Protestors Ransack Bush/Cheney Headquarters In Orlando.
News reported that several people from the group of 100 Orlando protestors face possible assault charges after the group forced their way inside the Republican headquarters office.
http://www.clickorlando.com/politics/3785861/detail.html
Texas Man Sentenced for Possessing Molotov Cocktails During Republican National Convention
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS248104+14-May-2009+PRN20090514
Woman accused of threatening bomb-plot informant
A Texas woman faces trial this month in Austin on charges she threatened to kill a government informant who infiltrated an Austin-based group that planned to bomb the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., last fall.
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/08/24/0824kibby.html
The media colluded with the DNC for the past several election cycles (the Abu Ghraib photo release, the forged National Guard memos, the Foleygate memos...). Collusion is beyond shared ideology. It is coordination of talking points and sharing “research”. At least 2 of these are “October surprises” designed to sway the elections. Gore boasts his 0.51% victory in the popular vote in 2000; how many points did Bush lose in the election eve disclosure of his decades old DWI arrest?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1273094/posts
And then we have the words of Mark Halperin, from 2004, when he was head of the political news coverage at ABC News (he now holds this roll at Time-Lies Magazine):
(internal memo dated Friday October 8, 2004)
It goes without saying that the stakes are getting very high for the country and the campaigns - and our responsibilities become quite grave
I do not want to set off (sp?) and endless colloquy that none of us have time for today - nor do I want to stifle one. Please respond if you feel you can advance the discussion.
The New York Times (Nagourney/Stevenson) and Howard Fineman on the web both make the same point today: the current Bush attacks on Kerry involve distortions and taking things out of context in a way that goes beyond what Kerry has done.
Kerry distorts, takes out of context, and mistakes all the time, but these are not central to his efforts to win.
We have a responsibility to hold both sides accountable to the public interest, but that doesn’t mean we reflexively and artificially hold both sides “equally” accountable when the facts don’t warrant that.
I’m sure many of you have this week felt the stepped up Bush efforts to complain about our coverage. This is all part of their efforts to get away with as much as possible with the stepped up, renewed efforts to win the election by destroying Senator Kerry at least partly through distortions.
It’s up to Kerry to defend himself, of course. But as one of the few news organizations with the skill and strength to help voters evaluate what the candidates are saying to serve the public interest. Now is the time for all of us to step up and do that right.