LTTEs: Republicans should oust Bush and reclaim their party,

[G_j]

a couple of letters that were published in our local paper today,

http://www.citizen-times.com/letters.shtml

Offering rebuttal to letter rebutting guest commentary

Sept. 14, 2004 12:01 a.m.
Here are specifics for the author of the letter, "'Charges' against Bush are easily debunked," (AC-T, August 30), in 200 words.

The president (Article II, Section 2) has the power, "with Advice and Consent of the Senate" and a two-thirds Senate concurrence, to make treaties. Then, by inference, Bush breaking treaties without Senate approval violates the law. The Constitution (Article VI) recognizes agreements such as the UN Charter as "the Supreme Law of the Land." Violating Charter Article 51 -- permitting unilateral action only in self-defense; not unprovoked attacks like invading Iraq -- is a high crime.

Lying to promote war? Dana Milbank ("For Bush, The Facts are Malleable," Washington Post, Oct. 22, 2002), writes: "Bush told reporters: '... a report came out of (the IAEA) that they (Iraq) were six months away from developing a (nuclear) weapon. I don't know what more evidence we need.'" ... the report made no such assertion. It declared: "... the IAEA has found no indication of Iraq having achieved its program goal of producing nuclear weapons or of Iraq having retained a physical capability for the production of weapon-useable nuclear material or having clandestinely obtained such material." Interestingly, the letter writer didn't reject my main point -- Republicans should oust Bush and reclaim their party.

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and another:

Rove pulling the strings just right to defeat Kerry
Sept. 14, 2004 12:01 a.m.

Shades of 2000, it's about to happen again. George Bush, who lost the popular vote and took the presidency thanks to bumbling civil servants in Florida and the helpful hand of the Supremes, is poised to seize a second term in the greatest act of political chicanery in modern times.

Immediately after the Democrats' convention, Tom Ridge announced a possible terrorist attack on Wall street -- the FBI having no knowledge of any pending terrorist attack at that time -- contiguous with the scurrilous Swift Boat ads, designed to fill the void until the beginning of the Republican convention. Throw in the after-convention honeymoon and it will be mid-September before John Kerry, last seen August first -- before Mr. Ridge dropped his bomb -- emerges from the shadows; transformed from a challenger riding high in the polls to one trailing badly with six weeks until the election.

Aided by an uninterested media and a timid Democratic party, Carl Rove is on the verge of pulling off one of the most unethical, criminal, and possibly treasonable, political coups in modern times; saving his candidate from sure defeat and, once again, the will of the people will have been thwarted.

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[G_j]

1. kick

[spooky3]

2. "uninterested" media? I'd settle for that! Thanks for posting.

[G_j]

3. last kick

though the link goes to today's letters now.