said "We never let up on bin Laden since day one." What a joke! From day one, the Bush administration had been flying bin Laden's family members, who might have some knowledge of the terrorists location, out of the United States. Osama bin Laden had been cornered in Afghanistan and the Bush administration withdrew troops from an Al Qaeda hot spot to invade Iraq.

The Ignorance of the GOP

2004-10-05T16:33:00.000-05:00

The most recent Gallup poll shows that 62% of Republicans believe that Saddam Hussein was connected with 9/11 attacks. BS! Donald Rumsfeld just dicredited the Iraq/Al Qaeda link and it's been known since 2002 that there was no cooperation with bin Laden and Saddam Hussein! Oh the ignorance of the Republican party.

Rumsfeld: No Qaeda Link in Iraq

2004-10-04T22:21:00.000-05:00

President Bush has sited a number of reasons for going to war in Iraq, WMD's, brutal dictator and Al Queda. The WMD claim couldn't hold water. Saddam Hussein was a horrible man but did we need 100,000 troops to overthrow him? And now, even Donald Rumsfeld as come forward and admitted that there is no solid evidence that Hussein and al Qaeda are connected. Now, if only Bush would come forward, admit he lied and apologize for triggering the deaths of one thousand US troops and over twelve thousand Iraqi civilians, among which are thousands of children.

Today's Blurbs

2004-10-04T16:18:00.000-05:00

>Today, President Bush signed the Tax Releif for Working Families. While it made for a great photo, I think it should be noted that the GOP recently rolled back taxes for low income families. As the Washington Post reported:
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) sided with Democratic leaders in pushing for changes in the child tax credit to ensure that millions of poor families would not see their credits shrink or disappear next year.
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) and House Ways and Means Chairman Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) opposed the move, as did Sens. Don Nickles (R-Okla.) and Trent Lott (R-Miss.). That effectively scuttled changes to existing law.
GREAT JOB DUBYA!
>Watch this video from Brennan Houlihan.

Bush and Stem Cell Research

2004-10-04T16:03:00.000-05:00

We all know that Dubya has been selling out to the "Christian" vote by bringing stem cell research to a hault. Michael J. Fox said: "George Bush’s decision has dramatically reduced the chances for finding a cure for Alzheimers, for Parkinsons, for various kinds of cancers…for so many terrible diseases. He so restricted the stem cell lines available to us that it was kind of like he gave us a car and no gas and he congratulated himself on giving us the car and we sat there and we sit there still."

2004-10-03T20:31:00.000-05:00

If Jesus ran against Bush...

Blurbs: Let Me Finish

2004-10-03T14:59:00.000-05:00

>Today, Atrios posted an entry on the strangest moment at the debate on Thursday. I agree that it was when the president said "let me finish" for no apparent reason. Neither Kerry or Lehrer had said anything and Bush was only sixty seconds into his answer so none of his warning lights where on. Who was he talking to? Some say he may have had an ear piece, which wouldn't surprise me, but if you asked the president about it, he would probably he tell you he was talking to Jesus.
>Don't believe the news from the White House that everything is dandy in Afghanistan. ABC News reports that the death toll is rising and the nation is seemingly out of control. Maybe if the president hadn't withdrawn so many of our troops to go fight in Iraq, we could be making some progress!

Every Life is Precious

2004-10-03T13:11:00.000-05:00

President Bush says that every life is precious. So if that's the case, why did he bomb these children?
(EXTREMELY GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

2004-10-03T11:54:00.000-05:00

Republican Propaganda

Give it Up Already!

2004-10-03T11:33:00.000-05:00

Condoleezza Rice defended her claims she made two years ago that Saddam Hussein had nuclear weapons. GIVE IT UP! Reports from the media differ from that of the National Security Advisor and Donald Rumsfeld has even said
"I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons."
SO JUST GIVE IT UP ALREADY, RICE!

Iraq Open Thread

2004-10-02T17:27:00.000-05:00

Quagmire Accomplished

2004-10-02T15:51:00.000-05:00

Mourning

2004-10-02T15:35:00.000-05:00

Coffins at the Ellipse

2004-10-02T15:34:00.000-05:00

Protesting the War

Protest at the Ellipse Today

2004-10-02T15:33:00.000-05:00

Reuters: Anti-Iraq war protesters march past the Washington Monument along Constitution Avenue in Washington, October 2, 2004. More than 1,000 U.S. military personnel have died in Iraq during the war, as well as more than 12,000 Iraqi civilians, according to the Iraq Body Count organization. The photos are from Richard Clement of Reuters.

2004-10-02T15:30:00.000-05:00

Remembering the Fallen

Give Diplomacy a Chance

2004-10-02T13:46:00.000-05:00

According to President Bush, when a nation like ours wants to wage war on another country, we don't need any approval from any other nation in the world. So, if the shoe where on the other foot, if we where in some small, defenseless nation, would you allow a huge super power to come marching in without any international approval? Are you just prompting a massive free for all? I thought we where a wee more civilized than that! I thought we had a little thing called diplomacy, maybe you should try it, Bush.

2004-10-02T13:31:00.000-05:00

From freewayblogger.com

Billionaires Before Environment

2004-10-02T13:23:00.000-05:00

Three days before announcing alleged "protections" for Utah rivers and surrounding scenic areas, the Interior Department opened several thousand acres of to-be preserved canyon to oil and gas drilling. According to reports, such actions could do more damage to the area's environment than coal mining. Dusty Horwitt of the Environmental Working Group told Bush Greenwatch

"The Department of Interior's own records show that there is little or no interest in metals mining on the lands that [Secretary of the Interior] Gale Norton announced she is 'protecting'. But highly destructive oil and gas drilling may still go forward on thousands of acres of these sensitive lands."

The area which could be drilled is home to six endangered and threatened species, among which is the Bald Eagle, and has over one hundred protected archeological sites.
As you can tell, the current policy in the United States is billionaire oil barons before the environment. This certainly wouldn't happen under Kerry.
Thanks to Vallie and Bush Greenwatch

Today's Blurbs

2004-10-01T20:37:00.000-05:00

>The polls are in and it seems obvious that John Kerry won last night's debate. A CBS poll says that Kerry is at 44% over Bush at 26% and 30% tie. CNN reported 53% for Kerry and 37% for Bush, plus an ABC poll claims 45% is for John Kerry and 36% stands with Bush while 17% remain undecided over who did better in last night's foreign policy debate.
>The Crawford Iconoclast has turned on Bush! Read the Reuters report.
>Blurb Books: Maureen Dowd writes about a world in which a war is fought and no coffins come home. This is a world ruled by president with no plans to do anything but remains president. This is Bushworld! Scroll down to "Blurb Books" and click on "Bushworld" by Maureen Dowd for more info!

Diplomacy Isn't Bad

2004-10-01T20:21:00.000-05:00

Today, President Bush criticized Senator Kerry for wanting to hold a summit on Iraq. He even said:

"I've been to a lot of summits. I've never seen a meeting that would depose a tyrant or bring a terrorist to justice,"

To quote the senator, "just because you can't do something doesn't mean it can't be done!"

Four More Years of What?

2004-10-01T20:12:00.000-05:00

From Bloggin Bob in Washington:



What George Bush and the Republican party have done for America...



RAISED TAXES FOR THE LOWER CLASS



CREATED TAX LOOPHOLES THAT MAKE OUTSOURCING ECONOMIC

AND FUN FOR MEGA CORPORATIONS



RUSHED OFF TO FIGHT A WAR IN IRAQ, WITHDRAWING FORCES

FROM AFGHANISTAN AND CREATING A SOCIETY IN IRAQ ON THE BRINK

OF ANARCHY



BUSH FAILED TO READ REPORTS FROM THE CIA AND FBI DETAILING OSAMA

BIN LADEN'S DETERMINATION TO STRIKE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.

THESE REPORTS SAT RIGHT ON HIS DESK PREVIOUS TO THE 9/11 ATTACKS



PRESIDENT BUSH HAS PLUNGED THE NATION BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DEBT,

WHICH WILL RESULT IN MASSIVE TAXES IN THE FUTURE...WON'T THAT BE FUN!



AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!



Don't you want him for four more years!!!

Debate Open Thread

2004-09-30T22:25:00.000-05:00

What did you think of tonight's foreign policy debate?
DON'T BE A MESSAGE MONSTER!!!

Debate Notes

2004-09-30T22:03:00.000-05:00

Tonight's debate may not have rattled any cages, but many things throughout the 90 minute event struck me. One was that George Bush can stand in front of the world and say we and the global community are better off without Saddam Hussein. Of course, there is no argument that Hussein was a horrible man and indeed, should be locked up, tried and executed but this statement was intriguing considering that earlier today, thirty five children and teenagers where killed in Iraq. Another note is that Bush beat the whole "flip-flop" thing into the ground, responding, to several questions claiming that Senator Kerry had taken numerous positions on Iraq. If Bush wants to maintain some credibility throughout these debates, he will have to have something else to say other than "flip-flop."
MORE DEBATE NOTES TO COME!

Blurbs: Bush Bashing, Texas Style

2004-09-30T17:42:00.000-05:00

>Even Crawford is turning on the president. Read the Crawford Iconoclasts's Bush bashing editorial!
>Today, the Senate finally got around to the horrible, slanderous mailings that the GOP sent to Bush supporters in Arkansas and West Virginia. Senator Robert Boyd said:

"What a ridiculous claim! It is a flat-out, no-doubt-about-it, silly, sophomoric charge, The Republican National Committee is spreading this tripe to smear Democrats, and the president ought to demand that the Republican National Committee apologize to the people of West Virginia."

Read the Reuters report!

Bush Campaigns in Florida

2004-09-29T17:02:00.000-05:00

President Bush is in Florida today, campaigning, as we have seen him do three previous times when a hurricane has hit the swing state. However, the president did not make any trips to Alabama which also suffered the wrath of Jeanne but is known to be a Republican give in come November 2nd, so I guess there was no point wasting time there. As George surveyed the damage done to the citrus crop, humanitarian disasters in Haiti, Afghanistan and Liberia go largely unattended. Yes, Florida was hit hard, but millions of others the world over are in perpetual poverty and hunger, but then again, they're not in a swing state.

Blurbs: McGovern to Nader: Drop Out

2004-09-28T17:43:00.000-05:00

>George McGovern, the last Democrat to run a passionate, liberal campaign pleaded with Ralph Nader to drop out of the race for presidency. "It would be a crying shame if, after all he has done for the country, Ralph goes down in history as the man who elected George W. Bush president twice," McGovern told Salon.com, "It's possible that he still might drop out. If I thought it would do any good, I would make a personal appeal to him. I've known him over the years. Maybe Ralph will come to his senses."
>The wheels are in motion to prevent a repeat of the Florida 2000 fiasco, but are they moving fast enough? Reuters: Court Orders Judge to Hear Fla. Suit on Vote Machines

Dubya and Debates

2004-09-28T16:58:00.000-05:00

This Reuters report is the perfect summary of the sharp contrast between the debate styles of George Bush and John Kerry. As seen in past debates and speeches, Dubya always seems to be vague or repetitive in his speaking, milking such mantras like "we must stay the course." One such incident is when the president was asked about Medicare, he simply told reporters "I think Medicare needs to be reformed" which is the perfect example of his succinct and indirect rhetoric. John Kerry, on the other end of the spectrum, normally goes into detail about his plan as any politician should, after all, if you are going to be president, you should be able to address the issues, not just please the crowd with seemingly patriotic tidbits.

Protest at the Elipse on Saturday

2004-09-27T22:19:00.000-05:00

Mourn the dead, heal the wounded and end the war! Click here to get more info on the 1000 coffin protest at the elipse in front of the White House on Saturday. Hopefully, I will get some photos from a participant.

Blurb Books: The Bush White House in Rhyme

2004-09-27T22:01:00.000-05:00

Wordsmith Calvin Trillin puts the Bush administration into to poetic perspective in "Obliviously On He Sails", a collection of poems which originally appeared in such magazines as "The Nation", "TIME" and "The New Yorker". Check it out under "Blurb Books" below, you'll be laughing until you realize it's true.

"Bully"

2004-09-27T17:01:00.000-05:00

Who best to describe the president's political tactics than the man who last ran against him, Al Gore. Though he has lain low since his presidency was snatched from beneath him, he has recently been speaking up about George Bush and company. In a recent issue of "The New Yorker", he was quoted as saying what we have all been thinking about President Bush, "He is a bully, and, like all bullies, he's a coward when confronted with a force that he's fearful of." This statement seems to be the running motif of the republican campaign this year.

Karl Rove, the president's chief political advisor and former goon to Satin (I guess theres no difference), has been playing by the simple rule that in order to win, the public must hate John Kerry. The attack ads the Bush campaign have produced are probably the most negative in history, pummeling his senate record and even his stand on education. This, of course, justifies "The New York Times" comments claiming that the relentless smear campaign led by the RNC is "an Un-American way to campaign" and his strategies are "appalling and divisive." However, if you watch some of the campaign ads, you find that their comments are unbelievably hollow and nothing more than shallow rhetoric. But the negativity of the Bush-Cheney campaign is not just limited to television. Recently, the Arkanasas Republican Party sent letters to Bush supporters inside the state. The mailings displayed a photo of the Holy Bible labeled "Banned".

The truth means nothing to the republican party and will, as we can tell by this election, will do anything to get votes. Al Gore certainly had a good point when he called President Bush a "bully" but we all must remember that, inside every bully is a coward.

Today's Blurbs

2004-09-27T16:33:00.000-05:00

>I'm not angry at Dan Rather, but I am not to pleased about Andy Rooney's comment on voting.
>As MyDD writes, the GOP bites back for the DNC's increase in voter registration. Read the piece here.

A Taste of Things to Come?

2004-09-27T16:15:00.000-05:00

Let's hope this Reuters report is not a taste of things to come.
>Millions Blocked from Voting in Election

Kerry Was For Action, Not a War

2004-09-27T16:01:00.000-05:00

The most popular attack against John Kerry is that he's a flip flopper, but the accusation that he has switched positions on this war is absurd. After lobbying support for action in Iraq, Pres. Bush told reporters "It's a chance for Congress to say, we support the administration's ability to keep the peace. That's what this is all about." The president never mentioned a war, he talked about keeping peace, something we are failing to do. John Kerry has always been opposed to how the Bush administration is conducting this war, so just put away the whole flip-flop crap!

Morning Blurbs

2004-09-27T08:18:00.000-05:00

>In the wake of the Beslan school incident, what could the president say about Russia? When campaigning in 2000, the president said he would embargo the nation for it's poor humanitarian record. However, this view has recently been switched as the president has come to praise Putin's Russia. While the horrible conflict in Chechnya needs to be acknowledged, I think Bush is just playing politics. >Read the AP Report

Sunday Open Thread

2004-09-26T21:09:00.000-05:00

What questions do you want to hear at the debate on Thurday?

"Dispicable"

2004-09-26T16:31:00.000-05:00

A new Kerry-Edwards TV spot is out today. The ad claims that George Bush has been playing politics with the war on terror and is dividing America with such dispicable tactics.
>Watch the ad here

How Nazis and the Bush Dynasty Are Connected

2004-09-26T15:39:00.000-05:00

The Gaurdian published an article on the connections between the Bush family dynasty and Nazi Germany. The piece claims that Prescott Bush had financial dealings with the architects of the Nazi rise to power. He also was an investor in a company owned by Nazi industrialist and staunch supporter of Adolf Hitler, Fritz Thyssen. I knew that there had to be some connection! Check out the article!

Bush Would Declare Mission Accomplished Again

2004-09-26T13:39:00.000-05:00

A new AP report claims that Bush, in a FOX News interview, said he would wear a flight suit and deliver the same "Mission Accomplished" speech he did in May 2003. The interview will air on Hitler's favorite TV show, "The O'Reilly Factor" on Monday and Wednesday. I find it interesting that with all the major combat operations in Iraq going on RIGHT NOW, he would still claim major combat operations over! Maybe if he would read a newspaper, any newspaper, he would find that the statements he made over a year ago before hundreds of US troops were a little inaccurate (especially considering that over 900 troops have died in Iraq since he made the speech).

Debate Questions

2004-09-26T11:55:00.000-05:00

The following are questions some of the members of the Kerry-Edwards Yahoo! group want asked during the foreign policy debate on Thursday:
>President Bush and Senator Kerry, How Do You Ask One Of Our Soldiers To Be The Last Soldier To Die In Iraq? How Do You Ask A Person To Be The Last Person To Die For A Mistake?
>Mr. President, you have repeatedly claimed during your recent campaign appearances that 'my opponent now agrees with me that going into Iraq was the right thing to do. I'd like to thank him for clearing that up,' when you in fact KNOW that he had said no such thing -- that he had agreed only on the correctness of the granting of Presidential authority for the use of force should it become unavoidable. Is that the standard of honesty the American people should expect in a President?

Blurbs: US Killing More Civilians Than Insurgents

2004-09-26T11:09:00.000-05:00

>The US led coalition in Iraq is apparently killing more and more Iraqi civilians, and while the number of insurgents killed hasn't been completely accurate, there may have been more civilian deaths than that of enemy combatants. In response to this claim, the Pentagon said that "damage will happen."
>The AP reports "Christians Use Gay Marriage to Seek Voters." Keep God out of this!

Bush Agenda: Stay the Course

2004-09-26T10:52:00.000-05:00

For the past few weeks, when it has come to Iraq. we have been hearing one thing from the Republicans, "stay the course." Yes, Mr. President, lets stay the course. Let those troops keep dying, let those Iraqi's starve, because we all know that the public just loves your cowboy, lets kick their ass attitude. The course is set for disaster and unless you get out of the drivers seat, things will be a lot worse.

Read This!

2004-09-25T23:55:00.000-05:00

This entry on Blog for America is the perfect example of what George Bush and the Republican party stand for.

Today's Blurbs

2004-09-25T19:34:00.000-05:00

>Today, President Bush promised that he would spend MORE money on Iraq reconstruction efforts. The problem, Mr. President, is that we really aren't rebuilding that much, just a sewage line here or there. The war in Iraq has already put us billions of dollars in debt, so I think we should go by John Kerry's philosophy of sharing the project with other nations. Oh, and maybe we would have a bit more cash if you hadn't given Halliburton all those contracts without bids.
>ACT AGAINST BUSH: If you live in Springfield or Cedarville (Ohio) or know someone who does, tell them to check out miamivalleyforkerry.com for information on anti-Bush rallies on Sunday and Monday.

More Lies From the Bush Campaign

2004-09-25T17:50:00.000-05:00

If you haven't heard about the absurd propaganda the RNC in Arkansas mailed to Bush supporters, click here and scroll down a bit.

John Kerry on the War on Terror

2004-09-25T10:33:00.000-05:00

"But the Bush administration would have you believe that when it comes to our allies, it won’t make a difference who is president. They say the Europeans won’t help us, no matter what. We’re not going to get more cooperation in the war on terror, no matter what. Ordinary people around the world will resent us, no matter what. But I have news for President Bush: just because you can’t do something, doesn’t mean it can’t be done."
>John Kerry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, September 24

Isn't it the truth? America's go-it-alone attitude in Iraq has resulted in a reconstruction mess. If Bush hadn't been so stubborn, the situation may be a bit better. GREAT JOB DUBYA!

More Lies from the Bush Campaign

2004-09-25T09:52:00.000-05:00

While campaigning in Wisconsin, President Bush told supporters, "He [John Kerry] would prefer the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein to the situation in Iraq today." Even though I don't want to dignify such an outrageous statement, John Kerry is on the record as calling Saddam Hussein,"a brutal dictator who deserves his own special place in hell." Such outrageous statements from the Bush campaign follow suit of their strategy "scare the hell out of America!"

Bush Seems Afraid of the Truth

2004-09-24T23:25:00.000-05:00

Today, President Bush accused John Kerry of hurting the war effort with his "pessimistic" view of the conflict in Iraq. It seems to me that the president is afraid of the truth. The truth that this war was started for false reasons. The truth that 1,000 coalition troops have been killed. The truth that even the UK plans to withdraw troops soon. So, instead of taking responsibility and actually fixing our problem in Iraq, the president prefers to stick with his cowboy rhetoric. He smears his opponent, even though Sen. Kerry plans to actually help our troops rather than hide their coffins and deny our struggles. The president just doesn't want to admit that he is failing, and it is for that reason that the nation is in the state it is in.

Is the New TIME Poll Gallup Garbage?

2004-09-24T23:06:00.000-05:00

Though I'm not big on polls, considering that many are invalid or have large margins of error, a recent TIME poll reports that Pres. Bush is in a free fall as the race tightens. Could this be another piece of Gallup garbage or is this the result of Kerry's Bush bashing? He has been getting tougher on the president as new ads prove and his recent speeches have highlighted the follies of the Bush administration. I think that while the poll numbers aren't entirely accurate, Bush has probably slipped a bit among voters due to Kerry's new aggressive approach.

The Many Faces of the War in Iraq

2004-09-24T16:33:00.000-05:00

Today, the Bush administration showed it's many faces when the president told the press:
"They're [the Iraqi people] going to have elections in January in Iraq. When America gives its word, America will keep its word."
Dick Cheney said elections in Iraq would be an Iraqi choice and Donald Rumsfeld said:
"They're not happy the way its going. They don't want a government elected in that country...badly, they don't want that. And let's say you try to have an election and you could have it in three-quarters or four-fifths of the country, but some places you couldn't because the violence was too great. So be it. Nothing is perfect in life. So you have election that's not quite perfect."
But let's not forget Dick Armitage, who told reporters:
"We're going to have an election that is free and open and that has to be open to all citizens. It's got to be our best effort to get it into troubled areas as well."
Could you just take a side, already!

The Numbers

2004-09-24T16:22:00.000-05:00

The Congressional Budget Office estimated, Thursday, that the Bush budget policy would add $1.3 trillion to the federal defecits over the next decade. The great part is, it's the next generation that will pay for it. GREAT JOB DUBYA!!!
>Read the AP story

GOP: Be Afraid

2004-09-24T16:05:00.000-05:00

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the GOP wouldn't have a chance in this election if it weren't for their scare tactics. Recently, the RNC sent letters to Bush supporters in Arkasas and West Virginia showing photos of the Bible labeled "ban". In short, the Bush campaign wants you to be afraid of John Kerry, hey, why do you think they hired Zell Miller. Don't believe it? Click here to read the Times article.

Rolling Back Tax Cuts...For Who?

2004-09-23T21:27:00.000-05:00

Isn't it odd that even though mega-corporations will be receiving enormous tax breaks, low income families will have a much smaller refund come tax time? It's true, as this report claims. But who's behind this outrageous tax flip? This fragment of the Washington Post article explains:

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) sided with Democratic leaders in pushing for changes in the child tax credit to ensure that millions of poor families would not see their credits shrink or disappear next year.

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) and House Ways and Means Chairman Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) opposed the move, as did Sens. Don Nickles (R-Okla.) and Trent Lott (R-Miss.). That effectively scuttled changes to existing law.

Yes, Tom DeLay and other prominent republicans are behind this grotesque move. The good news is that while tax cuts for the poor have been rolled back (thanks GOP!) a few tax breaks were approved that actually benefit medium income families.

A Different Story

2004-09-23T18:18:00.000-05:00

See the new Kerry-Edwards TV spot: A Different Story

Today's Blurbs

2004-09-23T17:53:00.000-05:00

>As we all know, the GOP could never win this election unless they keep scaring Americans with tales of future terrorist attacks.
>America's Homeland Security department is certainly working hard! They recently had Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens deported for possible terrorist links. Yeah, look out for the guy who wrote "Peace train"! If I may make a suggestion, Tom Ridge, perhaps we should go after actual terrorists because I don't think Cat Stevens is a real threat.

AP: Young Voters May Swing Election

2004-09-22T21:28:00.000-05:00

A new Associated Press report says Bush should worry about young voters, because they could swing this election.
>Read the story here

Everyone is equal, but some are more equal than others

2004-09-22T20:34:00.000-05:00

With the upper-class budget cuts and the special interest groups lining up to get a piece of those four more years, it seems like the president is taking after the pigs in George Orwell's "Animal Farm". While jobs are being outsourced and soldiers are being killed for oil, Dubya is sitting back, letting corporate America shower him in cold, hard cash. 400,000 people die every year from smoking related diseases, and he could save a lot of those people if he would regulate chemicals in tobacco products. Then again, those smokers aren't giving him any money and he sure doesn't want to disgruntle his friends at Phillip-Morris. Oh, and lets not forget about the weapons industry! The assault weapons ban recently expired, which has prevented hundreds if not thousands of gun related deaths and all the president had to do was make a phone call for ten more years of machine gun free streets. But I guess he didn't want to make the NRA mad.

Today's Blurbs

2004-09-22T18:34:00.000-05:00

>The International Herald Tribune has reported that the Pentagon has denied many absentee voters access to the official oversea voter registration website, a move that could taint the election process.
>This is what the Kerry campaign had to say about new Bush-Cheney ads:
“This week has seen a further deterioration of chaos in Iraq. American servicemen have been killed, two
Americans were brutally beheaded, car bombs continue to explode and, according to Prime Minister Allawi’s
own account, thousands of terrorists continue to pour into Iraq. And the response from George W. Bush and his
campaign? A shrug of the shoulder from the President at the U.N., and an advertisement that takes a
lighthearted approach to the war in Iraq. Mr. President, this is a shameful advertisement that shows a disturbing
disregard for those fighting and sacrificing in Iraq, and you should repudiate it immediately.”
-Mike McCurry
Isn't it the truth?

Dan Rather Isn't the Only Person Who Makes Mistakes

2004-09-22T18:06:00.000-05:00

Protesters outside CBS News highlighted the follies of Dan Rather's report on Bush's National Guard record, but if they are so angry about lies, lies and more lies, why not march on the White House! The president told us there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but the UN has proven there aren't any inside the nation. Oh, but that was just a white lie! Only one thousand of our troops are dead as a result! If you're looking for the liar, I think you should be knocking on the White House door, and then maybe you could go to CBS.

Up and Blogging!

2004-09-21T16:55:00.000-05:00

The Daily Blurb is now up and blogging! I should have some worthwhile content up soon!