GOP Fight in NEVADA... McCain In TROUBLE!

Running a strident libertarian campaign in the primaries, Texas Rep. Ron Paul tapped a seam of Republican frustration across the country...Across the state, lifelong Republicans like Mr. Bent who now identify more closely with Mr. Paul's cause than with the party establishment say they won't vote for Sen. McCain.

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AP article: *8* homes for John McCain

Thu Aug 21, 11:51 PM ETJohn is having trouble remembering how many homes he owns and where they are located. Better ask Cindy or the Associated Press...

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Cheney aides questioned on forged letter linking Saddam, 9/1

The House Judiciary Committee sent letters to a top former CIA official as well as two aides to Vice President Dick Cheney (including Scooter Libby) after a prominent author claimed that Cheney's office pushed the CIA to develop a phony letter linking Saddam Hussein to 9/11 to aid their argument for a preemptive strike on Iraq.

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McCain Hints at Support for a Military Draft in America

Today at a town hall meeting, an audience member praised Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for his vow to “follow bin Laden to the gates of hell.” After a long question about veterans’ care, the questioner said she believed we needed to reinstate the draft, to which McCain seemed to readily agree.

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89% Of Americans Believe President Bush Should Be IMPEACHED!

According to a poll on MSNBC's website, out of 715,082 responses 89% of all poll voters believed President Bush's actions justify impeachment. Do YOU believe President Bush's Actions justify impeachment?Post this on every Blog, site, bulletin, send messages, e-mail, contact news-media etc. Do anything you can! SIGN THE PETITION AT *kucinich.us*

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GOD-O-METER on McCain v. Obama @ Saddleback

Team Obama was depending on John McCain, with a reputation for opting out of discussions about faith and hot-button issues, looking like a fish at a water at last night's Saddleback Civil Forum (here's the video). Didn't happen. Not by a long shot, One of the big surprises of the evening was that McCain shone.

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More on McCain's stories of captivity, Nightingale's Song

I just want to point out that there's a chapter specifically devoted to three Christmases of McCain's captivity in The Nightingale's Song, Robert Timberg's critically acclaimed 1995 book, which helped put McCain on the map as a political celebrity -- and the cross story does not appear. Nor does it appear anywhere else in the book.

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Rev. Barry Lynn on Saddleback: Biased and Big Mistake

Rev. Barry Lynn of American's United for the Separation of Church and State calls Warren's forum another clear example of politicizing religion.

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Despite Assurances, McCain Wasn’t in a ‘Cone of

John McCain’s performance at a church forum raised speculation that he was not isolated as Barack Obama was being interviewed using questions that would later come Mr. McCain’s way.

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Saddleback Debate was closed to the general public

The Saddleback church distributed the tickets privately and selectively. They also charged for the tickets, according to the Orange County Register.No public tickets will be available for Saturday's event with McCain and Obama.

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Despite Assurances, McCain Wasn’t in a ‘Cone of

John McCain’s performance at a church forum raised speculation that he was not isolated as Barack Obama was being interviewed using questions that would later come Mr. McCain’s way.

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Spokesman Admits McCain Broke Forum Rules

He lied,AGAIN.

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McCain Cheated at Church Forum

Pastor Rick Warren assured the crowd that McCain was in a "cone of silence", but McCain arrived at the church while Obama was on stage.

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Saddleback Pastor Admits McCain Could Have Heard Questions

Tonight on CNN, Rick Sanchez interviewed Rick Warren of the Saddleback Church to get a feel of what happened behind the scenes at the forum last night and what his reactions were to it. Oh boy. Rick Warren admitted live to CNN that Sen. McCain was not in a "cone of silence" as previously said, but in his limo for the first half hour of the show.

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NYT Backs Up NBC: McCain Was Not In

The New York Times' Kit Seelye has boldly backed up Mitchell's claim in today's story, "Despite Assurances, McCain Wasn't in a 'Cone of Silence'."

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Bill Moyers Interviews Andrew Bacevich

Bacevich encourages viewers to take a step back and connect the dots between U.S. foreign policy, consumerism, politics, and militarism.

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Why Didn’t McCain Call Ralph Reed To Testify ?

On the campaign trail, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) often touts his work fighting corruption, highlighting the Senate Indian Affairs Committee investigation he led into the Jack Abramoff scandal.

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Saddleback Church charging $500!!! for tickets to CNN debate

article from the Orange County REgisterSaddleback handling of presidential forum tickets angers somePoll: Some O.C. residents express anger over inability to obtain tickets for Obama-McCain forum.

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McCain, lawsuit happy, sued ex-wife after affair with Cindy

The Associated Press has found that John Sidney McCain III, his mother, and Cindy McCain launched numerous lawsuits seeking punitive damages against, among others, his ex-wife whom he divorced after having an affair with Cindy. The McCains also sued a number of others as the AP story details.

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Biker Girls, Sturgis and John McCain

Can you get all this biker "chicks" to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis??? wearing those same biker outfits?

And put those chicks right next to the Christian Conservatives, the bible thumpers, the Republican anti-abortion fanatics, the Mormons for Bush and Romney; the rich-overpaid corporate executives, and George and Laura Bush and Lynne and Dick Cheney????!!!!! what a scene that would be..

I would love to see those chicks in deep and reverent prayer as the convention begins each day.. perhaps kneeling down, heads humbly bowed, hands clasped together with cleavage and mid-drift amply showing!! what a scene that would be...

I would really watch the Republican Convention for that alone..

Pics of McCain Biker Girls

Well let me rephrase the above link: these are "generic" biker girls at the Sturgis rally where John McCain spoke so eloquently!!! enjoy their pictures regardless of their political affiliations or their religious beliefs..

Obama Nation Author To Appear On White Supremacist Radio

On Sunday, author and Swiftboater Jerome Corsi is set to make an appearance on "The Political Cesspool" - which, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, is "an overtly racist, anti-Semitic radio show hosted by self-avowed white nationalist James Edwards." The show has previously welcomes such guests as Mark Weber and David Duke.

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A Letter to Colin Powell

Dear Colin, You have said you regret the “blot” on your record caused by your parroting spurious intelligence at the U.N. to justify war on Iraq. On the chance you may not have noticed, I write to point out that you now have a unique opportunity to do some rehab on your reputation.

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Crackpot Corsi on Page 1, New York Times

I am writing this post in a great hurry as I find out about the attack book on Obama by Jerome Corsi. THE NEW YORK TIMES RAN A FRONTPAGE ARTICLE ON THE BOOK which basically amounted to something of a free advertisement for the NYT's readers, generously planted on the first page.

The amazingly bland, meek and timid article was titled

"Book Attacking Obama Hopes to Repeat ’04 Anti-Kerry Feat"

The New York Times, to its discredit, did little or no research into the accuracy of the book. It merely transcribed the trading of accusations and countering responses. Apparently the book is filled with inaccuracies and Corsi has a long history of making wild, warped and hateful accusations at various groups of people (African Americans, Moslems -who he calls ragheads, Catholics). Yet, this crackpot ends up on the frontpage of the New York Times.

Even more strangely, Corsi is a 9-11 Truther (i.e. he does not believe that the collapse of the WTC buildings was the result of jet planes crashing into them). Corsi appeared on the Alex Jones show to tout this theory.

On August 17th, Corsi will appear on the white supremicist/ hate show " The Cesspool".

None of the above about Mr. Corsi, was mentioned in the New York Times article

Pretty sad... I guess journalism is a lost profession..

Link to original article:

New York Times Corsi article

Corsi interview on "Cesspool"

Jerome Corsi, smearartist is a 9/11 truther and a racist

That's right folks. The man that co-authored the pack of lies that was "Unfit for Command" (the book that started the Kerry swfitboating) and the new Obama smear book, is a 9/11 truther and scathing racist. Why am I not surprised....

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U.S Troops Sealed Detainees in Room Filled with Pepper Spray

Six US sailors working as prison camp guards in Iraq face courts martial for abusing detainees, the US Navy said. Eight detainees were allegedly sealed in a pepper spray-filled cell at Camp Bucca in southern Iraq. And it is claimed that two detainees were beaten, although suffered no broken bones, the US Navy said.

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US Troops Abroad Give 6:1 to Obama, 4:1 to Paul over McCain

According to nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much in donations from troops deployed overseas than has John McCain. Even though he suspended his campaign months ago, Ron Paul has received more than four times the amount McCain has.

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Bush White House on verge of Watergate-type scandal

36 years later, we are on the cusp of a scandal that could make Watergate look like a practical joke played at summer camp. A Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist, Ron Suskind, has claimed in a book t"The Way of the World" that White House officials ordered the forgery of Iraqi documents to suggest a link between Saddam Hussein and Mohammed Atta

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Pennsylvania Poll: Obama 44% McCain 36%

The latest Franklin and Marshall College of registered Pennsylvania voters finds Democrat Barack Obama leading Republican John McCain 44%-36%. The margin is closer among likely voters. Obama leads this group 46%-41%.

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Alleged KBR Rape Victim Sues the U.S.A.

A former KBR employee who made national headlines with her heart-wrenching account of being raped while working at Camp Hope in Baghdad, Jones filed a lawsuit several days ago in Houston federal court against the United States of America. She filed a lawsuit against her former employer more than a year ago.

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Rep.Conyers will investigate Bush Admin. Forged Iraq Intell

Conyers Announces Review of Allegations of Bush Administration’s Forged Iraq Intelligence today; announced plans to review allegations that senior Bush Administration officials ordered the forgery and dissemination of false intelligence documents as reported by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Ron Suskind, in his new book, "The Way of the World:

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Conyers to Probe Bush Admin's Forged Iraq Intel

True patriot John Conyers launches another probe ... for Neocon operative/fake Democrat Nancy Pelosi to stifle.

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Rightwing Thug Michael Savage dumped over autistic remark

Talk Radio Network host Michael Savage has been dropped from a Mississippi radio network after making defamatory comments about autistic children on his show last week. The Savage Nation host, who has repeatedly bashed the gay community on air, called autistic children ‘brats’ and said autism is nothing more than a ‘fraud’.

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It's OFFICIAL: Bush lied, Senate Committee

It is now officially and abundantly clear that the Bush administration "misrepresented" the facts about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and its threat to the world. "Officially?", you may ask. Yes, it is now official. In June, the Senate Intelligence Committee finally released its Phase II report on the failure of the intelligence claims and assessment of Iraq's WMD generated by the Bush administration, claims used to lead our nation into the 5 year war/quagmire in Iraq.

Allow me to quote directly from the Senate Committee:

"today (the Committee) unveiled the final two sections of its Phase II report on prewar intelligence. The first report details Administration prewar statements that, on numerous occasions, misrepresented the intelligence and the threat from Iraq. The second report details inappropriate, sensitive intelligence activities conducted by the DoD’s Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, without the knowledge of the Intelligence Community or the State Department."

That is damning. In essence, all the stuff that the Bushies were feeding us (by us I mean "we the people", AND the Congress) about Iraq's WMD was either false, misleading or very questionable. V. P. Cheney's bombshell about Iraq working on a nuke was false. Condi Rice's "mushroom cloud" talking point was an extreme exaggeration of the known facts at the time. The strangely imprecise 16-word claim in Bush's State of the Union in 2003 about uranium yellowcake was unverified and unsupported by the evidence.

Even the less scary claims about bio and chemical weapons were wrong. Quoting from a different source, a classified British intelligence document written in 2002, 9 months before the war began:

"It seemed clear that Bush had made up his mind to take military action, even if the timing was not yet decided. But the case was thin. Saddam was not threatening his neighbours, and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran."

So now it is official about the "failure" of the WMD intelligence. We don't have to wait for the judgement of historians on Bush and his cabal of Neo-Cons with regard to Iraq. The war decision had been made long before ANY evidence was in (and when the real evidence started coming in and pointed in the wrong direction, it was ignored and buried). All that was needed to start the war was some truthiness - that sounded believable - to back up that fateful and tragic decision.

links:

Senate Intelligence Committee press release:

http://intelligence.senate.gov/press/record.cfm?id=298775

Senate Intelligence Committee complete Phase II report

http://intelligence.senate.gov/080605/phase2a.pdf

Intell Committee Report on DOD Policy Office:

http://intelligence.senate.gov/080605/phase2b.pdf

Fallujah Documentary 1 warning graphic

Fallujah Documentary 1 warning graphic, shows victims of US white phosphorus chemical attacks on civilians. RAI

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Cheney likely ordered 9/11 forgery, CIA official admits

A forged letter linking Saddam Hussein to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks was ordered on White House stationery and probably came from the office of Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a new transcript of a conversation with the Central Intelligence Agency's former Deputy Chief of Clandestine Operations Robert Richer posted Friday.

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Dumbya Bush: U.S. Urges Immediate Standown in Georgia

President Bush took a break from his visit to the Olympics to call for an immediate halt to the violence and a stand down of Russian troops in Georgia. (Aug. 9)

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White House Rebuffs Senate Subpoenas Despite Court Ruling

Without a quick stay of the ruling, Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolten may be forced to testify before an appeal can be heard, the two said in a court filing. Democrats have announced they would schedule hearings in September, at the height of election season.

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U.S. Attorney Scandal Probe Enters White House Circle

The Justice Department investigation into the firings of nine U.S. attorneys has been extended to encompass allegations that senior White House officials played a role in providing false and misleading information to Congress, according to numerous sources involved in the inquiry.The widened scope raises the possibility that investigators will pursue criminal charges against some administration officials, and recommend appointment of a special prosecutor if there is evidence of criminal misconduct. (The Justice Department investigation into the firings of nine U.S. attorneys has been extended to encompass allegations that senior White House officials played a role in providing false and misleading information to Congress, according to numerous sources involved in the inquiry.)

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Sources for White House Forgery Under Pressure to Deny it

Author Ron Suskind says his sources are under "enormous pressure" to change their stories after revealing to him that the Bush administration had ordered the CIA to forge a letter from the head of Iraqi intelligence connecting Iraq to the 9/11 hijackers.

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It was a "grave mistake" to blame Saddam for Anthrax attacks

In this article from 2001, Scott Ritter warned us that Iraq was not the source of the Anthrax attacks. He was right. Now he is warning us that Iran is not a threat. He is right again. Will we learn from history?

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Note to Obama,Dems: run against 8years of Bush

and 6 years of an awful, corrupt Republican Congress.

Keep it simple. Don't get bogged down in complex details of energy policy - people won't understand it anyway. Don't even talk much about John McCain directly. Other people can and will talk about McCain's problems ( I can see the Ron Paul folks doing a great job of this...). This election is not about John McCain personally but a referendum on the past.

Stay away from personality issues (they are really irrelevant anyway) and the racial issue which won't be solved - completely - in this election.

Every week more news surfaces about Republican corruption and incompetence. In the last few weeks, we learned that Republican Senator Ted Stevens was involved in receiving gifts from an oil company. Also, Ron Suskind has just published his book "The Way of the World" which makes several serious accusations against the Bush administration. From another quarter, former Bush press secretary Scott McClellan has accused the White House of sending scripts and talking points to Fox News and other press outlets. Jane Mayer and Seymour Hersch are constantly writing about the abuses and blunders in the secret "war on terror". The list goes on and on. (Bob Woodward has a book coming out in September.)

So....

Just stick to the simple message that people can understand: McCain equals, = , another 4 years of George Bush's policies and FAILURE. Say that you will do everything differently - both in policy and in process. Say that the nation cannot afford 4 more years of corrupt, incompetent, morally bankrupt, dangerous Republican rule.

WaPo speaks:White Hou. Denies Accusations of Document Forgery

The Washington Post, finally, covered the story in its NEWSPAPER today: THIS IS THE FIRST MAINSTREAM MEDIA COVERAGE OF SUSKIND'S BOOK - btw a Pulitzer Prize winner.........................................The Bush administration joined former top CIA officials in denouncing a new book's assertion that White House officials ordered the forgery of Iraqi documents to suggest a link between Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the lead hijacker in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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Suskind, Forgery, WMD's, Impeachment, MSM

Los Angeles Times article:http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2008/08/forged-document.htmlPolitico article:http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12308.htmlRaw Story article:http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Suskind_Bush_ordered_fake_letter_linking_0805.htmlHuffington Post:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/05/cia...

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Book says White House ordered forgery

A new book by the author Ron Suskind claims that the White House ordered the CIA to forge a back-dated, handwritten letter from the head of Iraqi intelligence to Saddam Hussein.Suskind writes in “The Way of the World,” to be published Tuesday, that the alleged forgery – adamantly denied by the White House – was designed to portray a false link between Hussein’s regime and al Qaeda as a justification for the Iraq war.The author also claims that the Bush administration had information from a top Iraqi intelligence official “that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq – intelligence they received in plenty of time to stop an invasion.”The letter’s existence has been reported before, and it had been written about as if it were genuine. It was passed in Baghdad to a reporter for The (London) Sunday Telegraph who wrote about it on the front page of Dec. 14, 2003, under the headline, “Terrorist behind September 11 strike ‘was trained by Saddam.’”The Telegraph story by Con Coughlin (which, coincidentally, ran the day Hussein was captured in his “spider hole”) was touted in the U.S. media by supporters of the war, and he was interviewed on NBC's "Meet the Press."

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GOP Voting Registration 'TANKS' In Several Critical States

While the implications of the changing landscape for Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain are far from clear, voting experts say the registration numbers may signal the beginning of a move away from Republicans that could affect local, state and national politics over several election cycles

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McCain To Clinton Backer: 'Your Reward Will Be in Heaven'

John McCain has criticized Barack Obama supposed presumptuousness frequently. Last week, a McCain ad suggested Obama is styling himself the new Messiah. But who's really playing the God card? First McCain's campaign came out with this poster. Now he's telling Clinton voters that support him over Obama that they'll be thanked in the afterlife

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What is at stake in November's election

Well, we, in Michigan, have had another primary election, by the time this letter reaches the newspaper. If this election is anything like the previous primary elections, most Michiganders will not have bothered to vote (so much for "democracy"!!). Ironically, many of these same people will be surprised and disappointed at their choices on the ballot in November.

Presently, we face many serious problems in Michigan (and in the nation) and the November election should be important to the nation i.e. to Everyone. We face problems ranging from unemployment, home foreclosures, poverty, lack of affordable health care, many who lack any health insurance, high energy prices, high food prices, declining public education and declining manufacturing in the economy.

Let me say, at this point, that simple tax cutting will not solve these problems. If this were the case, President Ronald Reagan and Governor Engler had fixed this long ago with their slashing of tax rates. No, tax cuts to the wealthy and truly unneedy are not the answer. We have tried that and it has failed.

Now, things in Washington D.C. are fundamentally wrong and, if it is possible, getting worse. The “system”, as they say, is broken; badly broken. The system is awash in money and cronyism (not, of coures, in votes or the voices of “we, the people”). The money which controls Washington is from powerful special interests (multi-national corporations, the defense industry, big media, foreign governments and the rich etc..). The indictment of Senator Stevens is just the tip of the corruption iceberg. Hopefully the election in November will bring about big and much needed change in Washington. All the branches of government – the White House, the Congress, the federal administration and even the courts – need new faces and better leadership.

If there is no change in Washington in 2009 – i.e. the election of John McCain who will continue Bush’s failing policies and a Congress which is split down the middle and for the most part deadlocked and ineffective – the nation will continue on its path of decline, morally, economically and intellectually.

Matthew Bumpus just died for a Government that abandoned him

Please share this outrage! He served in the US Army for 8 years and 9 months. Staff Sergeant, Command Section Sergeant and Stryker Vehicle Commander; and was in Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment. He was exposed to radiation in Iraq. The V.A. repeatedly denied him. Please read his story. He leaves behind his wife and two sons.

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Allen Raymond, "How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Rep

Allen Raymond talks about his experience as a Republican political consultant and his involvement in a plan to jam the phone lines of New Hampshire Democrats during the state's 2002 U.S. Senate election. Mr. Raymond served three months in federal prison for telephone harrassment. C-SPAN's Washington Journal on January 25, 2008.

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Allen Raymond, "How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Rep

Allen Raymond talks about his experience as a Republican political consultant and his involvement in a plan to jam the phone lines of New Hampshire Democrats during the state's 2002 U.S. Senate election. Mr. Raymond served three months in federal prison for telephone harrassment. C-SPAN's Washington Journal on January 25, 2008.

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John McCain is a racist

This is explosive. The mainstream media needs to pick this up. If Doug Thompson heard these things when he was a Republican insider from McCain there have to be others who did and who are willing to speak out now.

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Vital unresolved anthrax questions and ABC News

A top U.S. Government scientist, suspected of the anthrax attacks, commits suicide. ABC News knows who is responsible for false reports blaming those attacks on Iraq, but refuses to say

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1 Month After 9/11, McCain Said Anthrax ‘May Come From Iraq'

On October 18, 2001, McCain appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman. When asked how the war in Afghanistan was progressing, McCain volunteered that the invasion of Iraq would be the “second phase” of the War on Terror. He preyed on the public’s fear at the time by claiming that the anthrax “may have come from Iraq”:

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Make McCain Disavow His Dishonest Obama Ad

Senator McCain,The Washington Post, The New York Times and your friend, Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, agree that your latest ad was a distortion of fact.We demand that you disavow your dishonest ad and pledge never to run it again.

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Joe Klein: I was wrong to call McCain an honorable man

In attacking Obama's character, McCain has trashed his own maverick, decency brand, and he may not be able to get it back.

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McCain Planned To Attack Obama If He Visited Troops Abroad

What the McCain campaign doesn't want people to know, according to one GOP strategist I spoke with over the weekend, is that they had an ad script ready to go if Obama had visited the wounded troops saying that Obama was using wounded troops as campaign props. So, no matter which way Obama turned, McCain had an Obama bashing ad ready.

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GOP congressman hints at support for sending Rove to Jail

Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Karl Rove in contempt of Congress. On MSNBC yesterday, Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), breaking with his party, said he believes Rove should be forced to testify. “Let him explain his involvement, if any, in this Don Siegelman case.”

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Anthrax scientist allegedly commits suicide as FBI closes in

WASHINGTON -- A top U.S. biodefense researcher apparently committed suicide just as the Justice Department was about to file criminal charges against him in the anthrax attacks on U.S. Senators Daschle (D-S.D.) and Leahy (D-Vt.) in the weeks following the Sept. 11, 2001, terroristic attacks and leading up to the passage of the "Patriot" Act.

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Judge rules Bush aides can be subpoenaed

A federal judge has sided with Congress in its fight with the Bush administration over whether top White House aides can be subpoenaed by Congress. U.S. District Judge John Bates said there's no legal support for that stance. He refused to throw out the case and said the aides can be subpoenaed.

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Ron Paul Followers Vow Fight at Convention

Dueling delegations pitting Ron Paul's Nevada supporters against those of John McCain vow to take their fight to the Republican National Convention. That's just one sign that the outsider, Internet-fueled movement led by the feisty Republican congressman from Texas remains afloat in the wake of McCain's victory in the GOP primaries.

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