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To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (64967)	5/10/2006 11:44:06 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Centrists have a point, being strong on defense is mandatory for being elected president. Remember, Bush's entire 2004 smear job on Kerry was centered around the myth that democrats are "weak on defense". Sounds idiotic considering Kerry's military expertise, but that's the GOP's primary weapon against any democrat. Too liberal/weak on defense. So you have to be prepared to counter it. A red-state senator like Bayh, for instance, understands that his constituents are real flag-wavers. And he wants those swing-voters to vote democrat this time. There is room in the Dem party for both strong centrists and strong progressives (or many inbetween) as well as some conservatives too. We don't want to be fighting amongst each other now. It's the rightwing which is the enemy, not one wing of the Dem party or the other.

To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (64967)	5/10/2006 12:08:33 PM
From: Rarebird	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Bush calls terror fight WWIII From correspondents in Washington 06may06 heraldsun.news.com.au "US President George W. Bush has said the September 11 revolt of passengers against their hijackers on board Flight 93 had struck the first blow of "World War III". In an interview with the financial news network CNBC, Mr Bush said he had yet to see the recently released film of the uprising, a dramatic portrayal of events on the United Airlines plane before it crashed in a Pennsylvania field. But he said he agreed with the description of David Beamer, whose son Todd died in the crash, who in a Wall Street Journal commentary last month called it "our first successful counter-attack in our homeland in this new global war, World War III". Mr Bush said: "I believe that. I believe that it was the first counter-attack to World War III. "It was, it was unbelievably heroic of those folks on the airplane to recognize the danger and save lives," he said. Flight 93 crashed on the morning of September 11, 2001, killing the 33 passengers, seven crew members and four hijackers, after passengers stormed the cockpit and battled the hijackers for control of the aircraft. The president has repeatedly praised the heroism of the passengers in fighting back and so launching the first blow of what he usually calls the "war on terror". In 2002, then-White House spokesman Ari Fleischer explicitly declined to call the hunt for Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda group and its followers "World War III"."