Someone noted, and sorry I can't remember where I read it, that you may not hear that the number of troops killed in Iraq has exceeded 1,000 when and if it happens because it's perceived as a psychological magic number, a number that wouldn't bode well for Georgie. If there is a liberal media bias I'd expect that number to be blasted on the front page. But if there's a Government press for suppression of that data, well, what would that say about the Administration? If I were Kerry I'd hammer home repeatedly about the number of troops killed in support of a suspect invasion while bin Laden runs free. Of course, if bin Laden gets found it wouldn't matter what Kerry says. Bush would dominate the headlines.

Also read somewhere that Hussein was strongly pushing in 2001 (or so) for OPEC to switch from dollars to euros. This move would've benefited France (and the EU) and Russia, and hurt the U.S.. With Hussein out, the push is conveniently dead and the dollar remains the OPEC currency of choice. Hmmmm, very coincidental in a wonderful, paranoid, conspiratal way. I guess we had to protect our interests.

If Bush wins watch as many electronic election results suddenly show up as fraudulent. Watch in horror as this will result in no action whatsoever as the Supreme Court will again declare the Election valid. The Republicans will say the Dems are crybabies over a few voting glitches.

I've griped before about how the Repuiblicans are true masters at dirty politics. And apparently it's working as Bush's poll numbers creep slowly upwards. The Dems need to, during the Republican convention, accidently let loose a few faked parody photos - such as the infamous Abu Ghraib scene with the female guard standing over the prisoner. Bush's face needs to replace hers. Crap like that and the Dems should then slowly rebuke those photos - just the way Bush does - but only after the damage has been done. Notice how Bush is calling for legislation against these "shadow" outside groups? This is a Win-Win for Bush. They (the Swifties) do the damage against Kerry with lies and innuendo. They (MoveOn.Org) does damage against Bush with facts. If Bush rails against these outside groups it looks like he's for "clean" politics. If Kerry doesn't side with Bush on this issue then Bush will say Kerry supports "dirty" politics, despite Kerry's claim that it's a matter of Free Speech. Clever, no? Shit sticks and that what Bush throws. That what people remember. Even worse, if some sort of legislation does get passed, the Swifties are only a relatively small bunch of rich folks. No big loss for Bush. But MoveOn.org is a lot of people who may find themselves under Governmental scrutiny. This would be a major blow for that type of grassroots movement and a variety of Freedoms to boot.

What I want to know is if Kerry wins whether the Republicans will stand firm behind him as True American Patriots. That's what they expect of everyone else - "You're either with us or you support Terrorism!". Let's see if they do as they say.