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DesEtoiles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 12:16 AM
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Christ! WP already has an article up listing Cheney's MANY LIES
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politicat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 12:19 AM
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1. Too bad it's page 15... that one needs to be Headline news...
Above the fold....

PCat (I'm glad they're covering it but annoyed they let it go so deep. Thank Entropy and Tim Berners Lee for the web.)
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DesEtoiles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 12:23 AM
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2. it's middle of front page on-line
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Kimber Scott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 12:32 AM
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3. Somebody in the media is actually working... hard. This article was
enlightening, seemingly factual, and unbiased. Good job WP.
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 12:36 AM
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4. Can you post a sample
for those of us who don't want to register with yet another paper?
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sonicx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 01:27 AM
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8. solution
go to google, paste in the URL, click the link. bingo. :)
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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 12:36 AM
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5. Thanks for the article...
It seems that I didn't hear the first part of this statement by Edwards:

Edwards asserted that "millionaires sitting by their swimming pool...pay a lower tax rate than the men and women who are receiving paychecks for serving" in Iraq.

I thought Edwards was referring to the contractors in Iraq having larger paychecks than the troops on the ground. Or are these two totally different points Edwards made? I remember the phrase "troops on the ground" and the words "larger paychecks".
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DesEtoiles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 01:16 AM
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6. see this article - good details on lies
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DesEtoiles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 01:22 AM
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7. some DETAILS here - but see the whole article it is loaded
Early in the debate, Cheney snapped at Edwards, "The senator has got his facts wrong. I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11." But in numerous interviews, Cheney has skated close to the line in ways that may have certainly left that impression on viewers, usually when he cited the possibility that Mohamed Atta, one of the hijackers on Sept. 11, 2001, met with an Iraqi official -- even after that theory was largely discredited.

Cheney suggested that an agreement had been reached on debt relief for Iraq, saying that "the allies have stepped forward and agreed to reduce and forgive Iraqi debt to the tune of nearly $80 billion, by one estimate." While there are reports of some sort of agreement, no plan has been made public. Cheney also said that allies had contributed $14 billion in "direct aid." Actually, $13 billion was pledged, but only $1 billion has arrived.


Cheney also said Iraqi security forces have "taken almost 50 percent of the casualties in operations in Iraq, which leaves the U.S. with 50 percent, not 90 percent." The United States does not keep track of Iraqi casualties, either civilian or in the security services. Recently, a senior U.S. official in Baghdad estimated that 750 Iraqi policemen have been killed but has no estimate of those wounded. The United States as of yesterday has had 1,061 deaths and 7,730 wounded.


Cheney charged that Kerry and Edwards oppose the No Child Left Behind education law, which imposes new accountability standards on public schools. Both senators voted for the law and support some modifications and billions of dollars to fully fund the education program.
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951 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 02:03 AM
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9. kick
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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 05:43 AM
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