Yes, Iraq IS Like Vietnam

But not for the reasons reporters think, or are willing to admit.From the Washington Post:GREENSBORO, N.C., Oct. 18 -- President Bush said Wednesday that the current surge of violence in Iraq "could be" comparable to the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, a succession of battles that became a milestone because it helped turn the American public against the conflict and its political leadership…
Al Brown
 

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NB Staff
 

NBC 'Slashing its News Budget' as Viewers and Advertisers Flock to New

In another apparent win for the Internet and New Media, NBC Universal announced on Thursday (hat tip to Drudge) a restructuring of some of its on-air programming (emphasis mine throughout):NBC Universal plans to cut US$750 million in operating expenses by the end of 2007 by eliminating employees, cutting back on scripted shows, and slashing its news budget, according to a report Thursday in the…
Noel Sheppard
 

How the BBC Got Mad at Me -- Still Say it isn't a 'War on Terror

Warner Todd Huston
 

NY Times Prepares For Another Florida Recount Debacle This November

It’s been almost six years since Al Gore wasted five weeks of America’s time trying to steal Florida from George W. Bush. As much as we all knew at the time what a seminal moment in history this was, no one could have predicted that in every subsequent election, a major political party would use voter fraud to contest the legitimacy of the victors.Well, in preparation for such infantile carping…
Noel Sheppard
 

Today Show's Poll Predicts 'Perfect Storm' To Wash Out GOP

Geoffrey Dickens
 

N. Korean General to Sawyer: We Have Ways to Deliver Nuclear Weapons

Mark Finkelstein
 

N.Y. Times Finds Iraq a Great Issue for Democrats, Or Is It

Tim Graham
 

'Today': Terrorists Attempting To Influence US Elections With Current

Amidst all the MSM reports about this being the deadliest month for US troops in Iraq in a long time, there was a stunning bit of candor today from NBC reporter Richard Engel suggesting this is not mere coincidence, but a conscious effort by the terrorists to elect Democrats.At the end of his report on this morning's 'Today' on the situation in Iraq, having spoken with US soliders, Engel…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Got Cardigan? NYT's Brave New Energy-Conservation World

Mark Finkelstein
 

Olbermann Suggests 'Lying' Bush as Much a 'Threat' as Terrorists

On Wednesday's Countdown, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann delivered the latest in a recent series of "Special Comment" attacks on President Bush, inspired by the recently passed Military Commissions Act, as he suggested Bush was as big a "threat" to America as the "terrorists." The Countdown host not only referred to the government "becoming just a little bit like the terrorists," but he also…
Brad Wilmouth
 

Stephanopoulos Quizzes Bush About 'Surrender' Claim, Questioning of De

In an interview with President George W. Bush conducted in North Carolina and excerpted on Wednesday's World News on ABC, George Stephanopoulos quoted to Bush how he once declared that the upcoming election is “a choice between Republicans and Democrats who want to wave the white flag of surrender in the war on terror.” Stephanopoulos then demanded: “Can you name a Democrat who wants to 'wave…
Brent Baker
 

CNN's Begala: Republicans 'Hyped This Potential Threat to the NFL

Mike Bates
 

CNN’s Jack Cafferty: Will Karl Rove Engineer an ‘October Surprise

Scott Whitlock