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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Captain Jack who wrote (13621)	9/28/2004 9:47:58 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 27181

Florida Officials Shred Jimmy Carter's 'Shockingly Partisan' Lies Florida officials have put the worst president in modern American history in his place. Jimmy Carter's latest paranoid fantasies about the presidential vote – apparently he fears that John Kerry, like Al Gore, might not be able to steal the election – are as botched as his four years of White House malaise, according to officials. "This is a shockingly partisan opinion piece, and it's unfortunate that a person such as the former president is being used by the Democratic Party for low-level political rhetoric," Jacob DiPietre, press secretary for Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, is quoted as saying today in the Washington Times. "It's clear that [Carter] doesn't have his facts straight. The governor believes that it's ironic that someone who has spent so much time and so much energy encouraging faith in the elections of Third World countries would go to such lengthy, partisan extremes to undermine voter confidence in his own country," DiPietre said. Carter, the abettor of Marxist tyrants Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, "made no attempt to get up-to-date information before writing a critical opinion piece and never tried to contact the governor's office or that of Florida Secretary of State Glenda Hood," the Times reported, quoting state officials. 'Lies' Rep. Katherine Harris, who was Florida's secretary of state during Gore's failed coup attempt of 2000, noted that Carter "appears radically misinformed" about election reforms, "or he is seeking to plant the seeds of illegitimacy for any election a Democrat does not win." She said, "Either way, Mr. Carter, who once pledged that he would never lie to us, should avoid spreading the lies of others." The Wall Street Journal in an editorial today wrote of recent attempts of the "heavy-breathing" New York Times and other Democrats to racially exploit an investigation into Democrat vote fraud in Orlando's mayoral election. The Journal recalled, "In June 2001, following a six-month investigation that included subpoenas of Florida state officials from Governor Jeb Bush on down, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights issued a report that found no evidence of voter intimidation, no evidence of voter harassment, and no evidence of intentional or systematic disenfranchisement of black voters." And: "Which leaves the 'stolen election' crowd with these inconvenient facts: In 24 of the 25 Florida counties with the highest ballot spoilage rate, the county supervisor was a Democrat. In the 25th county, the supervisor was an Independent. And as for the 'felon purge list,' the Miami Herald found that whites were twice as likely to be incorrectly placed on the list as blacks." The New York Post observed today in an editorial headlined "Jimmy Carter's War on Democracy": Yes, there are problems. New York elections, for example, are replete with anecdotal evidence suggesting substantial polling irregularities. What do you suppose the odds are Carter will come to town to lecture fellow Democrats on how to hold fair elections? Jimmy Carter seems to have a thing for heavy-handed rulers; before Chavez, there was his affection for North Korea's Stalinist thug, Kim Jong Il. That's between the former president and his conscience, of course. But he would do well to butt out of America's sometimes flawed, but fundamentally fair, electoral processes.

To: Captain Jack who wrote (13621)	9/28/2004 10:09:32 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 27181

More good news:Iraq(AP) - Five men were detained during a raid on a site believed to be used by militants loyal to terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the military said in a statement Tuesday. The men, who were not identified, are “suspected of planning terrorist attacks against innocent civilians and Iraqi and coalition forces,” the statement said. During the raid Tuesday afternoon, troops found an arms cache that included a moped rigged with explosives for use as a bomb, the statement said. Also found were automatic weapons, mortar tubes, mortar base plates, grenades, explosives and blasting caps. While the exact number of weapons was not immediately clear, the military said there were enough there to stage multiple attacks. U.S. forces also bombed a suspected al-Zarqawi hideout in Fallujah on Tuesday. The military claimed that its frequent strikes had taken a toll on the network of the Jordanian-born terror leader. U.S. says civilians unaffected U.S. warplanes struck in Fallujah about 4 a.m., and there was no word on casualties. Early reports showed that no civilians were in the area when the blast went off, the military said. Intelligence reports indicated that the militants targeted in the strike were “rising” associates of al-Zarqawi who were “planning attacks using foreign suicide bombers in vehicles rigged with explosives,” the military said. A new report suggests the war in Iraq is developing as intelligence officials predicted. The military said that weeks of airstrikes in rebel-held Fallujah had exacted a heavy toll on al-Zarqawi’s network and that intelligence indicated that the al-Qaida-linked group had been forced to reorganize its leadership. Al-Zarqawi’s group has claimed responsibility for scores of suicide attacks and kidnappings across the country, as well as the recent beheadings of two Americans. Last week, the death of a top deputy to al-Zarqawi, Abu al-Anas al-Shami, was reported in a U.S. strike just outside Baghdad, and his father confirmed the death. Monday night, U.S. warplanes were spotted over the city and explosions were heard. Residents said they saw a plane firing rockets into the city, but U.S. Marine officers said only illumination rounds were fired. Allawi losing patience Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi warned that a “decisive military solution” might soon be carried out in Fallujah if a political one was not found. “I think we waited more than enough for Fallujah,” Allawi said in an interview that aired Monday night on the Arab television network Al-Arabiya. He indicated that Iraqi security forces would be used in any operation against the city. In other developments: In central Baghdad, U.S. troops and insurgents clashed Tuesday along Haifa Street, an Interior Ministry spokesman said, and a half-dozen explosions rocked the city. Haifa Street, an insurgent stronghold, has been the scene of bloody car bomb attacks, raids and fierce firefights. Dozens of suspected insurgents have been arrested there, including Syrian, Sudanese and Egyptian nationals. U.S. aircraft struck in Baghdad’s Sadr City, the scene of continuing battles with Shiite Muslim militiamen. One Iraqi was killed and three others were injured, said Qassem Saddam of Imam Ali hospital. There was no immediate U.S. military comment. The U.S. military announced the detention of a suspected leader of an insurgent cell during a raid in the northern city of Kirkuk. The man, Hussein Salman Mohammed al-Jbouri, is suspected of leading a cell based in Kirkuk and nearby Hawijah that aligns itself with Ansar al-Sunna, a Sunni Muslim group that has claimed responsibility for the beheading of 12 Nepalese hostages, the military said. Gunmen killed five members of Iraq’s intelligence agency in Basra as they were returning a civilian freed from kidnappers to his family, said Maj. Jasim al-Darraji, an intelligence officer. The man was rescued by Iraqi authorities Monday, and as the agents approached his family’s residence, the gunmen opened fire. Authorities have been able to free 15 hostages in Basra and capture about 30 members of kidnapping gangs in the past two months, al-Darraji said. © 2004 The Associated Press.