Tortured into False Confessions, innocent Maher Arar will get no US apology

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"Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian, was detained in New York in September 2002 and soon after deported by U.S. authorities, winding up in a grave-like Damascus cell where he was tortured into giving false confessions."

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Webb accuses administration of 'incompetence' in Iraq

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"The only remedy to a series of Iraq policy failures by President Bush is a Democratic takeover of Congress in Nov., Virginia Senate candidate Jim Webb said Saturday. The former Republican, who was Reagan's Navy secretary, said in the Democrats' weekly radio address that Bush's "incompetence" in Iraq had undercut the the fight against terror.""

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I.R.S. Giving Katrina Victims a Break - Until After the Election

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"The New York Times is reporting that I.R.S. commissioner, Mark W. Everson, has ordered the agency to delay collecting back taxes from Katrina victims until after the mid-term elections."

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The Euro is Killing Half of Europe

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"What we see in Eastern and Southern Europe today are the consequences of the EU?s transformation from a union of democratic countries into a sort of supra-national financial empire in which the most important decisions affecting EU citizens are no longer subject to democratic control."

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Powerful Katie Couric Interview with Michael J. Fox

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"This one is going to shift some votes. Despite the fact that Katie Couric tilts the CBS Evening News to the right, this was a compelling interview that will move any person who saw it. Thank you Rush Limbaugh for making this an issue."

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GOP blames Mich. governor for murders

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"A campaign mailing from the Michigan Republican Party blames Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the state corrections director for a crime spree that resulted in the deaths of three people."

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Chuck Norris: Evolution Is ‘Not Real. It Is Not The Way We Got Here’

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"Now, the right-wing website World Net Daily has given Chuck Norris a regular weekly column. In his first column, he takes on an ?alleged? Chuck Norris fact:"

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...And so the Election Fraud begins!

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"U.S. Senate Democratic candidate James Webb's last name has been cut off on part of the electronic ballot used by voters in Alexandria, Falls Church and Charlottesville because of "a computer glitch". Error Cannot Be Fixed by Nov. 7."

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Fox News Let Press Secretary Snow Peddle False Stock Market Stats

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"Fox News' Neil Cavuto did not challenge Tony Snow's false claim that "since the president cut taxes in 2003, the Dow Jones is up 60 percent. The Nasdaq is up 80 percent." But even under the most favorable criteria, Snow's statistics are plainly wrong."

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US emails troops on How to vote for GOP's Foley stand-in

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"A State Department email to troops, provided soldiers from Florida's 16th district with instructions for how to vote for the Republican replacement for Congressman Mark Foley, but omitted other candidates."

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Washington Post: Rush Limbaugh accuses Michael J. Fox of faking Parkinson's

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"Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh today attacked actor Michael J. Fox for faking Parkinson's Disease in an attempt to garner support for stem cell research. "He is exaggerating the effects of the disease," Limbaugh told listeners today. "He's moving all around and shaking and it's purely an act.""

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Barack Obama: 'I Inhaled — That Was The Point'

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"That was what Illinois Senator Barack Obama, currently on a book tour that may or may not segue into a run for the 2008 presidency, said to New Yorker editor David Remnick, after he asked Obama whether or not his admission of drug use in the book would become problematic if he does run."

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Olbermann's Special Comment on GOP Fearmongering

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"Keith issued arguably his most powerful Special Comment yet tonight. This time he takes on the GOP's newest fearmongering ad which quotes Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri superimposed over pictures of explosions with the sound of a ticking bomb in the background."

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State Department official: I misspoke on Iraq policy

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""A senior State Department diplomat apologized Sunday for having told the Arab satellite network Al-Jazeera on Saturday that there is a strong possibility history will show the United States displayed "arrogance" and "stupidity" in its handling of the Iraq war." - CNN. I think he forgot to use "truthiness"."

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Sen. Obama mulls bid for White House in 2008

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"U.S. Sen. Barack Obama on Sunday said he has thought about running for president in 2008 and will give it more serious consideration after the mid-term congressional elections on November 7. Obama was on the cover a recent Time magazine issue with the headline "Why Barack Obama Could Be the Next President"."

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Bartlett:

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"Video of White House counselor Dan Bartlett on CBS this morning saying the administration has "never" had a "stay the course strategy" in Iraq + Video of President Bush and Tony Snow repeatidly describing their Iraq strategy as "stay the course.""

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Sen. Barack Obama Says He's Weighing 2008 Run : 1st Black President?

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"Sen. Barack Obama acknowledged Sunday he was considering a run for president in 2008, backing off previous statements that he would not do so."

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Jon Stewart on Bush's Moral Hypocrisy

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"Jon Stewart's Daily Show does one of the best news reports in the last 6 years.It is very sad when the only commercial broadcast channel that will do the hard news is the Comedy Channel. So much for the liberal bias in the media. That is long gone."

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34 Scandals From Bush's First Year of Presidency

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"Remember scandal fatigue? It was an affliction supposedly either turning voters against Democrats or, alternatively, a weariness in the body politic preventing Republicans from pursuing even more grievances against Clinton. After four years of Bush's presidency, the entire nation should be suffering from utter scandal exhaustion."

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Bush:

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"President George W. Bush tries to rewrite history on ABC's This Week. Bush told George Stephanopoulos, "We?ve never been stay the course, George!" Actually, he's used that phrase to describe his policy for years."

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