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Christopher Ruddy of Newsmax has an exellent editorial today about the Media's War against Bush which I have posted in the Today's Links section of this thread. Please visit Newsmax today and sign up for their email newsletters.

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The Media's War Against Bush

Christopher Ruddy
Monday, July 14, 2003

As President Bush has been fighting a war against terrorism, the Democrats and the big media are fighting a war against President Bush.

The latest case in point: the non-issue of President Bush’s fleeting reference to intelligence that Iraq was seeking uranium in Niger.

In hindsight, the Bush administration honestly admits the evidence wasn’t strong enough to have made that specific statement. The British disagree, however. They say they have seen the evidence and it’s true.

So what? The war against Iraq was never waged because of the Niger evidence. Nor was it waged because we had definite evidence Saddam was behind Sept. 11.

After Sept. 11, President Bush warned that terrorism would loom over us unless we dealt with the nations behind terrorism. He named Iraq, Iran and North Korea as the most dangerous, “the Axis of Evil.”

All, said President Bush, were developing weapons of mass destruction. In an age when anthrax, a poor man’s atom bomb or a “dirty nuke” – plutonium encased in dynamite – could be easily produced and deployed against us, the threat is real.

There was little political reason for Bush to wage this war. It was fraught with risk for him and the nation. Because he is so committed to dealing with terrorism before we see weapons of mass destruction used in New York or elsewhere in our nation, he was willing to take those risks.

Saddam: Top of the Clinton Terror List

We knew that Saddam was put at the top of terrorist threat list, not by the Bush administration, but by the Clinton administration.

In 1998, Clinton said Saddam had weapons of mass destruction, was developing still more weapons, and would use them at some point. Nobody in the media accused him of politicizing intelligence data. (Nor did the media accuse him of manipulating data for his “wag the dog” war against Serbia – when, after the war, no evidence of genocidal atrocities was ever found.)

The State Department has had Iraq on its list of rogue nations sponsoring terrorism for years, well before Bush showed up in the White House. As Notra Trulock notes: “The clearest public expression of the intelligence community’s judgments on Iraqi WMD may be found on the CIA’s Internet Web site. Posted in October 2002, the community judged that Iraq had continued its WMD programs, it had chemical and biological weapons, and ‘left unchecked,’ it would probably have a nuclear weapon in this decade.

”If the major media were exposing a real crime committed by the Bush administration, I would say let them do it.

But this media campaign is nothing more than one orchestrated to undermine the president’s popularity and boost Democratic chances for 2004.

So far, the media’s drumbeat is working. The president’s overall approval rating has sagged, and his rating for his handling of Iraq had dropped a precipitous 21 points from April, falling from 74 percent to 53 percent.

The one poll that the public needs to remember is the one taken in 1992. The Roper study found that 89 percent of the Washington press corps said they voted for Bill Clinton, as opposed to 6 percent for the elder Bush.

Clearly, the left-wing media will do anything to elect a Democrat in 2004.

Reproduced with the permission of NewsMax.com. All rights reserved.

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Gephardt Fund-Raising Falls Far Short

By RON FOURNIER
AP Political Writer
July 15, 2003

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presidential candidate Dick Gephardt fell short of his fund-raising goal by more than $1 million, raising questions Tuesday about his ability to excite Democratic donors and remain a top-tier candidate.

The former House Minority leader, who hoped to raise $5 million from April to June, collected just $3.87 million - apparently placing him in a distant fifth-place among the nine Democratic contenders.

Gephardt aides pledged to retool their fund-raising tactics as part of a broader reassessment of his campaign strategies. Last week, fearing his political strength would be questioned with release of the money figure, Gephardt shifted his message to increase attacks on Democratic rivals."Four million (dollars) ain't chicken feed," campaign manager Steve Murphy said in a telephone interview. "We're on plan to raise $20 million this year and be able to spend the maximum in every early state through February, which is when a front-runner, if not the nominee, will be decided.

"Gephardt, the Missouri congressman, holds a narrow lead in most polls in Iowa, site of the first voting of 2004. But former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts have narrowed his advantage.
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President Bush to Welcome PM Berlusconi of Italy

Statement by the Press Secretary

July 15, 2003

Visit of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy President Bush will host Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, on July 20-21, 2003. Italy is among the United States' closest allies in NATO, and has been a strong supporter in the global war on terrorism and in bringing peace and democracy to Iraq. The President values Prime Minister Berlusconi's leadership. They will discuss a range of issues, including stopping the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, peace and security in the Middle East region, continuing the fight against terrorism, and strengthening transatlantic relations.

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President George W. Bush meets with Vladimir Spidla, Prime
Minister of the Czech Republic, in the Oval Office Tuesday,
July 15, 2003.

[PhiKapMom]

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[PhiKapMom]

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[onyx]

Fabulous, fabulous post! On my way to read Ruddy and I promise to pen him a note of thanks and appreciation!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET

...WHY did the CLTINONS tell us that they were not soft on Terrorism during the 1990's...

...when they had refused 3 Offers to extradite OSAMA bin LADEN from the Sudan to a U.S. Trial that would have stopped the Sept. 11th Attacks from coming down on all of us in advance..?

NEVER FORGET

[Wait4Truth]

Ruddy does a great job showing the double-standard of the liberal media. It is truly sad that the public is falling for this fake scandal. It shows they haven't learned much since 1992.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET


...It now appears that HILLARY herself was directly involved in the CLINTON White House's refusing 3 Offers from the President of the Sudan to extradite OSAMA bin LADEN to a U.S. Trial during the 1990's that would have prevented the Attacks on all of us on September 11, 2001..!!!


See:

~Hillary's Schemes by Carl Limbacher: Pre-Publication Notice~

http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/f-news/945274/posts


NEVER FORGET

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for that link -- much appreciated!

[motherlydia]

Please add me to your ping list.......and thanks for doing this.

[Recovering_Democrat]

A CHALLENGE!! Recovering_Democrat's Goal:
$2000 to Bush-Cheney '04!

Amount donated so far:
$340

(17% of goal reached!)

I challenge fellow FREEPers to set a goal, and post it on this thread....it doesn't have to be the maximum...make it a challenge, though! I'm going to be giving in increments...bit by bit, as I do not have $2000 to give in one fell swoop! Fellow FREEPers, do the same! Let's make a record of how we're doing in supporting our Commander In Chief!!!!
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[PhiKapMom]

Consider yourself added and you are most welcome!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...The Media hasn't learned much since WALTER CRONKITE's lying TV days when he aided Terrorist HO CHI MINH's Communist Victory over FREEDOM and US during the Vietnam War.

...Thank GOD this Friend of HILLARY has now called for our Southern States to secede from our Union, showing exactly where his Anti-U.S. Priorities have always been.

...The 1.5 Milion poor S.E. Asian Souls that lost their lives, after WALTER CRONKITE fooled US on TV into leaving them behind to their bloody fate at the hands of invading Communist Bullies, still cry out for retribution.

[PhiKapMom]

That's is fantastic! Great job!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

.."IS it SAFE?" = HILLARY on Armed Services Committee..

http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=629

[Wait4Truth]

The worst part of all is that Cronkite will be back soon to spew his lies right into the 04 election. The media is filled with corruption and the public just can't see it.

[Miss Marple]

Thanks for the challenge! I am going to donate this week, and I will post my amounts as well! Great idea, along with PhKapMom's .04 initiative!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...WALTER CRONKITE has already inserted his foot into National Politics by:

1) During Impeachment making his Martha's Vineyard Sailboat be the backdrop for the 'All in the Family' Media Photo of the CLINTONS taken after BILL's "Improper Relationship" MONICA-GATE Speech to the Nation. A photo that also now proves the HILLARY Lie about CLINTON family's staying away from him during that time, except the family Dog.

2) Admonishing DAVID LETTERMAN to lay off HILLARY on TV just before she was to walk out to have her 1st TV Interview with him.


WALTER CRONKITE =
HILLARY's #1 Media Defensive Linebacker

CRONKITE = HILLARY = HO CHI MINH

[onyx]

Ronnie, my hero, thanks for all of your posts!

[windchime]

Bump!

[My2Cents]

The War on Terror has two main fronts -- against Al Qaeda, and against the Democrat Party. I liked the references in one of JohnHuang2's recent commentaries, where he constantly referred to efforts of the Bush Administration being "opposed by Al Qaeda and the Democrat Party." Clearly they are the party of appeasement. There is nothing they won't do to undermine the security of this nation in order to gain some partisan advantage.