Even veterans from CBS join the chorus

The longer Rather protests, the clearer it appears that the reason he is stonewalling is because he will have to expose the Kerry camp for passing on the fraudulent documents. Given his years in the business, you would think Rather would let them twist in the wind for playing him for the dupe. Unless he was complicit in the fraud . . . anyway, Schieffer has joined in.

Endorsements

Tomorrow is primary day in NY. Here are my endorsements:

For US Congress Paul ClarkHe has a solid record in West Seneca and he is running on his own. He has held real jobs in his life, and so he know what it is like. His biggest opponent Brian Higgins, is better than many in the Assembly, and he at least had the guts to stand up to Silver, but show us you can get results at the state level before you go for the promotion.

Fran Cartonia over Louise Slaughter - Slaughter has done everything she can to stifle this token opposition.

NY State Senate

Although there is no favorite here, Byron Brown over challenger Al Coppola, although Al scores points for a flashier web site. Both of these men have held this office to no result. I go with Brown strictly because of seniority, although it looks like he will bail next year and run for Mayor anyway.

NY State Assembly

146th Tom Casey over Hoak, Schroeder and Sullivan.
Casey has keyed in on the right issue - Schools. The others are just mouthpieces hoping to inherit the next promotion.

144 Golombekover Sam Hoyt. Golombek is a bright light among dim bulbs on the council, and Sam has watched as jobs and employers have left NY in large numbers.

Whoever you vote for, VOTE.

Another "Neo Con" Bastion?

Rather's story is hanging by a frayed thread.

There is no longer any doubt

Clearly the CBS documents are forgeries. It is time for Rather and Viacom to come clean and for Rather to sign off with Brokaw.

Bush Stays above the Fray

The White House is playing things perfectly when it comes to the CBS Phony memo controversy. First of all, there has never been allegations (by anyone rational) that Bush asked for special treatment other than to serve out his last few months in Alabama rather than Texas. So, even if the memos were genuine, it wouldn't mean anything.

Clearly, Rather's house of cards is really starting to fall apart. It is now appearing that Viacom and CBS are circling their wagons in earnest. They asked a handwriting expert for his opinion on typewriters. They got corroboration from a Guard member, but it turns outthey misled him.

INDC shows that the Kerry apologists at the Boston Globe have also gotten into the mess, misquoting an expert. Clearly Globe and Viacom are interested in this thing being considered a closed case.

It is evident that Kerry, Rather, and the liberal mainstream press will continue to kvetch. Ed Gillespie warns that the Libs will getmore and more desparate.

It may not matter especially as the Bush lead appears solid and 52 days left.

More convinced now than before

Given Dan Rather's awkward and weak defense and the challenges laid out for him to back up his flimsy story I am more convinced now than ever that CBS and Viacom are circling their wagons to protect whatever credibility CBS news has left.

WFTV.com - News - Woman Test-Driving Car Finds Python Under The Hood

I keep hearing this hissing sound from under the hood...

WBAP News/Talk 820 - The News & Talk of Texas

This is no suprise - clearly Barnes was a fraud and a Kerry pawn. Kind of sad though . . .

My favorite anagram - Michael Moore = Hear me: I'm loco!

So, Edwards thinks that Bush shouls discuss his National Guard records from 30 years ago, including what appear to be forged documents, yet he doesn't think that Kerry should release his own service records? Please.

You can expect I will milking this excuse for my moodiness. now!

If this story is true - it could bring down Kerry and Viacom as well!

If this is true, and Kerr's people are involved this could bring down Kerry and Viacom!

55 days left - let's hope the lead can hold and that the press can move toward some level of objectivity. Who am I kidding?

At least this is an op-ed piece, but what world is this guy living in? Will there ever be a smimilar article in the NYT that actually looks even somewhat objectively to the charges of SVT?

A new twist to man bites dog.

A little late to be pre-emptive nowisn't it Vladimir?

Gee, what is he afraid they will ask? The more they try to focus on Bush's time in the guard, the more legitimacy they are giving to the questions raised by the SwiftVets. Why won't Kerry release his records?

Now it looks like even Kerry's apologist is joining the choir calling for Kerry to release his records. You would think that a biographer would have asked for that some time ago . . .

When will the pack of 500 get it? They waste their energy with lame story lines comparingKerry to Dukakis while to this day the fail to examine
these charges as if by ignoring them they will go away. Where are the calls for Kerry to sign form 180?

The mainstream press have once again missed the boat. Instead of focusing on "the scream" during the early primaries, they should have been vetting this guy.

Can someone explain to me how"a man of the cloth"can say something like this?

Watch this video and tell me - why hasn't the kerry campaign responded specifically to this request to come clean over his viet nam experience. Absent Kerry signing the Form 180, you can't expect that this controversy will go away.

Ben Barnes is a Kerry Shill and has no credibility.

Still seems too good to be true.

Wow, for $1 can you guess Doug Turner's political leanings? first, read the way Turner describes Kerry's speech and then compare it to the way he describes the President's speech. Kerry is the "Democratic Senator from Massachusetts" while Bush is "the conservative Reupublican". In fact, you won't find the word liberal in Turner's article, but in addition to being the "conservative Republican" he also is trying to increase turnout among "his conservative base".

The President has "approval ratings (that) have scarcely budged over 50 points over the last six months"
(don't mind that they are currently at 54%) the fact that Kerry's favorability numbers are not mentioned is interesting.

Finally, Turner includes a quote from Kerry slamming the President in his story covering the President's speech, but offers no counterpoint when shilling oops covering the challenger.

Doug - time to follow George borelli and Murray light into the long good night.

WOW!! I am a little skeptical of the size of the Bush lead but it is still exciting nonetheless.

I have to ell you, I have a new hero. Although I loved Zell Miller's convention speech, I enjoyedwatching him eat Chris Matthews lunch even more!

As this stuff keeps coming, you have to wonder why the Kerry people don't simply come clean with his records. This "death by a thousand cuts" can't be in his best interest. The only plausible answer seems to be that the records will reflect poorly on the candidate.

I think Donn Esmonde is either naive or disingenuous if he thinks Joel Giambra would gain public support for being contrite. A question no one seems to be asking is "Since when is a grand jury, made up of retired steelworkers, elementary school teachers, plumbers and hairdressers, suddenly looked at as a source of credible management consulting advice?

Sheldon Silver should go, and so should any local politician who supports him. Frankly, the same is true for anyone who supports Bruno for that matter. The one thing I admire most about Brian Higgins is that he had the guts to stand up to Sheldon Silver while Sam Hoyt chickened out.

Does anyone in Buffalo feel somehow more at ease now that the Buffalo Controller, who couldn't seem to notice the city sinking into bankruptcy is now going to audit the control board's whopping $1.2 million budget? How about auditing the number of city vehicles, mileage reimbursements for council members, etc.? This is a joke!

The Chicago Sun Times has written perhaps what is the first article that looks at the accusations made by the Swift Boat Veterans for truth without attacking the messengers. The message has not made its way too far into the mainstream, however it is getting harder and harder for the Kerry people to look credible.

Like a beautiful but poorly made cashmere sweater with a few strings hanging from it, witha few tugs and the whole thing begins to fall apart.

Which of the "two Americas" do Edwards and Kerry live in?

Apparently not one of those "elusive" foreign leaders . . .

If only John Kerry were even half a man. Yeah, it is the Bush campaign that is negative. Be a man and rebut the critics. And while you are at it, tell us all who the war criminals were, 30 years later . . .

Wow! So Janet Jackson was conspiring with the President to distract attention from Iraq? Seems more plausible that she was using her nipple to distract attention from her and her brother's struggling careers.

Kerry's whining about the collusion of the Bush Campaign is laughable, particularly giventhe clear connectionbetween Kerry Edwards and Billionaires like Soros and the Kerry 527 groups. Rather than address the issues, Kerry continues to try to deflect discussion to attacks on the President and on the 250 honorable veterans that disput Kerry's twisted version of history.

Perhaps this explains Kerry's remark about friends from other countries wanting to see him elected.

John Kerry, for all his "nuance", is really quite simple minded. When a group of 250 heroes question his version of history, he can only respnd like the slow witted child on the playground, and rather than address the argument belittle the accusers. And then, trying to change the subject, opens himself up to a comparison with a real leader.

I wish SOMEONE from the "Pack of 500" WH press corps would actually look into the allegations. I surely don't know whether I believe Kerry's arm wound was self inflicted or not. These Vets, who served with honor, are asking that Kerry set the record straight by signing form 180 giving the press and the public access to his military records. Why he doesn't I am not sure. After being pressed by Russert, Bush made all of his records public.

I don't think it helps Kerry too much when he and his surrogates attack the attackers without offering a rebuttal of substance. I think the charges are starting to get traction. Unfit for Command sold out at Media Play back home ( A Blue Town in a Blue State) while My Life sits on the shelves. The book is #1 on Amazon and just came out.

I am troubled by someone whose >"vivid recollection" of Christmas eve places him in an entirely different country than where he was. If you have these kind of hallucinations, I am not sure you are fit for being around sharp objects, let alone "the button".

His retreat on his senate floor speech about "Christmas in Cambodia" may have the appearance of blood in the water to those who heretofore have seemed to sleepwalk through their coverage of KE04.

For a taste of how the "mainstream is treating the story, check out:

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/000418.htm

This "contradiction" and Thurlow's reaction make his story even more beleiveable, IMHO.

Although there has been a lot of blather about condemning the SwiftVets, I have not seen anything from the Kerry camp that disputesany of their substantive charges.

It's not "dirty campaigning" if it is true.

I find this story troubling and although I am not surprised, I find it odd that the media are paying it very little attention. This article is from a blogger, but "the pack of 500" have yet to write anything of substance on this topic.

Given the current state of the media, this is like saying someone is "the most trusted trial lawyer in America".

This is a really good example of the media bias.

Sorry for the hiatus. This is an interetsing piece on media the issue of media bias.

President Bush is clearly calling Senator Kerry out. After watching this video I don't expect we will get any answers from the Senator.

Can this guy possibly be serious? Remember - this is the station that admitted being an apologist for Saddam! CNN is slipping in the ratings because of their slanted coverage along with strange statements like Pasons'.

Hey! This Boston Globe reporter is clearly not biased the way those rabid Fox people are.

Hey! Outta my way lady!! I've got issues to obfuscate!

Hey! Outta my way lady!! I've got issues to obfuscate!

This would be the best solution I have heard regarding the attack ads from Swiftvets, ACT, Move-on, etc.- President Bush's suggestion

What would the NY Times say about Bill O'Reilly if he commented that somone isn't Black in the usual way?" (washingtonpost.com)

Thank God we now know what "The Boss" thinks about politics. I was afraid I would have to make up my mind reading about the facts and listening to economists and social scientists. SOmeone ought to point out to the Boss that he's the guy living in the Mansion on the Hill.

Is there anyone out there who really wants to vote for the candidate endorsed by Bruce, Howard Stern, Ludacriss, Larry Flynt and Michael Moore?

Perfect! Mr. "Bowling for Columbine", has pulled a "Rosie" according to Spike Lee. Armed guards! I guess guns are OK for some people.

It is tough to reconcile Kerry's recent interest in Religion with


his choice of religious outreach advisor.

Eddie Vedder, Bruce Springsteen and Natalie Maines campaign around McCain Fenigold!

Is it just me, or does it seem curious that in a four day convention, more was said about Kerry's four months in Viet Nam than about his 30 years in the Senate?

Don't look for this story in the Post!news

Separated at birth?

For those youngsters who don't remember . . .

Could this become the equivalent of Dukakis in the tank?

This cracks me up! Can you beleive anyone from the Kennedy campaign would be stupid enough to use this expression?

So which remarks will Kerry repudiate? What are they afraid the public will see if the tape is made available?

Are you kidding me? The guy has all the time in the world to gaze lovingly into John Edwards eyes, and he can't make time to be briefed on the terrorism threat?Looks like neither one on that ticket is ready to be President!: "brief"

OK - there is no liberal bias in the media. Now read This story and tell me if it matches the headline. Might the headline "Bush pulls ahead of Kerry" do a better job of summing up the most important point in the study?

They don't get it.(washingtonpost.com)

Baloney! President Bush is Net-savvy.There- I've said it.

They say you can judge a man by the company he keeps . . .

Finally, CBS has given up on the ruse of trying to appear neutral!

Finally, CBS has given up on the ruse of trying to appear neutral!

Michael Moore is a Big, Fat, Stupid Lying White Man who Bowls

Looks like the BBC is trying to re-establish its credibility!

I think you would probably need to be drunk to vote for some of their clowns!

We may have ever had a more pompous, self absorbed President.

I wish someone could explain to me why this story� may get 1-2 days coverage, but Abu Ghraib prison photos of terrorist suspects forced to wear panties on their head makes the front page of the NY times for something like 40-50 days.

I think the mullets cause people to expect this number to be higher.The Globe and Mail

Another unbiased News Anchor!

Now here is a woman who must have dated some real silver tongued guys . . .Terms of Endearment.

What a tough week for liberals. For union civil servants who got Friday off, but only to honor a man that stood up to them. And pity poor, bloated Jimmy Breslin whose bile has risen so high this week that he cannot see clearly. Mr. Breslin - President Reagan's tax cuts resulted in an Increase in tax revenues.New York City: Reagan should be on a $3 bill Unfortunately Congress was unable to satisfy it hunger to spend, and let expenditure growth exceed revenue growth. And the flaccid policy of containment didn't win anything - not anymore than you can overcome a toothache with Anbesol. It is only when you have the guts to stand up and address the problem head on that the problem can be overcome.

If we are suggezting currency changes perhaps Mr. Breslin can be placed on the 3 Franc note.

It looks like this isn't one of the "world leaders" who support John Kerry. Perhaps it was just a french sounding guy sitting at the International House of Pancakes . . .Yahoo! News - Putin Takes Bush's Side Against Democrats on Iraq

Stirring words.New York Post Online Edition: postopinion

The more things change the more they stay the same . . .January 7, 1946 LIFE Magazine: Americans Are Losing the Victory in Europe

I am sure test scores will go way up and waistlines way down. Good to see they are upt to handling the tough issues facing education!!BostonHerald.com - Local/ Regional News: Duxbury schools banish birthday cupcakes

AThis Billionaire is so out of touch with the real world as to almost be comical. You can almost imagine the conversation - "Let's attack those American dogs! We can either kill thousands of people, or make a few criminals wear panties on their head. Which would be more detructive?"Byron York on George Soros on National Review Online

George Steinbrenner says "If we aren't careful money will ruin baseball!"USATODAY.com - Baseball sells 'Spider-Man' ads on bases, but Yanks balk

This is patently unfair - she doesn't own three SUVs. her family does! It's that right wing conspiracy again!ABCNEWS.com

No comments needed.Bush pauses to comfort teen

Anyone who makes death threats to a cartoonist needs to seek professional help. This Rall guy, however, shows n remorse at all for his poor taste. It is a shame anyone sydicates this guys trash at all.FOXNews.com - Foxlife - Cartoonist Gets Death Threats Over Tillman Cartoon

Your mileage may vary. I scrolled through the whole article and couldn't find anything about people like me who drive a Pacer.MSNBC - Survey finds BMW drivers have more sex

I sure wish that this Ted Rall would have a chance to meet some of Pat Tillman's friends or teammates. MSNBC - Political Humor

I would suggest that if you have a Progressive Insurance policy that you cancel it.MSNBC - Battling over anti-Bush donors

Could there be a better poster child for the opposition than this guy from the CSEA/AFL/CIO?Buffalo News - Sidelined demonstrators passionately push their points

I imagine there are quite a few of those leaders pulling for him: Bin Laden, Castro, Chirac, Schroeder, Putin, Kim Jog Il, etc.My Way - News

And they think Janet JAckson was a spectacle?!Sportal.com.au - Rugby League

While this interview took place 30 years ago, it would be good to hear Kerry repudiate his earlier ill-found beliefs. Frankly, I am more concerned with his current voting record and his seeming lack of any accomplishments in his Senate career.The Harvard Crimson Online :: News

The pizza is on me everybody!The Smoking Gun: Archive