Of course, Rather was right on Bush's National Guard Service. But I agree with Cronkite that he should have left earlier. He wasn't a very dynamic or interesting news anchor. That's why CBS News ratings have been in the toilet for so long. Had Rather been in first place in the ratings, he may have survived this scandal. But since he was dead last, he was history.

PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE A $200 DOLLAR AN HOUR MALE PROSTITUTE IN THE WEST WING, INTERVIEWING KARL ROVE, WRITING WHAT YOU TOLD HIM TO WRITE TO MAKE THE ADMINISTRATION LOOK GOOD

LOOK AT THE RNC, HEADED UP NOW BY A MAN WHO HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BE A HOMOSEXUAL.

WHERE ARE THE EVANGELICALS NOW...............YOU FANATICS VOTED FOR BROTHER BUSH BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT HE HAD MORAL VALUES, DID YOU EVER TAKE A LOOK AT HIS DAUGHTERS, THIS IS A MAN WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A MAN OF GOD, HE TALKS TO GOD ALL OF THE TIME AND GOD TALKS TO HIM, WOULDN'T YOU THINK A MAN WHO PROFESSES TO BE SUCH A STRONG MAN OF GOD WOULD HAVE RAISED HIS DAUGHTERS BETTER THAN HE HAS.

I AM A YELLOW DOG DEMOCRAT. I BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS FOR ME. I KNOW THE BIBLE, I STAY IN THE WORD, BUT THERE WAS NEVER A TIME THAT I FELT THIS PRESIDENT WAS A MAN OF GOD.

WAS IT RIGHT FOR THE BUSH BOYS TO BANKRUPT SILVERADO SAVINGS AND LOAN, WAS IT RIGHT FOR MR. BUSH TO LEAVE THE TAXPAYERS OF ARLINGTON STUCK WITH A TAX ON THE NEW STADIUM HE BUILT FOR A TEAM HE SAID HE OWNED. HIS FATHER PUT HIM IN THERE,JUST LIKE HE HELPED KEEP HIM OUT OF VIETNAM AND THE GUARD, HIS ENTIRE LIFE IS SPECIAL FAVORS, GEARING UP FOR THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR AND THE PRESIDENCY, OPEN YOUR EYES AND EARS AND LOOK AT THIS MAN.

DO YOU THINK IT IS GOD LIKE TO CUT PROGRAMS FOR THE FOOD, CUT HEAD START, CUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS THAT WERE IN PLACE. THIS IS A MAN WHO BRAGGED ABOUT BRINGING MORAL VALUES BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER CLINTON LEFT.

HE LIED TO ALL OF US ABOUT THIS WAR. OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE DYING BECAUSE OF HIS LIES, WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE.

CLINTON MAY HAVE SHAMED THE WHITE HOUSE WITH HIS EXTRMARITAL AFFAIRS, AND YES IT WAS DISAPPOINTING, BUT WE HAVE LOST THOUSANDS OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN A WAR THAT WAS STARTED BY AN IDIOT AND WHAT DO THE EVANGELICALS DO, YOU PRAISE THIS MAN.

THIS PRESIDENT HAS BROUGHT SHAME TO OUR COUNTRY AROUND THE WORLD. HE CANNOT HOLD A THOUGHT FOR MORE THAN A SECOND. HE HAS TO BE WIRED FOR SOUND WHEN DEBATING, OR EVEN SPEAKING TO THE PRESS.

WAKE UP AMERICA..........WE ARE GOING DOWN.................

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Karl Rove orchestrated the fall of Dan Rather and Mary Mapes on the story of Bush's AWOL status.

It doesn't matter whether the documents are legit or authentic.

George W. Bush' military record says it all. He did not show up for duty and he did not show up for a medical exam.

How many young national guards serving in Iraq have died over a fool's errand. THE BLOOD IS ON GWB'S HANDS. EXCEPT IT FOLKS. THIS MAN IS INCOMPETENT. LOOK WHAT HE HAS DONE TO THIS COUNTRY.

I am sure that they would have rather been a volunteer in a campaign in Alabama, instead they shed their blood for George Bush's War.

I wouldn't be surprised if GWB hasn't renamed the bathrooms in the White House "War Room Restroom for Men" and War Room Restrooms for Women". The guy is sick.

The right can bash Dan Rather all they want to. But the facts are what they are. This president didn't show up for duty, he helped run a campaign in some other state. He did not show up for medical because he would have shown positive for drugs or alcohol.

If he demands to keep the story true that he was a pilot then have him do a fly by over the White House.

Put his little fanny in that same plane and see if he even knows how to start the darn thing.

TO ALL OF THE SO CALLED JOURNALISTS, GET SOME BALLS AND ASK THIS PRESIDENT TO FLY A PLANE, OR AT LEAST GET IN THE SAME PLANE AND START IT UP.

IT IS THE MEDIA'S FAULT THAT THIS PRESIDENT HAS NOT BEEN EXPOSED FOR WHAT HE REALLY IS. AND THANKS TO YOUR REPORTING OUR COUNTRY IS GOING DOWN THE TOILET. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT TOM BROKAW, BOB SCHIFFER, TIM RUSSERT, PETER JENNINGS, CHRIS MATTHEWS, JUST TO NAME A FEW GOT A NICE BIG FAT CASH UNDER THE TABLE PAY OFF TO STAY AWAY FROM CONFRONTING THIS PRESIDENT, AND INVENTING A MAN WHO DOES NOT EXIST.

YOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME, BUT NOT ALL OF US.

THANKS AND HATS OFF TO TOM BROKAW, WHO WOULD DRINK GWB'S BATH WATER, WHY DIDN'T YOU ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS, HEY HARDBALL GUY, WHY DO YOU CONTINUE TO KISS UP TO THIS PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW THE TRUTH, YOU HAVE BEEN AN INSIDER FOR TOO LONG,

WE ALL KNOW THE TRUTH, HE DID NOT SERVE HONORABLY. THOSE PAPERS DON'T MEAN ANYTHING.

1. WE WENT TO WAR BECAUSE OF WMD'S
2. NOW WE WENT TO WAR FOR FREEDOM
3. NOW WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE FREE
4. SOCIAL SECURITY IS IN TROUBLE
5. SOCIAL SECURITY COULD BE FIXED IF THE TAXES FOR BUSH'S FAT CATS WERE ROLLED BACK, WILL HE DO THAT.....NO
6. TAPES ARE REVEALED TO THE WORLD, A SIGN IN TO THE HEART OF THE PRESIDENT, NO NEWS, WE KNEW HE DID DRUGS, THAT IS WHY HE COULDN'T SHOW FOR THE MEDICAL EXAM IN THE GUARD

HEY, I COULD GO ON AND ON, THIS IS AN ADMINSISTRATION THAT RUNS THIS COUNYTRY ON FEAR. THEY CREATE A CRISIS IN ORDER TO REDIRECT THE MINDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND WE ARE SO STUPID WE ALLOW THEM TO DO IT.

I AM INCLUDING AN ARTICLE THAT APPEARED TODAY IN A LOCAL PAPER. THANKS TO BUSH, THE GENERAL PUBLIC LIVES IN FEAR:

BATES TOWNSHIP, Mich.(AP) A man cooking in his kitchen was shot after one of his cats knocked his 9mm handgun onto the floor, discharging the weapon, Michigan State Police said.

Joseph Stanton, 29, of Bates Township in Iron County, was shot in his lower torso around 6 p.m. Tuesday, the state police post in Iron River reported. He was transported to Iron County Community Hospital.

Michelle Sand, a spokeswoman at the Iron River hospital, said Stanton was treated there before being transferred to Marquette General Hospital for further treatment. But Marcie Miller, a representative of the Marquette facility, said there was no record of the hospital receiving a patient by that name.

A telephone message seeking comment was left Wednesday at Stanton's home.

State police said he was cooking at his stove when the cat knocked the loaded gun off the kitchen counter behind him.

AFTER READING THIS I WONDERED IF WE WERE UNDER A YELLOW ALERT OR RED, WHICH ONE WAS IT.