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The New York Times reports that somebody at CBS has named Bill Burkett -- a retired
lieutenant colonel in the Texas National Guard -- as a source of records critical of
Bush's service. Back in February we interviewed Burkett about President Bush's
service in the Air National Guard and what he knew about records related to that
service...Tonight we replay that interview...
We get sizzling reax from James Moore, author of "Bush's Brain" and "Bush's War For
Reelection", Marie Cocco from Newsday and Republican strategist Rick Davis...
We do foreign policy/Iraq with Kerry foreign policy advisor Richard Holbrooke who,
incidentally, served as UN ambassador under Clinton...Much gravitas...Playing defense
for President Bush is South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham...We'll also
take a look at the latest polls which show a tightening race...
Dee Dee Myers' husband Todd Purdum (he's also a correspondent for The New York Times &
author of "A Time Of Our Choosing") stops by to give us his assessment on this new
classified report on Iraq which paints a bleak picture...Powell also admitted that we
may never find WMD in Iraq...
Here's something fun...What a guy folks, what a guy! Why would you trust your election
coverage to anyone else?
http://images.nbcmv.com/photos/preview/hardballwithchrismatthews/Chris_Matthews04b.jpg
MUST SEE TV TOMORROW NIGHT...THE DEBUT OF HARDBALL: THE HORSERACE
We can now reveal, for the first time, a detailed description of Hardball: The
Horserace
http://www.nbcumv.com/release_detail.nbc/msnbc-20040915000000-quothardballthe.html
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Bush, Kerry trade attacks on spin and waffling...New national poll suggests tighter
race (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6019598/
2 Americans kidnapped in Iraq...Gunmen kidnapped two Americans and a Briton Thursday
from a house in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood where many foreign companies are
based, the Interior Ministry and witnesses said. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6015597/
U.S. intel pessimistic on Iraq...A highly classified National Intelligence Estimate
assembled by some of the government's most senior analysts this summer provided a
pessimistic assessment about the future security and stability of Iraq.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6016743/
Powell doubts Iraqi weapons will be found...Tells Congress stockpile discovery now
'unlikely' (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6000809/
There is a civil war going on in Sen. John Kerry's campaign organization that has
produced a weak, inconsistent message and election strategy, veteran Democratic
adviser Tony Coelho charged yesterday. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040915-114942-5613r.htm
President Bush is "living in a fantasy world of spin," failing to tell U.S. troops or
the American people the truth about the situation in Iraq, Democratic challenger John
Kerry told National Guard veterans Thursday (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040916/D854V32G2.html
Rather Concedes Papers Are Suspect...CBS Anchor Urges Media to Focus On Bush Service
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A24633-2004Sep15?language=printer
A defensive Dan Rather suggested last night that although he may have used forged
documents in a CBS report criticizing President Bush's military service, the "thrust"
of his report was true. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040916-123015-2152r.htm
The Democratic Party questions President Bush's credibility on Iraq and the economy in
a new campaign ad showing the Republican declaring an end to major combat while
standing on an aircraft carrier adorned with a "Mission Accomplished" banner. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040916/D854T9UO0.html
Annan says Iraq war was illegal...U.N. chief also says violence could prevent January
vote (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6016893/
..But Australia's Prime Minister John Howard said it was entirely valid. And a former
Bush administration aide, Randy Scheunemann, branded Mr Annan's comments "outrageous".
(BBC News) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3661736.stm
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, trying to recover from a brass-knuckles
campaign against his character, is attempting to steer the election to a referendum on
President Bush's leadership. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&u=/ap/20040916/ap_on_el_pr/kerry_strategy&printer=1
Enmeshed in his re-election campaign, President Bush rarely spends a full day at the
White House. But even when he does, presidential politics and campaign pitches remain
close at hand. (AP)
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/9675963.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
Cheney, Kerry in Albuquerque Thursday (Albuquerque Journal)
http://www.abqjournal.com/elex/223377elex09-15-04.htm
President Bush is embracing troublesome topics that should be hurting him and fighting
for states that should be tilting away from him in a campaign that has focused so far
on character over issues. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040916/D854H97O0.html
Curry: This ain't your 1960 presidential election...Web logs, tell-alls, films,
outside groups find new power http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6011452/
Bush leaves specifics of his faith to speculation...President is openly religious, but
his true beliefs remain mystery (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6014570/
Bush, Kerry polled on science views...Responding to detailed questions about their
science policies, President Bush defended restrictions on stem-cell research while
Democratic challenger John Kerry accused Bush of putting ideology over science.
(Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6011459/
Democratic congressional candidate Nick Clooney will once again get some help from his
movie star son at two out-of-town fund-raisers this weekend. (The Kentucky Post)
http://www.kypost.com/2004/09/15/cloon091504.html
Opinion/Editorial
Landfield: McGreevey Decides to Stay: We Get What We Deserve
http://www.practicalpolitics.net/landfield/9_15_04.html
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