At last

Kerry answers critics: Bush 'unfit to lead this country'

Kerry, decrying what he called "the anger and the distortion" of the Republican convention, hit back in his toughest appraisal yet of the qualifications of the incumbents.

"The vice president even called me unfit for office last night," Kerry said. "Well, I'm going to leave it up to the voters to decide whether five deferments make someone more qualified than two tours of duty."

Cheney received five deferments and did not serve in the military. Bush was in the Texas Air National Guard and did not serve overseas.

"Let me tell you in no uncertain terms what makes someone unfit for office and unfit for duty," Kerry said, turning to Bush. "Misleading our nation into war in Iraq makes you unfit to lead our country. Doing nothing while this nation loses millions of jobs makes you unfit to lead this country. Letting 45 million Americans go without health care for four years makes you unfit to lead this country.

"Letting the Saudi royal family control the price of oil for Americans makes you unfit to lead this country. Handing out billions of dollars in government contracts without a bid to Halliburton while you're still on the payroll makes you unfit to lead this country.

"That, my friends, is the record of George Bush and Dick Cheney -- and that only begins to scratch the surface," he said.

Steve Schmidt, a spokesman for the Bush campaign, called the remarks "another example of John Kerry trying to divide America over the past."

The past being Bush's time as President!?! WTF is wrong with these people?

Yes I realize Bush's spokesman was probably talking about the Vietnam war, but where is Kerry trying to divide America over that?

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Imperial President - Opposing Bush becomes unpatriotic

In a democracy, the commander in chief works for you. You hire him when you elect him. You watch him do the job. If he makes good decisions and serves your interests, you rehire him. If he doesn't, you fire him by voting for his opponent in the next election.

Not every country works this way. In some countries, the commander in chief builds a propaganda apparatus that equates him with the military and the nation. If you object that he's making bad decisions and disserving the national interest, you're accused of weakening the nation, undermining its security, sabotaging the commander in chief, and serving a foreign power—the very charges Miller leveled tonight against Bush's critics.

Are you prepared to become one of those countries?

When patriotism is impugned, the facts go out the window.

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Bush: Running for President not for Re-election

Back to the Future - What Bush would do if he were president

NEW YORK—For $2.4 trillion, guess what word—other than "a," "and," and "the"—occurs most frequently in the acceptance speech George W. Bush delivered tonight.

The word is "will." It appears 76 times. This was a speech all about what Bush will do, and what will happen, if he becomes president.

Except he already is president. He already ran this campaign. He promised great things. They haven't happened.

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Can you feel the hate tonight?
The fear the GOP brings
The world for once in abject terror
with all its living things
(apologies to Tim Rice)

Krugman: Feel the Hate

For many months we've been warned by tut-tutting commentators about the evils of irrational "Bush hatred." Pundits eagerly scanned the Democratic convention for the disease; some invented examples when they failed to find it. Then they waited eagerly for outrageous behavior by demonstrators in New York, only to be disappointed again.

There was plenty of hatred in Manhattan, but it was inside, not outside, Madison Square Garden.

Barack Obama, who gave the Democratic keynote address, delivered a message of uplift and hope. Zell Miller, who gave the Republican keynote, declared that political opposition is treason: "Now, at the same time young Americans are dying in the sands of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan, our nation is being torn apart and made weaker because of the Democrats' manic obsession to bring down our commander in chief." And the crowd roared its approval.

Why are the Republicans so angry? One reason is that they have nothing positive to run on (during the first three days, Mr. Bush was mentioned far less often than John Kerry).

The promised economic boom hasn't materialized, Iraq is a bloody quagmire, and Osama bin Laden has gone from "dead or alive" to he-who-must-not-be-named.

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America: A proud tradition of peaceful transitions and debate (umm... not counting the Bush years I guess)

Vandals strike county Democratic headquarters (PA)

and

Vandals smash window at Grand Rapids HQ of Kerry campaign (MI)

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Facts are for Girlie Men!

Schwarzenegger criticized for Austrian history gaffes

Recalling that the Soviets once occupied part of Austria in the aftermath of World War II, Schwarzenegger told the convention on Tuesday: "I saw tanks in the streets. I saw communism with my own eyes."

No way, historians say, challenging Schwarzenegger's knowledge of postwar history -- if not his enduring popularity among Austrians who admire him for rising from a penniless immigrant to the highest official in America's most populous state.

"It's a fact -- as a child he could not have seen a Soviet tank in Styria," the southeastern province where Schwarzenegger was born and raised, historian Stefan Karner told the Vienna newspaper Kurier.

Schwarzenegger, now a naturalized U.S. citizen, was born on July 30, 1947, when Styria and the neighboring province of Carinthia belonged to the British zone. At the time, postwar Austria was occupied by the four wartime allies, which also included the United States, the Soviet Union and France.

The Soviets already had left Styria in July 1945, less than three months after the end of the war, Karner noted.
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In his convention address, Schwarzenegger also said: "As a kid, I saw the Socialist country that Austria became after the Soviets left" in 1955 and Austria regained its independence.

But Martin Polaschek, a law history scholar and vice rector of Graz University, told Kurier that Austria was governed by coalition governments, including the conservative People's Party and the Social Democratic Party. Between 1945 and 1970, all the nation's chancellors were conservatives -- not Socialists.

What's more, when Schwarzenegger left in 1968, Austria was run by a conservative government headed by People's Party Chancellor Josef Klaus, a staunch Roman Catholic and a sharp critic of both the Socialists as well as the Communists ruling in countries across the Iron Curtain.

Thus far the entire Republican Convention (and the Bush Presidency) has had a troubled relationship with facts and truth. But the have had a great relationship with words.

Listen to the words... relax... and listen to the words. (great Daily Show piece in Quicktime... 6MB+ be patient... it is worth it).

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A Couple of Days After 9/11

I wrote the following:

Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001
Subject: war

I was looking at Bush with his megaphone standing atop debris and death and destruction downtown today with a smile on his face. It reminded me of that look he got during the second debate during the discussion of a man on death row in Texas. His eyes lit up and he came to life, sparkling and grinning, in an upbeat voice. "And guess what? He's gonna be put to death!" Today he talks about praying and revenge, feeding off of a crowd chanting "USA! USA! USA!" like we're two minutes before kickoff at the Superbowl.

Next I'm looking at the Armory, live. Photos of missing people everywhere. People crying, grieving, numb, disbelieving, clinging to empty hope. The number is nearly 4,800 missing.

Random thoughts: when and if we ever get out of this, how large is that number going to get, Arabs included? And to what end? What are we going to get out of it? Are we going to be safer? Right now everyone I know is afraid to drive under tunnels and over bridges, they don't want to take the subway, they're afraid to fly. How is a big war going to change this dread? And what does the other side (whoever that is) stand to gain? After we kill a whole bunch of them, and they manage to get some of us, and this continues year after year after year, what will we be killing for? Some of you have children. What if ten or eleven years from now, when this is still going on, they have to go and fight? Are you prepared to deliver them into a holy war of attrition, against an enemy who only wants to die, and take as many of us with him as he can? How do you fight that?

America fought a war of attrition against the Japanese in WWII, and it was clear from the get go that we would have to kill every single one of them, because they wouldn't stop fighting, even when outnumbered and outgunned. We dropped two nuclear bombs. It was clear that we were perfectly prepared to keep dropping them until they were all dead. So they surrendered, even though up to that point there had been no word in Japanese for this concept. In fact, when terms were translated to the Japanese people from the emperor, he said something like, "We have not been successful pursuing our goal in this manner. We must lay down our arms and pursue our goal another way." (Which they did.) Ever since, America has not been successful in defeating an enemy who is willing to sacrifice more than 60% of its fighting force in any theater of war. What this says to me is, unless we vaporize every last one of them, it isn't over until we give up, not having achieved our goals, after years and years of fighting. From my earliest memories we were a country at war, and this went on until I was fifteen. It was truly a strange feeling to suddenly not be at war one day. War was all I knew. All I understood at that time was that I had no idea why we were sending our guys over there to die, year in, year out.

Here we go again.

From today's New York Times (9/3/04), Bob Herbert:

When asked this week on CNN how long the U.S. military is likely to remain in Iraq, Senator John McCain replied "probably" 10 or 20 years. "That's not so bad," he said, adding, "We've been in Korea for 50 years. We've been in West Germany for 50 years."

If Senator McCain is correct (and the belief in official Washington is that he is), then boys and girls who are 5 or 10 years old now will get their chance in 2015 or 2020 to strap on the Kevlar and engage the Iraqi "insurgents" who, like the indigenous forces we fought in Vietnam, will never accept the occupation of their country by America.

Marcina Hale, a protester who came to New York this week from suburban Westport, Conn., said she has two teenage boys and that Iraq "is not a war that I'm willing to send my sons to." As the years pass and the casualties mount, that sentiment will only grow.

Despite all the macho posturing and self-congratulating at the Republican convention, the wave of terror that's been unleashed on the world is only growing. The American-led war in Iraq is feeding that wave, causing it to swell rather than ebb.

Discussions about the nation's real enemies were taboo. We don't know where they are or what they're up to. The over-the-top venom of some of the speakers and delegates was reserved not for Osama, but for a couple of mild-mannered guys named John. ... If we're going to be in Iraq for 10 or 20 more years, the policy makers should say so, and tell us what that will cost in money and human treasure. The violence associated with such a long-term occupation is guaranteed ....

Do I need to finish this goddamn quote?

Think about your brand-new baby and do the math.

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President Bush photographed wearing Air Force award he never earned

A closer examination of a photograph included in President George W. Bush’s Air Force records, released by the White House earlier this year, shows then-Second Lieutenant Bush wearing an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award which he never earned.

Just wondering if the media picks up on this. Or maybe they'll pick up on the fact that some delegates to the GOP convention are active military officers, despite the fact that that is a violation of the code of military conduct. Or maybe the media will report that Bush looks really manly tonight walking out onto the convention floor on a model's runway. It is all pathetic isn't it.

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Zell Miller's "speech"

Zell Miller last night:

Motivated more by partisan politics than by national security, today's Democratic leaders see America as an occupier, not a liberator. And nothing makes this Marine madder than someone calling American troops occupiers rather than liberators.

I assume Zell Miller is really mad at President Bush too because he called American troops occupiers.

George Bush April 13, 2004:

One central commitment of that mission is the transfer of sovereignty back to the Iraqi people. We have set a deadline of June 30th. It is important that we meet that deadline. As a proud and independent people, Iraqis do not support an indefinite occupation -- and neither does America.
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Some citizens are fearful of stepping up. And they were happy -- they're not happy they're occupied. I wouldn't be happy if I were occupied either. They do want us there to help with security, and that's why this transfer of sovereignty is an important signal to send, and it's why it's also important for them to hear we will stand with them until they become a free country.

Zell Miller also seems to be angry with himself.

Zell Miller last night:

For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure.

Zell Miller March 1, 2001:

In his 16 years in the Senate, John Kerry has fought against government waste and worked hard to bring some accountability to Washington.

Early in his Senate career in 1986, John signed on to the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Bill, and he fought for balanced budgets before it was considered politically correct for Democrats to do so.

John has worked to strengthen our military, reform public education, boost the economy and protect the environment.

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Looks like others noticed the Bush daughters implying that their father either kills hamsters or lets them die via inaction

Hamsters For Kerry

At the Republican National Convention, the Bush twins addressed the assembled delegates. Here's what Barbara Bush had to say:

"We had a hamster, too. Let's just say...ours didn't make it."

We just about fell off of our hamster wheels when we heard that! Here was one of the President's daughters confessing on live television in front of millions of viewers that her father was a hamster killer! We're outraged! How did we ever let this evil enemy of domesticated crittters ever rise to power?

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Get Your War On has been updated

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A strip-club waitress has a blog of all her RNC delegate encounters: Hot Girls, Frisky Delegates: RNC Diary of a Strip-Club Waitress.

It is the party of family values after all.

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I think I'm going to avoid any real news posts today.

From an email going around:

Things you have to believe to be a Republican today:

• Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden"diversion.
• Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.
• A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multinational corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind without regulation.
• Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.
• The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay.
• If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex.
• Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy, but providing health care to all Americans is socialism.
• HMOs and insurance companies have the best interests of the public at heart.
• Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools.
• A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy.
• Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet.
• The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George Bush's cocaine conviction is none of our business.
• Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a conservative radio host. Then it's an illness, and you need our prayers for your recovery.
• You support states' rights, which means Attorney General John Ashcroft can tell states what local voter initiatives they have the right to adopt.
• What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the '80s is irrelevant.

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Daily Show quote: Like the Olympics, Bush's compassion springs to life every 4 years

Letterman: The Republicans are in town this week. Don’t worry they’re only here until New Yorkers are capable of self rule.

Conan: The Republican National Convention is going on right now here in New York. A lot of the delegates have been attending Broadway shows. A spokesman for the delegates said that this is the first time a lot of us have ever seen what a gay person looks like.

Leno: A lot of Republicans arrived at the convention in swift boats, or as they call them, yachts.

George's Daughter Barbara Bush (in her and her sister's convention speech): And we had a hamster, too. Let's just say ours didn't make it.

Of course the hamster didn't make it.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger's Speech at The RNC

If you are one of the over 1 million Americans who have lost a job during the reign of George Bush
You are a Girlie Man!

If you are one of the millions who was part of the growing potential workforce who never got a job because the job market was contracting.
You are a Girlie Man!

If you are one of the millions now living in poverty
You are a Girlie Man!

If you are one of the millions who has lost their health insurance
You are a Girlie Man!

If your job moved overseas and your manager got a big bonus for it
You are a Girlie Man!

If you are one of tens a millions making less now then you were four years ago
You are a Girlie Man!

If non-competitive bids with the defense department and tax breaks have increased you personal wealth by tens of millions and your company's wealth by billions over the past four years
You are a He-Man!

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Diebold machines are engineered to steal elections

the Diebold GEMS central tabulator contains a stunning security hole

Issue: Manipulation technique found in the Diebold central tabulator -- 1,000 of these systems are in place, and they count up to two million votes at a time.
By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of votes is created. This set of votes can be changed, so that it no longer matches the correct votes. The voting system will then read the totals from the bogus vote set. It takes only seconds to change the votes, and to date not a single location in the U.S. has implemented security measures to fully mitigate the risks.

This program is not "stupidity" or sloppiness. It was designed and tested over a series of a dozen version adjustments.

This isn't conspiracy or tin foil hat stuff. This is real. Let people know. Our democracy is at stake - no exaggeration (with no paper trail, multiple security flaws, and more these voting machines are untrustworthy. An election where no one can trust the vote is as "democratic" as the bogus Iraqi elections where Saddam always "won").

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"I am Pro Life, so I must kill - to save the lives of... ummm... blastocysts... that um... aren't really life, but just, you know a few cells... no spinal column... no ability to sense pain, sense anything... less of a lifeform then bacteria really... but still I kill to save the lives of these poor defenseless cells in a petri dish!"

Police Confirm Pipe Bomb Blast at Stem-Cell Lab

BOSTON (Reuters) - An explosion that blew out a number of windows at a Boston-area laboratory specializing in stem-cell research was caused by a pipe bomb, local police said on Friday.

No one was wounded in Thursday's early morning blast at Watertown, Massachusetts-based Amaranth Bio, which says on its Web site its technology is focused on organ regeneration and that it is working on cures for diabetes and liver disorders.

Well I say, yay to the bomber... I mean listen to that company "cures for diabetes and liver disorders" will their disrespect for the dignity of life ever stop! Such evil.

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Below is an example of why The Daily Show is not only the best source of news on Television today (despite it being a "fake" news show), but also the best critique of a media that is too lazy to do any "journalism." Today the news media only "reports" which is a nice way of saying they'll just read any damn thing anyone hands them. It is sad. Why are there even journalism majors in colleges anymore? Why not just make The Religions Of Star Trek a major instead of just one class (it require more thought).

Thanks to Atrios for the transcript:

STEWART: Here's what puzzles me most, Rob. John Kerry's record in Vietnam is pretty much right there in the official records of the US military, and haven't been disputed for 35 years?

CORDDRY: That's right, Jon, and that's certainly the spin you'll be hearing coming from the Kerry campaign over the next few days.

STEWART: Th-that's not a spin thing, that's a fact. That's established.

CORDDRY: Exactly, Jon, and that established, incontravertible fact is one side of the story.

STEWART: But that should be -- isn't that the end of the story? I mean, you've seen the records, haven't you? What's your opinion?

CORDDRY: I'm sorry, my *opinion*? No, I don't have 'o-pin-i-ons'. I'm a reporter, Jon, and my job is to spend half the time repeating what one side says, and half the time repeating the other. Little thing called 'objectivity' -- might wanna look it up some day.

STEWART: Doesn't objectivity mean objectively weighing the evidence, and calling out what's credible and what isn't?

CORDDRY: Whoa-ho! Well, well, well -- sounds like someone wants the media to act as a filter! [high-pitched, effeminate] 'Ooh, this allegation is spurious! Upon investigation this claim lacks any basis in reality! Mmm, mmm, mmm.' Listen buddy: not my job to stand between the people talking to me and the people listening to me

I wonder if the below "pleasure boat captains for truth" ad ever aired would the cable networks spend the next 3 weeks discussing it?

The media is slowly realizing that the sift boat veterans for truth are actually swift boat veterans for payola: A Swift Shift in Stories

Four days ago, retired naval Rear Adm. William L. Schachte Jr. seconded accusations made by the group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth seeking to discredit Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry's record in Vietnam. But since then, Democrats have discovered that Schachte is also a long-standing supporter of President Bush and a lobbyist whose client FastShip Inc. recently won a $40 million grant from the federal government.

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In honor of the convention, last year's This Modern World


This Modern World: Now You're Talkin'!

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Pleasure Boat Captains At Last Speakout

Pleasure Boat Captains for Truth

Hilarious (quicktime required)

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The news, the polls, etc. gettin you down? You can still fight back. Donate: Support John Kerry and the Democratic Party

And when they win and get this country back on track we can go back to hating the democrats too.

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An actual thought enters Bush's head!!!

Bush admits Iraq 'miscalculation'

US President George W Bush has acknowledged for the first time that he made a "miscalculation" of what conditions would be in post-war Iraq.

Did he really think there would be flowers?!?

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Bush has been dealing with terrorists for years
(they basically financed his career)

"Follow the Money"

Two decades ago, the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) was a highly respected financial titan. In 1987, when its subsidiary helped finance a deal involving Texas oilman George W. Bush, the bank appeared to be a reputable institution, with attractive branch offices, a traveler's check business, and a solid reputation for financing international trade. It had high-powered allies in Washington and boasted relationships with respected figures around the world.
All that changed in early 1988, when John Kerry, then a young senator from Massachusetts, decided to probe the finances of Latin American drug cartels. Over the next three years, Kerry fought against intense opposition from vested interests at home and abroad, from senior members of his own party; and from the Reagan and Bush administrations, none of whom were eager to see him succeed.

By the end, Kerry had helped dismantle a massive criminal enterprise and exposed the infrastructure of BCCI and its affiliated institutions, a web that law enforcement officials today acknowledge would become a model for international terrorist financing. As Kerry's investigation revealed in the late 1980s and early 1990s, BCCI was interested in more than just enriching its clients--it had a fundamentally anti-Western mission. Among the stated goals of its Pakistani founder were to "fight the evil influence of the West," and finance Muslim terrorist organizations. In retrospect, Kerry's investigation had uncovered an institution at the fulcrum of America's first great post-Cold War security challenge.
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Kerry's record in the BCCI affair, of course, contrasts sharply with Bush's. The current president's career as an oilman was always marked by the kind of insider cronyism that Kerry resisted. Even more startling, as a director of Texas-based Harken Energy, Bush himself did business with BCCI-connected institutions almost at the same time Kerry was fighting the bank. As The Wall Street Journal reported in 1991, there was a "mosaic of BCCI connections surrounding [Harken] since George W. Bush came on board."

Did you catch that? As The Wall Street Journal reported in 1991, there was a "mosaic of BCCI connections surrounding [Harken] since George W. Bush came on board."

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At GOP Convention, Echoes of Sept. 11

While disgustingly using 9/11 as a re-election prop... The GOP is also outright breaking the law: Actual News

The RNC convention week is boasting that it has 144 active duty military delegates at the convention or three percent of the total. That information can be found here.

Meanwhile, according to DOD Directive 1344.10, which can be found here this is a violation of the code of military conduct. It explicitly says:

A member on active duty shall not
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Participate in partisan political management, campaigns, or conventions (unless attending a convention as a spectator when not in uniform).

But the Republican Party itself is claiming that the active duty personnel are not spectators but delegates. What’s going on here? Why are the Republicans encouraging our soldiers to violate the Uniform Code of Military Justice and its stated rules of political engagement? And why for goodness sakes, aren’t these rules being enforced? Hey MSNBC.com, can we put a reporter or two on this story please?

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The video of the man saying, "yeah I was the one that gave Bush a national guard post because we was rich and his family had influence. I've never been more ashamed."

Excerpt of Ben Barnes on getting Bush into the National Guard

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Well, Rove's Swift Boat lies have played out... is it time for:

John Kerry, Cancer Man?

A representative of the Bush campaign called recently, asking if she could count on me to vote for him in November. I am a registered independent voter.

After a short, respectful discussion, she asked if I knew that Kerry had had cancer. She added that a patient is not truly a "cancer survivor" until one is cancer-free for five years.

The message was clear: I should not vote for Kerry for fear that he will have a recurrence while in office.

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