The torture at Al Ghraib is a direct reflection of George W. Bush's moral character, his political beliefs and his military abilities.

Those images streaming out of Iraq reflect the true face of George W. Bush. Until he resigns or is removed from office, there is no way to begin removing the stain on the American character.

This is not about Donald Rumsfeld or a few "bad" soldiers in the field. Nor is it merely about "softening up" detainees to extract information about terrorism.

At their core, these outrages are gratuitous and psychotic. They stem directly from the morals and character of the man now occupying the Oval Office. The beheading of a young American represents the inevitable beginning of a horrific blowback. The spin that somehow Bush operatives are above such behavior, and had nothing to do with provoking it, is tragic nonsense.

The ultimate statement was made by Bush himself when he was governor of Texas. The Texas prison system has a tragic history of sadism and brutality. But Bush dragged it to new depths.

I fought for my country during Operation Iraqi Freedom in order to free the Iraqi people and to allow them to have democracy, including free and fair elections. Isn't it ironic that what I fought to give the Iraqi people is not available to Ohioans?

   In 2003, the Libertarian Party of Ohio collected 57,150 signatures on a petition to receive party status. Party status means that when Libertarian candidates are on the ballot, the party's name, "Libertarian", appears next to the candidate's name, rather than the generic term "Independent", or "other party candidate". During our collection effort, the law concerning the penalties for falsifying a petition signature changed. We were not notified of this change. When we turned in the petitions, Ohio's Secretary of State Ken Blackwell invalidated all of the signatures because of a change of wording on the petition which our petition did not have. In other words, the state changed the rules in the middle of the game. They didn't inform us of the change, and then held us accountable for the change - something I think everyone would agree is completely unfair.

U.S. soldiers and CIA contract professionals, with the knowledge and encouragement of their superiors, committed war crimes against Iraqi prisoners that are all too clear in the graphic images that Dan Rather and CBS executives chose to suppress for two weeks at the request of the Pentagon.  There was no justification for this delay or for the argument, as made by the reactionary columnist William Safire in the May 10th New York Times, that the delay was needed to save the lives of American soldiers.  If it weren't for Seymour Hersh and The New Yorker's plans to publish the story, Rather might still be sitting on this news, denying the public the knowledge we need to participate in our democracy, and doing so simply because the Chairman of Bush's Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers, asked him to.  

I would just like to say that your whole article about Bush going to prison is pure bullshit.  I guess its not important enough to have a ruthless dictator taken out who has killed thousands of innocent people huh?  Also your little thing called "truth" is bullshit as well.  I am insulted by that shit you wrote and insults the country as well.  Have a nice life in your own damn little dream world.

Up until now, the primary reason Kerry thinks he should be President is that he served in Vietnam.  That is great; however, the gentleman below takes issue with his service.  The most important things to consider are what he has done since then.  His voting record is very anti-military. He talks about creating jobs.  He doesn't have a clue about creating jobs.  No President can "create" jobs.  Presidents can only try to create a climate for job growth and Kerry's high tax plan would kill the job growth we are starting to see now.  We all can't marry filthy rich widows, Senator.  All he knows to do is to pander to the voters with expanded give-away programs in exchange for votes - typical liberal view of redistribution of wealth.  Whatever happened to JFK's "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country"?  Or something like that.    

Sometimes I feel as though the government is telling the public "Get out there and make some money; we have Senators to feed."

  Joel  

Dear Senator Kerry:

Since it has become clear that you will probably be the Democratic