http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/michaeldobbs/ en-us Wed, 4 Jun 2008 18:43:40 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025965/posts "A certain segment has basically been feeding a kind of xenophobia. There's a reason why hate crimes against Hispanic people doubled last year. If you have people like Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh ginning things up, it's not surprising that would happen." --Barack Obama, Palm Beach fundraiser, May 22, 2008. The presumptive Democratic nominee for president needs to be more careful in his use of statistics. If he is going to blame Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh for "ginning up" hate crimes against Hispanics, he needs solid data to back up his allegation. The hate crimes statistics that he... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025965/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 18:43:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010371/posts The Senate has unanimously declared John McCain a natural-born citizen, eligible to be president of the United States. That is the good news for the presumptive Republican nominee, who was born nearly 72 years ago in a military hospital in the Panama Canal Zone, then under U.S. jurisdiction. The bad news is that the nonbinding Senate resolution passed Wednesday night is simply an opinion that has little bearing on an arcane constitutional debate that has preoccupied legal scholars for many weeks. The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010371/posts#comment Fri, 2 May 2008 19:23:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994047/posts Addressing civil rights activists in Selma, Ala., a year ago, Sen. Barack Obama traced his "very existence" to the generosity of the Kennedy family, which he said paid for his Kenyan father to travel to America on a student scholarship and thus meet his Kansan mother. The Camelot connection has become part of the mythology surrounding Obama's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. After Caroline Kennedy endorsed his candidacy in January, Newsweek commentator Jonathan Alter reported that she had been struck by the extraordinary way in which "history replays itself" and by how "two generations of two families -- separated... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994047/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:26:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993942/posts Addressing civil rights activists in Selma, Ala., a year ago, Sen. Barack Obama traced his "very existence" to the generosity of the Kennedy family, which he said paid for his Kenyan father to travel to America on a student scholarship and thus meet his Kansan mother. The Camelot connection has become part of the mythology surrounding Obama's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. After Caroline Kennedy endorsed his candidacy in January, Newsweek commentator Jonathan Alter reported that she had been struck by the extraordinary way in which "history replays itself" and by how "two generations of two families -- separated... WAPO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993942/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:14:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990682/posts I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base." --Hillary Clinton, speech at George Washington University, March 17, 2008. Hillary Clinton has been regaling supporters on the campaign trail with hair-raising tales of a trip she made to Bosnia in March 1996. In her retelling, she was sent to places that her husband, President Clinton, could not go because they were "too dangerous." When her account was challenged by one... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990682/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:22:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990097/posts The Washington Post is aligning its Fact Checker with Rich Noyes of NewsBusters. On Saturday's front page, the Inside box reads: "Four Pinocchios! Hillary Clinton has talked of coming under sniper fire during a 1996 trip to Bosnia. Our Fact Checker shoots that tale down." In the Michael Dobbs "Fact Checker" feature, four Pinocchios means not just fact-shading or exaggerating, but "Real whoppers." (It wasn't prominently featured on the washingtonpost.com home page.) Dobbs wrote on Saturday that "Clinton's tale of landing at the Tuzla airport "under sniper fire" simply is not credible. Photographs and video of the arrival ceremony, complete... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990097/posts#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:18:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308771/posts The speed with which it all happened seemed like a scene from the Bible -- a natural phenomenon unlike anything I had experienced before. As the waters rose at an incredible rate, I half expected to catch sight of Noah's Ark. Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308771/posts#comment Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:45:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1382097/posts The day after the House voted to halt all aid to rebels fighting to overthrow the Sandinista government of Nicaragua, U.S. Ambassador to Honduras John D. Negroponte urged the president's national security adviser and the CIA director to hang tough. The thrust of the envoy's "back channel" July 1983 message to the men running the contra war against Nicaragua was contained in a single cryptic sentence: "Hondurans believe special project is as important as ever." "Special project" was code for the secret arming of contra rebels from bases in Honduras -- a cause championed by Negroponte, then a rising diplomatic... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1382097/posts#comment Tue, 12 Apr 2005 15:21:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308957/posts The largest earthquake in the past 40 years and the resulting deaths of thousands from 33-foot tidal waves are being compared by an American reporter to descriptions of disaster from Holy Scripture. "The speed with which it all happened seemed like a scene from the Bible – a natural phenomenon unlike anything I had experienced before," said Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs, who was swimming off a Sri Lankan island when the disaster struck this morning. "As the waters rose at an incredible rate, I half expected to catch sight of Noah's Ark. Instead of the Ark, I grabbed hold... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308957/posts#comment Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:08:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308828/posts WELIGAMA, Sri Lanka, Dec. 26 -- Disaster struck with no warning out of a faultlessly clear blue sky. I was taking my morning swim around the island that my brother Geoffrey, a businessman, had bought on a whim a decade ago and turned into a tropical paradise 200 yards from one of the world's most beautiful beaches. People look at debris in Madras, India, one of several areas hit by a massive tidal waves that slammed into several countries in Southeast Asia on Sunday. (AP) I was a quarter way around the island when I heard my brother shouting at... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308828/posts#comment Mon, 27 Dec 2004 04:18:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1246814/posts It was December 1968, and the United States was in turmoil. The number of U.S. troops in Vietnam had reached a peak of half a million. Antiwar protests were paralyzing American campuses after the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. In Vietnam, a gangly U.S. Navy lieutenant named John F. Kerry steered his Swift boat up a river in the Mekong Delta, deep into enemy territory, witnessing firsthand a war he would soon conclude was no longer winnable. More than 8,000 miles away, in Valdosta, Ga., another son of privilege, George W. Bush, took off in... Pravda on the Potomac aka Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1246814/posts#comment Sat, 16 Oct 2004 04:48:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1220225/posts In the early-morning hours of Sept. 8, Dan Rather was preparing to fly to Washington for a crucial interview in the Old Executive Office Building, but torrential rain kept him in New York. White House communications director Dan Bartlett had agreed to talk to "60 Minutes," but only on condition that the CBS program provide copies of what were being billed as newly unearthed memos indicating that President Bush had received preferential treatment in the National Guard. The papers were hand-delivered at 7:45 a.m. CBS correspondent John Roberts, filling in for Rather, sat down with Bartlett at 11:15. Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1220225/posts#comment Sun, 19 Sep 2004 02:27:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1220136/posts In e-mails to a discussion group for Texas Democrats in recent months, Burkett laid out a rationale for using "down and dirty" tactics against Bush. Burkett said he had passed on his ideas to the Democratic National Committee but that the DNC seemed "afraid to do what I suggest." In another message, dated Sept. 4, Burkett hinted he might have had advance knowledge of some details contained in an explosive segment on CBS News' "60 Minutes" one week later. In addition to an interview with former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes claiming he helped Bush get into the Guard, CBS... Seattle times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1220136/posts#comment Sun, 19 Sep 2004 00:01:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1219629/posts Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1219629/posts#comment Sat, 18 Sep 2004 05:29:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1219521/posts The former Texas National Guard officer suspected of providing CBS News with possibly forged records on President Bush's military service called on Democratic activists to wage "war" against Republican "dirty tricks" in a series of Internet postings in which he also used phrases similar to several employed in the disputed documents. Retired Lt. Col. Bill Burkett, who earlier said he overheard Bush aides conspiring with the commander of the Texas National Guard to "sanitize" the president's military records, has refused to comment on reports that he could be CBS's confidential source. In e-mails yesterday to The Washington Post, he said... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1219521/posts#comment Sat, 18 Sep 2004 02:24:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1218653/posts Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1218653/posts#comment Fri, 17 Sep 2004 09:51:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1217483/posts In a related development, White House press secretary Scott McClellan hinted that more documents regarding Bush's National Guard service may soon be released. Asked whether officials in the White House have seen unreleased documents, McClellan called that "a very real possibility." Other officials with knowledge of the situation said more documents had indeed been uncovered and would be released in the coming days. The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1217483/posts#comment Thu, 16 Sep 2004 05:17:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1217545/posts Documents allegedly written by a deceased officer that raised questions about President Bush's service with the Texas Air National Guard bore markings showing they had been faxed to CBS News from a Kinko's copy shop in Abilene, Tex., according to another former Guard officer who was shown the records by the network. The markings provide one piece of evidence suggesting a source for the documents, whose authenticity has been hotly disputed since CBS aired them in a "60 Minutes" broadcast Sept. 8. The network has declined to name the person who provided them, saying the source was confidential, or to... Washington Post via Drudgereport http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1217545/posts#comment Thu, 16 Sep 2004 07:14:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1217363/posts Documents allegedly written by a deceased officer that raised questions about President Bush's service with the Texas Air National Guard bore markings showing they had been faxed to CBS News from a Kinko's copy shop in Abilene, Tex., according to another former Guard officer who was shown the records by the network. The markings provide one piece of evidence suggesting a source for the documents, whose authenticity has been hotly disputed since CBS aired them in a "60 Minutes" broadcast Sept. 8. The network has declined to name the person who provided them, saying the source was confidential, or to... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1217363/posts#comment Thu, 16 Sep 2004 02:46:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1211758/posts Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel... N.C. State Library http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1211758/posts#comment Fri, 10 Sep 2004 05:18:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1206264/posts Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1206264/posts#comment Fri, 3 Sep 2004 05:59:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1203356/posts Fulda, Minn.: Your investigation is being cited by the Kerry campaign and its supporters as an umambiguous refutation of the claims made by the Swift Boat Veterans. Do you agree with that position? Michael Dobbs: I assume you are talking about the earlier articles I wrote, not the one I wrote this weekend about Kerry's post-war record. In my previous reporting, I focused on one particular incident, on March 13, 1969, as a result of which Kerry won a Bronze Star. I feel that my reporting refutes some claims of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, but not all. I... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1203356/posts#comment Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:05:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1201804/posts This is a long article, but it's full of news I never thought I'd see printed in the Washington Post. It's devastating. It depicts Kerry as duplicitous and calculating. Snip:According to FBI records first released to Nicosia, Kerry sometimes expressed fairly radical points of view. For example, he described North Vietnamese Communist leader Ho Chi Minh as "the George Washington of Vietnam." He also noted with some bitterness that out "of 234 congressmen's sons eligible for service in Vietnam, only 24 went there, and only one of them was wounded." The FBI kept careful tabs on the protesters through a... WashPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1201804/posts#comment Sat, 28 Aug 2004 19:05:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1201447/posts After Decades, Renewed War on Old Conflict By Michael Dobbs Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, August 28, 2004; Page A01 After a coin toss to decide which decorated Vietnam War veteran would speak first, talk show host Dick Cavett invited his guests to debate the issue that had divided America. The tall, long-haired veteran with the big jaw denounced the war as immoral. His clean-cut rival spoke of patriotism and sacrifice. More than three decades after their 1971 debate, John F. Kerry and John E. O'Neill are back at it. This time around, however, Kerry is running for president, and... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1201447/posts#comment Sat, 28 Aug 2004 03:17:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1200652/posts Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1200652/posts#comment Fri, 27 Aug 2004 06:23:51 GMT