August 13th, 2008

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Revisiting the Russia/Iraqi WMD story…

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

As Russian troops march through Georgia, does anyone recall this set of stories from a couple years ago:

Russia tied to Iraq’s missing arms

Photos point to removal of weapons

Pentagon ousts official who tied Russia, Iraq arms

Ex official: Russia moved Iraq’s WMD

And yet none of this was ever reported on by mainstream media sources. Considering the source on all this was a Deputy Undersecretary of Defense who was responsible for overseeing the search for WMDs, I think this trumps the John Edwards situation as an example of the media blowing a major story…

John Kerry: We are bored with you (again).

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

I had the pleasure of recieving an email from Massachusett’s second finest today:

Pick up the New York Times this morning and read the headline: “Book on Obama Hopes to Repeat Anti-Kerry Feat.”

Yes, Jerome Corsi, the right wing fringe author who made his bones smearing the Catholic Church and lying about my military record, is back atop the best seller list with an anti-Obama book chock full of lies.

If your blood isn’t boiling yet, read this: “This is a fact: Today Barack Obama is subject to what is probably the greatest concentrated attacks of smears, lies and innuendo in the lifetime of anyone who reads these words.”

Those are the words of Brent Budowsky in Editor and Publisher. He knows what he’s talking about.And it’s not just Barack: up and down the ticket and all across the country, the rightwing smear machine is ramping up attacks on Democrats.

We’ve seen this movie before. The Republicans, without ideas, start running a negative campaign filled with personal attacks and misleading ads. The attacks get condemned, but they get lots of attention and get played on TV endlessly.

We’ve got to fight every way we can. I’m going on television and the radio pushing back every chance I get - just like I did on MSNBC a few days go - but I need your help.

Lied about your military service?  I don’t recall you defending yourself or releasing your service records so that they could be vetted.  And I have to say that Brent Budowski (that sounds made up) probably made a slight overstatement in his above quote.  And John, how brave of you to go on MSNBC and defend Barry.  How about some other outlets?  Maybe one that isn’t an official campaign operation for Obama?
John, you lost an election against an unpopular president who was waging an unpopular war while a republican congress was spending us into oblivion.  Even the democrat vote-rigging machine couldn’t put you over the top.  In short, John, you suck.  And the country is more bored with you now than they were four years ago.