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The media is completely distorting the record. From the article:

Sen. John Kerry (Mass.), the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, has been so eager to remain his party’s standard-bearer that a recent Reed response to a Bush speech became a Kerry-Reed event.


This is the only thing they have to report? What the hell does this have to do with a plan?


I started a thread in this group with a letter I sent to Time after a horrible article by Joe Klein. I posted some other letters I found in in an NJ paper.

Reason for this is, I keep reading and hearing from people exactly the opposite of what the media keeps pushing. And especially this notion about the Democrats.


The media is either out of touch or intentionally ignoring the facts. Do they read? Forget that, do they hear? I found this letter today (which is very telling):


Pleasantville Student Speaks Out On Iraq Issues
Shannon Broder
Wednesday, 14 December 2005
Letter to the Editor:
We are still fighting in the Iraq war, but it's difficult to tell because it is a topic that has been ostracized by many newspapers. The articles are there, you just need to go through pages upon pages of ads and other senseless articles to reach the so-called "roll of honor" page, a page that is supposed to venerate our soldiers.

How are we supposed to fully appreciate or understand what is going on in Iraq if the information is not readily available?

The death toll of American soldiers in Iraq has amounted to well over two thousand lives. These men and women sacrificed their lives for their country and yet the "roll of honor" has been pushed to the back of the paper. Some honor that is. These are our fellow Americans, and hiding the cold hard facts is not going to make this war go away.

Due to the conflict in Iraq and other mishaps, President Bush's popularity ratings have plummeted. His number of supporters now stands at 38%, the lowest of his presidency yet. President Bush won the popular vote on November 2nd by a 50.7% to 48.2% margin over John Kerry. It is most unfortunate that the 1.7% of Americans that could have made such a difference on Election Day are having second thoughts after the fact when it is too late. What a shame they didn't feel compelled to look up the facts in time.

What now, America? We cannot just close our eyes and pretend that this war isn't here and that our people aren't dying. We, as Americans, need to take a stand for what is right.

Shannon Broder
Student
Pleasantville N.Y.

http://westchester.com/Westchester_News/Westchester_Views_and_Opinion/Pleasantville_Student_Speaks_Out_On_Iraq_Issues_200512146032.html