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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PartyTime who wrote (530282)	1/27/2004 12:22:55 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

While in command of Swift Boat 44, Kerry and crew operated without prudence in a Free Fire Zone, carelessly firing at targets of opportunity racking up a number of enemy kills and some civilians. His body count included-- a woman, her baby, a 12 year-old boy, an elderly man and several South Vietnamese soldiers. "It is one of those terrible things, and I'll never forget, ever, the sight of that child," Kerry later said about the dead baby. "But there was nothing that anybody could have done about it. It was the only instance of that happening. Kerry said he was appalled that the Navy's ''free fire zone'' policy in Vietnam put civilians at such high risk.

To: PartyTime who wrote (530282)	1/27/2004 4:39:24 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 769670

FRAUD: The Strategy Behind the Bush Lies and Why the Media Didn't Tell You buzzflash.com As the book jacket notes: "At some point, George W. Bush took a good long look at who he was and what he wanted for the country and decided that the American people would never buy it if he gave it to them straight." So Bush and his political machine made their decision: the American people would have to be lied to. They would construct a persona that would be everything Bush was not. They would take the same reactionary agenda and cloak it in comforting catchphrases and pleasing visuals, presenting to the public a false image of sympathy. And they would repeat this message endlessly. The power of the fraud lies in the ability of the Bush machine to manipulate the press, and thereby avoid having the truth exposed. Waldman’s findings reveal an astonishing record of how the nation’s media has not only given Bush a pass again and again, but have failed to follow up on even the most openly dishonest parts of the Bush agenda." Paul Waldman is the past associate director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and holds a Ph.D. in communications. This book is like an unexpected and belated Christmas gift for anyone who wants to understand how a fraudulent presidency was created, put in power and sustained by a compliant media.