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See it at Slant Point and check his endorsement of President Bush.
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By way of responding to Sen. McCain’s remarks about his vile film, propagandist/gourmand Michael Moore chooses to lie by non sequitur:
The Academy Award-winning documentary maker pointed out that “Fahrenheit 9-11″ did not argue that Iraq was an oasis of peace. Instead, Moore noted, his film suggested that the Bush Administration stretched the truth when it [...]

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I really enjoyed the opening night of the Republican Convention. The folks are clearly in an up-beat mood, with the President rising in the polls as the convention opens, and the opposition doing their part in the streets to make the contrast sharper for the undecideds. McCain gave a great speech making a point that [...]

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So a couple of French journalists have been taken hostage by Al Qaeda forces in Iraq in order to pressure France to revoke ban on Muslim head scraves:

But Prime Minister Prime Minister Ayad Allawi of Iraq said bluntly that the kidnapping proved that France’s position on Iraq ? presumably its opposition to the war and [...]

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Lefty columnist Marc Cooper is dismayed by the Naomi Klein piece romanticizing Al Sadr in The Nation:

Sadness. More sadness than anger is what overcame me when I read the latest Nation magazine column by Naomi Klein. I?ll grant it has a catchy title: ?From Najaf to New York.? But this column by Klein, who [...]

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DNC talking points blogs Atrios and Marshall are all a-goggle over a video featuring disgraced Texas politician Ben Barnes, who claims to be the guy who got W. a spot in the National Guard. There are a couple of things to know about Ben, who is known in Texas as “Horny Ben” due to his [...]

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OK, here’s a test: assume a male public official has sexual relations with a woman who works in his office. He then lies about it in order to keep this job, and cuts off the affair. No charges are filed.
Is the Democratic Party response to this event: A) circle the wagons to protect the man [...]

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Team USA is out of the gold medal competition in basketball after losing to Argentina in the semi-finals. While the game featured more of the dubious officiating that’s marred the games, the main problem for Team USA was its lack of outside shooting and dominant inside play. These things were directly caused by the NBA [...]

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Evidence that LSD causes permanent brain damage.
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The latest ad from Swiftvets deals with Kerry’s “secret Cambodian mission”, a mission so secret that nobody on the boat knew it was happening but the candidate. It’s pretty devastating because it features an actual crew member of Kerry’s boat. I suppose this “secret mission” must tell us something about Kerry’s “secret plan” to [...]