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Many of us here at littleboxes watch CNN from time to time. As many of our readers know Bill Schneider is not one of our favorite media personalities. An informal poll of our staff suggests that 73% of us have an unfavorable opinion of Mr. Schneider. Constrasting this with our recent poll result indicating that only 10% of us dislike american cheese really allows that 73% figure to sink in.

From Media Matters:

From the September 19 edition of CNN Live Sunday:

SCHNEIDER: Well, I can guarantee you, they don't like George Bush. Do they think there's a difference? I think Osama bin Laden, the Al Qaeda network, who I am certain follow American politics, look at the messages coming out on their tapes. They seem to follow politics very closely. They would very much like to defeat President Bush. But the question is: Can they pull off the same trick that they pulled off in Spain? What Dennis Hastert said is, "They'd better not try that. It won't work here." And my guess is, he's right about that.

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Apparently as the election gets closer the insurgents in Iraq are making a more pronounced effort to hand this election to John Kerry. The question is, if Kerry wins do the attacks in Iraq stop?
Washington Post:
Attacks over the past two weeks have killed more than 250 Iraqis and 29 U.S. military personnel, according to figures released by Iraq's Health Ministry and the Pentagon. A sampling of daily reports produced during that period by Kroll Security International for the U.S. Agency for International Development shows that such attacks typically number about 70 each day. In contrast, 40 to 50 hostile incidents occurred daily during the weeks preceding the handover of political authority to an interim Iraqi government on June 28, according to military officials. (article)