dear john

* dear john, "But Mr John Kerry, never doubt that the apologists for the Bush/Cheney agenda are ready for you, waiting to ambush you with your own words, just as they did in the Swift Boat campaign. This time, Senator, you've got to counterpunch quickly and not by defending yourself or whatever words they'll use against you. This time, Mr. Kerry, you've got to defend all American citizens against those who would lie to us. And you have to do it persistently and passionately, not for any personal gain but because you are committed to ending an immoral war, no matter what the personal cost. Remember Vietnam now, John, and find that courage we all thought so admirable then." LINK

* cnn headline: "Bush: Iraq war plans memo wrong" LINK
wow - thememo really hit the headlines today - the funny thing is that thememo news has existed for 6 weeks, and when it finally hits the headlines, its all denial.
the funny funny funny thing is that blinky always loved getting some blair halo, and now its blairs presence that seems to have triggered thememo avalanche. beautiful.
the other curious thing about thememo coverage is that it didnt seem to hit the tvnews (altho g tells me it was on aaronbrown) and it was on lehrer, but the been covered the press conference all day wrt to afrika et al, but didnt once mention it.

* KR on thememo - the reasonablest, as usual LINK

* blair did a long interview with ifill on lehrer. she asked him about thememo. (separately, he referred to the british people as 'they' a couple of times, rather than 'we' - eg 'They arent quitters' . (it means nuthin, but it was odd.)

* bumiller does a piece on thememo (in the international section) called "Bush and Blair Deny 'Fixed' Iraq Reports" LINK

* the funnest thing was the answers that blinky and bliar gave. they're kidding arent they? 1441? fuck me.