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To: LindyBill who wrote (76323)	10/10/2004 6:59:58 PM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Respond to of 793776

Bush Leads Kerry in ABC Poll; Zogby Poll Shows Tie (Update1) Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush led John Kerry by 4 percentage points in an ABC News poll, and they were tied in a Reuters/Zogby International poll, both conducted over a period that included the second debate between the two men. Bush is supported by 50 percent of likely voters, compared with 46 percent for Kerry, the four-term U.S. senator from Massachusetts, according to the ABC survey taken Oct. 6-9. The candidates participated in the second of three debates Oct. 8. Kerry, 60, and Bush, 58, were about even

To: LindyBill who wrote (76323)	10/10/2004 7:00:47 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793776

Lots of angry bloggers out there on this issue. A Collection of thoughts blog. Unfit To Be A Reviewer Steve Sherman sends: EVERYONE should immediately email a copy of this letter with their endorsement, or their own letter, to: Their email list books@nytimes.com public@nytimes.com (NYT's ombudsman) Sam2598@aol.com (NYT's Book Review section Editor) Their local newspaper if it reprints the NYT's book review of Unfit For Command Susannah Meadows' review of Unfit For Command should be embarrassing to the New York Times. Unfortunately, she lacks both military and investigative experience. Her review just parrots the Kerry campaign's impugning of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, but offers no facts or analysis, and reflects no knowledge of the details revealed by actual investigators. Her sole venture into the facts is to say that "Navy records have discredited the book's claim that Kerry lied to get his Bronze Star and third Purple Heart." The Navy did state that the medals were issued at the proper levels of command and that it is not looking further into the matter. But Judicial Watch stands ready to challenge the Navy's avoidance. She ignores the fact that more than sixty men who witnessed Kerry's actual actions have signed sworn affidavits citing false claims in the reports authored by Kerry. Tom Lipscomb's Chicago Sun-Times articles have proven that Kerry authored the misleading "After Action Report," which was integral to his award of the Bronze Star and third Purple Heart. William Dobbs at the Washington Post also investigated the Bronze Star and third Purple Heart, concluding that the story raised additional questions and that further investigation was blocked by Kerry's failure to fully release relevant documents. What the non-veteran commentators fail to appreciate is the expectation of integrity from both officers and enlisted personnel (unlike journalists and politicians) and the collective concern regarding Kerry's demonstrated lack of integrity in his actions during and after the war. Unlike Kerry's accounts, the Swiftees' rebuttal resonates with Vietnam veterans. Indeed, the attorney at the Beldarblog challenged the entire internet to prove a single "unsubstantiated" charge in Unfit For Command, and found no one able to do so. In the remaining five paragraphs of the review, Ms. Meadows asserts that Swift Boat Veterans' anger toward Kerry is not to be trusted. She maintains that Kerry did not heap false calumny on all Vietnam veterans in his 1971 testimony, but just repeated what others said. Anyone can read the news reports of 1971 and know that is untrue. They can listen to any POW held in Hanoi in 1971 and know that it is untrue. Kerry knew that many of the vets he cited had not served in Vietnam or otherwise and their yarns have subsequently been proven false. Veterans have the insight and maturity to see through the continuing, self-defeating slurs and lies touted by Kerry. Ms. Meadows is apparently not embarrassed by her incompetent review. But the New York Times should be. It is regrettable that the newspaper of note would not adopt a new watchword: "I've Just Begun to Investigate!". Very respectfully submitted, Steve Sherman 5th Special Forces Group 1967-68, presently Archivist/Historian for Special Forces in SE Asia. 2314 Cheshire Lane Houston, TX 77018 713-683-9076 Bud Barnes Lieutenant Commander, US Navy Retired, a former Navy Seawolf helicopter gunship pilot providing close air support to the Swift Boats in the lower Ca Mau Peninsula, 1969. PO Box 241541 Little Rock, AR 72223 501-960-7248 Mssrs Barnes and Sherman have been identifying and locating personnel involved in these operations and not heretofore mentioned in the media. jenmartinez.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (76323)	10/10/2004 7:26:22 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793776

Front page and caused by FA when the Socialist win in Spain. Page 34 and caused by domestic policy when the socialists lose in Australia. Proof of WaPo Bias My fellow contributor John Rosenberg notes below that today's Washington Post buried the re-election victory of Australia's John Howard on page A-34. As Glenn Reynolds also remarked: AFTER WHAT THE AGE CALLS JOHN HOWARD'S "THUMPING VICTORY" in an Australian election that was run in no small part as a referendum on the war, it's interesting to see how little play it's getting in U.S. media ... If Howard had lost, however, I suspect it would be getting a lot of attention, and advanced as evidence that the war was going badly, Bush can't keep allies, etc., etc. That's not just idle speculation. See for yourself the Washington Post's front page story of March 15, 2004: "Spanish Socialists Oust Party of U.S. War Ally" MADRID, March 14 -- Spaniards voted Sunday to remove the party of Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar from power, apparently blaming his staunch support of the U.S.-led war in Iraq for the bombings that killed 200 people in Madrid on Thursday. While opinion polls taken before the attacks had given Aznar's Popular Party a comfortable lead, voters overwhelmingly endorsed candidates from the opposition Socialist Party, whose leader, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, has promised to immediately withdraw Spain's 1,300 troops from Iraq, redirect Spain's foreign policy away from the United States and restore good relations with such European allies as France and Germany that had opposed the Iraq war. Posted by Stefan Sharkansky