"Stop chewing on Jesus, you ghoulish fucks."

post from Eschaton on 08 February 2007 11:54:00 PM. © Eschaton

When will Bill Donohue condemn Michelle Malkin and her hire Allahpundit?

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Lies and the Lying Liars

post from Eschaton on 08 February 2007 11:51:00 PM. © Eschaton

Even self-described Christians lie. I'm shocked.

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Open Thread

post from Crooks and Liars on 08 February 2007 11:45:36 PM. © Crooks and Liars

Bill Donohue's milking the Edwards Bloggers story for all its worth and manufactured outrage made me think of this classic Tom Tomorrow cartoon.And C&Ler BTL in the comments points us to the breaking news of the death today of a woman we all should honor.

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Wingnuts wail and quail over Edwards' bloggers

post from media girl (mediagirl.org) - progressive, feminist, empowered on 08 February 2007 11:38:26 PM. © media girl (mediagirl.org) - progressive, feminist, empowered

The bedwetting set can sure do the hysterics thing. They're hysterical over gays. They're hysterical over women's rights. And they're famously hysterical over barefoot gangbangers in rural Islamic countries.

Now they've been just beside themselves over two bloggers who were attacked by a hatemongering bigot, then fired by John Edwards campaign, then rehired by the John Edwards campaign.

They're also wonderful offering threats.

John Edwards ought to pray (softly, because you don't want your
staffers muttering about you being a "godbag" behind your back, right?)
that he doesn't get hit.Hear me now, believe me later, Johnny E.: If you lay down with nutroots, it will be hard to get back up.

At MyDD, Chris Bowers writes:

William Donahue is scared to death of you. He just promised a
nationwide campaign to fight the success you have made possible. Ha!
Bring it on. It is about time this wingnut is exposed, and the media
shamed for treating him like a mainstream Catholic figure in the first
place.

Of course, this goes right to the heart of the radical right's claims that the rest of us must be tolerant of their hate.

Unfortunately, Edwards' public statement on his campaign's blog is rather middlin' and, to some extent, cowardly:

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Late Nite FDL: Will the Real Bill Donohue Please
Shut Up

post from Firedoglake on 08 February 2007 11:18:31 PM. © Firedoglake

(Okay, Mr. Bill actually looks more like John Gibson, but that's not necessarily germane to this discussion.)So, Frothing Crypto-Catholic Psychopath Bill Donohue has been one of the squeakiest wheels in Squeakytown on the issue of the Edwards '08[...]

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C&Ls Late Nite Music Club with Frankie Laine

post from Crooks and Liars on 08 February 2007 11:15:12 PM. © Crooks and Liars

RIP, Frankie LaineHasn't everyone imitated Laine's big-voiced style singing the "Rawhide" theme? Rollin', rollin', rollin', keep those doggies rollin'….SteveAudio has more…

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Senate staffer picks fight with Iraq vets.

post from Think Progress on 08 February 2007 11:14:00 PM. © Think Progress

“Army Reserve Capt. Jon Soltz, 29, and former 101st Airborne Division Sgt. Joe Kramer, 31, say Chief of Staff Mike Ware raised his voice or yelled at them and pointed at them during a scheduled meeting in Craig’s office. The two soldiers and two other Iraq war veterans with the anti-war group VoteVets met with [...]

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Open Thread and Diary Rescue

post from Daily Kos on 08 February 2007 11:13:42 PM. © Daily Kos

(Tonight’s selections are brought to you courtesy of the Rescue Rangers. SusanG)

If readers notice a glimpse-at-the-dark-side theme running through many of tonight's diaries, blame it on the date: Previous February 8ths have seen the beheading of Mary Queen of Scots (1587), the debut of Birth of a Nation (1915), and President Cleveland's signing of the infamous Dawes Act (1887).

(Tonight's Rescue Rangers are BentLiberal, Elise, jennyjem, joshalot, and vcmvo2, with Unitary Moonbat editing)

gjohnsit carefully studies the difference between the most recent rally of protestors in D.C. on January 27th, and compares it to several protests that Jacob Coxey attempted to carry out during the Panic of 1893. Coxey was arrested and tried for making a list of demands with regards to decent housing and jobs in The First March on Washington. (vcmvo2)

"What bloggergate says about the movement" is probably the best summary I've read on the Edwards blogger flap. BobcatJH pulls no punches and leaves no stone unturned. (BentLiberal)

Diarist Steven D doesn't believe that hate speech is ever "Just an opinion". (jennyjem)

What do Dick Cheney and Shakespeare's "Dick the Butcher" have in common? Caoimhin Laochdha gives us the answer in "First, Kill the U.S. Attorneys". (jennyjem)

First time diarst degnan gives a good summation of the Scooter Libby trial and the defendant's curious 29-day memory gap in Libby as Cheney's Cut-out. (BentLiberal)

American River Canyon has all the details on the latest in Republican corruption with Doolittle Campaign Contributer Indicted and it's Not Even Friday, Guam nails Abramoff Buddy (Elise)

Walt starr finds that there is danger in the continued reliance on the outsourcing of former military jobs to private companies or mercenaries. Their loyalty is thus to themselves and not the US Constitution; an unsettling occurrence in Blackwater is NOT loyal to the Constitution. (vcmvo2)

"[L]iberals should not be against Jesus, a champion of liberalism and liberty, but against those who have perverted his life and teachings." So says diarist a gnostic in Gnosticism and Jesus' "Destroy this temple". An interesting read. (BentLiberal)

Duke1676 brings us news of more Republican in-fighting, in his diary, Tancredo out as House immigration leader: A third party run? (Elise)

In Iraq is over diarist dday urges the reader to note that high-stakes rhetoric is often matched with low-stakes courses of action by those doing the spouting. (BentLiberal)

Drawing a connection between current events and history is usually an opportunity to be more informed about the current situation at hand. Dsjwriter does just that in US Attorney's jailing of blogger ignores history, by highlighting the similarities between Josh Wolf and a similar case that took place during the birth of our nation and influenced the definition of journalism as we know it today. If you are a Dkos reader, you can probably already guess if that case illustrates "what to do" or "what not do to" (joshalot)

kay dub brings us a bleak but eloquent picture of the future of Iraq in How does the hard rain not fall? (Elise)

Elise brings Top Comments.

Add your favorites from the past 24 hours and use as an open thread.

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BIPARTISAN SUPPORT TO END BUSH REGIME PRACTICE OF
PERVERTING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM

I hope you've been following the stories about how the rogue Bush Regime has been firing U.S. Attorneys-- each one a Republican appointed by Bush himself-- under dubious circumstances and for dubious reasons (like successfully prosecuting Bush cronies for bribery). Today the Senate Judiciary Committee, with wide-- though certainly not complete-- bipartisan support moved a bill forward to curb the Justice Department's assumed power to replace federal prosecutors. So far Gonzales has knocked off seven. The vote, on a bill sponsored by Dianne Feinstein, was 13-6 with Orrin Hatch, Charles Grassley and Arlen Specter joining the Democrats and voting the interests of the American people for a change-- instead of rubber-stamping Bush Regime neo-fascism. The neo-fascist side was led by Jon Kyl (R-AZ).

No one knows how the mysterious provision that was slipped into the Patriot Act allowing Bush to run rough shod like this got there. Originally it was reported that then Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter had slipped it into the bill in the dead of night. Specter not only denies that but says he discovered it recently and agreed "We ought to change it back to what it was."
It has recently come to light that Karl Rove, Bush's political hatchetman, played a role in several of the unjustified firings and that political favoritism was the motivating factor.

The Democrats cite the firings since March of seven U.S. attorneys from Arkansas to California, some without cause, as evidence that the administration is punishing prosecutors whose work targeted Republican allies and rewarding those faithful to the GOP.

Gonzales has denied that charge and promised to submit every replacement for Senate confirmation.

Earlier this week, his deputy, Paul McNulty, told the panel that some of the ousted prosecutors were fired for performance-related causes he would not describe, while others were asked to leave without cause.

Democrats demanded the performance reports of all seven dismissed prosecutors and threatened to subpoena the material. McNulty cautioned that the reports might not detail any reasons for dismissal.

The panel's action came a day after one of those fired, former U.S. Attorney John McKay of Washington state, said his resignation was ordered by the administration without explanation seven months after he received a favorable job evaluation.

"I was ordered to resign as U.S. attorney on Dec. 7 by the Justice Department," McKay, who led the Justice Department's Western Washington office, said Wednesday in a telephone interview. "I was given no explanation. I certainly was told of no performance issues."

The Seattle Times reported Thursday that in his last performance review, McKay received a highly favorable report from a 27-member team from the Justice Department's Evaluation and Review Staff.

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