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Friday 12th September 2008
Palin Revives Bush’s Most Lethal Lie
11:37 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Iraq | Comments: 24
In a speech yesterday to U.S. troops departing for Iraq, Alaska Governor and GOP VP nominee Sarah Palin declared that the soldiers would “defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans.”
Even George W. Bush finally admitted that this justification for attacking Iraq was [...]
Tuesday 18th March 2008
Bush Earned Impeachment Five Years Ago Today
10:50 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Iraq | Comments: 15
In a memo sent to Congress five years ago today, Bush decreed that he was attacking Iraq “to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.”
The Bush administration linked Saddam to 9/11 to justify [...]
Friday 7th March 2008
Ron Paul’s Missed Chance Against McCain?
9:00 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Iraq | Ron Paul | Comments: 21
John McCain survived the New Hampshire primary thanks to receiving the support of the bulk of Republicans opposed to the Iraq war</a>. McCain also did much better with the antiwar voters than other GOP candidates in the crucial Florida primary.
Ron Paul, who announced he was dropping out of the race last night, never made his opposition [...]
Wednesday 30th January 2008
Discussing Ron Paul Etc. Thursday Morning - LISTEN LIVE
12:45 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Iraq | Ron Paul | Comments: 18
I will be on the Charles Goyette radio show 8:35 AM Eastern time Thursday (1/31) discussing the Ron Paul campaign and other developments in the presdiential race.
Charles is one of the best libertarian hosts in the country; his political courage and humor have helped make him the most popular talk show host in Phoenix. He is on the dial [...]
Monday 28th January 2008
AntiWar Issue in FLA Primary???
11:25 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Iraq | Comments: 16
Are any of the candidates in tomorrow’s presidential primaries in Florida running advertisements criticizing the Iraq war? Are any of the candidates making opposition to the Iraq war their premier issue?
Is the antiwar issue being raised in the media or in Q & A with candidates?
Has anybody seen polls on which candidates are favored by [...]
Monday 14th January 2008
The War Issue in the Michigan Primary?
7:51 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Iraq | Comments: 11
Unfortunately, I don’t live in Michigan [!] - but I’m curious on the big vote on Tuesda -
How are the presidential candidates playing the Iraq war issue in the Michigan primary?
Are any candidates running radio or TV ads explicitly opposing or supporting the war?
If so, are the ads on the war resonating?
Does the Iraq war seem to [...]
Sunday 15th July 2007
Excellent Report on US Military’s Civilian Carnage in Iraq
3:55 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Iraq | Comments: 16
Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian have an excellent report in the new issue of Nation from interviews with 50 U.S. veterans on the carnage inflicted in Iraq.
Hedges, Al-Arian, and Nation deserve great credit for this report.
If the New York Times or the Washington Post had half as much gumption on this issue, Americans would be [...]
Monday 30th April 2007
Happy “Mission Accomplished” Anniversary
8:22 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Iraq | Comments: 33
Today (May 1) is the fourth anniversary of one of the most dishonest propaganda speeches in modern American history.
President Bush did his flight suit strut on the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in front of a banner proclaiming “Mission Accomplished.”
Bush proclaimed, “With new tactics and precision weapons, we can achieve military objectives without directing [...]
Monday 19th March 2007
Great Recap of Media Debacles etc. on Iraq War
6:29 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Iraq | Comments: 4
The folks at Fairness and Accuracy in Media (FAIR) have a superb timeline of media duplicity, cravenness, and occasional truth before and during the war with Iraq.
[FAIR does some excellent analyses, even if they did scowl at my work in 1991. They tagged me "the media's favorite opponent of national agricultural programs" and complained, "Bovard achieved an [...]