The Boogeyman’ll Getcha!

(AP) Cheney Questions Kerry’s Judgment on Iraq

“‘The idea that somehow we could pull back and simply sit behind our oceans and not aggressively be going after the terrorists and those who sponsor terrorists, I think misreads the situation completely,’ Cheney said.” Cheney still lives in his fantasy world where people actually still believe his BS. I, for one, would be glad to have a leader who DIDN’T go off half-cocked to murder people on suspicion…is that strength or is that weakness?

Ensuring That Bush Looks As Tall As Kerry

(Miami Herald) For the Bush-Kerry debate, first, call all the lawyers

Making Up The Facts To Fit The Spin–The New Objectivity

(AP) Bush Twists Kerry’s Words on Iraq

Without giving any examples, the article puts this spin on the proceedings…”It was not unlike the spin that Kerry and his forces sometimes place on Bush’s words.” Some two hours later, an anonymous editor added this additional spin:

Bush, Kerry Twisting Each Other’s Words

Now, is this journalism or is it spinning the truth as well, downplaying the thrust of the article (which was not the “spin” Bush put on Kerry’s words, but the LIE he twisted them into), so as to say, “So what, they’re both doing the same thing?” when it’s obvious that ONE is doing it to a degree that goes so far beyond the ethical pall, it staggers the mind?