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To: Road Walker who wrote (507567)	8/24/2009 12:14:04 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578689

>> But the most adequate reason is that you don't like the message. I don't like the message but I don't assume it is meaningful or even truthful. If one watched CNN's Michael Ware as a news source in Iraq, one would be utterly ignorant of the facts as they exist on the ground. The same is true about AP press reports, which is essentially the same as al Jazeera. OTOH, the situation is fragile and it has already been [foolishly] broadcast by the administration that a year from now there will be no American presence (rather than allowing the situation to determine this as time proceeds). Time will tell whether the democracy holds.

To: Road Walker who wrote (507567)	8/24/2009 12:50:30 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1578689

KENNEDY'S WISH "Let's be honest. Ted Kennedy's last wish is not about principle. It's about politics," Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi writes. "He said it's about giving Massachusetts voters a voice in Washington. But it's really about giving Senate [Majority Leader] Harry Reid 60 votes on health care reform," the columnist said. "Kennedy did not worry about leaving Massachusetts voiceless in 2004, when he asked lawmakers to repeal a law that gave the governor the power to fill a Senate vacancy. He did not want Gov.Mitt Romney to appoint a Republican if Sen. John Kerry won the White House. Massachusetts legislators did what Kennedy wanted. They passed a new law, calling for a special election within five months of any vacancy. "Now Kennedy is asking those lawmakers to partially reverse themselves and authorize the governor to appoint an interim senator for five months, should he die or resign. His request puts pressure on Gov. [Deval] Patrick and the Democrats who control the legislature. Bay State voters, already angry over tax increases and assorted examples of government incompetence, will view this as another example of raw politics as usual, because that's what it is. "If the governor were a Republican, Kennedy would not be trying to change the law."