Blast will reverberate in campaign

[arcos]

Blast will reverberate in campaign

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 — Mark the day: The blast that rocked the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad was more than a massacre of innocents. It also was a tipping point in American politics

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For the White House, this is a case of “be careful what you wish for.” As was made clear on the deck of the Abe Lincoln, they want to run Bush for re-election as the Man in the Flight Suit. But now it’s not clear whether that garment was a coronation robe or a straitjacket.

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One thing for sure: This is going to be perhaps the nastiest election in recent memory. Bush’s allies already are accusing his foes of “treason,” even as Democrats accuse him of sending Americans to die in the desert to burnish his image as a cocksure commander in chief.

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The White House is preparing to run Bush as a steely leader, above the fray, concentrating on the big picture. But the big picture is that Iraq of today is becoming the Afghanistan of a quarter-century ago. Then, the invasion by the old Soviet Union spawned a pan-Islamic generation of jihadists. Are we doing the same thing now? Bush will have to answer.


http://www.msnbc.com/news/955004.asp?0cv=CA00

[Zhade]

1. Woah

This is from MSNBC?

Things must be really horrible for them to be saying this.

[dArKeR]

8. It might also be us, DU and others, emailing the editors!

I've gotten answers. Lots. I don't feel it's ethical to post their replies otherwise I would here.

Keep up the writing campaign!

[leftchick]

2. wow, howie fineman took his kneepads off....

and wrote one scathing column here! Don't forget to rate it at the bottom, this needs to be seen! :bounce:

[rooboy]

3. Two simple challenges that will sink Bush...

Put him in a jet and tell him to fly it.

Put him on a horse and tell him to ride it.

[RC]

4. Pay careful attention to what they say.

"Bush’s allies already are accusing his foes of “treason,”

They have a history of accusing others of what they themselves are doing. Lying like this confuses the issues in people's minds. I first noticed this during the Florida Recount in 2000. They repeatedly accused the Dems of doing the exact same thing they themselves were doing. And the Dem were innocent.

bu$h&co - All lies, all the time. No morals, no scruples. The end justifies the means, no matter how repugnant the goal.

[revcarol]

5. Strange, strange article.....

He certainly hasn't abandoned his conservative leanings: "the politically discredited UN?"

Guess this is how the right phrases their discomfort with Bush?

Strange, strange article.....

[FlashHarry]

6. Please read the LBN rules.

This is an editorial piece, not LBN. You should re-post this in the Editorials and Other Articles section.

Thanks.

[dArKeR]

7. But it's so nice to beat up on Living Whorestory Howie in the busy forum!

I saw this story about 10 hours ago on MSGOP but I couldn't drop to my knees and click on this Whore. You know, If no one clicked on a reporter for about 3 months he/she would be fired, SURELY!

Are you going to move this?

http://darkerxdarker.tripod.com/push030813.html (Badman's pic)


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Dear Howie,

Your story stinks! Where did you learn to write? Get a job licking feces off of toilets!

YourBestFriendNot

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(I've gotten a personal email from Howie. It wasn't dirty like above but factual.) He does read his email.

[dArKeR]

9. HOT off the press 10 seconds ago. New Whorwie pic

http://darkerxdarker.tripod.com/

[jamesinca]

10. As Noam Chomsky said, they cater to who they think is winning

Ok, he did not say it exactly like that, but his point was the media whores for who they think is in charge. Maybe they don't have the faith in Bush like they use to. Remember FOX set the whoring for Bush standard, the rest folowed. Maybe they are going back to their old ways, Bush is not woth the format change.