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It's history repeating itself as that nasty little swift boat controversy won't seem
to go away for Kerry...Addressing the International Association of Firefighters
Conventionconvention this morning Kerry blasted the "swift boat veterans for truth"
calling them a "Bush front group" and challenging Bush to "bring it on" if he wants to
debate "our" service in Vietnam...The sound was smokin' to say the least and now the
Bush campaign has a statement out saying Kerry "knows his accusations are
false"...Kerry also has a new Vietnam themed ad out today...Folks my Outlook inbox is
blowing up right & left with charges and countercharges over this issue...
We'll try to sort it out tonight with fmr. Senator Max Cleland, one of Kerry's top
"band of brothers"...We'll also get reax from Washington Wiseman-cum-Harvard professor
David Gergen and fmr. San Fran mayor Willie Brown...
No one from Bush-Cheney '04 wanted to come on the show tonight...
MSBNC campaign reporter Becky Diamond was at the Kerry speech and blogs on what she
saw http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086
In the back half we talk to The Washington Post's Dana Milbank from the Western White
House in Crawford and syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin whose new book "In Defense
Of Internment" is certainly not going to win her any friends at the ACLU..
We finish up with Michael Sporgen, the lawyer in the case of "John Doe": War veteran
sues to keep from being sent back to Iraq...GI says his rights violated under Bush
redeployment policy (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/08/18/MNGJ889HO829.DTL
It's a great country we live in when a former Vice President drives his own car and
actually gets a speeding ticket! Former Vice President Al Gore was cited for speeding
as he drove a rented car to visit family on the coast, authorities said. (AP)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/186938_gore19.html
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC
Kerry blasts Bush over Swift Boat vet ad...Says president allows 'dirty work' (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5758982/
"They're a front for the Bush campaign. And the fact that the president won't denounce
what they're up to tells you everything you need to know: he wants them to do his
dirty work," Kerry told a convention of the International Association of Fire
Fighters, a politically active union which backs Kerry. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6020580
Military records counter a Kerry critic...Fellow skipper's citation refers to enemy
fire (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5751284/
The Washington Times has an excerpt here from "Unfit for Command": 'Sampan incident'
belies heroic image http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040819-123903-5094r.htm
The Washington Times editorializes: Was Kerry in combat on Dec. 2, 1968?...One of the
criteria for awarding a Purple Heart is that the person in question was involved in
action against the enemy. The writers over at Captainsquartersblog.com have raised an
interesting question surrounding John Kerry's first Purple Heart.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20040818-092342-5914r.htm
Malkin Backgrounders:
The left's war on the FBI
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/mm20040818.shtml
Racial profiling: A matter of survival
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2004-08-16-racial-profiling_x.htm
Milbank mentions our segment from Monday where Chris busted out the Bush campaign for
cropping an interview we conducted with John Kerry: Bush Turns to Part-Time
Troops...New Educational Benefits for Guardsmen, Reservists Proposed
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A11154-2004Aug18?language=printer
Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia, a Democrat who long ago endorsed President Bush for
re-election, will deliver the keynote address at the Republican National Convention,
party officials announced Thursday. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040819/D84IC00O2.html
Iraqi PM makes 'final call' for cleric's surrender...Move comes as heavy fighting
rages near holy shrine in Najaf (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5685031/
While U.S. forces have cordoned off the shrine and are responding to attacks from
Sadr's militia, Allawi has told U.S. commanders he wants Iraqi forces, not foreign
troops, to attack the shrine if necessary. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A14572-2004Aug19?language=printer
Developments in Iraq on Thursday (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040819/D84ICM4O1.html
Curry: '527' groups rewrite campaign rules...From the outside, Bush, Kerry foes wield
huge clout http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5747838/
Powell stays above the fray - sort of...No campaigning, but lots of defending Bush
policies http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5748027/
Saudi export of strict Islam raises suspicions...U.S. is eyeing money trails of
charities backed by kingdom (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5751289/
Unwilling participants...Iraqi soccer players angered by Bush campaign ads featuring
team (Sports Illustrated)
The mystery man who claims to be Golan Cipel's ex-lover said yesterday that not only
is the handsome Israeli gay - he's also still in love with Gov. Jim McGreevey. (NY
Daily News) http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/223686p-192120c.html
Following a conversation with Gov. James E. McGreevey, U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine backed
off the notion of a bid to replace the embattled governor in a special election. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040819/D84I7KVG1.html
First lady Laura Bush considers much of the national media biased against Republicans,
but she empathizes with Democrat Teresa Heinz Kerry, who told a journalist to "shove
it." (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040819-121932-1223r.htm
Intelligence vice chairman calls war unjustified...'Dangerous, costly mess,' Bereuter
says as he leaves House (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5750615/
Rush & Molloy: Joe Piscopo gave the Garden State a new slogan with his "You from
Jersey?" routine on "Saturday Night Live."
But would voters elect him as a replacement for Jim McGreevey?
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/223678p-191994c.html
Opinion/Editorial
Tony: The Cambodian candidate http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/tblankley.htm
Katrina: Dean's Dozens...Progressives need to recruit, train and support candidates at
all levels. http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7
Reese in the House!! Turns out, according to The Washington Post, the information on
which the latest terrorist scare is based is two to three years old. It was sold to
the American public initially as if it were a brand-new discovery. It seems that the
Bush administration is unable to level with the American people about anything.
http://reese.king-online.com/Reese_20040816/index.php
Feith: (A man who was planning the invasion of Iraq before planning the invasion of
Iraq was cool) A Smarter Way to Use Our Troops
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13742-2004Aug18.html
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