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To: LindyBill who wrote (78210)	10/16/2004 11:09:49 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793954

I see Bush's faith is the #1 Talking Point in the MSM & from the DNC this weekend. If you caught any of the DNC smear job you would wonder why they are doing it. It's going to fire up religious conservatives, not turn them away. The smarmyness of their allegations are going to turn off many in the middle too. And I don't see how this is going to fire up the ABB base in larger numbers. So what am I missing? What makes Bush's presidency so radical — even to some Republicans — is his preternatural, faith-infused certainty in uncertain times.

To: LindyBill who wrote (78210)	10/17/2004 12:14:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 793954

>>The nation's founders, smarting still from the punitive pieties of Europe's state religions, were adamant about erecting a wall between organized religion and political authority. This is actually one of those received facts that crumble under closer scrutiny. The "wall" language comes from a letter which Jefferson, a deist, wrote to a friend decades after the Foundation. There is zero evidence that the Founders wanted to set up a wall of separation between church and state when the Constitution was adopted. I mention this, even though I am a fan of separation of church and state, because I don't like to see history mangled to suit present-day expediency. The author doesn't do very well in comprehending George W. Bush's religion, either. But then, he's a leading apparatchik for the ABB campaign. George W. Bush = Osama bin Laden tells you all you need to know.

To: LindyBill who wrote (78210)	10/17/2004 1:22:30 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793954

Re: By RON SUSKIND - NYT Magazine.... We can all email him, with this article cut and pasted into the email, with the note that says: Mr. Suskind: Somehow this pile of stinking dog-doo was left on my front porch in a pile of newspapers from the NYT. I believe it belongs to you. You ought to be ashamed. I looked on our header but while the first link is gone now, the 2nd is still available...BUT he is not listed on the NYT Mag... Does anyone have his email address?

To: LindyBill who wrote (78210)	10/17/2004 1:57:11 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 793954

Looking back at the months directly following 9/11, virtually every leading military analyst seems to believe that rather than using Afghan proxies, we should have used more American troops, deployed more quickly, to pursue Osama bin Laden in the mountains of Tora Bora. Holy $#%^&!!! What planet was he living on? Every "leading military analyst" the NYT printed during this period was wailing about "Afghanistan, death of empires" and "the brutal Afghan winter". They didn't say to put in more troops; they said that putting in any troops was nuts. How stupid do they think we are? As Glenn Reynolds says, the enduring lesson that will be taken from this campaign is just how in-the-tank the MSM have shown themselves to be for the DNC and Kerry.