Monday, June 21, 2004

June 21

Further to the preliminary findings of the 9/11 Commission, the Washington Post asks to what extent will President Bush's credibility actually suffer any damage over the revelations?

Dana Millbank reports:

"The 9/11 report is just one more issue that casts doubt on the truthfulness of this White House," said Stephanie Cutter, Kerry's campaign spokeswoman. "This White House is operating under a cloud of secrecy, and the American people have lost the ability to trust them."

The Kerry team, having recently announced the plan to increase the minimum wage, gets a boost from organised labour in a battleground state.

Ron Fournier of the AP, meanwhile, reports that on the latest in the Veepstakes.

More controversy over electronic voting - this time reported in the Boston Globe.

Just as the Clinton hype machine gets into top gear - although maybe this is this going a little too far - ahead of the release of the former President's memoirs, Michael Moore's PR blitz ahead of the commercial release of "Fahrenheit 9/11" gets him a cover in Newsweek.

David Gates writes:

"....since just under half of Americans now approve of Bush's performance — presumably not just because he balked at the Kyoto Protocol — this reading of recent history is hardly a seditious salvo from the extremist fringe. Last week alone, two mainstream bipartisan groups—the 9-11 Commission and a delegation of retired diplomats and generals calling for "regime change" in Washington—made some of the same points Moore does, though without the entertainment value."

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