In Wingnut World

post from TalkLeft on 05 July 2007 10:24:00 PM. © TalkLeft

In Wingnut World, the following is true:

From the July 5 broadcast of Cox Radio Syndication's The Neal Boortz Show:
BOORTZ: But in the case of Scooter Libby, Scooter Libby and Bill Clinton got sentenced and convicted for exactly the same crime. Can you -- now tell me, why is there so much outrage on the left that Scooter Libby isn't going to have to serve a 30-month jail term, and not a bit of outrage on the left that Bill Clinton didn't even get a 30-month jail term.

CALLER: I don't remember Bill Clinton actually being convicted for perjury.
BOORTZ: I'm sorry, he was.

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Sicko

post from Talking in Circles on 05 July 2007 10:23:54 PM. © Talking in Circles

Make of it what you will.

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A simple question for NBC political analyst Chuck
Todd.

post from Think Progress on 05 July 2007 10:05:00 PM. © Think Progress

Media Matters writes: “Before the November 2006 midterm elections, NBC News political director Chuck Todd predicted several times that if the Democrats won ‘control of Congress’ and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) became speaker of the House, then President Bush’s ‘approval rating will be over 50 percent by the Fourth of July next year.’ … Will NBC News question Todd about his inaccurate prediction?”

UPDATE: MissLaura has more.

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Pete Domenici Breaks from Bush/Cheney

post from The Washington Note on 05 July 2007 10:04:00 PM. © The Washington Note

Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) really likes President Bush and Vice President Cheney. He has had a strained relationship with John McCain for years -- and when Bush beat McCain in the 2000 primaries, Domenici was absolutely "giddy" about it....

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Gunning For A Pulitzer

post from TalkLeft on 05 July 2007 09:46:00 PM. © TalkLeft

John Solomon is gunning for the Pulitzer for best coverage of hair styling:

Solomon has run an odd front-page piece on John Edwards selling his house, a bizarre front-page expose on Hillary Clinton's charitable donations, and a sloppy piece on a Nancy Pelosi earmark for a San Francisco waterfront redevelopment project. Yesterday, however, Solomon out did himself, devoting nearly 1,300 words to the "controversy" surrounding John Edwards' haircut.

Enterprise journalism at its best. I must repeat my refrain -- it is not that the Media is biased, it is that it is incompetent.

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The Most Powerful Empire

post from Daily Kos on 05 July 2007 09:41:23 PM. © Daily Kos

If you thought that all the furor over playing favorites for pal Scooter would make Bush act a bit conciliatory... what country have you been living in these last six years? No, the Decider made it clear yesterday that he wouldn't play politics with Iraq.

The president, speaking to a crowd of West Virginia Air National Guard soldiers and their families in Martinsburg, said he will resist political pressure to remove U.S. military personnel from Iraq.

After all, why should Bush listen to anyone else? He's managed to run roughshod over military leadership, the press, and the legislature and no one says "boo." What's his incentive to do anything other than exactly what he wants?

Bush's speech recalls vivid memories of the kind of distortion that got us into Iraq in the first place, by describing every hint of opposition as "the very same folks" who attacked us on 9/11. And don't forget that all terrorists are puppies of doom, ready to "follow us home" if we leave Iraq (if Osama follows you home, you are not allowed to keep him).

In addition to plenty of get-them-before-they-get-us rhetoric, the speech also contained the claim of Holy Cause.

We believe in an Almighty, we believe in the freedom for people to worship that Almighty. They don't.

The crusade having been announced, Bush's speech was filled out with repetitions of the absolutely essential -- and completely undefined -- need to "win" in Iraq that has become the mantra of the right.

However, there was one part of Bush's speech that was quite interesting.

America's victory was far from certain. In other words, when we celebrated the first 4th of July celebration, our struggle for independence was far from certain. Citizens had to struggle for six more years to finally determine the outcome of the Revolutionary War.

We were a small band of freedom-loving patriots taking on the most powerful empire in the world.

Hmm. So, after six years of uncertain fighting, a small band ousted the most powerful force on the planet. Is Bush sure that's the message he wanted to deliver?

Sounds like emboldening to me.

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The Menace

post from Firedoglake on 05 July 2007 09:34:50 PM. © Firedoglake

The other day Roy at Alicublog had a post up examining certain of the yappings about Terror and The Mohommadan Menace emanating from the cesspit known as The Corner. Roy specifically pointed to an exchange between Michael Ledeen and Mark Steyn where the[...]

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All in the Family

Digby reminds us that abusing the pardon/commuting privilege to cover up your own criminal tracks is a Bush family tradition:But in a single stroke, Mr. Bush swept away one conviction, three guilty pleas and two pending cases, virtually decapitating what[...]

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Rio’s Live Earth concert back on.

Earlier today, Brazilian authorities “obtained a court injunction suspending the Live Earth show in Rio de Janeiro on concerns about security.” But Brazilian judge Denise Tarin has “revoked her own injunction,” meaning that the only free concert in the Live Earth series is back on. Take the Live Earth Pledge HERE.

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Odom: Supporting The Troops = Withdrawal

From someone who knows firsthand what combat does to a soldier to a bunch of chickenhawks too cowardly to put themselves on the line but all too brave with other people’s children and spouses. Nieman Watchdog:Every step the Democrats in Congress have taken to force the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq has failed. Time [...]

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