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A Few Questions for the Candidates

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Here is Roxanne’s opening:

Dear John Kerry and George “W standing for Women is a lot like Putin standing for Democracy” Bush:
I no longer give a shit about your Vietnam-era exploits. It doesn’t matter to me if you were once a drunk-driving, cocaine-tooting mama’s boy or if you were an effete BMOC.
More importantly, though, go read her questions for the candidates.
You may not agree 100% with the positions implied by the questions but this is the level at which any meaningful campaign should be occurring. That it isn’t confirms more firmly my belief that the whole mess needs to be redone.

Forgeries or Not Forgeries

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I haven’t said much about the Killian memos and won’t be saying much more. Primarily because I don’t think it makes much difference whether the memos are real or fake.
The only reason that even mention them now is this Matthew Yglesias post:

Assuming they are forgeries, we can conclude the following:
  • George W. Bush pulled strings to avoid combat service in Vietnam by entering the Texas Air National Guard, failed to complete his service in a rigorous manner and has lied about it repeatedly for years.

  • CBS News, like the United States of America, is run by some kind of idiots.

  • Other Texans, less fortunate than Dubya, died so that he could avoid service in a war he supported.
If they are real, remove the middle item regarding CBS News. The rest remain the same.
Update (9/14): Drudge reports that Killian’s secretary says:
I typed memos that had this information in them, but I did not type these memos.
If this holds up, then see all three points above.

A Quote for Today

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colin powell on Meet the Press 9/12/04:

I have no indication that there was a direct connection between the terrorist who perpetrated these crimes against us on the 11th of September, 2001, and the Iraqi regime. We know that there had been connections and there had been exchanges between al-Qaida and the Saddam Hussein regime and those have been pursued and looked at, but I have seen nothing that makes a direct connection between Saddam Hussein, that awful regime, and what happened on 9/11.
Just in case someone continues to try to make this case.
Read the transcript.

Truth in Advertising?

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The Economist sent and advertising insert in the paper this morning. One of those accept 4 free trial issues without obligation offerings. Ok, I thought, I’ll look through the rest of the 12 page flier.
Well, on page 2 is their big don’t you want to be like them pitch with a large headline reading: Leaders read it. Why? Hmmm, good question. Well it was a good question until I noticed the picture of the most prominent of the three displayed leaders. You guessed it: w.
You probably know that w is not a noted reader. Why does The Economist want us to believe he actually reads their magazine or are they simply conflating receiving the magazine (pg 3 of add) with actually reading the magazine?
Perhaps Jane Galt or someone else associated with the magazine could explain?