I found this link over at Little Green Footballs. It shows just how desperate, how pathetic the Kerry campaign has become.

Their list of "143 Lies, Mischaracterizations, Distortions, And Half-Truths" HAS to have been written by a mole from the GOP. It's called a list of lies, but it's merely 143 "talking points" from the convention.

That's it. No rebuttal, no individual attention, no supporting evidence. Just listing the talking points under the title "Lies, Mischaracterizations, Distortions, And Half-Truths" is all the proof they think they need to reinforce the True Believers, sway the Doubters, and utterly discredit the Heretics.

And let's take a closer look at some of these "Lies, Mischaracterizations, Distortions, And Half-Truths."

J.

Update: The Kerry campaign has now yanked the press release in question. Gee, I wonder why...

Damn, I wish I'd grabbed a screen shot. I'm sure there are a couple dozen floating around the blogosphere. I sincerely hope the Bush campaign puts up one...

Update 2: Thanks to LGF reader Jemima, a copy of the original press release can be found here.

(sigh)Update 3: And it's now it's back up. I'm gonna grab a screencap of it before they flip-flop on it yet again.

(sigh again)Update 4: After the FLIP, now comes the FLOP. It's down again. PDF screenshot available here.

7. Triplett : President Bush understands that “teamwork is critical to success. President Bush understands that.” That's why he's fired his entire Cabinet and is doing everything all by himself.

11. Senator John McCain: “Our President will work with all nations willing to help us defeat this scourge that afflicts us all.” In reality, President Bush has scorned offers of assistance and only taking "help" from those nations whose forces he has kidnapped and driven into Iraq at gunpoint.

23. Racicot: “Schools are focused on success, and children are learning.” Actually, the schools are focused on teaching our children on how to be pathetic, whiny losers. Unfortunately, they are not paying as much attention as they should be.

25. Marc Racicot: We are leading the world in the fight to eradicate disease and hunger. The truth is, 99% of all money and research into world health problems comes from Outer Mongolia and Swaziland. Bush is just stealing the credit.

40. Rudy Guliani: My point about John Kerry being inconsistent is best described in his own words when he said, "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it." Who else but an anti-Kerry person would remind people of that particular statement?

41. Rudy Guliani: In October, 2003, he told an Arab-American Institute in Detroit that a security barrier separating Israel from the Palestinian Territories was a "barrier to peace." A few months later, he took exactly the opposite position. In an interview with the Jerusalem Post he said, "Israel's security fence is a legitimate act of self defense." OF COURSE Kerry said this! After all, a fence has two sides, so any intelligent, nuanced person would recognize it only just to have two positions on it.

59. Brownback: "Here at home, President Bush has committed record levels of support to fighting the disease. He has called for a new focus on abstinence education and has established a new effort to develop an AIDS vaccine. Internationally, President Bush has marshaled an army of compassion to combat this disease. His Emergency Plan for HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and TB authorized a record $15 billion, which will treat 2 million people, prevent 7 million new infections, and care for 10 million orphans and others affected by AIDS." After all, what's $15 billion dollars, when compared to the contributions of... um... ah... well, SOMEONE must've given more money to fight AIDS...

68. Cheney: “In Afghanistan, the camps where terrorists trained to kill Americans have been shut down…” [Cheney Remarks, 9/1/04] Actually, while we did shut down the training camps, several dozen former franchised Camp Kookamongas have now been converted into new terrorist training camps, so that was actually a net loss.

84. Santorum: George Bush has shown his compassion by… fighting to let the American people define marriage, not left-wing judges. And mayors! Let's not forget left-wing mayors who've tried to do the same!

85. Romney: “He voted NO on Desert Storm in 1991 and YES on Desert Shield today. Then he voted NO on troop funding, just after he had voted YES. He’s campaigned against the war all year, but says he’d vote YES today. I don’t want Presidential leadership that comes in 57 varieties! I want a strong President who stands his ground.” [Remarks at the Republican National Convention, 9/1/04] Kerry does stand his ground. It's just that he's spent too much time in California, and the ground keeps moving on him.

106. Miller: “…Against the Trident missile, against, against, against. This is the man who wants to be the Commander in Chief of our U.S. Armed Forces? U.S. forces armed with what? Speeutbawlls?”[Miller Remarks, 9/1/04]"OK, who's gonna tell Mommy Peacebucks that her husband's campaign is making fun of people's accents now? Smithers, you're the most expendable here..."

130. Franks: “Some have ridiculed the contributions made by our allies, but I can tell you that every contribution from every nation is important.” [Remarks at Republican National Convention, 9/2/04] "Smithers, be sure to remind people that the Eye-talians only sent spaghetti chefs, the Polacks ended up invading Mauritania, the Australians left once they found out there was no beer in Iraq, and the Brits refused to cooperate until we guaranteed the security of their tea supply."

142. Bush: “Again, my opponent and I have different approaches. I proposed, and the Congress overwhelmingly passed, 87 billion dollars in funding needed by our troops doing battle in Afghanistan and Iraq. My opponent and his running mate voted against this money for bullets, and fuel, and vehicles, and body armor. When asked to explain his vote, the Senator said, "I actually did vote for the 87 billion dollars before I voted against it." Then he said he was "proud" of that vote. Then, when pressed, he said it was a "complicated" matter. There is nothing complicated about supporting our troops in combat.” AGAIN with the "voted for it before I voted against it" quote. You cannot say with a straight face that this was put up by a Kerry supporter.

143. Bush: “In the midst of war, he has called America's allies, quote, a "coalition of the coerced and the bribed." That would be nations like Great Britain, Poland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark, El Salvador, Australia, and others allies that deserve the respect of all Americans, not the scorn of a politician. I respect every soldier, from every country, who serves beside us in the hard work of history. America is grateful, and America will not forget.” After all, it can hardly be called "multilateral" if France and Germany choose to sit it out. Pity they didn't take that attitude in World War I, or World War II...