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Not at all. But this topic isn't up for debate. The science is settled. In March and April 2005, the University of Connecticut’s Department of Public Policy surveyed 300 journalists nationwide — 120 who worked in the television industry and 180 who worked at newspapers and asked for whom they voted in the 2004 presidential election. In a report released May 16, 2005, the researchers disclosed that the journalists they surveyed selected Democratic challenger John Kerry over incumbent Republican President George W. Bush by a wide margin, 52 percent to 19 percent New York Times columnist John Tierney surveyed 153 campaign journalists at a press party at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. Although it was not a scientific sampling, Tierney found a huge preference for Democratic Senator John Kerry over incumbent Republican President George W. Bush, particular among journalists based in Washington, D.C. He found that journalists from outside Washington preferred Kerry by a three-to-one margin, while those who work inside the Beltway favored Kerry’s election by a 12-to-1 ratio In January 1998, Editor & Publisher, the preeminent media trade magazine, conducted a poll of 167 newspaper editors across the country. Investor’s Business Daily reporter Matthew Robinson obtained complete poll results, highlights of which were featured in the MRC’s February 1998 MediaWatch. In 1992, when just 43 percent of the public voted Democrat Bill Clinton for President, 58 percent of editors surveyed voted for him. In 1996, a minority (49 percent) of the American people voted to reelect Clinton, compared to a majority (57 percent) of the editors. In April 1996, the Freedom Forum published a report by Chicago Tribune writer Elaine Povich titled, “Partners and Adversaries: The Contentious Connection Between Congress and the Media.” Buried in Appendix D was the real news for those concerned about media bias: Based on the 139 Washington bureau chiefs and congressional correspondents who returned the Freedom Forum questionnaire, the Washington-based reporters — by an incredible margin of nine-to-one — overwhelmingly cast their presidential ballots in 1992 for Democrat Bill Clinton over Republican incumbent George Bush. In 1985, the Los Angeles Times conducted one of the most extensive surveys of journalists in history. Using the same questionnaire they had used to poll the public, the Times polled 2,700 journalists at 621 newspapers across the country. They found that by a margin of two-to-one, reporters had a negative view of then-President Ronald Reagan and voted, by the same margin, for Walter Mondale in 1984. In 1981, S. Robert Lichter, then with George Washington University, and Stanley Rothman of Smith College, released a groundbreaking survey of 240 journalists at the most influential national media outlets — including the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS — on their political attitudes and voting patterns. 81 percent of the journalists interviewed voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election between 1964 and 1976. Link

There's no need to debate this topic. It's accepted science. Media Donations Favor Dems 100-1 An analysis of federal records shows that the amount of money journalists contributed so far this election cycle favors Democrats by a 15:1 ratio over Republicans, with $225,563 going to Democrats, only $16,298 to Republicans . Two-hundred thirty-five journalists donated to Democrats, just 20 gave to Republicans — a margin greater than 10-to-1. An even greater disparity, 20-to-1, exists between the number of journalists who donated to Barack Obama and John McCain. Searches for other newsroom categories (reporters, correspondents, news editors, anchors, newspaper editors and publishers) produces 311 donors to Democrats to 30 donors to Republicans, a ratio of just over 10-to-1. In terms of money, $279,266 went to Dems, $20,709 to Republicans, a 14-to-1 ratio. ... A second is to analyze contributions from folks in the same corporate cultures. That analysis provides some surprising results. The contributions of individuals who reported being employed by major media organizations are listed in the nearby table. The contributions add up to $315,533 to Democrats and $22,656 to Republicans — most of that to Ron Paul, who was supported by many liberals as a stalking horse to John McCain, a la Rush Limbaugh's Operation Chaos with Hillary and Obama. What is truly remarkable about the list is that, discounting contributions to Paul and Rudy Giuliani, who was a favorite son for many folks in the media, the totals look like this: $315,533 to Democrats, $3,150 to Republicans (four individuals who donated to McCain). Let me repeat: $315,533 to Democrats, $3,150 to Republicans — a ratio of 100-to-1. No bias there. Link

I thought Obama delivered a fabulous speech, as usual. I've grown fond of dubbing it the "Duh" speech. We need to take care of the environment....Duh We need to fight poverty....Duh We need to fight AIDS....Duh We need to fight racism....Duh We need to fight terrorism and extremism....Duh We need to promote freedom....Duh And we need to work together....Duh Wow, I can't imagine the political courage it took to give THAT speech in the heart of Europe. Move over John F Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. If you think those guys ruffled some feathers through their ground-breaking speeches, they got nothing on Barack Obama. I can honestly say that in my opinion, after that preformance, he definitely has the electoral votes of Germany locked up.

Meaningless symbolism. The future of energy will be a result of new technology. As for the present and near future, I'm with T. Boone, drill for natural gas, drill off-shore, drill in ANWR, as well as nuclear, wind and solar.

It never ceases to amaze me how Democrats take a year they should be able to walk into the White House, and make big gains in Congress, and turn it into the complete opposite. How exactly does one propose that a tax hike on gasoline is a good idea in this political and economic environment? Oh, and I guess they don't think much of Hillary Clinton's gas tax holiday idea either.

Once again, more good news from Iraq. Sunni bloc rejoins Iraqi cabinet The main Sunni Muslim bloc in Iraq has rejoined the Shia-led government, in what correspondents called an important step for national reconciliation BBC

Polls are absolutely meaningless until September. Please, nobody post a poll until then. Thanks.

Global Security And The U.S. Election Toronto, May 26, 2008: New York Post report: "Before the debate, only 21 percent of the audience agreed with the motion that "the world is a safer place with a Republican in the White House." Two hours later, the mostly liberal, anti-George Bush crowd had a profound change of heart: 43 percent ended up voting for the motion." Listen to the debate. It's fabulous! Debate

Ahh, a very nice picture of the Messiah! Here's another one that begs for a caption. Pic

I'm almost positive that the first WTC bombing occured on U.S. soil, and was a product of Muslims terrorism. Link I'm sure some of you will recognize one of the names involved, Kaled Shaikh Mohammed. He'd turn out to have a much bigger role in a much larger attack down the road. I guess the convictions and jailings of some of his peers, wasn't quite the deterent the Clinton Administration's law enforcement approach to the problem had hoped for. Go figure.

Hmm, I'm gonna guess a reconstituted nuclear weapons program, after sanctions were coming to an end. One thing that kind of tipped me off, was the centrifuge/centrifuge plans buried around the country. But that's just me.

Yes, but every country that mines uranium, hasn't signed a cease-fire agreement pertaining to a war they started and lost, as well as 14 United Nations resolutions forbidding it to possess such material.

Bingo! And those facts cannot be disputed.

Nope. Not Carlyle, read the article. Not Haliburton, read the article. Not even the ghost of Prescott Bush, read the article. How was the Afghanistan war not just? Al Qaeda was based in Afghanistan. They conducted major terrorist operations out of Afghanistan. They were given a safe haven under the former government of Afghanistan. They were messed up before any military action took place. No, but you'll reach your goal sooner. No they're not. Any objective person could see that. Here's a couple of examples for you. Thousands plan Shiite pilgrimage NAJAF, Iraq — Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims are descending on this city south of Baghdad this weekend for the sect's first free pilgrimage in more than 25 years. "Saddam killed everyone who did this procedure previously. But now this procedure is being done freely, and the Iraqi people are very happy to do this," said Haider Nomman, 22 Link Girls’ attendance doubles in Afghan schools AFGHANISTAN, May 2006 - Girls’ school attendance has doubled in Afghan schools supported by World Vision and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), according to statistics collected by World Vision school monitors. Using baseline numbers from 2004 when World Vision began its school enhancement programming, 8,522 girls were attending schools under the USDA-supported Food-for-Education programme. Two years later, in March 2006, records show attendance at 16,909. Tim Pylate, World Vision’s USDA Food-for-Education programme manager, was ecstatic when he saw the figures, “A 98 per cent increase: it’s incredible. Attendance has doubled!” Link It's not a fact to ignore. FU and your lies.

You've tried this attempt as misinformation in other threads as well. No ethnicity has been cleansed from Iraq or Baghdad. There are still millions of Shia and Sunni living in the Capital. Your attempt to downplay the success over the last year or so, just doesn't jive with reality. More good news: Iraqis lead final purge of Al-Qaeda American and Iraqi forces are driving Al-Qaeda in Iraq out of its last redoubt in the north of the country in the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror. After being forced from its strongholds in the west and centre of Iraq in the past two years, Al-Qaeda’s dwindling band of fighters has made a defiant “last stand” in the northern city of Mosul. A huge operation to crush the 1,200 fighters who remained from a terrorist force once estimated at more than 12,000 began on May 10. Operation Lion’s Roar, in which the Iraqi army combined forces with the Americans’ 3rd Armoured Cavalry Regiment, has already resulted in the death of Abu Khalaf, the Al-Qaeda leader, and the capture of more than 1,000 suspects. Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq’s prime minister, who has also led a crackdown on the Shi’ite Mahdi Army in Basra and Baghdad in recent months, claimed yesterday that his government had “defeated” terrorism Times Online This is a monumental step in progress. Because, as most people know, the sectarian violence was being fueled by Al Qaeda in Iraq, starting most significantly with their bombing of the Golden Dome Mosque in Samarra, which started the violent downward spiral. With Al Qaeda being purged from Iraq, it leaves great opportunity to meet the last 3 of 18 benchmarks left in Iraq.

Not only that, but British Intelligence still stands by the information they gathered. And since Iraq has gone to Niger in the past to purchase uranium or yellowcake, one doesn't have to be a rocket scientist, or nuclear scientist for that matter, to connect the dots as to why they'd be going there again.

But wait? There was no Iraqi nuclear program, right? Cda company snatches up last remnants of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program MONTREAL - A Canadian company that has acquired a massive amount of concentrated natural uranium from Iraq says the U.S. military was behind the secrecy surrounding the transaction. Saskatoon-based Cameco Corp. (TSX:CCO) purchased the reported 550 tonnes of "yellowcake", the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment, in a deal reported to be in the tens of millions of dollars. Cameco spokesman Lyle Krahn said the hush-hush nature of the transaction was at the request of the U.S. military, who supervised the transport of the raw material out of the volatile region. "We were following the request of the U.S. government," Krahn said of the clandestine route the material took to get out of Baghdad and to Canada. Krahn confirmed the yellowcake uranium shipment arrived in Montreal by ship Saturday and is scheduled to be transported by truck to the company's facilities in Ontario The stockpile has been described as the last major remnant of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's nuclear program. Link Remember the uproar from President Bush's State of the Union speech, involving Iraq and yellowcake from Niger? Intelligence the British still stand by, by the way. Well, maybe they didn't need to buy any yellowcake from Africa, because they had a crap load of it already. Oh, and btw, does this qualify as WMD?

Exactly. Reminds me of a famous political alliteration, the nattering nabobs of negativity. Suits them well.

Leave it to Canadians to flame someone who simply stated happy holiday, we're lucky to live where we do. So far, the list of retards consists of g_bambino, HisSelf, follwed closely by August1991. Way to make us all proud, retards! I really didn't want to comment this way, considering the theme of the thread. But some of you are head-shakingly stupid.

More good news from Iraq! New Iraq report: 15 of 18 benchmarks satisfactory Link

You're absolutely right. I just wish we (Canada) had a better name for our holiday. Independence Day, and Bastille Day sound so much better.

Nancy Pelosi and her "energy independence day", from a year ago. Way to go Dems!

Jokes and fantasy aside, the main difference between Mugabe and Cheney, is that Mugabe is a dictator, and Cheney is the VP of a democratically elected government. However, I'll submit the next question for you guys to post. What's the difference between Adolf Hitler and George W Bush? Discuss.

No. His lasting legacy will be a free and democratic Iraq, and possibly Afghanistan. As well as 8 years free of terrorist attacks since 9/11. His short-term legacy associated to him by leftwingers will have little lasting significance.

New Obama flip-flp, this time on gun control. Suprise, suprise, I know all of you are shocked and appalled. It came as a result of the recent Supreme Court ruling on the 2nd amendment.