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An Illustrated Guide to Mendacity and Folly in the Imperium Americanum

One Thing You Can Say About This Crowd–They NEVER Get Tired Of Repeating Themselves

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(USA Today)Osama bin Laden’s followers mark his 50th birthday on the Web

(Reuters) Democrats cancel Fox News debate

(AP) Obama not riled by Fox chief’s word play

Roger Ailes, former Republican campaign adviser and present Faux News CEO and Chairman, made this joke at the Radio Television News Directors Association and Foundation dinner: “And it is true that Barack Obama is on the move. I don’t know if it’s true that President Bush called Musharraf and said, ‘Why can’t we catch this guy?'” The Democrats are glad to have an excuse not to appear on Faux. But, if you ignore the fact that Ailes is trying to run that Obama/Osama business into the ground, the joke could really be about how stupid Bush is. But I wouldn’t push it that far. Given the bias of Ailes and his so-called News Network, it’s another attempt to exploit the similarity of the names and make Barack Obama look like a foreigner and a terrorist