[BREAK] If you regularly watch Tim Russert on Meet The Press, you already know at least 3 things: 1) Tim used his guest list and his questions in a manner that helped push for the war 2) Tim implicitly mocked the anti-war demonstrations/demonstrators as often as possible. 3) Tim lauded the Bushies as often as he could. (Damn near rolls over and presents his belly to Cheney!) 4) Tim hates most Dems, even though it was with the Democratic Party that he cut his teeth. (He seems cozy with Lieberman, and friendly to Biden and James Carville.) If you've been watching the Scooter Libby trial, you now know: 5) The White House was well aware of Tim's bias, and used MTP to help counter criticism of the war! By now you've learned another thing about NBC's high paid on-air personality: 6) If you're a candidate prone to speak about the obvious class war being waged in America, Tim ain't prone to treating you too well. Edwards has apologized for his vote authorizing Bush to pressure Iraq, up to invading, if necessary, unless Saddam gave up the WMD Bush swore Iraq held. Edwards was the FIRST of the Dems to admit being wrong, way back in 2005. Yet Tim went OVER AND OVER the fact that Edwards had voted for the authorization. Tim said, numerous times, that Edwards was WRONG to vote that way. Funny thing is, Tim has NEVER pushed the liars that used deception to get Congress, AND THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS, to support America's worst war crime EVER! Why Edwards is, in Tim's view, the only one who should carry blame FOR BUSH'S LIES, I don't know. (Ironically, the other thing that caught Tim's ire was Edwards truth telling on his plan for health care. Edwards made the sin of allowing that in order to tackle something as huge as health care, you have to be willing to use tax revenue to pay for it! Edwards will soon learn why Bush's lies have little consequence. Telling hard truths is something the mainstream press will crucify you for.) I do know, much like Dennis Kucinich in 2004, Tim and other MSM members will be spending much time trying to insure that the 2008 race comes down to a Dem and a Rep who can only be distinguished by which of the two bends over the furthest for corporate interests, and which cares the least about those earning somewhat less than millions per annum! JB ===== [/BREAK]

Edwards Again Says He Was Wrong to Vote for War - washingtonpost.com Edwards Again Says He Was Wrong to Vote for War By Matthew Mosk Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, February 5, 2007; Page A04 Of the 2008 Democratic presidential contenders who voted to give President Bush authority to wage war in Iraq, only one will have no chance to make a very public U-turn when resolutions opposing the president's new war plan come before Congress in the coming days. That one is John Edwards, the former North Carolina senator who showed again yesterday that he will find other venues to parlay his Senate vote into an extended mea culpa.

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