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In Rush to Air, CBS Quashed Memo Worries WaPo — Permalink In the early-morning hours of Sept. 8, Dan Rather was preparing to fly to Washington for a crucial interview in the Old Executive Office Building, but torrential rain kept him in New York. | |
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Allah: All right, the WaPo article. If you haven't had time to read it for yourself, Tim Blair has all the fun bits. Richard Reeb: In today's extraordinarily thorough followup to its previous reports, the Washington Post lays out many unpleasant facts... Jason Van Steenwyk: Failure of Command, II — The WaPo puts CBS News down like a sick animal. [snipped quote] Yep. But you wanna see something really scary? |
Glenn Reynolds: RATHERGATE UPDATE: Howard Kurtz has more on CBS's rush to broadcast while questions remained unaddressed: "An... Stefan Sharkansky: It's looking more and more like the main source is Bill Burkett. Andrew Sullivan: KURTZ'S MUST-READ: It's the best account yet of the assisted suicide at Sixty Minutes. (Dobbs and GRimadli also reported.) |
| Also: Steve M., Bill @INDCJournal, Charles Johnson, Captain Ed, Cori Dauber, Hindrocket, The Big Trunk, Stuart Buck, Betsy Newmark, Phillip Carter, Michele Catalano, Gary Farber, DemFromCT, Greg Ransom, Jeff Goldstein, Michelle Malkin, Jim Treacher, William J. Dyer, Orrin Judd, Jay Rosen | |
All the good things they never tell you about today's Iraq By / Telegraph — Permalink The other day, the BBC interviewed Kofi Annan. Don't ask me why. But, in the course of the programme, the United Nations Secretary-General said that the liberation of Iraq did not conform to the UN Charter and therefore was "illegal". | |
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Arthur Chrenkoff: Yglesias takes Mark Steyn to task for his latest column "All the good things they never tell you about today's Iraq," in... Jim Henley: Mark Steyn reprints his annual column about how the press is ignoring the good news from Iraq. Matthew Yglesias: That notwithstanding, life is "jolly." UPDATE: Even Andrew Sullivan's appalled by this bulls**t. |
Jesse Taylor: I'll Land On Your Aircraft Carrier — Was Mark Steyn born full of s**t, or did a lifetime of dredging through the world's ideological septic tank fill him up along the way? Atrios: Maybe He Can Fly — It's nice to see that Mark Steyn is still on board with the Bush administration's Tinkerbell Policy on Iraq. Hugh Hewitt: Bravo, Mark Steyn, bravo. Read it all, every word, and e-mail to your friends. In fact, e-mail it to Kerry campaign workers so they have a clue. |
| Also: Andrew Sullivan, FrancoAlemán, KJL | |
U.S. Plans Year-End Drive to Take Iraqi Rebel Areas By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 18 - Faced with a growing insurgency and a January deadline for national elections, American commanders in Iraq say they are preparing operations to open up rebel-held areas, especially Falluja, the restive city west of Baghdad now under control of insurgents and Islamist groups. | |
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Jim Henley: The New York Times says American commanders "are preparing operations to open up rebel-held areas" between our election day (a formality) and Iraq's (a fantasy). Stirling Newberry: Meanwhile, US commanders are getting a Vietnamagram. [Update looks like Anthony Cordsman of the CSIS is issuing shrill warnings about Vietnamization - which is behind schedule. Atrios: Insurgent vs. Insurgent — Even Joseph Heller couldn't have written this paragraph that's in the Times: Under the... |
Wretchard: If US and Iraqi soldiers launch an offensive in Al-Anbar by year's end, as Dexter Filkins of the New York Times writes,... Michael Young: That will come at a particularly sensitive moment for the U.S., since according to the New York Times today, American... Matthew Yglesias: Hey! The offensive good begin as soon as just after election day. How . . . convenient. |
| Also: Ted Belman, Orrin Judd | |
CBS News:A Source of Contention Newsweek — Permalink Sept. 27 issue - CBS insiders are increasingly worried that the credibility of the network's news division has been grievously damaged by anchor Dan Rather's persistent defense of a story which relied on questionable documents about George W. Bush's National Guard service. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: I have forgotten hamburger patties on a hot barbeque grill for hours that were less done than Dan Rather, but the story... Joe Gandelman: Concern Over Rather Within CBS — We know Dan Rather has faced a firestorm of criticism outside of CBS for his handling... Glenn Reynolds: UPDATE: A RatherGate Web of Connections, at PoliDock. ANOTHER UPDATE: More from Newsweek: [snipped quote] Hmm. |
William J. Dyer: Newsweek sez Rathergate source received memos "anonymously through the mail" — Newsweek's Mark Hosenball, Michael... Allah: Let that gestate for awhile, and as you're doing so, add this into the mix. Goldstein sent it to me last night and it gave us both a good laugh. Captain Ed: Rather Contacted Burkett, Offered Solidarity: Newsweek — In an intriguing detail to the Killian forgeries, Newsweek... |
| Also: Greg Ransom, Tim Blair, Jeff Goldstein, Orrin Judd | |
Bush Says Questions About Guard Memos Used by CBS 'Need to Be Answered' By / NYT — Permalink President Bush said in an interview published yesterday that there were serious questions about the authenticity of documents featured in a CBS News report suggesting that he received preferential treatment in the Texas National Guard three decades ago. | |
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Avedon Carol: "Get this: Bush Says Questions About Guard Memos Used by CBS 'Need to Be Answered'." Oliver Willis: Questions & "Presidents" — Bush says about CBS and the memos: "There are a lot of questions and they need to be answered." Tom Maguire: If I Were An Attack Dem... If I were an Attack Dem, I would find the fact that Bush is questioning the authenticity of... |
Allah: That's why, according to the New York Times, Mapes "continually pledged confidence in her sources, who were said to have access to Mr. Killian's personal file." Betsy Newmark: The New York Times story today really looks like CBS is fingering Mary Mapes for the taking the bullet for this story. The Big Trunk: Today's New York Times confirms our report yesterday that Rather was traveling to Texas to dig a little deeper: "Bush... |
| Also: Michele Catalano, Greg Ransom, Jeff Goldstein, Jim Treacher, Jay Rosen | |
Bush's Iraq: A Powerful Fantasy By / Time — Permalink Flying to Minnesota on Air Force One last week, White House press secretary Scott McClellan held a "gaggle"—that is, a mini-press conference—with reporters in the back of the plane. The first questions were about Hurricane Ivan and the Dan Rather flap, the compelling news periphera of the moment. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: Unspinning the Gaggle — Joe Klein's latest column doesn't contain a ton of insightful new information, but it performs a very valuable service. Bill @INDCJournal: A Word About My Focus on Rathergate (And a Bone to Pick with Time Magazine) Yes, there are more important things in the... |
Kevin Drum: OUCH....Joe Klein today: "Scott McClellan is beginning to sound like Baghdad Bob." David Allan Pell: Poking Holes in the Fantasy — Joe Klein: [snipped quote] Who would've guessed that W's worst case scenario of events on the ground wouldn't in any way hurt him at the polls? |
No Stars, Just Cuffs By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON — In World Wars I and II, gold star mothers were the queens of their neighborhoods, the stars in their windows ensuring that they would be treated with great respect for their sacrifice in sending sons overseas to fight and die against the Germans and Japanese. | |
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Lambert @Corrente: Goodnight, moon — The light bulb goes on for MoDo: [snipped quote] A nice meme to start working on. Orin Kerr: Maureen Dowd's Police State: Maureen Dowd's latest New York Times column, "No Stars, Just Cuffs," describes what appears... Michael Froomkin: Op-Ed Columnist: No Stars, Just Cuffs shows that the Bushies have no class and no decency. |
Avedon Carol: Sunday, 19 September 2004 "While I was out Maureen Dowd wrote a pretty good article about Bush's invasion, and about the... Steve Gilliard: No Stars, Just Cuffs By MAUREEN DOWD Published: September 19, 2004 [snipped quote] This is all about perceptions, not reality. |
Blue Truth, Red Truth By / Time — Permalink America has long been a house divided. But the two sides have never been further apart. One side lives in the world where President Bush, whose bold wartime leadership has made America safer, survived an ambush last week from that liberal lion Dan Rather, who... | |
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Allah: It's at TimeCanada. As it turns out, there's nothing in the article about the GOP feeding information to blogs except... |
Bill @INDCJournal: Time also sent me a fourth article that actually got on my nerves (way more than Klein, a man that I largely ignore):... |
Strains Felt By Guard Unit on Eve Of War Duty By / WaPo — Permalink The 635 soldiers of a battalion of the South Carolina National Guard scheduled to depart Sunday for a year or more in Iraq have spent their off-duty hours under a disciplinary lockdown in their barracks for the past two weeks. | |
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Mary @LeftCoaster: Well, besides the ones being threatened to sign up for another 3 years or face going to Iraq, there are the Guard Units... Gary Farber: I HAVE NO STANDING to criticize these guys, and I never would, but I think we have a problem here, and I withtake/update my predictions that a draft is not coming in the future. Cori Dauber: TWO SETS OF ISSUES MERGED INTO ONE — As long time readers know, I have immense respect for Tom Ricks of the Washington... |
Jason Van Steenwyk: 1-178th FA Is Having A Hard Time — This according to Tom Ricks of the Washington Post. Phillip Carter: A formula for disaster — That's the essence of this report from Tom Ricks of the Washington Post about a South Carolina... |
Bloggers' 'Moment' Doesn't Make for a Revolution By / LAT — Permalink NEW YORK — Early morning Sept. 11, a poster on the conservative Free Republic website exulted, "[A]ll of us can say we were there when a few people from Free Republic kicked CBS and Kerry ass." | |
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Michelle Malkin: STRAW MEN, STRAW MEN EVERYWHERE — Many thanks to Professor Bainbridge, who points out that an op-ed in the LA Times mischaracterizes my views. Jeralyn Merritt: Ben Wasserstein, writing in the LA Times, on why the conservative bloggers should get a pat on the back but not a standing ovation for their role in Rathergate. |
Steve Bainbridge: Wasserstein opines:The bloggers who first cast doubt on the CBS memos deserve congratulations, gratitude and, of course, their time in the sun. Phillip Carter: But Ben Wasserstein has a good essay in today's LA Times Sunday Opinion section on why bloggers had such a big impact on... |
A rare look at secretive Brotherhood in America Chicago Tribune — Permalink Over the last 40 years, small groups of devout Muslim men have gathered in homes in U.S. cities to pray, memorize the Koran and discuss events of the day. But they also addressed their ultimate goal, one so controversial that it is a key reason they have operated in secrecy: to create Muslim states overseas and, they hope, someday in America as well. | |
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Bird Dog: The Muslim Brotherhood — The Chicago Tribune has a lengthy piece on the Muslim Brotherhood, a Muslim fundamentalist group originally founded in Egypt. Christopher Kanis: THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD — The Chicago Tribune has a can't-miss installment of its "Struggle for the Soul of Islam"... |
Orrin Judd: ANOTHER ISM TO BURY (via Tom Corcoran): A rare look at secretive Brotherhood in America: A group aiming to create... Charles Johnson: But today they almost make up for it (and for their constant apologies for Palestinian terrorism) with an excellent,... |
This Time Bill O'Reilly Got It Right By / NYT — Permalink IF a stopped clock is right twice a day, why shouldn't Bill O'Reilly be right at least once in a blue moon? When Fox News's most self-infatuated star attacked CNN for keeping James Carville and Paul Begala as hosts on "Crossfire" after they had joined the Kerry campaign, he fingered yet another symptom of the decline and fall of the American news culture. | |
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Steve Lovelady: Tip of the Hat — Frank Rich on Fox, CNN and Self-Immolation As Campaign Desk has before him, Frank Rich in today's New... Richard Reeb: In a parallel development, there is the painful admission by Frank Rich at the New York Times that Bill O'Reilly was... DemFromCT: As to where the focus should be (Iraq and the rest of Bush's foul-ups), Frank Rich weighs in with a more general critique. |
Ellen Dana Nagler: My housemate said, "If we need a carpenter, call Frank Rich, 'cause he sure knows how to hit the nail on the head." Roger Ailes: Frank Rich in today's NYT: "Once Fox sets the agenda, and its allies in the administration, talk radio and the Internet... |
Agent behind fake uranium documents worked for France By / Telegraph — Permalink The Italian businessman at the centre of a furious row between France and Italy over whose intelligence service was to blame for bogus documents suggesting Saddam Hussein was seeking to buy material for nuclear bombs has admitted that he was in the pay of France. | |
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Charles Johnson: French Perfidy Watch — The Italian businessman who produced forged documents about Saddam's plans to buy uranium from... Orrin Judd: SO EVEN THE FRENCH KNEW HE WAS BUYING IT (via Mike Daley): Agent behind fake uranium documents worked for France (Bruce... FrancoAlemán: From today's Sunday Telegraph: [snipped quote] (via Cori Dauber and Patterico) |
Andrew Stuttaford: HMMMM — Here's more on a story that the Daily Telegraph has been running with for a few weeks: [snipped quote] Forged documents, eh? Hindrocket: Yellowcake Update — Reader Dilip Balamore pointed us to this article in today's Telegraph: [snipped quote] It isn't... Cori Dauber: Well, the Telegraph is now reconfirming its earlier story: the culprit was France. (Via Patterico.) |
| Also: Greg Ransom, Captain Ed | |
Britain to cut troop levels in Iraq By / Observer — Permalink The British Army is to start pulling troops out of Iraq next month despite the deteriorating security situation in much of the country, The Observer has learnt. The main British combat force in Iraq, about 5,000-strong, will be reduced by around a third by the end of October during a routine rotation of units. | |
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Avedon Carol: Britain to cut troop levels in Iraq in the Guardian. Mary @LeftCoaster: Add in the fact that the British are planning to pull out a third of their troops by the end of October, it's looking... Jerome Armstrong: Blair to abandon Bush, Kerry better not condemn Blair — Via Tacticus, Is it Possible Bush Made a Grievous Error?, news that Britain to cut troop levels in Iraq. |
Wretchard: However, the Guardian reports that British troop levels in some parts of Iraq are going to be reduced, so it is possible... Michael Young: British combat forces in Iraq (estimated at 5,000 troops) may be reduced by a third between now and the end of October,... DemFromCT: The Torygraph says it's a shootin' war fer sure, whilst the Guardian says our best ally is bugging out (thanks, posters, for the links). |
| Also: Steve Gilliard, Mathew Gross | |
Senators ask for Bush rethink of Iraq policies as elections loom By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Senators from both parties urged the Bush administration on Sunday to face the reality of the situation in Iraq and change its occupation policies. "The fact is a crisp, sharp analysis of our policies is required. | |
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Avedon Carol: That's from the AP story at The Boston Globe, Senators ask for Bush rethink of Iraq policies as elections loom. Ed Cone: As Republican Senators criticize Bush on the mess in Iraq, TopDog04 is going back to the beginning: "Bush's misguided focus on Iraq helped Bin Laden get away." |
Oliver Willis: Ditto for the other RNC senators that made the rounds on the Sunday news shows. |
Kerry's New Call to Arms Newsweek — Permalink Sept. 27 issue - Sitting in his black-leather swivel chair, with his trusty world atlas beside him, John Kerry huddled with his aides in the executive-style cabin at the front of his campaign jet. | |
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Orrin Judd: BACK TO 'NAM: Kerry's New Call to Arms: Battle Plan: Kerry was to spend the fall on the economy. Pejman Yousefzadeh: THE MEDIA CANNOT BE BOUGHT—BUT PERHAPS IT CAN BE RENTED — It appears that John Kerry is set to reject Bill Clinton's... |
Taegan Goddard: Kerry's New Message — In an attempt to "revive his campaign," Newsweek says Sen. John Kerry will focus almost... |
For Many in Missouri, Picking a President Is More a Matter of Values Than Policy By / NYT — Permalink ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Tom Ampleman, a blue-collar union member who lives near this suburb just outside St. Louis, says he voted for Bill Clinton twice and then Al Gore, but he is now grappling with deep religious misgivings about the Democratic Party. | |
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Avedon Carol: Catching up on a few headlines — For Many in Missouri, Picking a President Is More a Matter of Values Than Policy. Tom Maguire: Meanwhile the Sunday paper challenged their readership with this from Missouri: For Many in Missouri, Picking a... |
Dave Johnson: Kerry Should Call War a Religious Issue — For Many in Missouri, Picking a President Is More a Matter of Values Than... |
Divergent Views of Iraq Defining Election WaPo — Permalink Democratic challenger John F. Kerry plans an aggressive attack on President Bush and his policies in Iraq, seeking to put the president on the defensive over an issue that has plagued Kerry's candidacy for months. | |
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Taegan Goddard: The Washington Post says there is a "two-phase plan to refocus the debate." Noam Scheiber: Here's what The Washington Post reports today: [snipped quote] The first part of this strategy is right on target. Steve Soto: Sunday's Washington Post reports in a Page One story that Kerry has decided to put Iraq front and center in his campaign from this day on. |
Orrin Judd: MESSAGE—"WE'RE LOSING, I'LL QUIT": Divergent Views of Iraq Defining Election: Despite the Pitfalls for Bush and Kerry,... DemFromCT: Divergent Views of Iraq Defining Election [snipped quote] It's inside baseball stuff, annoying because the media can't... |
Democrats Reassess Prospects to Win House By / WaPo — Permalink Democrats' hopes of regaining the House majority this fall — never bright at best — appear increasingly dim, in part because of Sen. John F. Kerry's lackluster campaign performance over the past six weeks, numerous analysts say. | |
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Rickheller @Centerfield: GOP Majority Safe In House — According to the Washington Post [snipped quote] This Congress has not been able to keep President Bush on a fiscally responsible path. Pejman Yousefzadeh: "HE IS HEAVY—AND HE IS OUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE" — Newsweek's shillery notwithstanding, Democrats appear to be quite... Hugh Hewitt: The Democrats' best chance at this point would be a "rope-a-dope" strategy, and articles like this one in this morning's... |
Orrin Judd: VISIONS OF 240: Democrats Reassess Prospects to Win House : As Kerry's Momentum Lags, Hopes of Regaining Majority of... Betsy Newmark: The Washington Post looks at how unlikely it is that the Dems will take back control of the House. Captain Ed: Democrats: Kerry Dragging Anchor On House Races — The Washington Post reports that Democrats are increasingly... |
The Battlefields of War and Politics By / WaPo — Permalink When President Bush launched a preemptive war against Iraq 18 months ago, there was no doubt that a third-rate Iraqi army would quickly succumb to the awesome power of the U.S. military. But since then, the battle and battlefield have changed dramatically. | |
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Avedon Carol: Washington Post ombudsman Michael Getler: The Battlefields of War and Politics: The daily news reporting from Iraq remains solid. The Ombudsgod: Michael Getler, Washington Post Ombudsman, March 30, 2003 "When President Bush launched a preemptive war against Iraq... |
Roger Ailes: A Well-Kept Secret — The Washington Post does have a real media critic, and I'm not talking about the right-wing putz. |
Kerry courting both sides on gun-control issue By / Boston Globe — Permalink RACINE, W.Va. — In a few short weeks, just as the clock ticks down on the last days of the presidential race, West Virginia's fall hunting season will begin. | |
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Orrin Judd: Kerry courting both sides on gun-control issue (Julie Hirschfeld Davis, September 19, 2004, Baltimore Sun) Hugh Hewitt: And can you believe this headline? In Kerry's home town paper? |
Betsy Newmark: Hugh Hewitt links to this article in the Boston Globe about how Kerry is trying to have it both ways with gun rights. |
Examining CBS' National Guard Documents; Kitty Kelley's Trial by Media Fire CNN — Permalink THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. HOWARD KURTZ, HOST (voice-over): Fact or forgery. Why did "60 Minutes" air the story on President Bush's National Guard service after some of its own experts warned the documents involved might be fake? | |
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Susanna Cornett: There's lots more, in the full transcript posted on CNN's site. |
Bill @INDCJournal: More on Blogs — CNN's Reliable Sources talks about blogs and the concepts of open-source journalism and a... |
Do we have a right to our property -- or not? By / Townhall.com — Permalink WASHINGTON — The U.S. Constitution, properly construed by a vigilant Supreme Court, prevents untrammeled power, which is the definition of despotism. But the human propensity for abusing power — a propensity the Constitution's unsentimental framers understood and tried to shackle with prudent language — is perennial. | |
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H.D. Miller: Castle Coalition — Here's George Will on a matter of fundamental importance. |
Orrin Judd: JUST DESSERTS: Do we have a right to our property — or not? |
The Grand Deception: Richmond Times-Dispatch — Permalink The widely repeated myth of "John Kerry, the Vietnam Navy Hero" is one of the most dishonorable and dangerous deceptions ever perpetrated upon the American public. John Kerry is not a hero. | |
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Deacon: To that end, via Instapundit we offer this piece from the Richmond Times Dispatch by Roy Hoffman, a retired Navy Rear Admiral and the founder of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. |
Glenn Reynolds: A RATHER NEGATIVE ASSESSMENT of John Kerry's military career, in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. |
Letters to the Editor Observer — Permalink Thank goodness for David Aaronovitch's challenge ('The thinking classes: too clever by half', Comment last week). It is time for the nostalgic wailing against dumbing down, therapy culture, widening access/falling academic standards etc to be properly named. | |
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Andrew Stuttaford: GREAT MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE — This comes from a letter to the London Observer from a Professor... |
Stephen Pollard: One Sally R Munt, head of the department, has written to The Observer: [snipped quote] A radical social analysis should... |
Host Says Rather Criticism Got Him Fired By / AP — Permalink SEATTLE - A radio talk-show host said Saturday he has been fired for criticizing CBS newsman Dan Rather's handling of challenges to the authenticity of memos about President Bush's National Guard service. | |
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Greg Ransom: CBS NEWS AFFILIATE fires on-air critic who called for Dan Rather's resignation. Roger L. Simon: Mr. Maloney, according to the Associated Press, claims this happened because he criticized CBS anchorman Dan Rather on the air. Glenn Reynolds: MORE CRUSHING OF DISSENT: [snipped quote] Dan Rather — behind today's new McCarthyism? And here I've been blaming John Ashcroft! |
Michelle Malkin: According to the Seattle P-I: [snipped quote] I knew Maloney when I was in Seattle—he was an earnest, straight-up guy. Captain Ed: No ... this time it appears CBS has decided to crack down on the criticism coming from its affiliates who have been less... Bird Dog: From Associated Press: [snipped quote] Another example of the crushing of dissent in Ashkroft's Amerika. |
US 'endangers Australians' The Australian — Permalink JOHN Kerry's campaign has warned Australians that the Howard Government's support for the US in Iraq has made them a bigger target for international terrorists. | |
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Charles Johnson: Outrage of the Day — John Kerry's sister has gone to Australia, to tell the Australian people that the Howard... Captain Ed: Kerry Campaign Attempts To Destabilize Australian Partnership — In a move that should shock both American and... Tim Blair: Let's see what Bob has to say about this: [snipped quote] By the way, the Bali bombing took place before the invasion of Iraq. |
William J. Dyer: Sen. Kerry's kid sister, useful fool of terrorists, warns Australia against keeping faith with America — Until my... Orrin Judd: LOBBYING FOR AL QAEDA: US 'endangers Australians' (Roy Eccleston, September 18, 2004, The Australian) [snipped quote] What's with the Kerry's and treason? Arthur Chrenkoff: This is how the Australian press reports on Diana Kerry's message to America's staunch ally: [snipped quote] As blogger... |
Dan Rather: The Final Days By / Townhall.com — Permalink What — other than a blind bias against George Bush rooted in animus or ideology, or an obduracy bred of arrogance and hubris — can explain Rather's near-suicidal behavior since his "60 Minutes" segment aired over a week ago. | |
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Bill Hobbs: Memogate: Dan, Rather Arrogant — Pat Buchanan isn't good for much these days, but his commentary on Dan Rather and memogate is worth a read. |
Greg Ransom: DAN RATHER — " The Final Days." |
Fern Holland's War By / NYT — Permalink Late one night this past March in the Babylon Hotel, on the banks of the Euphrates River, Fern Holland sat alone in her office writing e-mail — unwinding, she wrote to a friend, with a glass of Johnnie Walker and listening to Michelle Branch singing ''All You... | |
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Gene @HarrysPlace: Elizabeth Rubin, who has reported from Iraq, wrote a long piece about Holland in Sunday's New York Times magazine which is both awe-inspiring and heartbreaking. |
The Big Trunk: Today's New York Times Magazine cover story by Elizabeth Rubin tells Fern Holland's story at length and in detail: "Fern Holland's war." |
Why Bush is teetering San Francisco Chronicle — Permalink Although polls say otherwise, George W. Bush remains the underdog in this election. Both demographics and history suggest the president's lead is perilous. Providing countervailing numbers to the opinion polls are the largest loss of jobs since Herbert Hoover's presidency and rising casualties in Iraq. | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: Veteran political reporter Martin Nolan in the San Francisco Chronicle explains why Bush may lose the election, despite current opinion polls. |
Robert Garcia Tagorda: Unconventional Wisdom and Unconventional Warfare — In the San Francisco Chronicle, Martin Nolan lists four reasons why,... |
Ex-Guardsman: I Contacted Kerry Campaign By / AP — Permalink AUSTIN, Texas - A retired Texas National Guard official mentioned as a possible source for disputed documents about President Bush 's service in the Guard said he passed along information to a former senator working with John Kerry 's campaign. | |
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Stefan Sharkansky: Other reports have mentioned that Burkett has sent interesting messages to an "e-mail list of Texas Democrats". Jim Treacher: S**t. Something tells me 60 Minutes might be worth Tivoing. And I didn't realize how accurate this would end up being! Lambert @Corrente: On the other hand, the guy who's being tagged as the source of the Killian memos is announcing his intentions to all and... |
Captain Ed: The AP reports that four days before that publication, Burkett sent an e-mail to his Yahoo group that describes his... Hindrocket: The Associated Press has obtained an email sent by Bill Burkett to a group of Texas Democrats on August 21. Orrin Judd: THE KERRY PLUMBERS CRACK: Ex-Guardsman: I Contacted Kerry Campaign (KELLEY SHANNON, 9/18/04, Associated Press) "A... |
| Also: Blackfive, Charles Johnson, Baldilocks | |
True or false: Blogs always tell it straight By / Chicago Tribune — Permalink AUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds of thousands of readers know him simply as "Mike," the creator of rathergate.com, an Internet blog spearheading a petition drive demanding the resignation of CBS News anchor Dan Rather because of his alleged liberal biases. | |
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Charles Johnson: Mainstream Media Smear Continues — Howard Witt at the Chicago Tribune published a story about Rathergate today with the headline: True or false: Blogs always tell it straight. |
Christopher Kanis: MRS. SPOONS' LINK OF THE DAY — Mrs. Spoons points out the Chicago Trib's hatchet-job against blogs: Chicago Tribune: True or false: Blogs always tell it straight. |
'KEY' TO A MEMO SCAM By / New York Post — Permalink WASHINGTON — The latest typewriters known to have been in use at the Texas Air National Guard base where George W. Bush was stationed in the early 1970s can't produce the dubious documents CBS News used to paint the president as a duty shirker, trials conducted by The Post show. | |
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Betsy Newmark: The New York Post has been running such tests. And guess what, Time Magazine, it's impossible to create those docs on the typewriters available at the time. Greg Ransom: TEXAS ANG typewriters "can't produce the dubious documents": "CBS and Rather are standing by the story, saying it's possible the documents were pounded out on a typewriter. |
Stuart Buck: More CBS Stories — More devastating stories proving that the CBS memoes couldn't possibly have been produced on the... |
Pick a Message, Any Message By / NYT — Permalink Monterey, Calif. — If John Kerry is to win this election, he will have to be much bolder about telling the American people exactly what he will do to make the country better. As a wise colleague in the House of Representatives once told me: voters don't care so much about what you believe so long as you believe in something. | |
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Orrin Judd: WRONG HORSE: Today's NY Times Op-Ed page has a bunch of essays telling John Kerry how to save his campaign, including the hilariously titled: Pick a Message, Any Message. |
KJL: KERRY NEEDS A MESSAGE — Leon Panetta's advice seems right. But, how can Kerry make Iraq one of the issues when his record on Iraq is so—every which way. |
Louisiana Approves Ban on Gay Marriage Reuters — Permalink NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Louisiana voters on Saturday overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the state constitution banning gay marriages and civil unions. With most of the state's 4,124 voting precincts reporting, the amendment was passing by a margin of 80 percent to 20 percent. | |
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Orrin Judd: FIGHTING AN AMENDMENT IN COURT? (via Frederik Jacobsen): Louisiana voters on Saturday overwhelmingly approved an... |
Hugh Hewitt: And Louisiana approved a ban on same sex marriage by a vote of 80% to 20% —another extraordinary message to Washington,... |
'The Connection': Proof By / NYT — Permalink THE Bush administration's persistent attempts to link Iraq and Al Qaeda have produced widely differing reactions. Supporters generally think the White House has been prudent in ''connecting the dots.'' Critics often think it has been lying in order to manipulate public opinion. | |
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Ed Cone: Gideon Rose, managing editor of Foreign Affairs, savages Stephen Hayes' book "The Connection" in today's NYT. |
Cori Dauber: Now, all these months later, the book gets a New York Times review. I'm pretty impressed, frankly. |
He's Got Facts, She's Fascinated By / NYT — Permalink ANOTHER gender gap has appeared, this time on a poll testing men's and women's knowledge of issues in the presidential campaign. On the eight-question quiz administered to 1,845 adults, men were more likely on every question to give the right answer. | |
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Betsy Newmark: The NY Times has a story about a survey shows that men know more information about the campaign. |
Ann Althouse: John Kerry is still pissed at Tom Harkin for endorsing Dean: "Senator Tom Harkin [is] holding his 27th annual Steak Fry this afternoon in Indianola, Iowa. |
Whispered in Russia: Democracy Is Finished By / LAT — Permalink MOSCOW — In a sunny garden outside the Kremlin, not far from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, workers quietly hammered into place 10 squat black letters to commemorate one of the bloodiest battles of World War II: Stalingrad. | |
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Oliver Willis: Russia is slipping right back into a Soviet-style autocratic society, and we can't allow that to happen. |
Damian Penny: The new order in Russia — A couple of interesting and disturbing articles on Vladmir Putin's consolidation of power, in the Washington Times and the Los Angeles Times. |
Chirac to push for international tax to fight poverty AFP — Permalink PARIS: French President Jacques Chirac will put forward ideas for an international tax scheme that would help build a 50-billion-dollar war chest to fight poverty during a 55-nation conference on economic development opening Monday in New York. | |
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Peter Burnet: NOBLE FRANCE, HAVING ABOLISHED WAR... Chirac to push for international tax to fight poverty (AFP, September 19th, 2004) [snipped quote] You have to give the French one thing. |
John J. Miller: TAXMAN JACQUES — The French president wants to tax you. |
In rush to air, CBS quashed memo worries AP — Permalink In the early-morning hours of Sept. 8, Dan Rather was preparing to fly to Washington for a crucial interview in the Old Executive Office Building, but torrential rain kept him in New York. | |
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Joe Gandelman: And next time he will tell you what he REALLY thinks... UPDATE: Even more damning: Read this Washington Post account of how CBS rushed the story onto the air. |
Tim Blair: "I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE CONFIDENT IN MY LIFE" — Massive Washington Post piece on Rathergate. |
Bush Raises Questions About CBS Documents Reuters — Permalink KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (Reuters) - President Bush questioned the authenticity of documents aired by CBS News that said he received special treatment during his Vietnam-era service in the National Guard, according to a Bush interview published on Saturday. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Dan Rather It sounds like President George Bush has quite politely asked you and CBS to put up or shut up:... Allah: Should be an interesting week ahead, especially now that Hitler has chimed in. Charles Johnson: President Questions CBS Memos — President Bush is in it now: Bush Raises Questions About CBS Documents. |
David Neiwert: Physical admission — Of course, Bush apologistas are flaunting his questioning of the CBS documents today, though it's... Baldilocks: When To Hold 'Em (Via LGF) After a suitable amount of strategic silence, the Poker Player-in-Chief raises his... |
Goodbye (Again), Norma Jean By / NYT — Permalink Like any number of male intellectuals, Arthur Miller is not always wise when the subject turns to women. His ''After the Fall'' opened on Broadway in 1964, and many viewers considered it offensive. | |
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Ann Althouse: Deborah Solomon plies her wily interview skills in the NYT Magazine: [snipped quote] Imagine being such an unreconstructed leftist that you'd subscribe to The Nation? |
Patrick Belton: Whatever the term, it does not apply here.) than to interview Arthur Miller (best line: It doesn't matter,'' he said. |
Bush reviews disputed Guard documents By / AP — Permalink KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — President Bush has reviewed disputed documents that purport to show he refused orders to take a physical examination in 1972 and did not recall having seen them previously, a White House official said Saturday. | |
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Tom Maguire: The AP leads with the news that Bush has reviewed the documents, and we get this from Terry McAuliffe: "Now we know the... Taegan Goddard: The Washington Post says President Bush himself looked at the documents. |
Bill @INDCJournal: GOP to CBS & DNC(?): rr.jpg "Meep! Meep!" Audio of Bush's statement. UPDATE: Did the DNC have the memos before CBS? |
A Senate Race in Oklahoma Lifts the Right By / NYT — Permalink TULSA, Okla., Sept. 15 - With its 60-foot-tall, 30-ton bronze of praying hands and an even taller prayer tower capped by a billowing eternal flame, Oral Roberts University is a strong symbol for Christian conservatives. But the university's rules forbid mixing religion with politics. | |
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Steve M.: NOT FIT TO PRINT — Did anybody read today's front-page New York Times story about Tom Coburn, the GOP's wingnut... Gary Farber: So here is the very possibly next Senator from Oklahoma, Dr. Tom Coburn, Republican. |
Rickheller @Centerfield: Dr. Coburn — The GOP Senate candidate in Oklahoma, according to his losing primary opponent: [quote] "He's kind of a cult...[end quote] |
Do As I Say By / Slate — Permalink This week, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry addressed the annual conference of the National Guard Association. Neither man talked about Bush's service in the Guard, and the officers in attendance made clear that they wanted to hear about Iraq, not Vietnam. | |
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Jan Haugland: Those stupid guardsmen — William Saletan is condescending guardsmen in this Slate piece where he contrasts the young... |
Jason Van Steenwyk: At any rate, here's Slate's William Saletan, looking down his nose at us poor guardsmen even as he displays the rankest... |
Rather went on faith, not facts By / LAT — Permalink Watching Dan Rather unravel over the past week has been something like watching a train wreck unfold: You know it's all going to end badly, but you just can't look away until you've seen how many cars ultimately go off the rails. | |
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Richard Reeb: Tim Rutten at the Los Angeles Times yesterday commendably denounced the "memorable" affair (our thanks to No Left Turns... Dan Gillmor: The CBS Implosion — Tim Ruten (LA Times; reg req): Rather went on faith, not facts. Andrew Sullivan: RATHER MUST GO: Tim Rutten piles on. We now all but know that Rather knew that Burkett was his source. |
Joe Gandelman: A Sign That Dan Rather May Be Doomed — Does this L.A. Times column mark the beginning of the formal end of Dan Rather? Bird Dog: Mainstream media, in the form of the LA Times and Chicago Tribune, skewer the "faith-based reporting" of Dan Rather and CBS "News". Glenn Reynolds: THE LOS ANGELES TIMES' TIM RUTTEN: [snipped quote] Indeed. |
| Also: Roger L. Simon, Cori Dauber | |
Desperately Seeking Dick Cheney By / NYT — Permalink They say that most stalkers imagine themselves to be the victim, and I guess I'm no different. My first look at Vice President Dick Cheney was from a baking lawn on Ellis Island as he made his grand entrance into New York on a National Park Service tugboat, waving to the sweating crowd. | |
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Ann Althouse: Or maybe he's turning up his nose at steak crudely fried a la Middle America, as is Rick Lyman, the New York Times... Sadly @SadlyNo: The answer, by the way, is nobody: [snipped quote] If we had to choose whether I share a plane with a guy who writes articles like that, we also have to say... sadly, no! |
Orrin Judd: IF A BODY MEET A BODY: Desperately Seeking Dick Cheney (RICK LYMAN, 9/19/04, NY Times) [snipped quote] It's inside... Josh Chafetz: RICK LYMAN HAS A FUN PIECE in the NYT on covering Cheney. |
"I Am Buckhead": Newspaper Exposes Blog Folk Hero Editor and Publisher — Permalink NEW YORK It was the scoop of the day in the presidential campaign (which tells you something): The Los Angeles Times found Buckhead. The paper reports that it has solved the mystery of who exactly posted the very first (and in some minds, very suspicious) blog blast at the credibility of the "60 Minutes" Killian memos. | |
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Charles Johnson: Mainstream Media Gets Their Smear On — The inept LA Times effort to smear bloggers—GOP Activist Made Allegations... |
Lambert @Corrente: Editor and publisher has more: "Suspicions that MacDougald may have been tipped off have arisen because his quick... |
Why Americans hate foreign policy Telegraph — Permalink Frankly, nothing concerning foreign policy ever occurred to me until the middle of the last decade. I'd been writing about foreign countries and foreign affairs and foreigners for years. But you can own dogs all your life and not have "dog policy". | |
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Bird Dog: P.J. O'Rourke writes a long insightful piece for British consumption, sort of a primer on American thinking for those addled with Guardian/BBC propaganda. John Derbyshire: THE PUNITIVE APPROACH — P.J. O'Rourke seems to be with me on Iraq — i.e. teach 'em a lesson, then clear out: "A mess was left behind. |
James R. Rummel: Good Article on Foreign Policy — Speaking of The Diplomad (see below), he has given us the heads up to this newspaper article by PJ O'Rourke that appeared in the UK Telegraph. |
Bush Seen Vulnerable to Kerry Among Independent Voters By / Reuters — Permalink KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (Reuters) - President Bush , who holds a sizable lead in some polls, still appears to be vulnerable to Democrat John Kerry among independent voters whose shifting loyalties could determine the winner of the November election, pollsters say. | |
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Pessimist @LeftCoaster: Bush Seen Vulnerable to Kerry Among Independent Voters [snipped quote] Sorry, Jeff. Your credibility is shot. DemFromCT: And now sink your teeth into this: Bush Seen Vulnerable to Kerry Among Independent Voters Keep working! |
Oliver Willis: Election Bush Seen Vulnerable to Kerry Among Independent Voters [snipped quote] Of course, in this era of wacky polling, caveat emptor. |
RATHER'S CREW BACKS DEMS New York Post — Permalink September 18, 2004 — WITH Dan Rather and CBS under fire for broadcasting what seem to be fake National Guard documents in a story slamming President George W. Bush, PoliticalMoneyLine.com probed the political contributions made by CBS News staffers. | |
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Steve Bainbridge: What liberal media? Oh, this one. Captain Ed: Putting Their Money Where Their Mouth Is — Today's New York Post notes that CBS News staffers seem to be a liitle predisposed towards Democrats. |
Betsy Newmark: Guess which party the staffers at CBS News have been contributing to? Pejman Yousefzadeh: Until then, I have no reason to purchase such faulty intellectual wares. UPDATE: Well, what a shock. |
CBS defense of Rather hints at bigger story By / Chicago Sun Times — Permalink Of all the loopy statements made by Dan Rather in the 10 days since he decided to throw his career away, my favorite is this, from Dan's interview with the Washington Post on Thursday: ''If the documents are not what we were led to believe, I'd like to break that story.'' | |
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Glenn Reynolds: MARK STEYN WONDERS why RatherGate has been allowed to fester so long: [snipped quote] Power Line speculates that the only... Hindrocket: Steyn Speculates — Mark Steyn's latest, on the CBS scandal, is very funny, and you should read it all. Kevin Hayden: Steyn forgets the other 'real' journalists — In his continuing denunciations of Dan Rather for his potential investigative error, Mark Steyn waxes eloquent with feigned outrage. |
Jan Haugland: Rather revealing — Mark Steyn digs into Dan Rather, again. As always, it is a very entertaining read, and it asks some uncomfortable questions, too. PoliPundit: The Challenge — Mark Steyn, on CBS' typewriter-repairman/"doc ument expert": [snipped quote] Others have issued a similar challenge. Tim Blair: Mark Steyn: "You'd think CBS would be mad as hell to find whoever it was who stitched them up and made them look idiots." |
| Also: Allah, Bill Hobbs, Baldilocks, Greg Ransom, Charles Johnson, Acidman, Betsy Newmark, Jim Treacher | |
Parallels Drawn Between CBS Memos, Texan's Postings By / WaPo — Permalink The former Texas National Guard officer suspected of providing CBS News with possibly forged records on President Bush's military service called on Democratic activists to wage "war" against Republican "dirty tricks" in a series of Internet postings in which he also used phrases similar to several employed in the disputed documents. | |
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Stefan Sharkansky: Cleland confirmed the conversation with Burkett [quote] He remembers Burkett saying that he had "valuable" information about Bush, and asking what he should with it.[end quote] Steve @BeggingToDiffer: Now the Washington Post is reporting they may have been passed through the Kerry campaign. Bill Hobbs: Meanwhile... here's a quick memogate roundup: The Washington Post finds contact between Bill Burkett, the likely... |
KJL: SAINT MAX LINKED TO RATHERGATE? Allah: When did that happen? According to today's article in the Post, by Cleland's account it was . . . mid-August. McQ: Burkett and the Kerry Campaign — Bill Burkett, the retired National Guard officer who's been cited as the probable... |
| Also: Gary Farber, Henry Farrell, Cori Dauber, Charles Johnson, The Big Trunk, Glenn Reynolds, Joe Gandelman, Jay Rosen, Roger L. Simon, Jeff Goldstein, Greg Ransom, Captain Ed, Betsy Newmark, Jim Treacher, Ace, Orrin Judd | |
Texan Involved in CBS Report Tried to Help Kerry Campaign NYT — Permalink BAIRD, Tex., Sept. 17 - Bill Burkett, the former Texas National Guard officer who has been caught up in the mystery of how CBS News acquired memos that seem to question President Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard service, unsuccessfully offered information and... | |
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Steve M.: Meanwhile, there are now AP and New York Times stories about a phone conversation between Bill Burkett, suspected source of the Killian documents, and Max Cleland. PoliPundit: Quote of the Day — [snipped quote] - Bill Burkett, in an August 21 e-mail. The Kerry campaign didn't need to call Burkett back. Joe Gandelman: The latest twist comes from the NY Times: "Bill Burkett, the former Texas National Guard officer who has been caught up... |
Tom Maguire: (E.g., linking Burkett to the Kerry campaign, however weakly). Allah: According to the article in today's NYT, August 21st. The point? The Big Trunk: Several readers have drawn our attention to the concluding paragraphs of the story: [snipped quote] See also this... |
| Also: Tim Blair, Greg Ransom, Captain Ed | |
In the Rush for a Scoop, CBS Found Trouble Fast LAT — Permalink NEW YORK — It was 11 a.m. on Sept. 8 — nine hours before "60 Minutes" was to air. But as news executives debated whether to broadcast a story on newly obtained paperwork offering fresh evidence about President Bush's National Guard service, a big question hung over CBS News' Westside headquarters: Were the photocopied documents real or fake? | |
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Stefan Sharkansky: In this actual case, on the other hand, the L.A. Times, for example, seems to be trying to plant the suggestion that the... Ken Layne: Whether it's a bunch of "obviously faked" reports on Iraq WMDs or counterfeit National Guard memos happily released by... The Big Trunk: Inside Hurricane Dan — The Los Angeles Times takes a look at the development of the 60 Minutes story from inside CBS: "In the rush for a scoop, CBS found trouble fast." |
Greg Ransom: "CBS aired the story eight hours later .." ALSO CBS producer had "compete confidence" in her source: "Asked about a... Taegan Goddard: Meanwhile, another Los Angeles Times piece says CBS News believed the documents were real when Dan Bartlett, the White... Betsy Newmark: CBS has finally found the source of blame for their airing forged documents. It's not their fault; it's all the fault of .....the White House. |
| Also: William J. Dyer, Jay Rosen, Dave Johnson, Jeff Goldstein | |
Bush Opens Lead Despite Unease Voiced in Survey NYT — Permalink Senator John Kerry faces substantial obstacles in his bid to unseat President Bush, with voters saying he has not laid out a case for why he wants to be president and expressing strong concern about his ability to manage an international crisis, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll. | |
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Tom Maguire: Saturday's front pager about the latest NY Times / CBS News poll had to be a jolt to Kerry-boosters. Steve Lovelady: The Times brings us yet another poll measuring public preferences in the campaign for the presidency (following four... Stirling Newberry: Point of Entry — John Kerry must now awaken his campaign - the voters are saying on thing consistently: they don't know what he wants to do as President. |
Mickey Kaus: Will the Note's Mark Halperin say the same thing about his buddy Adam Nagourney being 'forced' to write up the NYT/CBS... Ann Althouse: Kausfiles has some good analysis of Adam Nagourney's Kerry-favoring reporting of the NYT/CBS poll that appears on the front page of the NYT today. James Joyner: NYT Poll: Bush 50, Kerry 42 — Bush Opens Lead Despite Unease Voiced in Survey [RSS] (ADAM NAGOURNEY and JANET ELDER,... |
| Also: Jerome Armstrong, Steve Soto, Mathew Gross, Arthur Chrenkoff, Charles Johnson | |
Blogger Who Faulted CBS Documents Is Conservative Activist By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — It was the first public allegation that CBS News used forged memos in its report questioning President Bush's National Guard service — a highly technical explanation posted within hours of airtime citing proportional spacing and font styles. | |
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The Poor Man: Oh, also, the document expert who first raised questions about the authenticity of these memos is the Renaissance man who tried to get Clinton disbarred. Gary Farber: In contrast to the good reporting of the WashPo as below, here is the LA Times being almost as shoddy as the original CNS story, or the "Buckhead" post it deconstructs. Cori Dauber: Now, compare that with the absurd article Patterico finds in yesterday's LA Times (based on who knows how many hours in... |
Tom @Corrente: Holy Cow! I keep reading stories in which friends and political allies of his call him a "passionate" conservative. Barbara O'Brien: Writes Peter Wallsten of the LA Times: [snipped quote] Of course, some of us who (ahem!) are experts in typography knew... Glenn Reynolds: THE WASHINGTON POST has been doing some investigative journalism where Bill Burkett — thought by many to be the source... |
| Also: Tim Blair, Greg Ransom, Kevin Drum, Dave Johnson, Skippy, Digby, Trickster, Ken Layne, Stirling Newberry, Venkat @BeggingToDiffer, Betsy Newmark, Joe Gandelman, The Big Trunk | |
What Blogs Have Wrought By / Weekly Standard — Permalink The server hosting Power Line crashed as hundreds of thousands of Drudge readers tried to learn about the 60 Minutes scandal. By 5:00 P.M., CBS was spooked enough to release a statement saying the memos were "thoroughly investigated by independent experts, and we are convinced of their authenticity." | |
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Jesse Taylor: The Weekly Standard applauds the conservative blogosphere for relentless pursuing a story that they all hoped beyond... Gary Farber: Although unsurprisingly flavored with his conservative perspective, Johnathan V. Last has a comparatively fair summary... Charles Johnson: What Blogs Have Wrought — Here's a very good account of the breaking of Rathergate, by Jonathan V. Last at the Weekly Standard: What Blogs Have Wrought. |
Bill Hobbs: Mark Steyn is right about most things. Jonathan V. Last provides a detailed timeline of how the blogs humbled CBS. Damian Penny: Pajama Party — The new Weekly Standard has a long, detailed, link-heavy article about Rathergate. Highly recommended. Glenn Reynolds: "WHAT BLOGS HAVE WROUGHT:" Nice history of RatherGate to date. And what's really nice is that it doesn't mention InstaPundit. |
| Also: PoliPundit, Tim Blair, Jay Rosen, Greg Ransom, Hugh Hewitt, The Big Trunk | |
Kerry's Cast of Thousands By / NYT — Permalink Across the wine-dark sea they come, honing Kerry's message. They come from Harvard, K Street and the studios of CNN. "Once more into the breach!" they cry, as they join the conference call of thousands. Look at them, these great, unhuddled masses, yearning to wear White House badges. | |
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PoliPundit: Kerry's Campaign — David Brooks writes about the leviathan Kerry campaign: [snipped quote] Meanwhile, blogger David... Acidman: wise words — This is what I ALWAYS thought about John Kerry: [snipped quote] Kerry reminds me of Bill Clinton in some ways. Betsy Newmark: David Brooks has so much fun with the Democratic cast of thousands assembled to figure out how to sell their lame candidate. |
KJL: UNHUDDLED MASSES YEARNING FOR WHITE HOUSE BADGES — Read David Brooks today Orrin Judd: ALL THE RIDICULE THAT'S FIT TO PRINT: Kerry's Cast of Thousands (DAVID BROOKS, 9/18/04, NY Times) [snipped quote] Even wonks like David Brooks are making fun of him. |
Secret papers show Blair was warned of Iraq chaos By / Telegraph — Permalink Tony Blair was warned a year before invading Iraq that a stable post-war government would be impossible without keeping large numbers of troops there for "many years", secret government papers reveal. | |
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Lambert @Corrente: Iraq clusterf**k: Bush's poodle was warned — From the UK's Daily Telegraph (via Kos: "Tony Blair was warned a year... DemFromCT: Today's story is from England, where the Torygraph tells us about the pre-war "Secret Papers": "They told the Prime... |
Michael Young: Straw Man — London's Daily Telegraph has published a piece, based on government documents shown to the newspaper,... |
GENERAL SHOOTS DOWN MEMOS New York Post — Permalink WASHINGTON — In a new blow to CBS anchor Dan Rather's credibility, the man who has supposedly exerted pressure to "sugarcoat" President Bush's National Guard record has spoken out — and says the story is dead wrong. | |
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Bill Hobbs: CBS spokeswoman Sandy Genelius said: "In a debate this heated, one can hardly expect Gen. Staudt to endorse the point of view that he exerted undue influence." |
Hindrocket: Yesterday CBS spokeswoman Sandy Genelius brushed off Staudt's comments: "In a debate this heated, one can hardly expect... |
Poll: Bush Opens Lead Over Kerry CBS News — Permalink (CBS) The contest between President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry looks much as it did in a CBS News Poll conducted last week, after the Republican convention. | |
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John Cole: Polls — According to this CBS/NYT poll, Bush leads Kerry 50-41. I am sure there are other polls that have it closer, others that have it farther apart. Mitch Berg: That said, the latest CBS News Poll, conducted just after the GOP convention, has some interesting figures. Taegan Goddard: New Polls — A new CBS News Poll finds President Bush's "post-convention bounce remains intact" for at least another week. |
Jan Haugland: CBS poll confirms solid Bush lead — In the latest CBS News poll, there are few signs that Bush's post-convention bounce... Captain Ed: CBS Confirms Bush Lead Over Kerry — CBS must hate to report this, but their latest poll confirms the earlier Gallup... Eugene Volokh: Absence of gender gap: A CBS News poll reports that women favor Bush 49-42; since the total margin for Bush is 50-41,... |
| Also: Joe Gandelman, Glenn Reynolds, Orrin Judd, Hindrocket, Roger L. Simon | |
Varying Polls Reflect Volatility, Experts Say By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 - With national public opinion surveys showing the presidential race to be anywhere from a dead heat between President Bush and Senator John Kerry to Mr. Bush's holding a commanding lead, potential voters have their choice of what to believe. | |
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Steve Lovelady: To its credit, The Times does run a sidebar by Carl Hulse inside the paper, offering up pollsters' explanations as to why nothing they say makes any sense. Taegan Goddard: Noting the disparity in recent polls, the New York Times says experts say such differences "are not unusual at this... |
John Emerson: Stupidest Headline Ever: "Varying Polls Reflect Volatility, Experts Say" — Varying Polls Reflect Volatility, Experts... |
Kerry: Bush Has Secret Troop Call-Up Plan By / AP — Permalink BOSTON (AP) - Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry said President Bush has a secret plan to call up more National Guard and Reserve troops immediately after the election, an allegation that the Bush campaign called ''false and ridiculous.'' | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: Kerry Charges Bush Has Secret Troops Plan — John Kerry says Bush has a secret plan to call up more troops. Jack Cluth: "Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)" |
Atrios: That's despicable. |