Weekend catch up links

Blogger has been temperamental all weekend long, but I think I've figured out a way around it. But rather than bore you with many post about old news, I'll just bore you with one of them. Here goes.

First, and most importantly, it seems the White House knew it was misleading people about Iraq's nuclear capabilities, but went ahead and did it anyway. Perhaps more shocking, our National Security Advisor knew about the debate but told CNN today that she "didn't really know the nature of the dispute" about the infamous aluminum tubing that was used to make the public think Iraq was becoming a nuclear threat. I would have thought this is something she would have wanted to look into.

Michael Tackett of the Chicago Tribune thinks it is a conspiracy that hundreds of Democrats wrote letters to the paper expressing their support for John Kerry after the debate. Who would believe that people who support Kerry would actually want to express the view that the paper's own online poll echoes (it has Kerry a winner 71.6%-28.4%)? Tackett even confronts a couple of them, receiving email replies denying any big plan. One writer responds to his inquiry "Your e-mail address isn't all that hard to find. Ever hear of Google?" Oddly enough, he claims in the 200 e-mails he received, not a single person thought Bush had won. I think that says enough, don't you, Michael?

Good news from Pennsylvania's Montgomery county, where new voter registration favors Democrats by a 3-2 margin. I could read stories like that all day.

Moonies invade the White House.

In Wisconsin, three students who had signed a Bush loyalty oath were ejected from a Bush campaign rally after peacefully donning shirts that had the word "liar" printed on them. I wonder how the Secret Service knew who they were referring to?

The Arizona Star endorses John F. Kerry for President.

President Bush had four years to prove himself and did poorly. It is time to elect a president with a broader understanding of international affairs and a greater concern for the welfare of those living on slender incomes. Elect John Kerry.

Finally, don't forget to vote in the Washington Post's blogger poll. You have until October 15th to have your voice heard.