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Not having anything worthwhile to say for himself, John Kerry has his surrogates out starting nasty rumors about the Bush administration. Our liberal national media doesn't seem to mind when Kerry minions spout obvious mistruths. The large media news organizations never bother fact-checking and questioning Democrats about even the most blatant lies, so Democrats babble on with impunity. We, however, prefer to take notes and lie in wait until the actual candidate starts feeling confident the trial balloon sent up by minions is safe to follow. John Kerry, of course, is libel to say anything. So, it didn't take long...

Sunday June 8, 2003; 12:56 p.m. EDT Kristol: Bush Made Misstatements on Iraq WMDs In comments sure to be seized upon by Bush administration critics at home and abroad, one of the leading proponents of the war in Iraq said Sunday that President Bush may have misstated the case that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction before the U.S. attacked. "We shouldn't deny, those of us who were hawks, that there could have been misstatements made, I think in good faith," Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol told "Fox News Sunday." Asked, by whom, the leading Iraq war backer explained,...

"EVEN CONSERVATIVE ANDREW SULLIVAN NOW ADMITS..." It's disappointing to see Andrew Sullivan sounding so much like Paul Krugman. Andrew has been worrying for a while about increasing deficits and increasing government spending under a supposedly conservative administration -- and that's fine, I worry about all that too. But that's no excuse for uncritically passing on slanted and inaccurate scare stories in the media that claim the Bush administration is responsible for -- or worse, is trying to conceal -- some cataclysmic new fiscal threat to American civilization. And, disappointingly, that's just what Andrew is doing today. I'll betcha anything that...

Last Saturday, the mother of one of the first soldiers killed in action was on the phone to Tom Brokaw on NBC and gave a heart-wrenching perspective on being a parent observing the war that is running 24/7 on TV. Tom Brokaw became all choked up as did the four retired military consultants with him. Just as Brockaw was saying good buy to her, she asked if she may say one thing and he said yes. She then pleaded with the media to remember that there are mothers and fathers and wives watching this coverage and it is murder, referring...