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September 30, 2004All links to articles as summarized below are available here:
http://legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_newsWho won the debate? (transcript) Vote at the following polls:
MSNBC:
11:30PM EST snapshot: 268606 responses -- Kerry, 70% - Bush, 30%
CBS:
12:50AM EST snapshot: Kerry, 91.52% - Bush, 7.76% - 'draw,' 0.72%
CNN:
12:36AM EST snapshot: 131357 votes -- Kerry, 79% - Bush, 18% - 'evenly matched,' 4%
Los Angeles Times:
12:45AM EST snapshot: 6597 responses -- Kerry, 86.6% - Bush, 10.0%
SFGate:
1:35AM EST snapshot: 2249 votes -- Kerry, 92% - Bush, 7% - 'Both were excellent' 0% - 'Neither did well' 1%
Star Tribune:
2:45AM EST snapshot: 13042 responses -- Kerry, 70% - Bush, 30%With just a few clicks, you can write your letter at our online media center: http://www.democrats.org/media/
Find shows in your area on our media website: http://www.democrats.org/media/find.html
"I see on the TV screens how hard it is." --George W. Bush, assessing the situation in Iraq during the debate with Senator Kerry [LOL!!! Senator Kerry, having slaughtered Bush in the debate, makes us all wonder... how will the Idiot Usurper avoid the *other* debates? Let's hope Bush bin Laden does not attack us again, as a Weapon of Mass Distraction.] Transcript
"I'm trying to put a leash on them." --George W. Bush, talking about his daughters, during the debate with John Kerry. [BUSH, maybe you could ask Private England for one. --M. Rectenwald] Transcript
Kerry bounces back in TV debate --John Kerry kept his presidential hopes alive last night with a points victory in the first head-to-head debate with President [sic] Bush. The Democratic challenger upset the form book with a crisp and firm critique of the war in Iraq while Mr Bush was repetitive and at several moments appeared hesitant. Mr Bush was also seen by millions of television viewers scowling and looking occasionally ill at ease while Mr Kerry was talking.
Kerry stays focused, projects strength --For 90 minutes last night, Senator John F. Kerry tried to make political gains by reviving a strategy that helped him in the 2004 Democratic debates and primaries: castigating the president [sic] on Bush's signature issue, national security, while pledging to be a stronger commander in chief, the essence of Kerry's "bring it on" mantra challenging Bush.
Kerry scores big --Challenger pummels president[sic]'s record to carry first debate (The Arizona Republic) --"The 2004 presidential election just got interesting. In the same week President [sic] Bush's lead in the polls began to solidify and it appeared he might be able to ride out this race, he ran into a far better prepared opponent in John Kerry on Thursday night. This newspaper has been supportive of Bush and much of his prosecution of the Iraq war, but it was clear to us the president [sic] was beaten decisively by his challenger in this 90-minute contest."
Pentagon wants 'uplifting accounts' about Iraq --Bush regime wants upbeat reports, will 'curtail' bad news about Iraq. The Bush regime, The Washington Post reports Thursday, worried that negative stories about Iraq are dominating the news headlines during an election period, has decided to send out Iraq Americans to bring what the Defense Department calls "the good news" about the situation in Iraq to US military bases. The Washington Post reports that the dictatorship is moving to "curtail distribution" of reports that show the situation in Iraq growing worse.
U.S. Effort Aims to Improve Opinions About Iraq Conflict --The Bush regime, battling negative perceptions of the Iraq war, is sending Iraqi Americans to deliver what the Pentagon calls "good news" about Iraq to U.S. military bases, and has curtailed distribution of reports showing increasing violence in that country. The lies ['unusual public-relations effort'] by the Pentagon and the U.S. Agency for International Development comes as details have emerged showing the U.S. government and a representative of Dictator Bush's re[s]election campaign had been heavily involved in drafting the speech given to Congress last week by interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi.
Lawmaker expresses "dismay" that White House allegedly wrote Allawi speech --In a letter to the White House, a leading US Senate Democrat expressed "profound dismay" that the White House allegedly wrote a large portion of Neocon puppet dictator ['Iraqi Prime Minister'] Iyad Allawi's speech to Congress last week.
Dozens of Children Killed in Iraq Attack --Bomb Explodes at Baghdad Ceremony; U.S. Troops Launch Offensive on Samarra --The wails echoed off the tile surfaces of the emergency room at Yarmouk Hospital. Amid the blood and stretchers, Majeed Aboud turned his tear-stained face to the body of his 5-year-old son, Mohammad, one of at least 34 children killed when a car bomb exploded as they gathered around U.S. soldiers handing out candy and cakes in a southern Baghdad neighborhood.
U.S. Forces Storm Rebel Iraq Town, at Least 80 Dead --U.S. and Iraqi forces pushed into Samarra on Friday to wrest control of the northern town back from insurgents, and the American military said 80 'militants' were killed in hours of fierce street fighting and air strikes.
Witnesses claim U-S troops fired on a car killing seven Iraqis --A U-S military offensive in Fallujah is being blamed for over a dozen Iraqi civilian deaths -- including six children. Witnesses say U-S soldiers fired on a car with eight people inside.
U.S. Launches Assault on Rebel-Held Iraqi Town --U.S. forces have launched a major offensive on the rebel stronghold of Samarra after a series of horrific car bombings in Baghdad on Thursday that killed 41 people, mostly children.
Multiple blasts kill dozens of children in Iraq Baghdad bombs claim 35 young lives; 208 Iraqis hurt across country --Bombs exploded near a U.S. convoy in western Baghdad on Thursday, killing 35 children and seven adults, a hospital official said. Hours earlier, a suicide car bomb killed a U.S. soldier and two Iraqis on the capital’s outskirts.
September Among Deadliest Months for U.S. in Iraq --September was one of the deadliest months for U.S. troops in the 18-month-old war in Iraq, and the death toll for the first time has risen four straight months.
Arab network says 10 new hostages seized --The Arab news network Al-Jazeera showed footage yesterday of 10 new hostages seized by militants in Iraq.
Bush-Cheney flip-flops cost America in blood --by Joel Connelly "The Bush-Cheney campaign has gleefully labeled John Kerry a flip-flopper. But what of Bush-Cheney flip-flops? They're getting a lot less ink, but America is paying a price in blood... In case the 'mainstream' media are interested, or Fox News wants to balance its reporting to furnish a few moments of fairness, here are a few Bush flip-flops that might be put before the voters..." [A must read]
West Bank Assailants Beat U.S. Activists --Two American volunteers in a group helping Palestinians were beaten with baseball bats and chains by five men, including one who spoke English with an Israeli accent, one of the victims said Thursday.
Its Recruitment Goals Pressing, the Army Will Ease Some Standards --To help meet its recruiting objectives at a time when its forces are strained by operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army's recruiting command has lowered some goals for recruits.
US draft dodger statue sparks row --A row has broken out in a small Canadian town over controversial plans for a memorial to US draft dodgers who avoided taking part in the Vietnam War. A group of activists from Nelson, British Columbia, had planned to erect a monument to "honour the courageous legacy of Vietnam war resisters". US veterans groups have criticised the proposal and asked US Dictator George Bush to intervene to stop the project. [Will Bush use 'Shock & Awe' on Canada, in order to stop the project?]
U.S.: Secret Search Ruling Appeal Likely --The inJustice Department will likely appeal a court ruling that declared unconstitutional a Patriot Act provision allowing secret and unchallengeable searches of Internet and telephone records, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Thursday.
Heightened checks at entry ports begin --Thursday, foreign visitors arrived at U.S. airports where officials for the first time began photographing and electronically fingerprinting travelers from 27 nations, including longtime allies such as Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Japan and Australia.
Bomb scare grounds BA airliner --A British Airways plane en route from Berlin to London made an emergency landing at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport today after a bomb threat was received, the Dutch authorities said.
DeLay admonished by House ethics panel --Members say he acted improperly in Medicare vote --House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was publicly admonished Thursday by the House ethics committee for improper behavior during a vote late last year on Medicare reform legislation. It was the committee's second admonishment of DeLay, a Republican from Sugar Land.
Senators Slam Republican Party for Bible Pamphlet --Democratic U.S. senators from the electoral battleground states of West Virginia and Arkansas slammed the Republican National Committee on Thursday for a pamphlet that suggested liberals would ban the Bible.
U.S. House Rejects Constitutional Ban on Same-Sex Marriage -- The U.S. House of Representatives, voting less than five weeks before the presidential election, rejected a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage backed by Dictator George W. Bush.
Inspector General Says E.P.A. Rule Aids Polluters --In a rebuke of the Bush dictatorship, the inspector general of the Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday that legal actions against major polluters had stalled because of the agency's decision to revise rules governing emissions at older coal-fired power plants.
Russian Cabinet Approves Kyoto Protocol --Russia's Cabinet approved the Kyoto Protocol on Thursday in a crucial step toward putting the long-delayed climate change treaty into effect, although without participation by the United States.
Scientists Hit Campaign Trail for Kerry --Mixing science and politics, Nobel laureates and former presidential advisers are heading to campaign battleground states with a message that George W. Bush is no friend of scientists and should be replaced by John Kerry.
Canadian drug bills vetoed by governor --Measures would have helped consumers, let state agencies shop north of border --[GOP-installed] Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, rejecting Democratic proposals targeting the high cost of prescription drugs, vetoed measures to help California consumers and state agencies shop for cheaper prescription drugs in Canada.
Wis. High Court to Put Nader on Ballot --The state Supreme Court decided Thursday to put independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader back on the Wisconsin ballot.
Nader plays crucial role in re[s]election plan --by Carl Hiassen "Glenda Hood is sleeping easier these days, now that Ralph Nader is back on the ballot in Florida. Still, it was a close call for the ex-Orlando mayor and Republican stalwart who was hand-picked by Gov. Jeb Bush to succeed Katherine Harris as secretary of state, overseer of elections. Harris' glazedly obedient, Stepford-wife performance during the 2000 vote debacle has been a tough act to follow, but Hood shows promise... Initially Hood told local elections supervisors to prepare outgoing absentee ballots without Nader's name. Later she reversed herself and announced that she would challenge the judge's ruling. One can only imagine the frosty phone call that impelled Hood to change her position. ('Yes, Mr. Rove. Right away, Mr. Rove. Sorry for the mixup, Mr. Rove.')"
Debate Panel Nixes Kerry Campaign Request [Of course!! But, they certainly acquiesced to every single demand made by Dictator Bush, didn't they?] --Democratic candidate John Kerry's campaign demanded Thursday that the lights signaling when a speaker's time has expired during debates with Dictator Bush be removed from the lecterns because they are distracting, but the commission hosting the debates refused. "We'll bring a screwdriver," said a Kerry aide familiar with what several people called an angry exchange. [Update: No matter; Kerry destroyed Bush in the debate.]
[September 29 lead stories:] Halliburton's fortunes doubled with war --Halliburton Co., the company Vice pResident Dick Cheney headed for five years, vaulted into the top 100 defense contractors when the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, according to a new analysis by a public interest group. Halliburton "was not even on the list" until 2003 when it won $4.3 billion in defense contracts, including a no-bid contract for oil services in Iraq, according to the Center for Public Integrity in Washington.
U.S.: Iraq Violence Widening --U.S. officials concede they are not defeating or even containing an insurgency that goes deeper than the daily attacks and kidnappings seen on television, reports CBS News.
Two British soldiers killed in Iraq ambush --Two British soldiers have been killed after an ambush on a convoy near the southern Iraqi city of Basra, the Ministry of Defence said.
Growing Pessimism on Iraq (Nah, 'ya think?) Doubts Increase Within U.S. Security Agencies --A growing number of career professionals within national security agencies believe that the situation in Iraq is much worse, and the path to success much more tenuous, than is being expressed in public by top Bush regime officials, according to former and current government officials and assessments over the past year by intelligence officials at the CIA and the departments of State and Defense.
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