The BuzzFlash Mailbag

Subject: The folly of refusing to face facts

I am really disturbed by the rash of articles telling Democrats it is going to be okay, Bush is destined to lose because of history, the polls are skewed, Gore won the popular vote, etc., etc.  This is counterproductive and won't help us win. The only thing that counts is who is sworn in Jan 05.

The bottom line is that the Kerry campaign has slipped, and it is up to us to get off our duffs and change that dynamic.  We have to help Kerry.  The game is on, the Bushies have the ball, we are a few points behind and we must get the ball back and play aggressive offense.  Close doesn't count in elections. The only thing that matters is making sure we get enough votes, in spite of an unfair media, skewed polls, rigged voting machines, a biased Supreme Court and corruption in some important states.  We have to figure out how to win even in a worst case scenario.

Please don't read these articles and say, "whew, it's all going to be okay."  It may feel good, but it won't help us win.  The best way to win is to assume the worst outcome and work like hell to stop it.  Letting up can be the difference between winning and losing.  Don't relax, don't assume it will be okay.  Assume the worst and work like hell to change it.

A BuzzFlash Reader

Subject: The poorest excuse for a leader

As each day passes, I become more and more convinced that the American people are not capable of electing the right person to occupy the White House.

The following is from the Sep. 19, 2004 edition of The Dallas Morning News. 

In a rare bit of public self-assessment, Bush acknowledged a "few flaws" two weeks ago at the Republican National Convention. "People sometimes have to correct my English," he explained. And since then, there have been some real doozies to cement his case.

"There's a lot fewer payer-inners when it comes to Social Security," he said the other day in Muskegon, Mich.

In Poplar Bluff, Mo., he urged restraint in medical malpractice lawsuits, declaring: "Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country."

And in Erie, Pa., he mangled another of his standard stump lines about the "body armor" worn by U.S. troops in Iraq.

" I went to the Congress last September," the president said, "and proposed fundamental - supplemental funding, which is money for armor and body parts and ammunition and fuel - necessary, money necessary so they can do their work."

Bush knows he is one of the least qualified candidates in this country's history. He continually makes fun of himself as "Proof that anyone can becomes president."  

RB

Subject: Bush does Osama's bidding

Osama is campaigning for Bush, I am sure, one way or the other (directly or indirectly) and I wouldn't be surprised if some interesting money is coming from him through other Saudis to Bush. After all, Osama wants Bush to win, so he can do Osama's bidding, and start more wars, which will encourage more militant Islamist recruits to hate Americans. Osama probably all but has a Bush/Cheney displayed.

A BuzzFlash Reader

Subject: Bill Schneider says he knows Al Qaeda doesn't like George Bush!

No transcript available yet, but about 6:30 pm tonight (Sunday) Bill Schneider, commenting on Dennis Hastert shamelessly implying that Al Qaeda wanted Kerry to be president, indicated (paraphrased) "well I know one thing, Al Qaeda doesn't like George Bush."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITIC...

He went on to dutifully lay out the scenario that the Bush administration is asking Americans to buy hook line and sinker - that if Al Qaeda attacks before the election it will be an indication that Al Qaeda wanted Kerry to win.  Even as Schneider said that he thinks it would have the opposite effect of ELECTING Bush in the U.S. (as most EVERYONE I've heard speculate honestly thinks it would), he was still arguing that defeating Bush would be their intention.  Couldn't  ELECTING Bush be their intention?????

*ACTION*

general feedback link for CNN Sunday

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?19

Link to feedback on Mr. Schneider

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4a.html?1

Most people should simply write CNN and tell them that this is unacceptable speculation by a journalist who has ABSOLUTELY no way on knowing what Al Qaeda wants or doesn't want.  Please DO NOT make your letters hostile or partisan - that makes them easy to dismiss us.  Simply state the facts rationally- this is IRRESPONSIBLE behavior on Schneider's part.  OR it is bias - neither is acceptable.  Make your letters firm.  Mr. Schneider's statement makes CNN look bad, it makes them look untrustworthy and it makes them look biased.

Liz

Subject: An email from Hibbing Minnesota to John Kerry

Buzz,

I emailed the Kerry camp and here is the mail I sent them. In my heart this is what must be done for Kerry to win in November.

Senator Kerry,

It's the 14th of September and the day is almost over up here in northern Minnesota.

I get to work tomorrow at a scrap iron company cutting steel with a cutting torch for $8.00 an hour. It is through a temporary company that is more than likely getting paid $15 an hour just to find me. I get the $8.00 they get the other $7.00 per hour.  I have not had a full time job in 3 years up here on Da Range. I have been doing what most everyone up here is doing and that is living on a $127 EBT mthly grant and the rest of, da, (street talk) welfare. Also hitting the food banks for the monthly handout of 1 lb of burger, a box of powdered milk, a dozen eggs, cans of veggies, 2 or 3 boxes or bags of noodles,  and cans of pie filling. Oh yeah I get a roll of toilet paper too! Life is hard up here for many.

The way I see November 2, 2004.

On a stage in a faraway state with red white and blue all around it and surrounded by 1,000's of people who are cheering madly towards the men on the stage in their blue suits with their wives at their sides all smiles and waving to the crowd. They had just won the election of President and Vice President of the United States of America by a rather large margin.

With the press all around with their tv cameras and microphones they were waiting to interview the winners for world broadcast. The press was into this because they helped get the men 4 more years. Matthews, Scarborough, Lauer, Coulter, Couric, Sawyer, Limbaugh, Hannity, Drudge, Blitzer and Mike Savage were the interviewers. They had earned the right to take the task at hand. They were the lead cheer leaders for the GOP. They were the people behind the mics on the tube and radio each day and night putting the democrats on the defensive. They had done it for three years and by god they won what they wanted. 4 more years of Bush and Cheney. 

I also see a crowd around a stage where the people are depressed and very awe struck because their men for change had just lost to the most crooked administration to ever run the US Government.

The losers, Kerry and Edwards, preached to the crowd about how they tried with all of their might to tell the people of America everything they wanted to hear about if elected they would create a better America.

There would be no more outsourcing taxpayer-funded exits for corporations and jobs saved because of it. There would be better health care, and health care for all. Kerry kept saying that the press gave him a raw deal with their coverage of the Swift Boat Veterans onslaught concerning his life as a soldier in Nam. He blamed the media for not pushing the truth that he was a true war hero over in Nam. How he threw away his medals because of his disgust with the US lies that got many killed in action. He pointed out that they were not fair in their approach on the whole story.  

Kerry and Edwards spoke about the Iraq war and all of the lives lost and the waste of money and also the social ills of our country being ignored by the Bush/Cheney team. How all of that money could have helped millions here at home. How the tax cuts for the wealthiest, if they had won, would be rolled back to fund the health care for all. Prescription drugs for the elderly at lower prices. Importing drugs from Canada for those in need to help those on social security so they can keep more than they pay to the drug czars for their needed daily medications. We gave it our all people. We can't be ashamed. Thank you for your support.

Kerry/Edwards need to be out on the trail lambasting Bush on national tv for lying the US into a war. A war that was started because there were nukes and chemicals weapons aimed at the USA, which we all now know was lies. Show anger and let it out by pointing out how Bush, the president of the USA, knew that Iraq was not a threat. How the president's advisors and civilians in the pentagon were pushing their ideology of global dominance through military might on the people. They harped daily about how we the strongest country on the face of the Earth did not need the allies of WW2 to attack Iraq. They spoke about having a coalition of countries behind us. Speak on how the Bush Cartel bribed those countries with taxpayer money to support our war. The Bush Cartel said France is wet and Germans are old school and old Europe. We do not need their support. We do not need their say or ok to kill and maim in a country that has weapons of mass destruction pointed at the USA. The intelligence from afar and here at home said otherwise but the Bush Cartel would not listen, they were attacking and if you did not support their aggression you were against them. Dissent and you're anti-American. Bush and his Cartel said we know what is best and we have the troops and the money to do it ourselves. Besides the oil money from the Iraqi fields will pay for the war. You watch it will happen they said many times to the people.

Where is the oil money Bush ? Where is the 4 billion dollars that so nicely disappeared Bush? Why did the Bush Cartel do as they wished without going through the proper laws on the money for the war in Afghanistan? They used it in Iraq w/o Congressional approval. The Bush Cartel has no regard for the laws of this country. It shows in their devious ways of doing business. Free speech is not a right if you plan to attend a GOP rally for Bush. Demonstrators are put into pens like sheep because Bush does not want to hear the truth or have the press make headline stories of it.

The world's countries want Bush gone. The investors on Wall Street want Bush gone because they are getting the shaft from the Bush economy's daily roller coaster rides. Companies are laying off and companies are shipping jobs overseas because they love the Bush way of making money more than America and her way of life.

Bush and his cronies pray to their god, money. They prey and prey and prey on the people who work hard to make ends meet. Property taxes have gone up to pay for the tax cuts for the wealthy. Schools are being left holding the bag so the richest receive their handouts. The poor have become poorer and the middle class is going to be extinct. There will be the rich and the poor on minimum wage or less. They have all but gutted environmental laws that were put there to protect the wilderness areas of America, the water we drink and fish in and the air that we breathe. Dangerous mercury levels in water are ok in Bush's world of money first, and anything that breathes last. The economy is bumpin right along. There is a new America out there folks and the economy is changin. Outsourcing jobs creates new jobs here at home. Tax cuts will bring jobs, Bush says.  Another big Bush lie.

To attack first and take names later is the Bush way. To win at all costs no matter how many lies were told to the people to do it is the Bush way. Torture the POW's for information and kill civilians to help the war along for the USA military is the Bush way. It's not as bad as chopping off a head. The Bush ideologues say. We are better than that because we only torture them, we, do not kill them.

Bush is a cowardly deserter and also a war criminal. Cheney is a cowardly war criminal, a fraud and a thief of taxpayer money.

Lies and more lies is the Bush way and the media keeps on the stories because the Kerry team is always on the defensive because of those lies. Kerry has to prove he is not a coward. Kerry has to prove he is not a flip flopper says the Bush team.

Kerry buys it and speaks away from it. Kerry does not attack the dogs back with the ferociousness that it is being dealt him. Kerry stays on the nice guy routine. Edwards attacks but has no force behind his words or demeanor. They both are so calm and nice about it. A nice guy finishes last in a fight. Bush is swinging away and landing. Kerry pooh poohs to the people that same old line about he is not like Bush and Cheney. He is a nice guy and he knows what is best for America.

Kerry must show the people his fighting side by showing his true emotions to the people. The always nice guy routine has got to stop. Kerry must show he has had enough of the slime and the gutless coward crap coming from a deserter towards a true war hero! A deserter is putting you down John! A real to life coward is beating you up Kerry with lies and lies and lies.

Get on Bush now with a fire I am sure the people will come to appreciate. Put Bush and his team of ideological circus freaks on the defensive with true statements that will open up the eyes of America and the world. They will listen and they will investigate when it is said over and over that Bush is a liar. There is a lot of proof to back you up John. Call Bush out on the proverbial carpet with a storm of truth about how he is nothing more than a two faced no good liar for the rich! Do not pooh pooh! Call him a liar on Iraq! Call him a liar on WMD! Call him a coward and nothing less!

PUT BUSH AND CHENEY ON THE DEFENSIVE BY BEING TO THE POINT BY CALLING THEM WHAT THEY ARE -- LIARS!

Report for duty Kerry or forever hold your peace. Time is short. If you really want to save America and all it has stood for for 200+ years, get on their lying butts now !

SPEAK WITH FORCE AND ANGER IN YOUR VOICE ! STOP BEING MR. NICE GUY JOHN.

Tom in Hibbing Minnesota

Subject: Our security president

We all should ask repeatedly: on whose watch did the Twin Towers and Pentagon attacks occur? Bush was our president and he and his staff did not heed the warnings from the outgoing administration and did nothing to protect us!

Fred

Subject: GOP Against Liberty and Justice for All

It has now become quite obvious that the current GOP leadership is dividing our nation under their very narrow concept of God.  The great thing about the U.S. is that for all these years, Americans have stood strong and united under the broad concept of religious freedom. Now, through their platform of fear and suspicion, the RNC has openly shown that they are dead-set against the most precious of all traditional American values, which is to be united in a culture of liberty.

So that we may remain one nation under God.

One Citizen
Charleston, WV

Subject: incurable idiots

Hey Buzz,

I agree with P.M. Carpenter that right wingers cannot be cured. However, we can and must OUTNUMBER them at the polls. Just look at the NYC march...500,000 people against Bush versus a handful of supporters. End of story.

A Loyal Reader

Subject: National Guard Memos

Yasmin

Subject: Forged Data - A Matter of Priorities

George W. Bush offered the world the contents of a forged document to make his case for attacking Iraq.  Where were all the right-wing forgery "experts" then?  Did anyone in our government or in the mainstream media feel compelled to determine the origin of that document which contained errors obvious even upon casual perusal?  No!

Louis Houston
Siloam Springs, Arkansas

Dear BuzzFlash:

Kerry's Iraq speech today seemed a little more hard-hitting, but I am continually amazed that he is willing to call the cockroach in chief's Iraq war a "mistake."  It was NOT a mistake!  IT WAS ON PURPOSE! 

American Heritage Dictionary defines "mistake" as "an unintentional error, especially in a legal procedure or form that does not indicate bad faith and commonly warrants excuse or relief by court."

I make a mistake when I transpose two numbers in my check book and end up with an erroneous balance. If I go into a bank with an automatic weapon and demand all the money in unmarked bills, I HAVE NOT MADE A MISTAKE!   I HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME!

Geez, let's just call things what they are.

A BuzzFlash Reader

Subject: Oxley Upset in the Making?

The Lima (Ohio) News has just released a poll finding Democratic challenger Ben Konop trailing House Financial Services Committee Chairman Mike Oxley by only six points in the congressional district's largest and most Republican county. The poll's margin of error is 5 points with 15% of those polled still undecided.  The Lima News quotes an OSU political science professor saying that Konop's quirky campaign may actually be helping Kerry!

Alfredo G.

Subject: CNN and Blitzer

Hey Buzzers,

Just watched Wolf Blitzer reporting with unabashed glee the news story of CBS and the Bush NG memos.  It looked as though Blitzer just fulfilled a net cyber-sex experience.

He and Jeff Greenberg or whomever just made some great statements about those of us "in our pajamas" in front of our computers.  Basically he said that these people on the internet keep better track of stories than reporters...duh!  Sure. Now that the story goes against Kerry.  But where were Blitzer and Co. for the last 9 months when all us Computer PJers were telling him and his ilk about dubya's bull?  They didn't want to hear it then but now it's ok.

Here's a guy (?) who owes his job and Fame? to George Senior and the Gulf War.  A nondescript third rate news reader got the opportunity to do stories from Kuwait because many others wouldn't go.  And what a job he did, I guess.  Just like Katie Couric.  Both got jobs, not because of talent or skill, but because they were there. Other reporters did a better job but didn't get network positions.

Blitzer actually orgasmed on the quote attributed to Rather about "If your mother says she loves you, get a second opinion." Blitzer said that, in all fairness, about the Fox report in 1999 of Bush's alleged drunk driving charges.  But Wolf never checked those out.

So much for investigative reporting.  But when a competitor has a problem, kick him when he's down.

As to CNN's fair reporting, they did a great job of Kerry bashing by the swift boat dips but don't ask about Bush's Service.  Some fairness.

Fox has been misreporting and reporting dis-information for quite a while but Wolf hasn't said a word about them.

CNN - the most trusted name in news.  Bullshit. You've got to report news to be trusted, not just parrot administration dogma.

Bye Bye CNN,

lensman

Subject: What if "memogate" was about Kerry's service?

I'm 100% sure everyone would be yelling about the substance of the memos, and completely brushing aside the forgery / authentication issues. 

You have several witnesses claiming the substance is true.  If it were Kerry they were talking about, I'm sure old Buckhead would be blogging away that it's the substance that counts, not the authenticity.

And that's not even mentioning what a free ride old Buckhead is getting for the most part.

Those double standards are just soooooo amazing.

A BuzzFlash Reader

Subject: That supposedly "fake" memo

Regarding the guest commentary by James C. Moore on President Bush's National Guard service and the controversy surrounding the CBS memo, I found this passage interesting...

"One skeptic has suggested that the use of the term 'billet' in one of the documents is telling because it is an Army and not an Air Force term."

That's interesting to me because I've only heard the term "billet" on one other occasion in my life, and I always associated it with that occasion. In 1967, I was 11 years old and my family moved to the state of Washington when my father was transferred to a military base there. When we arrived, we were put
up in something called the Visiting Officers Quarters until we could move into our new home. And somewhere I saw the word "billet" used to describe that lodging situation -- it stuck in my mind because I'd never heard the term before and I don't think I've heard it since. And what's interesting is that my father was in the Air Force and the term was being used on an Air Force base. So somebody out there is saying the use of the word "billet" is wrong in this document because it's not an Air Force term? I guarantee, the Air Force was using the term "billet" on McChord Air Force Base in 1967.

Tom Bierbaum
Erie, PA

Subject: Was Bush derelict or were TANG commanders derelict ? ? ?

Like your weblog.

Also, I served in the regular Air Force from 1971 to 1975. There were two Air Force types...the career guys (called "lifers") and the short-timers (like myself). The "lifers" were strict by-the-book types. They lived and breathed the Air Force regulations. If you did well there was an Air Force Reg that covered this, and if you screwed up, there was an Air Force Reg that covered that. All military branches are set-up the same way.

But what if he also kept another duplicate set that neither his secretary nor his immediate family knew about? I would have. Just in case something happened to the duplicate files (let's say, late at night) in the desk. If I had been Colonel Killian and faced with the pressure coming from the friends of George Sr. in the Pentagon, I would have had another duplicate set available. But I would have given them to a trusted friend for safekeeping. Maybe on Friday, after the official judicial order to the Pentagon is fulfilled, we will learn more.

Note: the father of the little girl has pulled this same stunt (and gotten media coverage) for three presidential campaigns in a row. And of course, this plays well on the right-wing talk shows who have apparently booked him to give his "side" of the story. But I would love to see them have the grieving mother as a guest, too, to give listeners a chance to hear what true grief is. I'm not holding my breath.

Sincerely yours,

Paul Sorrells
Austin, TX

Subject: Where is OUR apology?!

Yes, but where is the apology I want to hear? Every day Fox substitutes "journalism" for parroting the White House line by reading administration press releases and leaks... maybe Bill O'Lielly and Brit Hume could just close their programs with an apology for that every day. That would be a step in the right direction...

CBS can't vouch for Bush Guard memos (CNN)

John L. Johnson

Subject: Senator Kerry on Letterman 9/20...Terrific!

Dear Buzz-

In case you missed it, Senator Kerry was really excellent on Letterman. Really handsome, and at turns and as appropriate, he was funny, serious, straightforward, glib, and factual without being pedantic. Dave hit him some hard balls and he hit them right back. He was complementary of Dave's shows after 911 which were really spot on, you could see Dave was touched and surprised.

I LOVE John Kerry. It is so refreshing to have an intelligent, articulate, attractive, decent, informed genuine article who looks and acts the part of a President without it being an act. Someone America can be proud of--instead of the Daily Bush-Rove Freakshow that makes you wince or rage at every single obnoxious, blitheringly stupid, arrogant, FUBAR all-the-way step. 

Senator Kerry will make an excellent President. If the people of this country are too blind to see the difference between a lying, thieving, snake oil salesman and a real statesman....then this country is truly done for.

He mentioned the back and forth on the debate format, i.e. sitting v. standing. Guess the little Bush-weasel doesn't want to have Kerry standing and thus towering over him in every regard.

Senator Kerry.....you are the best of the best....and a real doll too!  Love you. Love the hair. Love the pink ties.

Suzanne
San Francisco

Subject: Why hasn't the State Dept ordered all non-military Americans out of Iraq?

How long will this go on before the Bush Administration tells Americans to leave Iraq?

Eric Ellis
Peoria, IL

Subject: (as sent to various media outlets)

mark johnson

Subject: An encouraging word about TANG story

You went where our cowardly press corpse refuses to go.  It took guts.  The truth will ultimately bear your story out.  So hang tough and keep the faith.  Don't let the little weasel off the hook!

All the best,

Subject: CBS' Apology

Here's a note I sent this morning to CBS News:

The journalistic principle of publicly apologizing for reporting, as fact, misinformation intentionally fed to CBS News is worthy.

By this same principle, do you now intend to publicly apologize for having reported, as fact, misinformation intentionally fed to you 18 months ago about Iraqi weapons?

Dennis M.

Subject: OMG! They're starting to believe their own lies

Rumsfeld mixes up US foes Saddam and Bin Laden (Reuters)
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld mixed up al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein twice in a speech about the war against terrorism.

Critics accuse the Bush administration of having concentrated on going after Saddam at the expense of the hunt for bin Laden whose al Qaeda network carried out the Sept. 11 attacks.

Saddam is imprisoned after being captured by US forces in Iraq, while bin Laden has not been found.

In a speech to the National Press Club on the eve of the third anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Rumsfeld began by saying the world just before the attacks was not as serene as some people now suggest.

" The leader of the opposition Northern Alliance, Masood, lay dead, his murder ordered by Saddam Hussein, by Osama bin Laden, Taleban's co-conspirator," Rumsfeld said.

He was referring to Ahmad Shah Masood who was in opposition to the ruling Taleban in Afghanistan and was killed by al Qaeda two days before the Sept. 11 attacks.

Later in responding to a question, Rumsfeld again confused Saddam and bin Laden in a discourse about how US and coalition actions had made it more difficult for terrorists to operate.

"It's harder for them to travel between countries, it's harder for them to communicate with each other, it's harder for them to raise money, it's harder for them to transfer money, it's harder for them to buy weapons, it's harder for them to do everything," Rumsfeld said.

"Saddam Hussein, if he's alive, is spending a whale of a lot of time trying to not get caught. And we've not seen him on a video since 2001," Rumsfeld said.

"Now, he's got to be busy. Why is he busy? It's because of the pressure that's being put on him," he added.

The moderator later asked Rumsfeld if he had meant bin Laden, and the Defence secretary replied: "I did. I meant we haven't seen Osama bin Laden."

Kimberly D.
New York

Subject: ? how strange

shorty in memphis tn

Subject: Tom DeLay

Dear Friends,

Tom DeLay is currently one of the most unpopular people in Texas (outside his own district).  The redistricting travesty has alienated many Republicans from supporting Rick Perry, and DeLay is pretty universally loathed.  At recent rallies in his home district, protestors out-numbered attendees two or three to one, and there were hundreds of meals left over.

I do not know why the people in Washington cower before him.  When I saw Dick Gephardt at the local union hall, he almost seemed surprised when everyone booed as soon as he mentioned DeLay.  My father thinks DeLay suffered brain damage from all the pesticides he used in his former occupation as an exterminator.

Just thought you'd like to know.

Peace!

David

Subject: LOL! Bush at the UN ...

I just heard him say that democracy means "good government" rooted in "transparency" and
"accountability"!!

I am not amazed. It is just another tragicomic moment in the history of our nation under the rule of this
sociopath and the neocon puppeteers.

Where are those Cheney energy memos, btw? As BuzzFlash likes to say, just asking.

A BuzzFlash Reader

Subject: YIKES!

George Bush just said John Kerry said the world is better off with Saddam in power. When and where did John Kerry say that? How does Bush get away with never having press conferences, and the White House never having daily briefings?

A BuzzFlash Reader

Subject: Are we safe yet?

Buzz,

This from Rumsfeld's address at the Natl. Press Club (via recent Newsweek):

"Saddam Hussein, if he's alive, is spending a whale of a lot of time trying to not get caught. And we've not seen him on a video since 2001."

OK. So W cannot tell Abu from Abul and Rummy confuses Saddam with Osama -- and we are told these duds are keeping us safe?! They cannot tell their head from their ass, but we should trust them because they are steady and have resolve...

Yep, they are steady in their arrogance and show resolve in refusing to learn.

Are we feeling safe yet?

A Buzzer

Subject: Bush at United Nations

Dear BuzzFlash,

When I watched George Bush speak in front of the United Nations today one thought kept going through my head: "Who the Hell does he think he is?" He was not speaking to school children. He was speaking to world leaders...many of whom have been around a lot longer than he has. How dare he lecture them!

Many great nations have gone down because of this type of arrogance. I hope the United States will not be one of them.

Rob Moitoza
U.S. Navy Veteran
Seattle, WA

Subject: slogan: IT'S THE DRAFT, STUPID!!!

IT'S THE DRAFT, STUPID!!!! 

IT'S THE DRAFT, STUPID!!!!

and......It is TRUE!!!

WAKE 'EM UP!  GET THEIR BLOOD PUMPING!

Nothing will reach more American families than...

I believe this should be THE ISSUE  for the rest of the campaign.

Thanks for listening,

Cherie Gatlin

Subject: November 2: A Vote for Darkness. Or a Vote for Light.

Legendary journalist Helen Thomas has covered the White House since 1960. She declared President Kennedy the best president in US history and George Bush the worst. As an ardent student of history I agree.

From the January morning in 1961 as a little grade school kid listening to JFK's Inaugural speech in a classroom, what he said has been a North Star in my life.

I joined the President's Council for Youth Fitness and began a lifelong habit of rigorous sportif. I followed Jackie's example and learned to speak French, paint watercolors, jump horses, care about individual contribution to history, beauty and art. Following the example of both the Kennedys I relished a thirst for knowledge, civic life, and even wrote an ebook about the 2004 presidential race giving it spiritual and historical context. Billions of people around the globe since the 1960s and far into the future will find their own pole star in the Kennedys.

What I loved most about Jack and Jackie was their inherent humanity and spiritual generosity to which the entire world responded and was drawn.

In Paris two million citizens packed the streets, waved American flags and screamed  "Vive le President! Vive l'Amerique! Vive Jackie"! It was so thrilling. Even the sangfroid French President and press were dazzled. In Berlin and Frankfurt over a million citizens in both cities came out and cheered
"Ken-ah-dee! Ken-ah-dee!" Throughout Europe, South America, Mexico, Canada, Pakistan, and
India vibrant, joyfilled, colorful masses crowded streets, hung out of windows, and perched in trees for a chance to greet them.

The Kennedys lit a light of hope at the top of the world. George Bush and his cabal will be judged by history for their essential darkness. Darkness is what they are, and is what they can only bring to the globe in increasing measure.

Abe Lincoln said that we will go meanly down or be lit for centuries by what we do when everything is at stake. On November 2 the choice is a simple one. A vote for darkness. Or a vote for John Kerry, a man of light. America, as every Golden Age, has been great for one essential reason: Light.

Suzanne St. Jeanne
Author of "The Miracle Spirit to Defeat Bush"
www.miraculousspirit.com
San Francisco

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