When will it end?  When will we pull out?  Why oh why are we there?

1500 lives.  1500 men, women, fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, friends and cousins.  1500 loved ones.  Lost in the name of a lie.

Blood is in your hands President Bush.

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Just saw this.  There's no need for comment at this disgusting news..

AP: Iraqi Died While Hung From Wrists

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Salon is on the hunt and provides a picture of Bush driving his truck at his ranch in 2002 with the same mysterious "bulge"...

Need to watch a short commercial to read entire article:

I hope this wasn't posted already as I didn't see it.

I know kos has affected me and has made me more politically aware. The Bush Administration's assualt on virtually everything that I value has forced me to get involved in the process. Kos and the other left-leaning bloggers have provided a sense of community, a place to vent, for support and to exchange ideas. For all the progressives out there, we will win!

Now go read Kos's article:

Well it's come to this.  Should we now question every recipient of any medals for any of the previous wars?  It's rather disgusting what the smears have become.  It's time to fight fire with fire.

Did a Google search and I came up with this August, 1996 The Nation article by Robert B. Ellis from his sons website Ted Ellis.

Ron is really taking on Bush. There's a change in the air. I'm feeling optimistic, especially after watching the convention. I hope the Democrats have laid the foundation to change course. We need to be relentless.

Ron wrote an essay in Esquire

It's nice to hear that the Kerry team are preparing for the possibility of another Election 2000 fiasco. My hope is that this won't be a necessity but it's heartening to know that this time the Dems will be prepared.

Kerry Building Legal Network for Vote Fights

Mindful of the election problems in Florida four years ago, aides to Senator John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, say his campaign is putting together a far more intricate set of legal safeguards than any presidential candidate before him to monitor the election.

Aides to Mr. Kerry say the campaign is taking the unusual step of setting up a nationwide legal network under its own umbrella, rather than relying, as in the past, on lawyers associated with state Democratic parties. The aides said they were recruiting people based on their skills as litigators and election lawyers, rather than rewarding political connections or big donors.

Lawyers for the campaign are gathering intelligence and preparing litigation over the ballot machines being used and the rules concerning how voters will be registered or their votes disqualified. In some cases, the lawyers are compiling dossiers on the people involved and their track records on enforcing voting rights. The disputed 2000 presidential election remains a fresh wound for Democrats, and Mr. Kerry has been referring to it on the stump while assuring his audiences that he will not let this year's election be a repeat of the 2000 vote.

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My apologies if this was already posted as I looked back a few pages of diaries and couldn't find it posted.

Well well...I'm shocked that Bush's own have slammed him for using church rosters for political means....

Southern Baptists blast Bush for efforts to mobilize churches

The Southern Baptist Convention, a conservative denomination closely aligned with President Bush, said it was offended by the Bush-Cheney campaign's effort to use church rosters for campaign purposes.

"I'm appalled that the Bush-Cheney campaign would intrude on a local congregation in this way," said Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.

"The bottom line is, when a church does it, it's nonpartisan and appropriate. When a campaign does it, it's partisan and inappropriate," he said. "I suspect that this will rub a lot of pastors' fur the wrong way."

Congrats to Joshua at Talking Points Memo for hitting mainstream by being acknowledged by Time Magazine as one of the Top 50 Coolest Websites!

Now if we can get Kos in there.

Congrats!

As a SF resident I am happy to report that our very own Minority House Leader Nancy Pelosi showed some cajones today and laid the smackdown on our fearless leader.

Go Nancy Go!!!

From SFGate....

This is my first diary so....

Kerry Camp Offers Some Military Records

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Amid questions about his military records, John Kerry (news - web sites)'s campaign on Tuesday provided documentation of Vietnam War injuries that included shrapnel wounds to his arms, legs and buttocks that earned him three Purple Hearts.

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