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Day: September 30, 2004

  • Bush vs. Reality

    BUSH vs. REALITY
    BUSH: Mixed messages are bad for our troops, efforts in war on terror.

    REALITY
    Mixed Messages on Winning the War on Terror
    “Can’t Win The War On Terror” Asked “Can we win [the war on terror]?” Bush said, “I don’t think you can win it. But I think you can create conditions so that the – those who use terror as a tool are less acceptable in parts of the world.” [NBC, “The Today Show,” 8/30/04]

    Mixed Messages on Osama Bin Laden
    QUESTION: Do you want bin Laden dead?
    BUSH: I want justice. And there’s an old poster out west, that I recall, that said, “Wanted, Dead or Alive.” [Bush Remarks, 9/17/01, emphasis added]

    BUSH: “And [Osama Bin Laden is] just – he’s a person who has now been marginalized. His network is — his host government has been destroyed. He’s the ultimate parasite who found weakness, exploited it, and met his match…So I don’t know where he is. Nor — you know, I just don’t spend that much time on him really, to be honest with you. I…I truly am not that concerned about him.” [Bush Remarks, 3/13/02]

    Mixed Messages on Protecting the Homeland
    Bush Thought Homeland Security Cabinet Position Was “Just Not Necessary” And Blocked Its Creation.  In October 2001, White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said Bush opposed creating Office of Homeland Security position for Ridge. “[T]he president has suggested to members of Congress that they do not need to make this a statutory post, that he [Ridge] does not need Cabinet rank, for example, there does not need to be a Cabinet-level Office of Homeland Security is because there is such overlap among the various agencies, because every agency of the government has security concerns,” Fleischer said. [White House Press Briefing, 10/24/01]

  • AP news writes the future!

    Apfakenews_2
    Wonkette has an interesting link about an article written before the debate in the past tense.

    I guess AP has already decided the outcome!

    I put together this screenshot.

    Original images from here.

  • Big Day for Blogging.

    It is often said that these “debates” are won after the debates actually take place. The media decides who wins the debate in the days after. As Paul Krugman puts it is that “whatever happens in Thursday’s debate, cable news will proclaim President Bush the winner.” I think tonight the blogosphere will have a large say in who actually “won” the debate. There will be a full fledged war after the debate in the blogosphere. The Bush team seems to be doing a better job of equipping its blog soldiers. The Bush team has created a “debate feed” so that all of the consevrative bloggers out there can put up “debate facts” live on their blogs courtesy of G-Dub’s team. Wired has an interesting article about this. Where are the weapons for the Kerry supporter blogs? Where are the nerds when you need em? Why isn’t the Kerry team mobilizing the bloggers?

    Some 50 million people are going to be watching the debate tonight. What will be interesting is comparing the post debate coverage in terms of TV vs print vs blogs. I mean someone has to tell these people who won. It will be interesting to see who says what and how they say it. I really want the blogs to assert their influence this evening and in the days to come, not only so Kerry can win but because I just like the idea of more people participating in the political process.

    If you want to follow the blogosphere live you can use Feedster, Blogdex, Technorati to name a few.

    BTW, you can read the rulebook for the debate here. (pdf) Its pretty funny.

    Links of Note yo.

    A debate briefing for G-Dub.

    10 secrets they dont want you to know about the debates.

    Bush’s top ten flip flops.

    What can be learned from debates of the past?

    Fact Check the debate.

    Voter’s info guide.

    Also of Note:

    Kyoto might actually happen…

    Update:

    Kerry does have a rapid response center.