Kerry Runs for Cover on Bush’s Military Service

Last Sunday Kerry was grave of look and speech and intoned:

“The issue here is was he present and active on duty in Alabama at the times he was supposed to be?”

So, Monday morning the pay stubs show up,

Weasely Clark is toast.
News from all the wire services and a number of blogs, that he’s been cancelling appearences.
And Clark’s campaign site is showing a rather strange lack of events after tonight.

Taegan Goddard’s Political Wirehas a report up of interest:

“‘The network of soft-money fundraising groups known as the ‘shadow’ Democratic Party has fallen significantly short of its fundraising goals even as the presumptive Democratic nominee, Sen. John Kerry, faces

Dhimmi Watch is reporting something which the RNC should be all over in about 30 seconds or less:

“Yesterday we posted an article reporting that Iran’s mullahs are hoping Bush loses the presidential election. Some comments criticized us for bringing

Exit polls are showing Kerry up front, with around 55 percent in both states.

A look into history shows that the last two Democrats who were nominated AND won Tennesee, were Mondale and Dukakas.

How’s THAT for a trend? 😉

Reuters is reporting:

“A massive car bomb killed about 50 people at a police station south of Baghdad on Tuesday as civilians lined up to apply for jobs, in one of the deadliest attacks on Iraqis working with U.S. occupation

I’ve been asked via email why I haven’t commented on THIS yet:

“STEVENS POINT, Wis., Feb. 9 – In an abrupt reversal, Howard Dean said Monday that he would not back out of the Democratic presidential race regardless of what

PR Newswire

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ — The late Dr. Robert Atkins is being smeared for his alleged obesity at the time of his death, by a phony doctors organization that has been exposed as a front group for People

The Guardian says:

“As John Kerry’s campaign to secure the Democrat nomination – and with it a crack at the White House – continues to gather pace, it has emerged that it is being bankrolled by key executives from News

Cam Edwards came up with what is perhaps a preview to the re-election.

This was blogged by Margaret Kieler. I hadn’t seen it for a while and decided to repost.
Kerry cannot beat Bush. Imagine the debate:

Kerry–The No Child

Keith Burgess-Jackson, otherwise known as the Anal Philosopher apparently reads Sullivan, of late, the same way I do:

“Andrew Sullivan has lost his bloody mind……  His otherwise sound intellect fails him repeatedly when it comes to homosexual marriage (or homosexuality

Random Observations has a rather good write-up of why Hitler was in fact a Leftist… an argument I’ve made over the years.

In looking again at Russert’s questioning of President Bush on Sunday as regards his military service, I’m struck again by the fact that Russert didn’t bother checking his own network’s reporting on the matter, that I’d already reported on.

And

Glenn has picked up on a couple of choice quotes:

“TOM DASCHLE, on the war resolution, back in 2002:
Daschle, D-South Dakota, said the threat of Iraq’s weapons programs ‘may not be imminent. But it is real. It is growing.

Kerry
Attacks President On Threat Posed By Iraq, Does He Not Believe His Own Words?
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SINCE
1990, KERRY HAS TOLD AMERICA
OF SADDAM’S WMD THREAT

Editor’s
note:

This
constitutes part 3 in what has developed into a series