“Before yesterday, the worst incidents were the deaths of 17 soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division in the November 2003 collision of two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, also in Mosul, and, two weeks before that, the loss of 15 soldiers when a CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter crashed west of Baghdad.

All three occurred after President Bush’s May 2003 declaration that major combat operations in Iraq had ended.”

link: Washington Post

I can tell you what it is. Why anyone with a per capita of under a million casts their vote for Dubya.

It was there in the debates, it’s been there all along, but there are moments when the trick is particularly naked. Read the rest of this entry »

McCain had been rumored for months to be on Democrat John Kerry’s list of potential vice-presidential running mates, an overture he has rebuffed on numerous occasions. While McCain has defended Kerry against Republican attacks on his patriotism, he left no doubt yesterday about his support for Bush. “He has led this country with moral clarity about the stakes involved,”McCain told the crowd. “He has not wavered in his determination to protect this country and to make the world a better, safer, freer place. You will not yield, nor will he.”

link: Seattle Times

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