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The Last Refuge of a Scoundrel

by: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Huffington Post

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(Illustration: Alaskan Independence Party)

    In 2004, America's malleable mainstream media allowed itself to be manipulated by artful Republican operatives into devoting weeks of broadcast attention and drums of ink to unfairly desecrating John Kerry's genuine Vietnam heroics while obligingly muzzling serious discussion of George W. Bush's shameful wartime record of evasion and cowardice.     Last week found the American media once again boarding Republican swift boats »

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GOP Attacks on American Voters Turn Desperate, Ugly and Dangerous

by: Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, The Free Press

    The GOP assault on American voters has hit full stride as the economy and John McCain tank in synch.

    With just over three weeks until election day, the Republicans have mounted an all-out attack against newly registered voters and the organizations working to sign them up. As many as 75% of these new voters are expected to vote Democratic, but the attacks have also spread to long-established voters as well. »

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Wall Street Bailout Won't Do Much to Help Ailing Economy

by: Mark Weisbrot, The Center for Economic and Policy Research

    It is now clear the approval by Congress of President Bush's $700 bailout package on Friday October 3rd has done nothing to ease the current financial crisis. Credit markets have worsened for several days after the bill passed the Congress. The stock market also plummeted to nearly ten-year lows.

    So much for dire warnings from the Bush Administration that Congress was risking a Great Depression if it did not quickly fork over the dough. The bailout's supporters said Congress had to do something to unfreeze the credit markets. »

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