Finally, Tony Snow tries a line on the Kerry flap so absurd that the press corps can’t help but laugh.
From Tom DeLay’s old district, the GOP bemoans a tricky Democratic campaign mailer. At least they admit sending it, one expert says.
He’s facing sexual assault charges. He had an illegal domestic worker. Now Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-NV) finds himself in a totally new scandal.
I think this is what’s called a bad sign (from the AP) …
Manhattan security company Kroll has withdrawn its bodyguard teams from Iraq and Afghanistan after it lost four workers in Iraq, its parent company said Wednesday.
Michael Cherkasky, president and chief executive of Kroll owner Marsh & McLennan Cos., told The Associated Press that the business in the two countries wasn’t worth risking the lives of their employees.
Too dangerous for the hired paramilitaries.
Late Update: Apparently Bechtel has just announced they’re pulling out too.
Iraq: Not secure enough for mercenaries. Helluva job.
A nice political cartoon explanation of what a lot of folks have been saying — and, come to think of it, what the president is saying too.
Where’s the outrage, indeed. Kerry flubs a dumb joke, CNN goes wall-to-wall for two days straight. President Bush says a vote for Democrats is a vote for the terrorists, CNN (and the rest of the biggs) gives it a big yawn. Ed Kilgore has more.
The nasty campaign mailer of the day, courtesy of Colorado’s 7th — where Republicans sent out a mailer against Dem Ed Perlmutter apparently tailored to look like an official sex offender notification.