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From factcheck.org’s new article about the already infamous ‘Wolves’ ad:

A new Bush ad claims Kerry supported cuts in intelligence “so deep they would have weakened America ’s defenses” against terrorists, and shows a pack of hungry-looking wolves preparing to attack. Actually, the cut Kerry proposed in 1994 amounted to less than 4 percent, as part of a proposal to cut many programs to reduce the deficit.

And in 1995 Porter Goss, who is now Bush’s CIA Director, co-sponsored an even strong deficit-elimination measure that would have cut CIA personnel by 20 percent over five years. When asked about that at his confirmation hearings he didn’t disavow it.

It goes on to say Kerry was supporting regular increases in the several years leading up to 9-11.  If the levels of flat-out lying continue, and the American public rewards Bush by re-electing him, why should any politician ever need to tell the truth again?  Sure, Kerry occasionally stretches the truth or gives out selective truths to paint a specific picture, but the flat-out lies are all coming from one direction because no one is holding them accountable.

Factcheck.org is a non-partisan organization.  Read the full article here.

Here’s a very clever and persuasive site that is nothing but Republicans who are voting for Kerry and why.  Former Minnesota Republican governer, Elmer L Anderson says:

"Kerry has … far superior intellect and character than Bush. He speaks honestly to the American people, his ethics are unimpeachable and, clearly…he has far better credentials…"

Bush or Kerry – Are Pollsters Making the Connection? New CEA Survey Finds Consumer Shift to Cellular Phones, New Telephone Technologies Leave Millions out of Polling Process

Perhaps I missed it because I never pay that much attention to polls anyway, but apparently polls rarely touch cell phone users.  I know that I rarely use anything *but* a cellphone, and most other younger people are similar. 

Add to this the fact that most younger people I know strongly favor Kerry.  Could this be a big surprise come Nov. 2nd when there was a huge (mostly younger) segment of the population that wasn’t touched in polls?

A new study shows (surprise!) that Bush supporters wrongfully believe things like Saddam was found to have a weapons program or WMD’s and that (!!) the rest of the world supports the US in invading Iraq. 

"The roots of the Bush supporters’ resistance to information," according to Steven Kull, "very likely lie in the traumatic experience of 9/11 and equally in the near pitch-perfect leadership that President Bush showed in its immediate wake. This appears to have created a powerful bond between Bush and his supporters–and an idealized image of the President that makes it difficult for his supporters to imagine that he could have made incorrect judgments before the war, that world public opinion could be critical of his policies or that the President could hold foreign policy positions that are at odds with his supporters."

How do you convince people that cannot hear truth?  It’s like saying to someone, "The sky is blue" and they respond, "No, it’s lime green because Bush said so."

Here’s an interesting article by Marlow W Cook, a former Republican Senator.  The article hits on something I’ve been saying for quite some time:

First, let’s talk about George Bush’s moral standards.

In 2000, to defeat Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. — a man who was shot down in Vietnam and imprisoned for over five years — they used Carl Rove’s "East Texas special." They started the rumor that he was gay, saying he had spent too much time in the Hanoi Hilton. They said he was crazy. They said his wife was on drugs. Then, to top it off, they spread pictures of his adopted daughter, who was born in Bangladesh and thus dark skinned, to the sons and daughters of the Confederacy in rural South Carolina.

Somehow it seems to me, the more informed you are, the less likely you are to vote for Bush no matter what your party.  Oh, and if you watch Fox, you’re actually less informed the more you watch it.

From the always inventive McSweeney’s:

If you are a registered voter under 25 living in a swing state, you are eligible to receive a phone call from an author on November 2 reminding you to vote.

To briefly expand a little on what I said below:  with this ‘America’ remix, I am not telling you who to vote for.  I am telling you to be informed about your choice and to decide for yourself.  The media right now is an extended apparatus of both parties, neither of which truly represents the people.  The job of the media used to be to inform and help represent the people but they have become just another part of the two party system.  Jon Stewart stated this so wonderfully in his appearance on Crossfire Friday and his performance is already becoming cult legend.  Boing Boing has some links where you can download his Crossfire appearance from the net because it is an important thing to see and understand.