Free Republic

When John Kerry speaks tonight, he may promise, again, to cut corporate taxes and increase the size of the military by 40,000 persons. Both ideas are sensible -- and tactical. They are supposed to blunt Republican charges that he stands on one side of a vast ideological chasm separating the parties. Democrats make similar, and similarly silly, charges about this election as the hinge on which American and world history will turn. What is strange about politics today is not just that it is so passionate -- particularly on the part of Democrats unhinged by their loathing of George W....

supported al-Arian This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39701 Thursday, July 29, 2004 Democrats' imam supported al-ArianChaplain who gave benediction was character witness to terror supporter Posted: July 29, 20049:20 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com The Muslim imam who gave a closing benediction at the Democratic National Convention in Boston also served as a character witness to Sami al-Arian, the Florida professor indicted by the U.S. Justice Department on 50 counts of terror-related charges. On the second day of the Democratic National Convention, Imam Yahya Hendi said the closing prayer of...

Kerry, a four-term U.S. senator from Massachusetts, leads 47 percent to 41 percent in 18 states where the presidential vote is expected to be closest, the Washington-based Pew Research Center found in a July 8-18 survey. A month ago Bush had an 11 point lead, according to Pew. A Fox News poll July 20-21 showed Kerry trailing 41 percent to 42 percent in 15 ``battlegrounds'' states. Nationwide surveys show Kerry, 60, leading Bush, 58, by 2 percentage points, according to polls by Pew, USA Today/Cable News Network and the Los Angeles Times. Bush is ahead by 1 percentage point in...

John Kerry did an about-face yesterday and offered Sen. Hillary Clinton a prime-time slot at the Democratic National Convention. The move quelled a storm of Democratic protest about the Clinton diss, as her loyalists bombarded Team Kerry with pleas to add her to the roster. "I even called [party chairman Terry] McAuliffe at home and said, 'This is very [expletive] upsetting,'" said Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings, a Hillary supporter. Kerry called Clinton from the campaign trail yesterday to make the offer. "Sen. Clinton is honored and delighted to have the opportunity to address the convention, and she will continue to...

Undertakers To DNC: What About Dead Conventioneers? Just When They Thought They'd Covered Everything... POSTED: 8:43 am EDT July 10, 2004 UPDATED: 8:51 am EDT July 10, 2004 BOSTON -- The phones have been ringing off the hook at the office of state Senator Steven A. Baddour, cochairman of the Joint Committee on Transportation, with a range of complaints about the effects of the Democratic National Convention on commuters and businessmen. One of the more unusual ones was from John Linnehan, operator of a Haverhill funeral home. His point, one apparently overlooked by federal and local authorities when they planned...

Seems they have evidence that Al Qaeda is attempting to attack the political conventions in Boston and New York.

From the New York Post's Eric Fettman: The opening night of next month's Democratic convention in Boston is set to feature an emotional party tribute to hometown hero Ted Kennedy, who has served in office longer than every other senator but one. Guess no one at the Democratic National Committee took a close look at the calendar: That July 26 salute to Teddy just happens to coincide with . . . the 35th anniversary of Chappaquiddick. Well, actually, Eric, the DNC is perfectly aware of the Chappaquiddick anniversary (give or take a few days) -- which you'd know if you'd...