] "Here I am in the state of New Mexico. George Bush is
] still in the state of denial," Kerry told the supportive
] crowd Sunday. "New Mexico has five electoral votes. The
] state of denial has none. I like my chances."

Well it's a nice turn of a phrase, but doesn't mean he gets the votes...

Yahoo! News - Kerry Says Gas Prices Help Bush's Friends

Nothing really to this one, I just thought it was funny.

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"Mom, when I turn 15, I'm going to Menendez you for doing this to me!"

Yahoo! News - AFP Top Photos

] In remarks published Tuesday, the official, L. Paul
] Bremer, said he arrived in Iraq on May 6, 2003 to find
] "horrid" looting and a very unstable situation %u2014
] throwing new fuel onto the presidential campaign issue of
] whether the United States had sufficiently planned for
] the post-war situation in Iraq.
]
]
] "We paid a big price for not stopping it because it
] established an atmosphere of lawlessness," Bremer said
] during an address to an insurance group in White Sulphur
] Springs, W.Va. The group released a summary of his
] remarks in Washington.
]
]
] "We never had enough troops on the ground," Bremer said,
] while insisting that he was "more convinced than ever
] that regime change was the right thing to do."

Now I'm no fan of Saddam, but let's be real, if what you're looking at as a replacement is worse, you don't take that course of action. If we weren't there right now as someone for the various factions to rally against, Iraq would likely be in the midst of a full blown civil war. As it is, it's a police action that's getting uglier daily. If we'd gone in with more guys, it may have been better. If we'd found a way to eliminate him without invasion, it may have been better. This is likely the worst of all worlds.

And since it's in the same acrticle...

"There are clearly ties between Saddam Hussein's regime and al-Qaida," McClellan said. "There (were) clearly some disturbing similarities that existed as well."

"We know there were senior-level contacts between the regime and al-Qaida — the 9/11 commission documented that," McClellan said.

In fact, the 9/11 report said that while there were "friendly contacts" between Iraq and al-Qaida and a common hatred of the United States, none of these contacts "ever developed into a collaborative relationship."

By the rationale the White House is giving us, they could make the same argument that Time Magazine, which has managed to get an Al-Qaida interview here and there is also linked.

Please go out and vote next month and help see that these dolts aren't running the country.

Yahoo! News - White House Silent on Bremer Troop Request

] Eisenhower, a former U.S. ambassador to Belgium and
] author, was a registered Republican for 50 years -
] until the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq
] "as a maverick," he wrote.
]
]
] "Recent developments indicate that the current Republican
] Party leadership has confused confident leadership with
] hubris and arrogance," he wrote.

Go Eisenhower!

Yahoo! News - Son of GOP President Supports Kerry

] In a decision that could affect Americans abroad who are
] not yet registered to vote in the Nov. 2 presidential
] election, the Pentagon has begun restricting
] international access to the official Web site intended to
] help overseas absentee voters cast ballots.

Overseas and want to vote? Too bad.

IHT: Pentagon blocks site for voters outside U.S.

] "It's a campaign of anger and insult," Kennedy said. "And
] the most egregious examples are the examples of Vice
] President Cheney. When he even goes on to suggest that
] the al-Qaida wants John Kerry to win, that is the most
] outrageous charge. It's the most anti-American -
] it's McCarthyism of the first order."

Yes, he's a bleeding heart liberal. He's also right on the mark with this comment.

Yahoo! News - Kennedy: Bush Makes U.S. More Vulnerable

] The disturbing fact is that a repetition of the problems
] of 2000 now seems likely, even as many other nations are
] conducting elections that are internationally certified
] to be transparent, honest and fair.

Welcome to the Bush America. You'd think with the problems of 4 years ago that Florida would have used the intervening time to get their act together. I'm not going to blame them for not doing it right now, they've had 4 major hurricanes hammer them, but in the intevening period what they've done is abhorrent. They've kept things as they were so they can ensure that they steal an election this time that was a coin toss last time.

Still Seeking a Fair Florida Vote (washingtonpost.com)

] The crumbling Iraqi capital - home to a quarter of
] the country's population - is so dangerous that even
] the location of the U.S. Embassy is kept secret.
]
]
] Open warfare has broken out a few blocks from the
] U.S.-controlled Green Zone, which is regularly pounded by
] insurgent mortar shells.

Mission Accomplished my ass.

Yahoo! News - Iraq Violence Eclipses Rosy Declarations

] Homeland Security officials said Yusuf Islam %u2014
] formerly known as singer Cat Stevens %u2014 will be
] deported Wednesday after being denied entry to the U.S.
] for being on a government watch list.

Yep, let's deport the guy who does "Peace Train." He's a threat to the Bushies desire to blow other people up.

Yahoo! News - Passenger Cat Stevens to Be Deported