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09:41 - Morning brings no relief
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0895260174/qid=1092155457/sr=8-1/ref=p
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Its sales rank at Amazon is #1... but check this out:
Editorial review? Editorial review?! What the hell?
McCain's quote is a public slam on the people who appeared in the Swift Vets' ad. Not a review of the book.
What in the crap has happened to this planet? Bush Derangement Syndrome has so gripped the country that all the major online booksellers try to sabotage an anti-Kerry book? This is utterly insane.
(Thanks to Jaed for noticing this.)
And meanwhile, the Swift Vets have made it onto The Daily Show, where Jon Stewart has dubbed them "Operation Vet Offensive". Ho ho. And he shows the McCain quote, then follows it with the Bush administration's quote about halting "all unregulated 527s". Which Stewart quips was aimed primarily at "a group called Texas National Air Guard Veterans For Truth, made up of people who recall serving with the President."
Appreciative laughter throughout the room.
Because, you know, everybody knows Bush was AWOL. Because, like, there were all those accusations a while ago, right? And they were never conclusively answered. Or at least the mainstream media didn't cover any such responses. Which means they didn't exist. Right?
That's where the burden of proof is going to lie this election season. Bush is presumed guilty of all things, regardless of proof otherwise; and Kerry is presumed universally virtuous, regardless of proof otherwise. Those who control what we see and hear and read will see to that.
There's a terrible precedent being set this year.
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Brian Tiemann
