Military analyst to Rumsfeld: You are the leader.
You are our guy

post from Crooks and Liars on 08 May 2008 03:30:36 PM. © Crooks and Liars

Media Matters: Following the publication of the April 20 New York Times front-page article on the hidden ties between media military analysts and the Pentagon, the Department of Defense has released to the public numerous documents regarding the analyst program. One of the documents released is an audio recording of an April 18, 2006, meeting [...]

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Keeping Us From Fascism

post from Everyday Citizen on 08 May 2008 03:30:19 PM. © Everyday Citizen

When talking about our rights as individuals, it is nearly impossible to not quote Thomas[...]

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Here comes Whitewater, again

post from AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth on 08 May 2008 03:30:00 PM. © AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth

Here we go again. I thought we were promised that none of Hillary's and Bill's old scandals would ever come up again because, you know, she's been "vetted." Well, the conservative, Moonie-run newspaper, the Washington Times, that just so happens to be a very clear indicator of what conservative Republicans are thinking, is now reporting on "new" documents, never before seen, suggesting that Hillary may have lied during the Whitewater investigation.

It doesn't matter if the allegations are true or not. The truth doesn't matter to the Republican noise machine. They will come after Hillary with every piece of dirt they have on her. Hillary's baggage, and her husband's baggage, are unfortunately our baggage so long as we continue to put them in positions of power. Every Clinton scandal - past, present, and future - will be fair game to the right this fall, and the Washington Times just proved it. Say what you will about Obama, but Reverend Wright doesn't hold a candle to the stuff in the Starr Report.

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NBC's Curry did not challenge Cindy McCain on
claim that "[m]y husband is absolutely opposed to any negative campaigning at all"

post from Media Matters for America on 08 May 2008 03:29:49 PM. © Media Matters for America

On the May 8 edition of NBC's Today, NBC News anchor Ann Curry failed tochallenge Sen. John McCain's wife, Cindy McCain, when she claimed,"You won't see [negative stuff] come out of our side at all,"and asserted, "My husband is absolutely opposed to any negativecampaigning at all." Indeed, Curry did not mention that John McCain has adocumented history of negative campaigning,even as he has denounced it, that he has promulgated numerous falsehoods about his opponentsduring the campaign, or that[...]

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Million Dollar Baby

post from Lyle Lahey on 08 May 2008 03:20:00 PM. © Lyle Lahey

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CHART OF THE DAY: HOUSEHOLD DEBT OVER THE AGES.

post from Ezra Klein on 08 May 2008 03:17:00 PM. © Ezra Klein

While I'm not going to defend the use of revolving debt in Elizabeth Warren's presentation, Megan is underplaying the steady creep we've seen in household debt over the past decades. The following graph charts debt as a percentage of personal income, as[...]

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A blast from the past

post from Daily Kos on 08 May 2008 03:15:24 PM. © Daily Kos

I was googling around for something when I came across this oldie, but goodie, from June 26, 2003:

Barack Obama will not be carrying the Democratic Leadership Council’s baggage in his race to become the second Black person to represent Illinois in the U.S. Senate. The state senator and professor of constitutional law has told The Black Commentator that he is acting to have his name stricken from the "New Democrats Directory," a list of several hundred DLC-affiliated elected officials.

"I am not currently, nor have I ever been, a member of the DLC," said Obama, in a statement that substantially reflects a telephone conversation with Associate Editor Bruce Dixon, this weekend. "It does appear that, without my knowledge, the DLC...listed me in their ‘New Democrat’ directory," Obama continued. "Because I agree that such a directory implies membership, I will be calling the DLC to have my name removed, and appreciate your having brought this fact to my attention."

Compare to his opponent, Hillary Clinton.

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Changing Of the Guard

Just like Mike earlier today, I would also like to compliment Matt on his outstanding Obama's[...]

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Rummy and His Sycophants

The Pentagon has now made public all the documents it turned over to the New York Times for the paper's blockbuster story a few weeks ago on the cozy relationship between the Pentagon and the ostensibly independent military analysts retained by the[...]

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Rummy and His Sychophants

The Pentagon has now made public all the documents it turned over to the New York Times for the paper's blockbuster story a few weeks ago on the cozy relationship between the Pentagon and the ostensibly independent military analysts retained by the[...]

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