currently opposed to the Iraq war would be a pretty strong mandate, assuming she wins, and assuming that she actually does something about Iraq when elected.

As far as Will's current pronouncements compared to his past championing of a hard line Conservative agenda under Bush, what else is new? The hypocrasy of right wing pundits is well documented. I hope that this illustration will help to reduce their credibility among the voting public.

To create a figurehead like Bush, who often flubs the English language, speaks incoherently and treats matters of import with flippancy, is a brilliant political move because it makes his actions easy to dismiss by handlers and sycophants.

Contrast that with someone like Hitler, Stalin or Mussolini who were cold, calculating and shrewd in their use of power to create atrocities and disasters.

The Bush presidency has been an unmitigated disaster for our nation and the world at large. His supporters find his down-home folksy attitude forgivable. A man you would like to have a beer with can't be all bad, can he?

Evil and incompitence may gain a foothold under the guise of a clown or a simpleton, but the disasters wrought are no less severe.

and don't forget the 100,000+ dead Iraqis.

Yeah?

Well I was part of the group of people (numbering in the millions, by the way) who didn't approve of Iraq- way back in 2003.

Can we all make a deal to, at bare minimum, make sure that our next President of the United States can at least speak coherently? I'm embarassed just reading this.

I couldn't agree more that music should not be shoehorned into cheesy advertisements. I'm all with you on the Nick Drake reference, but one of the most depressing things I have ever seen was the use of Bob Dylan's song "The Times They Are A Changin'" in an insurance company advertisement a few years back.

That song is about social change and demanding that society evolve in order to create liberty and equality among all its citizens- not about some fat-ass corporate exectutive struggling up a flight of stairs, which is what the ad showed.

What the hell, Bob?

He still has one?

without any of the justice brought against the perpitrators. The only difference between the Iraq war and the war in Vietnam is the language and the sand.

I am disgusted and ashamed beyond words. I cannot believe that this mindless violence is allowed to continue without any restraint.

How are three and five year old children enough of a threat to warrant their murder? How is a one year old baby worthy of murder?

How can we explain away the killing of any "military age" males? By that rationale, are any men aged 18-45 to be freely killed simply for the possibility that they are military combatants?

I'm revolted by the dehumanization taking place in regard to Iraqi lives. I am not capable of such cold hearted behavior or thought processes. I think of the families torn apart by our violence, the innocent lives killed in cold blood, and I am filled with grief and remorse. It must stop. Not for the sake of our nation, but for the sake of our very humanity.

Given the statistic of Iraqi deaths as presented by Just Foreign Policy as 1,118,846

This would be the equivalent of killing EVERY resident of the American cities of Atlanta and Denver COMBINED. Even at that, it still would fall about 65,000 people short of the amount of deaths we have caused in Iraq.

Or, to look at it another way, the 9th most populated city in the United States is Dallas, Texas, with a population of 1.2 million- 100,000 people more than the death count in Iraq.

However, if the statistics extrapolated by Opinion Research Business are correct, the Iraqi deaths would be the equvalent of killing every citizen in Dallas.

US population statistics can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population

But the essay "Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" is a powerful and eye opening read on the subtle, usually unacknowledged racism present in our society. I'm sure it can be easily found on the internet.

will that be the Royal Wii?

Da-Dum-Ching.

About Habeas Corpus?

About the "Unitary Executive"?

I'm disappointed, to say the least. We have an opportunity to confront these candidates with pressing issues- directly from the citizens of this nation- and no mention is made of the destruction of our civil liberties?

The "don't ask don't tell" question was nothing more than a way for these candidates to trade on one of their core "values", and the gun control one - come on- that was a gimmie.

You mean the guys who recently slaughtered a bunch of innocent Iraqis?

Yeah, good call Mitt.