Dear friend,

In an attempt to escape responsibility for the misleading
statements that led the nation to war, President Bush has announced plans to
form an independent inquiry to look into what went wrong. An inquiry would
serve the Bush administration well: it would envelop the issue in a fog of
uncertainty, deflect blame onto the intelligence services, and push any
political damage into 2005, after the upcoming election.

But the facts need
no clarification. Despite repeated warnings from the CIA and Defense
Intelligence Agency, President Bush and his administration hyped and
distorted the threat that Iraq posed. And now that reality is setting in,
the President seeks to pin the blame on someone else. We can't let
him.

Congress has the power to censure the President -- to formally
reprimand him for his betrayal of the nation's trust. If ever there was a
time to use this function, it is now. Join the call for Congress to censure
President Bush now
at: (click here)

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For better or for worse? By RICHARD LACAYO Monday, March 1, 2004 Posted:


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united states: Row over gay marriages


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BOSTON (AP)
- The governor of Sen. John Kerry's home state on Sunday criticized the Democratic presidential candidate's stance on proposed constitutional amendments to ban gay marriage.
"He's said he supports the Massachusetts constitutional amendment, which would limit marriage to a man and a woman, but he's against a federal constitution amendment to do the same thing," Republican Gov. Mitt Romney said on CNN's "Late Edition."

"So, the fact that he's not willing to be decisive and to be seen as taking a position on key issues is something, I think, that'll harm him down the home stretch," Romney continued.
Kerry's campaign responded by saying the senator has been clear in his belief that states, not the Congress, should have the final say on gay marriage.

"Senator Kerry believes marriage is decided by the states," spokesman Michael Meehan said. "President Bush and Gov. Romney are playing politics. I don't see anyone proposing a Constitutional amendment for health care for everyone. I don't see anyone proposing a Constitutional amendment to replace the three million jobs that have been lost (under Bush's presidency)."

Kerry, like Bush and Romney, opposes same-sex marriage. He supports civil unions for gay couples.