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Try to ignore the spin
It's confounding that despite such issues as war, terrorism, jobs, wages, loss of U.S. prestige abroad and the cost of health care and college, the two major presidential candidates and their surrogates are flinging meaningless mudballs with abandon.

Census: Poverty, Uninsured Numbers Rise

Barnes Regrets Helping Bush Avoid Vietnam

Bush Acknowledges Iraq 'Miscalculation'

Kerry Challenges Bush to Weekly Debates

A lawyer for the Bush re-election team has resigned after admitting links to a veterans' group that accuses rival John Kerry of lying about his war record.

The new Medicare prescription drug benefit is being billed as a big victory for America’s seniors."You gotta be kidding me,” says Congressman Burton (R). “Seniors, when they find out what's in that bill, are gonna be very angry. The problem is, they're not gonna find out about it until after this next election.”

Film Review: 'Uncovered: the War on Iraq'

Navy Commander, Journalist, Backs Kerry on Vietnam

Audit Shows $8.8B Missing in Iraq

Iran warns of preemptive strike to prevent attack on nuclear sites

U.S. needs clear terrorism definition

In a dramatic departure from the Bush administration, Republican Rep. Doug Bereuter says he now believes the U.S. military assault on Iraq was unjustified.

Eroding Respect for America Seen as Major Problem

Out of Spotlight, Bush Overhauls U.S. Regulations

Halliburton in more Iraq trouble?

McCain:"I can't believe the president would pull such a cheap stunt."

Kerry: Bush Policies Encourage Terrorism

GOP Director Chuck McGee Pleads Guilty to arranging to have hundreds of hang-up calls made to phone lines that were installed to help voters get rides to the polls
This is as much anti-American freedom as you can get

States Cut Health Insurance for 145,000 Kids

Wave of Kidnappings in Iraq Continues

Halliburton Iran deals under fire

Berger investigated for taking classified reports
Kean said the commission has been assured that it was able to get copies of each document that apparently was lost.

Hourly Pay in U.S. Not Keeping Pace With Price Rises

U.S. Treasury says likely to hit debt limit in Oct

US 'needs terror policy debate'
A senior US intelligence official has told the BBC that the American-led war in Iraq was "a gift of epic proportions to Osama Bin Laden".

Bush Edges Away From 'Kenny Boy'

Danger: Big Brother wants Church membership directories

CIA insider slams Bush antiterror policies

Powell: The US had underestimated the extent of the insurgency, which had become a "serious problem,"

U.S. Doubles Number of Terrorism Deaths in 2003
Significant acts of terrorism reached a worldwide 21-year high in 2003, the U.S. State Department announced

Bush told he is playing into Bin Laden's hands

Iraq War Eroded U.S. Security, Former Diplomats Say

Complaint Against DeLay Ruptures 7-Year Truce in House
"Tom DeLay,'' Mr. Bell said, "has created a climate of fear and retribution inside the people's House, and it must come to an end."

Fox News reviews Fahrenheit 9/11

Rumsfeld Fears Losing War On Islamic Extremism
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Terrorism up, not down in 2003: State Department
Powell: No One ‘Cooked The Books’

Non-defense spending under the GOP has risen 20 percent in three years.
Reagan cut that spending 13 percent even with a Democratic-run House.

Enron Scammers On Tape
More tapes here

E-mail links Cheney's office, contract

US-led war on terror actually leading to increased terrorism around the world.

Terrorists Planning Summer Attack in US

Campaign Ads Are Under Fire for Inaccuracy

The business of war in Iraq

Al-Qaeda 'spurred on' by Iraq war

U.S. Cardinal Accuses Bush of Moral Failure in Iraq

Wolfowitz: U.S. underestimated Iraqi enemy

Conservatives' dissent puts pressure on Bush

SADDAM'S MISSING WEAPONS IN TERRORISTS' HANDS: MARTIN

Greenspan warns U.S. budget deficits undermine stability

U.S. gives penalized companies Iraq contracts,Firms convicted of fraud, bid rigging

"What do they have to hide, and why are they hiding it?" In Cheney case, court reviews executive power

The Bush administration has failed to provide a realistic assessment of how much the war in Iraq will cost taxpayers

Republican lawmaker said that deteriorating security in Iraq may force the United States to reintroduce the military draft.

Mubarak: Arabs Hate U.S. More Than Ever

Panel says Bush saw repeated warnings

FBI Sought 1900 Experts Pre-9/11, Got 76

'Highway' pork: No rep left behind

Did the US miscalculate in Iraq?

Ashcroft shot down an FBI request for $58 million in new funds to fight terror on Sept. 10, 2001

Gov. Jeb Bush endorses illegal-alien driving bill

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge: We don't have enough public money to do everything that needs to be done.

More than 60% of U.S. corporations didn't pay any federal taxes for 1996 through 2000

"They're so sick of being treated as second-class soldiers,"

Kerry Vows 5% Corporate Tax Cut

National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice refuses to testify under oath,

FORMER WHITE HOUSE TERRORISM ADVISOR: BUSH ADMIN WAS DISCUSSING BOMBING IRAQ FOR 9/11 DESPITE KNOWING AL QAEDA WAS TO BLAME

Ex-Watergate writer laments 'idiot culture'

Clinton Aides Plan to Tell Panel of Warning Bush Team on Qaeda

With Bush in charge, taxes may still rise
A soaring federal deficit, some economists say, will put fiscal pressure on the next president - Bush or Kerry.

Rumsfeld Caught In a Lie...

Not enough is being done to tackle al-Qaeda's popularity,

Poland 'taken for a ride' over Iraq's WMD: President

U.S. Will Prevail in Iraq, regardless of which party wins the White House in November.

Halliburton Admitted Faulty Iraq Costs

Class warfare: Rich are winning By Warren E. Buffett

Tenet warned that the threat of al Qaeda terrorists acquiring weapons of mass destruction is growing and the group continues planning "spectacular attacks"

U.S. Trade Gap Hits Record $43.1 Billion

A few thoughtful GOP lawmakers ponder the record of the first time in 40 years that the party has controlled both the executive and legislative branches, and conclude that record is deeply disappointing.

Central bank chief says deficits could hurt economy, suggests cutting Social Security benefits.

Powell Says New Data May Have Affected War Decision

Halliburton Gave Millions in Kickbacks to Pentagon Workers to Award Projects in Iraq