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Well, AP has done it again. They've clearly ignored the latest investigation into ties between Saddam's regime and the Al Queda network of terrorist groups. Even their own article tries to play both sides of the coin (a writing tactic used primarily by High School students to write book reports on texts they've never seen). "Fact Check: Bush on Al Qaida, Iraqis" By JENNIFER LOVEN ...That's about as factual as the article gets. Beyond that, it's filled with contradictions that try in vain to spin the documented findings to bolster their historically flawed position on the issue; that there were...

WASHINGTON - The White House pressed Sen. John Kerry Wednesday to apologize for a comment Republicans say was disrespectful of U.S. fighting forces in Iraq, saying he "put gasoline on the fire" of an already sizzling midterm election campaign. "Sen. Kerry may have botched the line, but what he said was insulting to the troops, and what he ought to say is, 'Look, I botched the line, but I'm sorry for giving offense,' " press secretary Tony Snow said on CBS's "The Early Show."

Posted by Dan Riehl on September 26, 2006 - 22:22. Rather than offer a reasoned analysis of a National Intelligence Estimate declassified by the Bush administration today, the AP selected only the most negative aspects of the report for inclusion in their story. WASHINGTON - The war in Iraq has become a "cause celebre" for Islamic extremists, breeding deep resentment of the U.S. that probably will get worse before it gets better, federal intelligence analysts conclude in a report at odds with  President Bush's portrayal of a world growing safer. In the bleak report, declassified and released Tuesday on Bush's orders, the nation's...

President Bush returned Monday to the first scene he saw a year ago of Hurricane Katrina's devastation, and declared "a sense of renewal" in the region still struggling to come back from the storm's battering. "Amazing what the world looked like then and what it looks like now," Bush said, marveling at the air conditioning and electrical service in the newly constructed home visible behind him. "People can't imagine what the world looked like then

Leslie Cauley, the USA Today reporter who last week “broke” the news that three major U.S. telecommunications companies were assisting the National Security Agency in building a database to more easily track any communications by potential terrorists, is listed as a donor to former House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt... A search found a listing for "writer and journalist" Leslie Cauley, indicating she gave $2,000 to Gephardt on June 30, 2003, when Gephardt was running for the Democratic presidential nomination. And that seems not to be her only tie to Democratic politics ... Cauley's link to a Democratic campaign seems likely...

New White House press secretary Tony Snow suffered a couple missteps in his first question-and-answer session with the White House press corps Friday. Snow danced around several queries by saying he did not know enough to answer. And although he had at times been harshly critical of President Bush as a Fox News commentator and conservative radio host, Snow clearly was being careful not to step on the wrong toes now that he speaks on behalf of Bush. For instance, one reporter asked about the government's abrupt end this week to an inquiry into a warrantless eavesdropping program because the...

Bush Using Straw-Man Arguments in Speeches By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer Sat Mar 18, 12:52 PM ET "Some look at the challenges in Iraq and conclude that the war is lost and not worth another dime or another day," President Bush said recently. Another time he said, "Some say that if you're Muslim you can't be free." "There are some really decent people," the president said earlier this year, "who believe that the federal government ought to be the decider of health care ... for all people." Of course, hardly anyone in mainstream political debate has made such assertions....

WASHINGTON-- President Bush and leaders of his economic team fanned out to trumpet encouraging signs in the economy but were confronted Friday with disappointing news about weaker-than-expected job growth. Friday's marquee event is Bush's trip to Chicago, where the president will appear at the Chicago Board of Trade and deliver a speech on the economy before the Chicago Economic Club. Vice President Dick Cheney will toura Harley-Davidson factory and making remarks in Kansas City, Mo.; Treasury Secretary John Snow at the New York Stock Exchange; Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez in Louisville, Ky.; Labor Secretary Elaine Chao in Baltimore; and Energy...

WASHINGTON Dec 15, 2005 — President Bush hailed Thursday's voting in Iraq as "a major milestone" in establishing a democratic ally for the United States in the Middle East and moving toward the day when American troops can come home. The appearance of a buoyant Bush in the Oval Office alongside six smiling young Iraqis displaying purple-stained fingers was an attempt to capitalize on any positive news in Iraq. The parliamentary elections carried high stakes for a White House that has been confronted with increasing dissatisfaction about the war in the public arena and among many in Congress.

...Kerry called Bush's response to the last question of the debate Friday night - the president was asked to name three specific mistakes he had made and what he did to correct them but ended up doing neither... ...The president dampened the scowling expressions of the first debate, but several questions brought his emotions bubbling up... ..."I've got to answer this," Bush said as he cut off the moderator... ...Kerry showed a cooler and wordier bearing to the participants and television viewers... ...An instant ABC News poll suggested that the voters who tuned in for the Friday night debate picked...

Jennifer Loven is the AP reporter responsible for the over-the-top biased article "Bush, Kerry Twisting Each Other's Words" filed today. As noted in that thread, she is also author of a hit piece back in June pretending that the Bush Administration was being damaged by Richard (Yellowcake Fraud) Clarke: "Bush not able to dispel questions"HEREWhat is not known is that she has NO BUSINESS covering the Presidential campaign or the Presidency in general for the following reasons (hat tip to PowerLine Blog): 1. Her husband, Roger Ballentine, has donated over $7000 to various Democrat candidates and the DNC in the...

We noted yesterday that Associated Press reporter Jennifer Loven, who authored a ridiculous hit piece originally titled "Bush Twists Kerry's Words on Iraq," is married to Roger Ballentine, who was Bill Clinton's deputy assistant for environmental initiatives and chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force, and is listed on John Kerry's website as one of Kerry's most important supporters on environmental issues. Reader Thomas Blumer has documented how Loven parrots her husband's liberal views in the guise of reporting on the Presidential campaign: In December 2002, hubby Roger Ballentine writes an article opposing the Bush "Clear Skies" environmental...

January 13, 2000; Thursday 5:34 PM Eastern Time SECTION: Washington - general news LENGTH: 397 words HEADLINE: Clinton Wants Biofuel Production BYLINE: JENNIFER LOVEN DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: Aiming to replace fossil fuels with cleaner, renewable energy sources, President Clinton is proposing to more than double federal spending on efforts to turn corn husks, chicken droppings and other waste into power for cars and buildings, White House officials said Thursday. In his fiscal 2001 budget request to Congress next month, Clinton will ask for $439 million to fund research and grants to aid the production of ''bioenergy'' and other products such...

WACO, Texas - President Bush (news - web sites) opened several new scathing lines of attack against Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites), charges that twisted his rival's words on Iraq (news - web sites) and made Kerry seem supportive of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). It was not unlike the spin that Kerry and his forces sometimes place on Bush's words. Campaigning by bus through hotly contested Wisconsin on Friday, Bush sought to counter recently sharpened criticism by Kerry about his Iraq policies: _He stated flatly that Kerry had said earlier in the week "he...

Here is a sampling of recent Loven quotes that have appeared on the AP Wire. HEADLINE: Bush claims Kerry and congressional liberals will hurt the economy BYLINE: By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer I like this juxtaposition to make Bush look bad. "Kerry has proposed paying for new initiatives by rolling back taxes only on the wealthiest Americans. Bush said, 'We're not going to let them tax anybody, because we're going to win in November.'" Why the use of the qualifier "only?" Obviously to make Kerry sound like a reasonable guy who reall yloves tax cuts as long as it...