Saunter To The White House 125 ; McCain Smarts On Morning Joe

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Perhaps he was getting testy because he's saying the economy is fundamentally strong, even as the house sinks into the quicksand and wishes he'd given it more thought. But which of his seven houses is it that's sinking?

Saunter To The White House 124 ; Palin's Failin's 2 - Not Experienced To Run A Company

Carly Fiorina, a key surrogate for John McCain's campaign said today that Sarah Palin does not have the experience needed to run a major company like Hewlett Packard, that Fiorina use to.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Oh and she made woman who had been raped paypay for their testing kits and the cost of evidence gathering, oh yes.

Saunter To The White House 123 ; Karl Rove Goes After McCain Ads

Karl Rove has said that John McCain's attack ads have gone too far.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; WHen Karl Rove says someone else has 'gone too far', that's all you need to know.

Saunter To The White House 122 ; 'The View' - We Were Fair To The McCains

Like Sherri said, it seems that everybody was watching The View interview with John McCain. Here's the presenter's responses.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Everyone saw it, Walters waiter and all!

Saunter To The White House 121 ; Palin Lies About 9/11 Linked To Iraq

Tell The Truthiness Says ; She knows that people film when she stands up and speaks right. Liar, liar, campaign on f-i-r-e-!

Saunter To The White House 120 ; Jon Stewart Covers Palin Interview

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Lets freak out the terrorists with our 'no blinking'!

Saunter To The White House 119 ; Clinton & Palin Address The Nation!

Tell The Truthiness Says ; SNL is on top form with this!

Palin's Failin's ; Didn't Know What The Bush Doctrine Was

ABC News couldn't make their exclusive a simple affair and had to chop it up into pieces, making putting it back together rather difficult.

As a result, the above video wasn't in the post below, but it was the one part that everyone was talking about.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; She didn't know what the Bush Doctrine was? What's she been doing for the past seven years, watching The OC and Gossip Girl?

Saunter To The White House 118 ; Sarah Palin, Full Interview (Caution : Contains Scenes Of A Worrying Nature)

ABC News insisted on teasing out the Sarah Palin interview, so we've pulled all the pieces here for you.

We'd like to say 'enjoy', but really it'll just be 'endure'.

Part one...



...part two...



...part three...



... finally, part four.



Tell The Truthiness Says ; Woah, where do we start?

Saunter To The White House 117 ; McCain's Tough 'The View' Interview

With everyone going nuts over ABC's Sarah Palin interview, only now is attention being paid to his appearance on The View. Unlike before, the show is now covering more hard news and current issues.

So if John McCain though he'd be getting it easy on The View, he was very wrong and didn't come off very well, if you support him or not.

In three parts, one...



...two...



... and three.



Tell The Truthiness Says ; Think John McCain would rather have spoken to Charles Gibson than been on The View.

Saunter To The Convention 14 - Andrea Mitchell ; Chief Foreign Affairs & Balloon Correspondent

This is your convention moment of zen. Andrea Mitchell being drown in balloons on the hall floor, with the strains of Earth, Wind & Fire's 'September' blaring out.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Once again, some light news and what isn't lighter than a balloon?

Saunter To The Convention 13 ; McCain Speech 'Well, He Got Through It'

This morning, after getting out of all those balloons, Andrea Mitchell commented on John McCain's speech last night. It was personal, he's a war vet if you didn't know by the way (he told us several times if it slipped your mind), but it was rather pedestrian.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; "You are feeling sleepy, so am I and I'm the one making the speech."

Saunter To The Convention 12 - Something Different... Two Guys Shouting At Each Other!

Chris Matthews and Pat Buchanan got into it on Hardball last night.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Finally, something light to report on!

Holding Them To Account 23 ; 9/11 Tribute Video Links Attacks To Iran

That's right, the video, supposedly in 'tribute' to 9/11 victims was actually a huge example of the Bush policy of revisionist history being handed down father-to-son like to John McCain.

They linked September 11th to Iran, in a convention hall, on national network and cable TV. It's a lie!

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Once again, are there any journalists/media outlets (apart from those mentioned in the post below) that are reporting this and commenting on this?

Holding Them To Account 22 ; Republicans Show Their True Fear-Mongering Lying Colours In 9/11 Tribute Video

Any doubt any of us may have had last night about true change being brought to the US and the World by the reelection of the Republicans in November through John McCain and Sarah Palin has evaporated.

We didn't see last night's 9/11 'tribute' video in the lead up to John McCain's main speech, if we had, this post would have come twelve-plus hours earlier.

They linked Iran to 9/11, a blatant lie anyone with a couple of brain cells to rub together would have realised.

They will do everything they can to get your vote, just like they did in 2004, they will scare you into voting for them through terrorist imagery, which is exactly what the above video was last night. They will convince you that the only way to stay safe is to elect the Republicans and the only way to ensure another attack is to vote Democrat.

The difference between now and 2004 is that people have realised what the GOP has been doing and come hell or high water, we're not going to let you get away with it again.

So congratulations to Keith Olbermann, who last night apologised on behalf of decent, reasonably minded people everywhere for how deeply inappropriate that video was, even though he had no control over it. The rest of the media seem to have said nothing, a Google search reveals just two mentions, on TVNEWSER and The Huffington Post.

Here is Keith Olbermann's response ;



Keith Olbermann has received a lot of criticism recently that he had "gone to far", but at moments like these he is vital. Where was Tom Brokaw and other 'loftier' reporters on this 9/11 video, did they find is acceptable? Did they choose not to analyse or even cover it?

Tell The Truthiness Says ; A Daily Kos post from Keith Olbermann suggests a Special Comment next week. Hold on whoever sanctioned that video , you're about to be blown out of the water.

Saunter To The Convention 11 - McCain Speech Interrupted By Iraq War Vet Heckler

McCain's speech got interrupted three times by hecklers, twice by the group Code Pink and by a Ron Paul supporter.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; He made some joke about static? H-i-l-a-r-i-o-u-s.

McCain Speech - 'I Want Some Of That Change Stuff Too'

McCain's speech in it's full, nauseating green and later blue, technicolor glory.



Tell The Truthiness Says ; I'm a war vet, vote for me, did you hear, I said I'm a WAR VET!

Saunter To The Convention 10 - The Green Goblin Returns

Midway through his speech the screen behind him looked green, just like that sickening moment in the campaign.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; John The Jolly Green Giant!

Saunter To The Convention 9 - I'M A WAR VET, VOTE FOR ME!!

For no other reason, just that one, was the whole message of John McCain's speech.

Actually not just his speech, but his tribute video as well.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; WAR VET RUNNING, THAT MEANS I'M QUALIFIED, VOTE FOR ME!

War On Reality Part 100 ; What The GOP Aren't Talking About This Election Season ; Jack Abramoff

Everyone and everything else may be focusing on the Republican convention, McCain's speech tonight, Palin's last night and the complaint the Alaskan Police Department has filed against the VP candidate.

However the news today that Jack Abramoff has been sentenced to four years for corruption, barely made the news. Of course, if the media had given the conviction the space it deserves, maybe people would be reminded of the ties the Republicans had with Abramoff.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; But no, the whole of the convention appears to be a lovefest for the future that the GOP imagines it would give the US, which goes no way to say sorry for any of the last eight years. The lying, fear-mongering, loss of personal freedoms, unlawful surveillance, environmental ignorance, false war claims and more.

But lets not talk about that, lets see if John McCain can use the word 'change' without choking first.

War On Reality Part 99 ; Bush Turns Statement On Gustav Into Push For Oil Drilling

Unconnected, uncaring, unsympathetic, unpresidential; all of these and more can be used to describe the small speech President Bush gave this morning about the federal and local response to Hurricane Gustav.

He didn't mention people and inform residents about the state of the region, instead he launched straight into how Gustav highlights the need for offshore drilling.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Hurricanes and increased offshore drilling are connected in the same way that chocolate biscuits and rabbits are connected.

Saunter To The White House 116 ; Palin's Fallin's

MSNBC Countdown analysis of John McCain's VP pick ;





Tell The Truthiness Says ; Well, good luck with that!

Saunter To The White House 115 ; Sarah Who? McCain Picks Former Mayor Of Town Of 9,000 For VP.

We're not sure if John McCain will remember this time tomorrow what he's done, (plus the Obama and Democrats response) so we're recording it here in case he doesn't.

He's announced who his VP candidate is going to be, Sarah Palin, no relation to former Monty Python and travel lover, Michael Palin, yes we don't know who she is either.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Bet Mitt Romney's kicking himself after all the sucking up he's been doing recently!

Saunter To The Convention 8 - Daily Show Makes Obama The Lion King!

Great! Great! Great!



Tell The Truthiness Says ; "He was grand mammal and sea creature."

Holding Them To Account 21 ; Olbermann Calls Out Rubbish AP Obama Speech Analysis

You'd be hard pressed to find anyone, especially any journalist, who didn't think Obama's speech was the best since JFK. But anyone who did (especially when they write a piece that will be heavily syndicated) deserves to be held up and shouted about.



Tell The Truthiness Says ; Did this guy even see the speech?

Saunter To The Convention 7 - Pre-Speech Obama Tribute

Here is the 'lead-in' to the Barack Obama nomination acceptance speech, a tribute, narrated by Good Night & Good Luck actor David Strathairn.

Saunter To The White House 114 ; Obama Speech Analysis

"WE ARE A BETTER COUNTRY THAN THIS/ NOW IS THE TIME."

Saunter To The Convention 6 - Watch Obama's Speech Here

Here's the live MSNBC feed of the convention and in about 20 minutes, Barack Obama's Speech ;

Saunter To The Convention 5 - 95,000 Could Be Watching Obama Tonight

John King on CNN has just said, with the details coming from a police source, that the Obama team are working with them and fire marshals to see if they can fit another 15,000 people with tickets inside the Invesco Field site in time to see the speech.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; When 95,000 people turn out to watch a politician speak, it's not a bandwagon, it's not a passing fad, it's a fundamental change in the social and political structure of our World.

"Something is changing in America."

Saunter To The Convention 4 - Bill 'The Obamanite' Clinton

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Clinton case closed, that's it, lets get on with the election.

Saunter To The Convention 3 - Hillary : "I Am Here As A Proud Supporter Of Barack Obama/No Way, No How, No McCain!"

First there was the tribute to Hillary Clinton ;



Then the speech ;



Hillary Clinton received a standing ovation before and after her speech which oozed with talk of unity, togetherness and support for Barack Obama.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; "No way, no how, no McCain."

Holding Them To Account 20 ; Daily Show Welcomes GOP In Style

The Daily Show has taken out a fantastic billboard advert in Minneapolis for the GOP convention.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Expect Dick Cheney to be taking shots at it with his hunting rifle before the convention has even started.

Holding Them To Account 19 ; Jon Stewart Lays Into Fox 'News'

Jon Stewart is no stranger to showing up Fox 'News' for what they really are.

Considering all the convention coverage, this return to normality is to be welcomed.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; We love the Fox News response, "Jon's clearly out of touch". Have you seen his ratings?

Saunter To The Convention 2 - Michelle Sets The Convention On Fire

Here is Michelle Obama's lightning convention speech. She talked about her childhood, brother, career, husband, children, parents and the inequality in the country.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; She didn't talk like a first lady looking down from on high. She talked like a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother and a breadwinner. That's what made the speech bulletproof.

Saunter To The Convention 1 - See It All, Here!

Saunter To The Convention -- New reporting strand, why not, it feels like time for a new one.

Here is the live feed for MSNBC's democratic convention coverage, tune in and fact up !



It doesn't appear that this feed has the analysis or discussion on the MSNBC channel, it just seems to be the raw footage of whatever is happening on the podium.

If this changes to the 'proper' MSNBC coverage, we'll update the site with the feed.

Saunter To The White House 113 ; Kennedy Kicks It Off

Before Ted Kennedy made his surprise speech, there was a surprise tribute to the man ;



Then Senator Ted Kennedy took to the stage and the result was nothing less than electric ;



Tell The Truthiness Says ; This is a new "I feel a change in the air" moment.

Saunter To The White House 112 ; McCain Doesn't Know How Many Houses He Has Or What Car He Drives

That's right, apart from the discussion that John McCain doesn't know how many homes he owns, he doesn't know what type of car he drives.

The answer to the first one is about eleven.

The answer to the second one is a Cadillac CTS.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Tomorrow Wolf Blitzer is going to be asking McCain what's in his fridge in a new CNN feature.

Saunter To The White House 111 ; Beep Veep! Beep Veep!

In a story that everyone knew before it was officially announced, indeed, CNN went slightly nuts on their coverage, when it did eventually come, there wasn't much to do but talk a whole lot more and show a picture of the text message.

We aim not to disappoint. This post has both!



Tell The Truthiness Says ; How many less people would have signed up to receive the message if it had been done during the Bush Cheney run in 2000?

Special Comment On McCain's Skewed Campaign

Saunter To The White House 110 ; What's McCain Done For Black People? Even He's Not Sure

John McCain was quiet for quite a while when asked about Obama playing the race card and what he had done for civil rights.

Plus when he did answer, he muddled his own record.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; And everyone in the media is going to pick up on this? Right? Helllooo?

Saunter To The White House 109 ; WSJ - Obama Too Thin To Be President

The Wall Street Journal has suggested that Barack Obama is too fit to be President. It's official, journalism really is on holiday this August, because this is the proof.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; John McCain - Too McCain-like to be President?

Saunter To The White House 108 ; Lets Compare McCain To The Golden Girls

The madness of the campaign ad from the McCain team, comparing Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, was heightened after John McCain said he was proud of the advertisement.

In that case Senator McCain, perhaps you'd mind telling us what the point of it was and exactly what it meant?

Tell The Truthiness Says ; John McCain, what will he do next? However unlikely it is, it's probably already been considered and rejected by his team for not being mad enough.

Saunter To The White House 107 ; McCain's 'No New Taxes' Taxes

John McCain has taken another step towards where exactly his campaign is going with a direct lie, in public, on camera.

Couldn't get any worse? Oh yes it could.

He answered that he wouldn't raise taxes to a little blonde girl during a question and answer session. Here is another tax related story.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Kitten kicking has been scheduled for next week by McCain's campaign team.

Saunter To The White House 106 ; McCain Does The Cheese Aisle

The surge, John McCain and CBS. It's all here, take a look.



Tell The Truthiness Says ; When is someone going try and save McCain's campaign?

Saunter To The White House 105 ; Barack Does Berlin

War On Reality Part 98 ; The Shock Doctrine On Oil Prices By Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein shows how poorly informed Fox News is with regard to all aspects of the oil debate. From the offshore drilling issue to the true political hijacking of the price rises, the woman behind the groundbreaking No Logo leaves the presenters in the dust.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; We're sending Fox a container of No Logo copies for Christmas to get them up to speed.

Saunter To The White House 104 ; Maliki Sides With Obama On Iraq Withdrawal

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki agrees with Senator Barack Obama regarding the withdrawal of US troops from his country.

Being specific, Mr al-Maliki recognised the 16 month timeframe for reducing troops since the invasion in 2003.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; If Barack Obama is so inexperienced on foreign policy, then what would you call the agreement of Nouri al-Maliki to the 16 month plan?

Cable News' Best New Addition ; Rachel Maddow

Unlike the person she's been filling in for, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow is far more level headed and it seems the New York Times noticed too.

As such, she's quietly become the newest talent of MSNBC and rightly so. She's a quietly spoken analyst and host, subtle enough that you have to watch closely for her take on a story.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Rachel Maddow, just the type of person we need in these crazy times.

Saunter To The White House 103 ; McCain's Free Media Pass

John McCain continues to get a free pass by the majority of the media, however Countdown held up their end.



Tell The Truthiness Says ; And the correct coverage of McCain, by the mass media, begins... now.

Saunter To The White House 102 ; JibJab Returns!

Here it is, the 2008 election as done perfectly by JibJab!



Tell The Truthiness Says ; Oh it's time for some campaignin'!

War On Reality Part 97 ; George 'Harry Potter' Bush & His Oil Wand Of Destiny

President Bush did himself no favours by saying how much he wished he had a big wand to wave on oil prices. Yes, he really said it and we have the video tape.



Tell The Truthiness Says ; Only a few more months to go, only a few more months to go, keep repeating.

Saunter To The White House 101 ; Polar Opposites On Iraq

Here's some reaction and analysis to the Iraq issue from McCain and Obama and, even though he wasn't going to wade in, Bush.

War On Reality Part 96 ; Military Still Restricting Access To Soldiers Funerals

Even after seven years of military action by the US, the administration is still terrified of the troop death toll being overtly public.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; It's like trying to hold back a flood from a breaking dam, pointless.

Holding Them To Account 18 ; Fox Shown For What It Is

A fantastic short video showing the way Fox 'News' have trashed Michelle Obama ;



Tell The Truthiness Says ; Got to keep facing this type of thing down right through to November.

Dan & Keith Return To TV! Bulging Discs & All

Considering the reference in a recent post to Sportsnight, inspired by SportsCenter and the pairing of Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann, this news is rather eerie.

Dan and Keith are to reunite on TV to host NBC's Football Night In America.

Tell The Truthiness ; As a taster to those who don't know the magic of the pairing we've posted a recent Letterman interview with the two.

Iraq Wants US Forces Out - Period.

Mouwaffak al-Rubaie, Iraq's national security advisor, has said that there will be no deal on security with the United States unless it includes dates for the withdrawal of US forces.

As we know, President Bush is opposed to a timetable, but will have little choice if the Iraqis hold their ground.

Tell The Truthiness ; Guess this puts the brakes on Senator McCain's hundred years in Iraq. What's a guy to do?

War On Reality Part 95 ; Bin Laden To Be GOP Election Tool...Again?

The old chestnut of the Republican party, Osama Bin Laden, looks likely to be the fallback option of the GOP in the upcoming election.

This report from Time magazine says, again, that Bin Laden is suffering from kidney disease and has "no more than six to eighteen months to live."

Tell The Truthiness ; When all else fails, the Republicans go back to the only thing that works for them, scaring people.

The Best Newscast You're Not Watching - CBS Evening News

The CBS Evening News, anchored by Katie Couric has won an Edward R. Murrow Award for the Best Newcast. Specifically, for Couric's 9th August 2007 programme was what won CBS the award.

Despite the win, the network's flagship news programme continues to post low ratings. Another win was for CBS News' Lara Logan, scooping the Continuing Coverage award.

Tell The Truthiness ; The next worse thing to people watching bland news coverage is people not watching award winning, recognised news coverage. To alter a phrase used when talking about the situation that Aaron Sorkin's show Sports Night faced, The CBS Evening News With Katie Couric - The best news show you're not watching.

Special Comment On Obama's Second Chance On FISA

Road To Tehran 10 ; US Conducting Covert Ops In Iran.

With just over six months left before President Bush leaves office, the ugly idea of going after Iran has reared it's head.

According to the New Yorker, covert, US military operations are underway in Iran. The cost of these behind the scenes murky doings are four-hundred million dollars.

Tell The Truthiness ; He may only have six months left, but when you're as unpredictable as Bush and as powerful, it's plenty of time for plenty to happen.

War On Reality Part 94 ; Forgotten Afghanistan

This June has seen the highest number of foreign soldiers killed since the invasion happened in 2001. 39 soldiers have been killed in June this year.

Tell The Truthiness ; As has been said so often, didn't we 'win' this war in 2001? Oh, that must have just been post 9/11 propaganda combined with a poorly understood definition of what 'winning' was.

Saunter To The White House 100 ; McCain Advisor Goes Back To Terror To Win

John McCain's chief campaign advisor has said that a further terrorist attack on the United States would give his candidate a "big advantage".

Despite the fact that this is the bleeding obvious, it shouldn't be said, by anyone in the campaign and especially by anyone who's the head of a campaign. Senator McCain has distanced himself from the comments by Charlie Black.

Tell The Truthiness ; Just for once in this millennium, can the GOP not campaign on scaring people into voting for them, the 'vote democrat and die' strategy belongs in the past.

Saunter To The White House 99 ; 15 Points - The Obama Bounce

A Newsweek poll has Barack Obama at a 15% lead nationally over John McCain.

Wow.

Yes, it is only June, but this much shows either how things haven't really kicked into gear yet or how much better organised Barack Obama's campaign is compared to John McCain.

Tell The Truthiness ; The only numbers though that really matter are the votes on the 4th of November.

Saunter To The White House 98 ; Bush/McCain No Differences Ad

Here's the MoveOn.org advert for trying to tell the differences between President Bush and John McCain with John Cusack :



Plus, here's John Cusack's interview with Keith Olbermann from Friday evening :

Holding Them To Account 17 ; CBS News Chief Correspondent Slams War Coverage

Its now an open secret that the pre invasion coverage and the current coverage of Iraq has been restrained by the networks and other media. Here is an interview with CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan in which she tells us all that we had know, but much of which has been unsaid on mainstream TV.



Tell The Truthiness ; We need an avalanche of insight like this to get the coverage to truly reflect was is going on in Iraq and why we are still there.

War On Reality Part 93 ; It's All About The Oil First, Iraqis Second

As we reported over a year ago, the plans to get control of Iraq's oil reserves into the hands of Western corporations, were detailed before the invasion and have quietly been advanced in the last five years.



Now, 36 years after Iraq nationalised it's oil industry, Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP are coming back in to pump oil and make billions. Iraq has the fourth largest oil reserve in the World, after Saudi Arabia, Canada and Iran. The four companies have been given 'no bid' contracts because, as an Iraqi Oil Ministry spokesman said they had been advising the ministry without charge for two years before being awarded the contracts.

What a coincidence.

Tell The Truthiness ; So, congratulations to Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP for acting like a greedy heir spending time with a rich elderly relative for no good reason to get their hands on the assets at the opportune moment. Like we said, it's a total coincidence.

Saunter To The White House 97 ; Back Off Barack's Family

The GOP has been told by it's own, Mike Huckabee, to lay off Barack Obama's family. The former presidential candidate said that trying to "demonise" the Democratic nominee wasn't the way to go and would not work.

Meanwhile, Obama said that he wouldn't consider making Cindy McCain a campaign issue.

Finally, Michelle Obama guest hosted on The View on ABC and did her bit to fight the fluff about her fist bump, by bumping with all the other hosts when she arrived on set. Further, she said how much of an admirer she is of First Lady Laura Bush. The video is below.



Tell The Truthiness ; Families are off limits, will John McCain and the Republican Party adhere to this?

Saunter To The White House 96 ; McCain For Offshore Drilling, Like Brother Bush

The President is going to make efforts on Wednesday to overturn the ban on offshore drilling. Which is handy for some, since John McCain is in favour of this, despite changing his mind from previously being against this.

Tell The Truthiness ; A vote for McCain is a vote for a third Bush term? Seems pretty accurate.

Saunter To The White House 95 ; Jon Stewart Calls Out The Insane Media On Obama

You have to watch this on how un-dangerous Barack Obama really is ;

Saunter To The White House 94 ; Al Gore Endorses Obama Shocker

Ok, so it's not a huge shock, but it took him a while and maybe could have had a greater impact if it had come sooner.

Still, it's good Al Gore has done it.

Tell The Truthiness ; We can see Gore and Obama doing a SNL sketch together, someone contact Lorne Michaels.

War On Reality Part 92 ; Bush Bin Laden Hunt, Catch The Pigeon

Never one to underestimate the effect of a big announcement or arrival, George Bush is to try and catch Osama Bin Laden.

The President insisted on flying into London's Heathrow airport, because of the maximum media coverage. This was despite the huge disruption it caused. Well, today he's reported to have asked UK special forces to assist in a final push to find Osama Bin Laden.

You may remember at the back end of 2001 the President was meant to get him and never did, because he got distracted by shiny things and invading Iraq. Well now, Bush wants to give it one last go before he's ran out of Washington on a rail in January. This is despite the thin 'proof' that Bin Laden is directly responsible for the September 11th attacks. Shown here with his 'wanted' page not reporting him responsible for the attack. Plus, the cosy relationship between Bin Laden and US government agencies. So much so that he received US medical treatment in July 2001.

Tell The Truthiness ; If Bush did 'catch' Bin Laden, it'd pretty much secure McCain winning the election, as long as he doesn't fall asleep.

Keith Olbermann's Effect On TV News

Here's an interesting article from The New Yorker about Keith Olbermann, his style and the effect he's having on news.

Tell The Truthiness ; Interesting to read about impartiality on news being virtually impossible to achieve and possible damaging.

PS We love the caricature of Keith.

Saunter To The White House 93 ; Obama Fills Sandbags In Illinois

With a disaster that some are calling "our version of Katrina", Barack Obama got himself stuck in, filling sandbags in Illinois.

Tell The Truthiness ; We don't know where John McCain was, but he wasn't doing this.

The Lame Duck Goes For A Waddle

With little to do at home, President Bush has gone for a jolly to Europe and this afternoon meets Prime Minister Gordon Brown to talk about his favourite subject ; Iraq.

Bush is in London for two days at the end of a six day tour of Europe. He is trying to shore up the UK effort in Iraq.

Tell The Truthiness ; Hope Mr Bush enjoys his time out of the Washington Pond.

NBC Washington Bureau Chief Tim Russert Dies

Watch full coverage from MSNBC Below ;

Keith Olbermann's Special Comment On John McCain's "not too important" To Bring The Troops Home

Saunter To The White House 92 ; The World Is Waiting On The US To Change

The World can feel change in the air, how about you USA? That's the results of a poll showing that the World wants change in the US and it wants Barack Obama to do it.

Tell The Truthiness ; The people have spoken, it's up to you US.

Holding Them To Account 16 ; Bush Detainee Game Is Up

The US Supreme Court has said that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are entitled to challenge their detention in court.

This seems to be the time that everything President Bush has championed since 2001 is coming home to roost.

Tell The Truthiness ; The cracks are getting bigger, wait for the collapse.

Holding Them To Account 15 ; A Hero Stands Up & Says "Enough"

It came from an unexpected person and without warning. But was welcomed by a large number of people.



Conservative MP David Davis, the shadow home secretary, resigned yesterday afternoon to protest against the Labour government plan to detain terrorist suspects for 42 days without charge. His resignation will trigger a by-election, which he plans to fight on the issue of civil liberties.

He made a speech on the steps of the House Of Commons in which he rallied against ID cards, CCTV cameras and the increase in the length of detention without trial or charge for terrorist suspects.

Tell The Truthiness ; It only takes one person to stand up and say "no", but we know it will take more individuals to stand up, as Mr Davis leads the way. We are not going to surrender our common law rights, no matter how much some people try and scare us into submission.

Holding Them To Account 14 ; Scott McClellan To Testify For Committee

Scott McClellan, former Press Secretary, is to testify to a House Judiciary Committee.

The date for his appearance is 20th June.

Tell The Truthiness ; And there were people saying that this guy was going to fade into the background, doesn't seem like it.

Switching Off The Fluff & Switching On The Race, Networks Coverage Wins

An interesting piece here about the huge upturn in viewers for the primary season. It's from Entertainment Weekly, but it's a really good piece.

Tell The Truthiness ; Who said politics wasn't gripping?

Saunter To The White House 91 ; See Hillary Clinton's Speech Ending Her Campaign, Endorsing Obama

Here is the video of Hillary Clinton's speech from yesterday lunchtime.



Tell The Truthiness ; All in all, a heartfelt speech, which was everything it needed to be and ultimately was.

Saunter To The White House 90 ; Watch Clinton's Obama Endorsement Here

Saunter To The White House 89 ; McCain/Bush, What's The Difference?

John McCain has been getting a pretty easy ride with everyone's attention being on the Democratic campaign for nominee.

Well, not anymore.

John McCain has flipped his position on warrantless wiretapping of the public, making him look like an identikit of the President's position. All this, just a few days after he tried to dismiss suggestions that a vote for him was a vote for a third Bush term

Tell The Truthiness ; We can bet that this is just the start of McCain's switching of views, as he tries to get support from the far right-wing.

HISTORY IS MADE

Barack Obama will tonight become the United States first black nominee for president. With just 11 delegates left to reach the count and Hillary Clinton being tipped for the Vice President position, tonight, history is made.

Tell The Truthiness ; For our 500th post, we could never have imagined this would be the story. The future is here.

Saunter To The White House 88 ; Obama Countdown - 12 Delegates To Go

Barack Obama is 12 delegates away from the nomination.

Saunter To The White House 87 ; Obama Countdown - 14.5 Delegates

Barack Obama needs just 14.5 delegates and/or superdelegates to gain the required number for the Democratic nomination for President.

Tell The Truthiness ; At this rate, Montana and South Dakota's delegates won't be needed.

Saunter To The White House 86 ; Obama Countdown - 20.5 To Go

Barack Obama is now 20.5 delegates/superdelegates away from winning the nomination as Democratic candidate for President.

Tell The Truthiness ; And to think, the polls in Montana and South Dakota haven't closed yet!

Saunter To The White House 85 ; Clinton Open To Being VP

Hillary Clinton, according to the Associated Press, has told New York congressional colleagues she'd be open to being the Vice Presidential candidate if it helps unite the Democratic party.

Tell The Truthiness ; Fancy that!

Saunter To The White House 84 ; Obama Countdown - 27.5 Delegates Away

Barack Obama, according to MSNBC, is now down to only needing 27.5 delegates or superdelegates endorsement to gain the nomination.

Tell The Truthiness ; Waiting for that 0.5 to endorse, can't wait!

Saunter To The White House 83 ; Clinton To Accept Obama Has The Number, But Fight On?

How the heck does this work?

Hillary Clinton is going to accept that Barack Obama is the nominee, but they're going to not give up?

Tell The Truthiness ; Terry McAuliffe isn't in the same state he was after that 'lively' appearance on Morning Joe is he?

Saunter To The White House 82 ; AP Goes All Out To Scoop Everyone

The Associated Press is reporting through discussions with delegates, Barack Obama now has enough to be the Democratic nominee.

Tell The Truthiness ; Is someone from the Clinton campaign going to come out now and declare this incorrect?

Saunter To The White House 81 ; Obama Countdown - Needs 32.5 delegates

After the latest endorsements by Ohio House Democratic Leader Joyce Beatty and Maine superdelegate Jennifer Dechant, Barack Obama now needs 32.5 delegate and/or superdelegates to get the required number.

Tell The Truthiness ; Who is the 0.5 and are they less functional than other members of the DNC, because they're half?

Saunter To The White House 80 ; Obama Countdown - Needs 37.5 Delegates

Barack Obama needs 37.5 delegates to have enough for the nomination as of 8am this morning Eastern time.

Tell The Truthiness ; Is it especially painful if you're the 0.5 of a delegate?

Saunter To The White House 79 ; Obama Countdown - Needs 42 Delegates

Barack Obama needs 42 delegates to clinch the nomination.

Word is that his campaign team is working furiously to get as many uncommitted superdelegates to make their choice before the end of tomorrow or Wednesday at the latest.

Tell The Truthiness ; We are in the end game.

Saunter To The White House 78 ; Clinton Chair Starts Self-Parodying

Clinton campaign chair Terry McAuliffe has slipped into self-parody this morning on Morning Joe.

Does Hillary know that McAuliffe appeared like this, has she seen this video?

For the one and only time we're going to say this, Hillary Clinton is the only sane person left in her campaign!

Tell The Truthiness ; But when did Hillary's campaign chair become sponsored by Tommy Bahamas?

Saunter To The White House 77 ; Hillary Calls Meeting For Tomorrow, Planning To Suspend Campaign

A meeting has been arranged for tomorrow night by the Hillary Clinton team during which she's expected to suspend her campaign.

Tomorrows meeting in New York is different to others as major campaign backers and donors have been invited, which is increasingly being seen as a sign that Hillary Clinton is to announce that she is not going to contest her position.

Other reports are saying that staff are being laid off and staffers are being asked to hand in their expense receipts by the end of the week.

Tell The Truthiness ; Get those Clinton '08 signs on ebay now!

Saunter To The White House 76 ; The Rolling Obama Countdown Delegate Calculator

Barack Obama now needs 44 delegates to get the Democratic nomination, the latest number can be seen here.

We'll keep you updated.

Tell The Truthiness ; T minus 44 and counting.

Saunter To The White House 75 ; Puerto Rico Goes For Clinton, But It Doesn't Help

Puerto Rico went for Hillary Clinton in today's third to last primary, but it won't really matter.

After yesterday's decisions made by the DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee, Hillary Clinton may have gained delegates that she fought for, but it's not really helped. Barack Obama is 66 delegates away after the readjusted nomination number to 2118.

Tell The Truthiness ; Hillary Clinton - The Campaign That Just Won't Die! Now Playing For Two More Days Only!