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Iraqis, Seeking Foes of Saudis, Contacted bin Laden, File Says By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 24 — Contacts between Iraqi intelligence agents and Osama bin Laden when he was in Sudan in the mid-1990's were part of a broad effort by Baghdad to work with organizations opposing the Saudi ruling family, according to a newly disclosed document obtained by the Americans in Iraq. | |
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KJL: Andy McCarthy writes here on the outrageous Iraq-al Qaeda confession from the New York Times this morning. Clayton Cramer: Even the New York Times Is Now Admitting Bin Laden/Iraqi Connections — From this morning's paper: "Contacts between... McQ: UPDATE (JON): The NYT story can be found here. OTB has a good round-up of information on this, too. |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: "The issue arose again this month after the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States reported..." Joe Gandelman: According to the New York Times: American officials described the document as an internal report by the Iraqi... Bill Hobbs: Links — New York Times admits: Saddam reached out to al Qaeda. Now let's think about this for a moment. |
| Also: Mike Hendrix, Sparkey, Dan Darling, Jeff Goldstein, Tom Maguire, James Joyner, Glenn Reynolds, Hugh Hewitt, Cori Dauber, Betsy Newmark, Jonah Goldberg, Captain Ed, Ace, Steve M., Hindrocket, Robert Garcia Tagorda, Gregory Djerejian, Mickey Kaus | |
Sen. Miller to Speak at GOP Convention By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Georgia Sen. Zell Miller, the highest profile Democrat to endorse President Bush for re-election, will speak at the Republican National Convention later this summer, a congressional aide said Friday. | |
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H.D. Miller: Cultural Illiteracy — Buried in a short piece written by AP reporter Jeffrey McMurray about Democratic senator Zell... Glenn Reynolds: WHAT HATH AL GORE WROUGHT? I'm guessing this. Captain Ed: Democrat To Address Republican Nominating Convention — Every Republican's favorite Democrat, Georgia Senator Zell... |
The Big Trunk: My favorite Democrat, part 14 — The AP reports that Georgia Sen. Zell Miller, the highest profile Democrat to endorse... Edward Driscoll: DEMOCRAT ZELL MILLER TO SPEAK AT GOP CONVENTION: He's retiring in January, so he's got nothing to lose. Steve Soto: This should have been expected: Zell Miller is going to speak at the GOP convention. A perfect capstone to his political career. |
| Also: James Joyner | |
Iraqis Back New Leaders, Poll Says By / WaPo — Permalink A large majority of Iraqis say they have confidence in the new interim government of Prime Minister Ayad Allawi that is set to assume political power on Wednesday, according to a poll commissioned by U.S. officials in Iraq. | |
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Jan Haugland: Poll: Iraqis support new leaders — A recent poll of Iraqis in six major cities shows an overwhelming support of and confidence in the new government. Bird Dog: From the Washington Post (courtesy of Dan Drezner): "A large majority of Iraqis say they have confidence in the new... Pejman Yousefzadeh: MORE INCONVENIENT GOOD NEWS — This is yet another news story we will probably be advised to ignore since it goes... |
Robert Clayton Dean: Second, the Iraqis are showing more spine than most, maintaining confidence in their pending government in hte face of terrorist brutality. KJL: AND NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS — From the Washington Post: "A large majority of Iraqis say they have confidence in the new... Gene @HarrysPlace: Hope amid the violence — After yesterday's murderous attacks by Iraqi insurgents trying to disrupt the transfer of... |
| Also: Daniel Drezner, Dan Darling, Cori Dauber, Robert Garcia Tagorda, Matt Yglesias, Andrew Sullivan | |
Cheney Dismisses Critic With Obscenity WaPo — Permalink A brief argument between Vice President Cheney and a senior Democratic senator led Cheney to utter a big-time obscenity on the Senate floor this week. On Tuesday, Cheney, serving in his role as president of the Senate, appeared in the chamber for a photo session. | |
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Robert Cox: TIVO THIS FRIDAY Dateline NBC: Will Ferrell Larry King Live: Jon Stewart Hannity and Colmes: P.J. O'Rourke ... Nick Confessore: Another of President Bush's campaign promises goes up in smoke, courtesy of Vice President Cheney. Pejman Yousefzadeh: EFFENHEIMER — So Vice President Cheney dropped the F-bomb on the Senate floor yesterday out of anger regarding allegations made against him by Senator Patrick Leahy. |
Phillip Carter: I read with some amusement this Washington Post story regarding Vice President Dick Cheney's invokation of an expletive during a brief encoutner with Sen. Patrick Leahy. Captain Ed: Dick Cheney attempted to dress down Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy on the floor of the Senate Tuesday by suggesting a new... Gene @HarrysPlace: Remember your heart condition In a frank exchange of views with Democrat Patrick Leahy on the Senate floor this week,... |
| Also: Jeff Jarvis, Kash, Hugh Hewitt, Roger Ailes, Billmon, James Joyner | |
Times Games NRO — Permalink The newspaper of record withholds Iraq/Qaeda connection evidence. A week ago, the New York Times reported, in a screaming page-one headline, that the 9/11 Commission had found "No Qaeda-Iraq Tie." | |
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Ace: Takedown: Andrew "St. Elmo's Fire" McCarthy Destroys the NYT — Actually, they destroyed themselves, but Mr. Andrew "Class" McCarthy documents the self-destruction. Pejman Yousefzadeh: ANOTHER UPDATE: Andrew McCarthy has some choice words for the New York Times in the wake of this most recent story. Cori Dauber: Update: Andrew McCarthy sure ain't happy, and he can't see any reason at all for the Times to have withheld this as long as it did. |
Glenn Reynolds: ANDREW MCCARTHY IS TAKING THE NEW YORK TIMES TO TASK for hypocrisy and dishonesty on Iraq/Al Qaeda connections: "Most... Jeff Goldstein: Then go here and reharmonize with your universe. update: need more? |
Conservatives Try to Get Nader on Ballot By / AP — Permalink SALEM, Ore. - Two conservative groups have been phoning people around Oregon this week, urging them to attend Ralph Nader 's convention Saturday in hopes of putting Nader's name on Oregon's presidential ballot. | |
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Micah Sifry: On the other hand, we now learn in Oregon that he is accepting help getting on the ballot from Republican-aligned groups... Taegan Goddard: Update: Meanwhile, in Oregon, two "conservative groups" have been phoning people "urging them to attend Ralph Nader's convention Saturday," the AP says. |
Chris Bowers: Examples of this come today from Indiana, where Nader has not even come close to achieving the signatures he needed in... Kos: But what about when the AP confirms that Republican groups are working hard to get Nader on the Oregon ballot? |
Michael and them: Moore foes hold fest By / Hollywood Reporter — Permalink Just as his "Fahrenheit 9/11" opens nationwide, several filmmakers are readying documentaries aimed at debunking Michael Moore, and a new film festival is being planned that will feature such works as well as other documentaries well to the right of Moore's films. | |
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Arthur Chrenkoff: The American Film Renaissance promises to screen anti-Michael Moore documentaries as well as "other movies well to the right of Moore's films." Clayton Cramer: Some Competition The Hollywood Reporter tells us of something that I didn't think was possible: a film festival that isn't leftist! |
TChris: More power, then, to the Michael Moore foes who want to showcase conservative documentaries at the American Film Renaissance (a/k/a The Right Wing Film Festival) in Dallas. Pejman Yousefzadeh: THE SILVER SCREEN BECKONS — For those of you who don't want to throw away good money watching the execrable Farenheit 9/11, you have some better choices available to you. |
Year Three NRO — Permalink Where do we stand in this disorienting war? As we neared three years of fighting in World War II, Patton was stalled near Germany for want of gas, V-2 rockets began raining down on England, and we were fighting to take the Marianas in preparation for future B-29 bases. | |
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Michael DeBow: A (mostly) encouraging note on which to end the week: Victor Davis Hanson is feeling optimistic about the war on terror — but not so optimistic about the home front. Bill Hobbs: Success in the Balance — Victor Davis Hanson tells how it is really going in the War on Terror: [snipped quote] Brilliant as always. |
Edward Driscoll: YEAR THREE: Victor Davis Hanson has some thoughts on where we stand in the war on terror: [snipped quote] Read the whole thing. Charles Johnson: Year Three — Again with the Victor Davis Hanson, summing up our current position in this disorienting war: Year Three. |
GOP Sources: Ryan to Abandon Senate Bid AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - Illinois Republican candidate Jack Ryan intends to abandon his Senate bid after four days spent trying to weather a political storm stirred by sex club allegations, GOP officials said Friday. | |
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Atrios: Ryan's Out — Obama would've crushed him anyway, but still it's rather nice to see the political career of someone who had this up on their campaign website in ruins. Ace: Update: Here's an article telling you what you already know, if you're into that kind of thing. |
Ezra Klein: Looks like Ryan's dropping out. Jesse had some comments on this earlier, though I'm not as sanguine about it as him. James Joyner: UPDATE (6/25): AP — GOP Sources: Ryan to Abandon Senate Bid "Illinois Republican candidate Jack Ryan intends to... |
Illinois' Jack Ryan Abandons Senate Bid AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - Illinois senatorial candidate Jack Ryan abruptly abandoned his bid for Congress on Friday, succumbing to a furor over sex club allegations that horrified fellow Republicans and made him a target of late-night comedians. | |
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Steve Gilliard: Illinois' Jack Ryan Abandons Senate Bid Illinois GOP Candidate Jack Ryan Abandons Senate Bid After Furor Over Sex Club... Jeralyn Merritt: Jack Ryan Quits Senate Race — Update: He's out. *************** No surprise here...Illinois Republican senatorial candidate Jack Ryan likely will drop out of the race. |
Steven Taylor: Ryan Quits Illinois Senate Race — Illinois' Jack Ryan Abandons Senate Bid "Illinois senatorial candidate Jack Ryan... |
Former president's autobiography attacks gov prof, praises Summers By / Harvard Crimson — Permalink There are places Bill Clinton remembers in My Life—just not too well, according to Kennedy School of Government professor and Dunster House Master Roger B. Porter, who alleges that the former president fabricated a damning conversation between the two of them in his newly-published memoir. | |
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Taegan Goddard: Taking Clinton to Task — Harvard professor Roger Porter claims that President Clinton "fabricated a damning... Pejman Yousefzadeh: MY BEST CLAUDE RAINES IMITATION — I'm shocked, shocked, to read this: "There are places Bill Clinton remembers in My... |
Greg Ransom: More Clinton lies. You could probably fill a book with these .... |
U.S. wars in Persian Gulf unshackle Iran By / Knight Ridder — Permalink TEHRAN, Iran - President Bush freed Afghanistan from the Taliban and toppled Saddam Hussein in Iraq, but in doing so he also may have unshackled an even more dangerous foe: Iran. | |
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Laura Rozen: And Matt is right. Iran may very well have emerged the winner of the US campagin in Iraq. |
Matt Yglesias: The Iran Factor — Knight-Ridder reports that the winner of the war on terrorism so far is . . . Iran. |
CORRECTED: U.S. Device Seen at Supected Iran Atomic Site By / Reuters — Permalink VIENNA (Reuters) - A radiation monitoring device spotted in Iran at a razed site where Washington suspects Iran conducted covert atomic bomb-related research was itself made in the United States and sold directly to Tehran, sources said. | |
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Tim Dunlop: UPDATE: And I love this line from the news story: Tehran says it only wants nuclear power for electricity. |
Laura Rozen: US parts found at suspected Iran nuclear site. So reports Reuters. |
Not Just a Political Problem By / Opinion Journal — Permalink Abu Musab al-Zarqawi cut off Nicholas Berg's head in May. Paul M. Johnson was beheaded last week, and Kim Sun Il was beheaded this week. Yesterday Zarqawi stage-managed a "Tet offensive" across Iraq to dishearten the media audience in the U.S. But I think it is the beheadings that could pose a political problem for John Kerry. | |
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Edward Driscoll: A FAIR QUESTION: Daniel Henniger wants to know if John Kerry thinks it's evil to behead innocent men. Hugh Hewitt: What should really bother John Kerry, however, is Dan Henniger's column in OpinionJournal today, a fine essay on what I'll call "the certainty gap." |
Deacon: Will Kerry be mugged by reality? Here's an excellent piece from Daniel Henninger in the Opinion Journal. |
Cheney Utters 'F-Word' in Senate - Aides Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney blurted out the "F word" at Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont during a heated exchange on the Senate floor, congressional aides said on Thursday. | |
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Angry Bear: Because the Vice President, as Kash noted, apparently told Sen. Pat Leahy, "Go f**k yourself!" Tbogg: Potty mouth! Potty Mouth! Lynne loves it when Dick talks dirty. To quote Will & Grace: It gives her 'ladywood'. Greg Ransom: I think we can all cheer this. If Bush could work up the manhood to say it to — well, how about Al Gore? — he'd win re-election in a walk-away. |
Digby: And, of course, there's the now famous "f**k yourself" to Pat Leahy just yesterday. So, what's going on with Big Time? Steve M.: A lot of lefty bloggers have written about the fact that Dick Cheney on Tuesday cursed out Senator Patrick Leahy on the Senate floor using the F word. Taegan Goddard: Reuters has more. |
| Also: Kevin Drum, Steven Taylor, James Joyner | |
06/24/04: Bush Edges Kerry Fox News — Permalink Even as insurgents increase their attacks in the days leading up to the June 30 handover, the public's belief that going to war with Iraq was the right thing to do is holding steady. | |
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Cori Dauber: And because they asked more questions pertinent to the war(s), comparing the two sets of numbers yields some additional insights. Hugh Hewitt: The new Gallup poll puts Bush a point up on Kerry in likely voters, and the Fox numbers have Bush up 6 in a two way race, and 7 with Nader thrown in. Hindrocket: The latest Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll has the President leading John Kerry by six points overall, 48% to 42%, and by seven if Ralph Nader is included. |
Clayton Cramer: Bush Pulls Out Ahead — Fox News reports on a survey of 900 registered voters (which is the first of these polls that I have seen mention this limitation). Captain Ed: Fox Poll Shows Bush Pulling Ahead — A new Fox poll of registered voters — still not as reliable as likely voters, but... Taegan Goddard: New Polls — President Bush "currently has an advantage over" Sen. John Kerry, according to a new Fox News poll. |
U.S. Army Told Not to Use Israeli Bullets in Iraq Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli-made bullets bought by the U.S. Army to plug a shortfall should be used for training only, not to fight Muslim guerrillas in Iraq and Afghanistan , U.S. lawmakers told Army generals on Thursday. | |
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Joe Gandelman: "God forbid... (Joe Gandelman) ...using Iraeli-made bullets in Iraq. "That's what a politico told a military bigwig... |
Charles Johnson: Killing Me Softly — Somehow, while I wasn't looking, old Hawaiian radical "Democrat" Neil Abercrombie managed to weasel... |
Cheney curses senator over Halliburton criticism CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — Typically a break from partisan warfare, this year's Senate class photo turned smiles into snarls as Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly used profanity toward one senior Democrat, sources said. | |
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Norbizness: (4) F**k off. (4a: Go f**k yourself.) Jesse Taylor: Now, this outrage would make a lot more sense if first Bush hadn't called a reporter a "major league asshole" during the... David Allan Pell: F***ing Big Time — According to several accounts, Veep Cheney dropped a big time F bomb on Pat Leahy during a Senate photo day. |
Steve M.: ... —Boston Herald, 12/8/03 (via Free Republic) ****** By the way, I noticed this in the CNN story about Cheney's... Michael Froomkin: Pop Quiz — Guess what really prompted this: CNN.com - Cheney curses senator over Halliburton criticism. Natasha @PacificViews: Courtesy of BuzzFlash: the New York Times reports on a Senate defeat for media ownership deregulation, the group... |
| Also: Taegan Goddard, Harley, Kos, Jeralyn Merritt, Oliver Willis, James Joyner | |
TV journalists cross the line on book promotion By / San Francisco Chronicle — Permalink (06-23) 18:34 PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — This column comes with a valuable reader bonus: It's not hawking a book we've written or a book written by a colleague, a former colleague, someone we hung out with in high school or our dentist. | |
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Robert Cox: Book Promotion by Journalists San Francisco Chronicle (via Instapundit) It's promotional cross-pollination that has... Glenn Reynolds: BOOK PROMOTION BY TV JOURNALISTS? It's getting out of hand, writes AP television writer Lynne Elber. |
Ginny: In passing, a perceptive editorial notes the difference between Brian Lamb's approach and that of the commercial networks might be of interest.) |
A Manufactured Scandal NRO — Permalink The Times and memos. The coverage of the internal government memoranda regarding interrogation tactics and the legal parameters of torture continues to provide stark indications of both what is wrong with policymaking in our 24-hour media age and what becomes of the legal profession in an era when facts take a backseat to feelings. | |
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Charles Johnson: A Manufactured Scandal — Andrew C. McCarthy, who led the 1995 terrorism prosecution against Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman,... |
Ace: Update: Andrew McCarthy bitch-slaps the New York Times a second time, this time over its dishonest Abu Ghraib reporting. |
Lyin' Ryan Human Events — Permalink Jack Ryan, the Illinois GOP's nominee for the seat of outgoing Sen. Pete Fitzgerald (R. -Ill.), saw his campaign implode Tuesday after the release of highly embarrassing papers from the divorce custody battle over his nine-year-old son. | |
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Steve Gilliard: Ryan lyin' about his sex life — If Jack Ryan had stuck to this kind of swinging, he might have saved his campaign Lyin' Ryan By John Gizzi and David Freddoso [snipped quote] Yeah. Atrios: Right Thing — A source lies to you, and you find it out, you burn him. Period. |
Ezra Klein: Crashing a Hard Bargain — Atrios is right, this is exactly how off-the-record lies should be dealt with |
'Hunting' Hits Its Target WaPo — Permalink EVERY STORY needs a villain, and the story spun in "The Hunting of the President: The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill Clinton" is no exception. In Harry Thomason and Nickolas Perry's fascinating documentary on what Hillary Rodham Clinton once called the... | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: On a related note, read the praise in today's Washington Post for The Hunting of the President, the documentary based on... |
Atrios: Popsicles in Hell — WaPo has a positive review of the Hunting movie. |
Trade Off By / TNR — Permalink In the first quarter of this year, the wave of negative reporting about offshore outsourcing reached tsunami levels, and a majority of Americans seemed to view offshoring as a problem. An Associated Press poll in May found that 69 percent of Americans believe outsourcing hurts the U.S. economy. | |
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Julian Sanchez: Outsourceorama — Dan Drezner has a handy compendium of outsourcing related links to go with his piece at The New Republic. |
Daniel Drezner: Trading up to some informative links — Want to know more about American attitudes towards outsourcing and trade? |
Nothing's Certain But... Taxes beliefnet — Permalink It's fatalistic and 'deathist' to believe dying is inevitable—or necessary to give life meaning. The Transhumanist movement believes that by using technology and integrating their bodies with machines, humans can avoid aging and eventually live forever. | |
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KJL: I GUESS I'M A b-i-...bioconservative? Didn't realize we needed a new word, but o.k... |
Glenn Reynolds: TRANSHUMANISTS VS. BIOCONSERVATIVES: Interesting item over at Beliefnet. |
Kerry's Campaign Theme Is Leaning Toward Center By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 24 — Senator John Kerry has yet to produce a popular catchphrase for his political philosophy, like Gov. Bill Clinton's 1992 promise of a "third way" or Gov. George W. Bush's pledge in 2000 of "compassionate conservatism." | |
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Brian Montopoli: The press corps, for its part, debuted what seems to be destined to become its summer single today. DemFromCT: The Kerry Campaign and the Media — There is a creeping balance about the Democratic campaign that seems to be happening... |
Tom Maguire: Kerry The Centrist — In a story almost headlined "Good Ship "Kerry" Drifts To Center", the NY Times regales us with tales and outtakes from the Kerry campaign. Mickey Kaus: But read today's Robin Toner article ("Kerry's Campaign Theme is Leaning Toward Center") and decide for yourself if... |
Clinton first linked al Qaeda to Saddam By / Washington Times — Permalink The Clinton administration talked about firm evidence linking Saddam Hussein's regime to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network years before President Bush made the same statements. | |
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Ace: That's not Bush's question. That's Clinton Secretary of Defense William Cohen's question. Betsy Newmark: While Gore rants about Bush lying about ties between Al Qaeda and Saddam, the Washington Times reminds us of the links... |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: This kind of story has come up before, but it is important to re-emphasize just how much of a consensus there was... |
The Best Anti-Terror Force: Us By / WaPo — Permalink On Sept. 11, 2001, American citizens saved the government, not the other way around. A first review of the Sept. 11 commission's report indicates that the system failed, but that is wrong. | |
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Brian W. Doss: Decentralized Defense against Terror — The Washington Post must be reading Jonathan's mind (or his posts), because in a... |
Glenn Reynolds: SOME COGENT THOUGHTS ON HOMELAND SECURITY, from this column in the Washington Post: [snipped quote] This point was made... |
Terrorists Seek Iraqi WMD Scientists Fox News — Permalink Al Qaeda-connected terror chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (search) and other terrorists are apparently trying to recruit Iraqi weapons of mass destruction experts and resources for possible future attacks against the U.S.-led coalition, the head of the Iraq Survey Group (search) told FOX News Thursday. | |
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Jesse Taylor: Getting It But Good — I'm reading this Fox News story, which is interesting, if only because activity in the WMD debate... Dan Darling: Not that this changes the obvious failure of the US to establish an acceptable post-war government, the complete failure... Hindrocket: Terrorists Seek Access to Iraq's Chemical Weapons — Charles Duelfer, head of the Iraq Survey Group, told Fox News... |
Sparkey: More Evidence Hidden By The Media — Why Haven't we heard more about this? Captain Ed: Via the excellent compendium Memeorandum, I found that Fox News has reported that terrorist groups in the Middle East... Clayton Cramer: Not Just One Chemical Weapon Shell... From FoxNews: "In an exclusive interview with FOX News' Brit Hume, Charles... |
E.P.A. Energy-Saving Spots Give Cars Short Shrift By / NYT — Permalink DETROIT, June 24 - A new series of whimsical public service announcements from the Environmental Protection Agency are lampooning the notion that cars can be made more energy efficient while the ads encourage conservation at home. | |
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DHinMI: Those Wacky People Who Want to Make Cars More Fuel Efficient — [snipped quote] The EPA claims that the ads were done at... |
James Joyner: Small Cars Suck NYT — E.P.A. Energy-Saving Spots Give Cars Short Shrift [RSS] [snipped quote] While I don't think the... |
Iran Says It Will Renew Nuclear Efforts By / WaPo — Permalink Iran made good on recent threats yesterday and announced that it will resume building equipment essential for a nuclear weapons program, despite its agreement with three major European powers. The decision does not violate international treaties that allow Tehran to make centrifuge parts for peaceful nuclear energy. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: Say it ain't so: "Iran made good on recent threats yesterday and announced that it will resume building equipment... Michael Totten: I hope he's wrong but I don't think he is. Look at what's happening in Iran right now. |
Hugh Hewitt: Until they can't deny the significance of threats because it will be too late to do so. |
Salty Language as Cheney and Senator Clash By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 24 - Vice President Dick Cheney clashed earlier this week with Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, using an obscenity in a heated exchange on the Senate floor after members gathered in the chamber for their annual photograph. | |
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Ezra Klein: Sick — This really says it all: [snipped quote] I've got nothing to say on that. |
Jeff Jarvis: And the republic did not collapse. The New York Times, on the other hand, got prissy about it. [snipped quote] Just whom are they protecting? |
U.S. Judge Apologizes for Equating Victories of Bush and Hitler By / NYT — Permalink A federal appeals court judge apologized "profusely" yesterday for remarks he made last weekend at a lawyers convention comparing President Bush's election in 2000 to the rise of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: APOLOGIES — Recognizing that his comments went way overboard, and that he may very well have violated judicial ethical... |
Glenn Reynolds: UPDATE: Here's more from The New York Times: "Judge Calabresi said that in his off-the-cuff remarks he was trying to... |
The History of Slick Willie By / Townhall.com — Permalink The e-mails have been clogging the system, the phone calls have started, Fox News called . ... It's just like the old days, aka the Clinton Years. Yep, Slick Willie is back, not that he was ever completely gone. But this time he's been resurrected by his alter ego, Bill Clinton. | |
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Will Collier: Like most of his columns, today's edition is a gem. |
Jesse Taylor: Paul Greenberg, Jonah Goldberg, and Charles Krauthammer all in fits and spurts give columns tangentially inspired by the... |
A story 50 years in the making Cincinnati Enquirer — Permalink Today is the 50th anniversary of Albert Patterson's assassination. Last week, Ledger-Enquirer staff writer Erin Simpson talked with his son, John Patterson, about the past and present of Phenix City and how the cleanup changed his life. This is the story he told: | |
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James Joyner: A Columbus (Georgia) Ledger-Enquirer interview with John Patterson, who replaced his father in office and was later... |
Will Collier: Old Times There — Facinating first-person account here by John Patterson, a former Attorney General of Alabama who took over that position after his father's murder in 1954. |
Massachusetts Politicians Fight Over a Kerry Victory By / NYT — Permalink BOSTON, June 24 - No, the Republican governor of Massachusetts is not really conceding a presidential victory for the Democratic senator from Massachusetts. | |
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Shawn @LiquidList: First, in the NY Times today I am reminded why I'm glad to live in Massachusetts. |
John Cole: National Headlines — The Democrat hijinks in Mass. that we discussed yesterday is starting to slowly get some national attention. |
With successor in mind, GOP plots Ryan's exit Chicago Tribune — Permalink Anticipating a quick end to Jack Ryan's candidacy for the U.S. Senate, state Republican leaders on Thursday began looking ahead to replace him on the November ballot, with former State Board of Education Chairman Ron Gidwitz emerging as the leading contender, several GOP sources said. | |
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James Martin Capozzola: The bitter truth is laid out meticulously in today's Chicago Tribune by reporters Rick Pearson and Rudolph Bush ("With... |
Taegan Goddard: In Illinois, GOP Plans For Ryan's Exit — "Anticipating a quick end to Jack Ryan's candidacy for the U.S. Senate, state... |
Gore Says Bush Lied About Iraq to Push for War Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore on Thursday accused President Bush of telling "an artful and important lie" soon after the Sept. 11 attacks to set the stage for war on Iraq . | |
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Baldilocks: And, when a man who almost became POTUS says things that are not only ridiculous, but reprehensible, get down on your knees and thank God that this man is not president right now. Joe Gandelman: Some Reuters-reported highlights from his latest speech at the Georgetown University Law Center: "Former U.S. Vice... Oliver Willis: Gore Exposes More Bush Lies — Gore Says Bush Lied About Iraq to Push for War Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore on... |
H.D. Miller: Godwin's Law — Allow me to be the first to invoke Godwin's Law on Al Gore's sorry ranting butt, on certain members of the German media, and on federal judge Guido Calabresi. Jeff Goldstein: Reuters - "Gore Says Bush Lied About Iraq to Push for War" — [snipped quote] In related news, Al Gore is still not president. McQ: Hyperbole, Fiction and the Left, Part IV — Not that this is a particular shocker, but "Mr. Bitter", aka Al Gore has now... |
| Also: Edward Driscoll, The Big Trunk, Charles Johnson, Cori Dauber | |
Justices' Ruling Postpones Resolution of Cheney Case By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 24 - The Supreme court held Thursday that a lower court had acted "prematurely" when it rejected a request from Vice President Dick Cheney to block disclosure of records from his energy policy task force. | |
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Roger Ailes: Shorter Supreme Court: IOKIYAR — Or, there's more than one way to skin an election: [snipped quote] You mean like a... |
Howard Kurtz: Cheney catches a break at the high court: "The Supreme Court held Thursday that a lower court had acted 'prematurely'... |
Bush Says Europe Supports U.S. on Iraq By / AP — Permalink DUBLIN, Ireland - President Bush defended his decision to invade Iraq and insisted most of Europe backed the move during a tense interview Thursday on Irish television. On several occasions during the 15-minute interview, Bush asked RTE correspondent Carol Coleman not to interrupt him. | |
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Taegan Goddard: Bush Insists Europe Supported Iraq War — President Bush [snipped quote] the AP reports. Oliver Willis: But I think the poor dear just believes the stories Cheney & Co. are telling him [snipped quote] Flashback to Feb 2003: Polls find Europeans oppose Iraq war |
John Cole: Oliver Is Confused Again — Oliver states: [snipped quote] Unless Oliver is under the misguided impression that UN... |
Army Told Not to Use Israeli Bullets in Iraq Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli-made bullets bought by the U.S. Army to plug a shortfall should be used for training only, not to fight Muslim guerrillas in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. lawmakers told Army generals on Thursday. | |
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Christopher Kanis: Army Told Not to Use Israeli Bullets in Iraq: [snipped quote] Let me get this straight. |
Kim du Toit: A priceless statement:Israeli-made bullets bought by the U.S. Army to plug a shortfall should be used for training only,... |
Errors on Terror By / NYT — Permalink "Tonight, I am instructing the leaders of the F.B.I., the C.I.A., the Homeland Security and the Department of Defense to develop a Terrorist Threat Integration Center, to merge and analyze all threat information in a single location. | |
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Brad DeLong: [quote] The New York Times: Errors on Terror: "Tonight, I am instructing the leaders of the F.B.I., the C.I.A., the Homeland...[end quote] |
Michelle Malkin: And from today's column: "Speaking of numbers: in 1980, middle-income families with children paid 8.7 percent of their... |
A tricky operation Economist — Permalink DURING the looting that followed the fall of Baghdad in April last year, the ten-storey headquarters of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) was burgled and torched before it collapsed into a pile of soot-stained rubble. | |
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Daniel Drezner: The Economist reports on the state of reform in the banking sector: [snipped quote] Of course, that last paragraph is kind of important — and that goes back to the CPA's mistakes. |
David Adesnik: FINANCE AND ECONOMY IN IRAQ: The Economist describes the surprising success of American efforts to refrom the Iraqi banking sector. |
Michael Moore: Establishment Pol? CBS News — Permalink (The New Republic) This story from The New Republic was written by Jason Zengerle. Michael Moore has made a career of being on the outside looking in —particularly when his work has brought him to Washington. | |
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Steven Taylor: And check out the guest list for the D.C. premiere of the flick: "last night the city's political heavyweights — well,... |
John Cole: Terry McAullife, DNC Chairman, Moderate Democrat "Michael Moore did this himself, he didn't do it with the Democratic Party." |
Death toll in Iraq attacks tops 100 By / AP — Permalink BAQOUBA, Iraq - Insurgents set off car bombs and seized police stations Thursday in a six-city offensive aimed at creating chaos ahead of next week's handover of power to a new Iraqi government. | |
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Guest Author: A second strike was launched on June 22. US officials stated that 20 militants were killed in the second attack. |
Joe Gandelman: In the latest round of blolodshed, the Associate Press reports: [snipped quote] Coalition officials told the AP that "the... |
About 100 Die in Rebel Attacks in Five Iraq Cities By / Reuters — Permalink BAGHDAD (Reuters) - About 100 people were killed and several hundred wounded in Iraq Thursday when insurgents launched bloody assaults in five cities to disrupt next week's formal handover to Iraqi rule. | |
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Emperor Darth Misha I: Terrorists Attack, Get Asses Kicked... Again... Apparently the turbaned twits of the insurgency haven't quite given up their quest to get themselves killed. |
DHinMI: Iraq—Al Qaeda Ties Becoming a Self-fulfilling Prophecy — By now you've probably heard that about 100 people were... |
Poll: Sending troops to Iraq a mistake CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — For the first time since the start of the war in Iraq, a majority of Americans say the United States made a mistake in sending troops to that country, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Thursday. | |
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Jeff A. Taylor: Poll Positions — All the headlines on the new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll note that a majority of Americans now think the Iraq war was a mistake. Jeralyn Merritt: Poll: Iraq a Mistake — For the first time, a national USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll shows that a majority of Americans think the war in Iraq was a mistake. |
Steve Soto: On a similar note, the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll taken through last night of likely voters shows Bush and Kerry... Taegan Goddard: However, a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll shows a much closer race: Bush 49%, Kerry 48%. In a three way race, it's Bush 48%, Kery 47% and Nader 3%. |
"Democracy itself is in grave danger" Salon — Permalink When we Americans first began, our biggest danger was clearly in view: we knew from the bitter experience with King George III that the most serious threat to democracy is usually the accumulation of too much power in the hands of an Executive, whether he be a King or a president. | |
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Billmon: Ex-Veep Speech — "Democracy itself is in grave danger" [snipped quote] Man, what are they putting in Al's Ovaltine these days? |
Steve Gilliard: "Democracy itself is in grave danger" "In more recent decades, the emergence of new weapons that virtually eliminate... |
'Scarborough Country' for June 23 MSNBC — Permalink JOE SCARBOROUGH, HOST: Tonight's top headline, he is no Harry Potter, but Bubba's memoirs did set sales records. The "Real Deal," they may be buying his book, but are they buying his story? Welcome to SCARBOROUGH COUNTRY, where no passport is required and only common sense is allowed. | |
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SLZoll: P.S. Here's some of what Ann had to say about Clinton's book during her appearnce on Wednesday's Scarborough Country Bear Jamboree: COULTER: We don't need to read the book. Atrios: Journamalism — On Scarborough Country: SCARBOROUGH: Make sure I get a ticket the next time. |
Jeffrey Dubner: Isikoff's report is the sort of close-but-not-quite journalism that merits a correction, sure, but Lehane et al. seem to... |
Cold-blooded Clinton is campaigning for Bush By / The Hill — Permalink Bill Clinton has a unique form of ADD — he is disordered when he does not get enough attention. Like a headlight reflector on the highway, he cannot shine unless a light illuminates him. Like a solar battery, he cannot generate energy unless he basks in the outside stimulus of sunlight. | |
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Sadly @SadlyNo: We'll just note that this sentence by Dick really caught our, uh, eye: [snipped quote] It's always about the Clenis. |
Steve M.: No, I'm not making this up. |
Poll: Sending troops to Iraq a mistake By / USA Today — Permalink WASHINGTON — Most Americans now say that sending U.S. troops to Iraq was a mistake, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll finds. For the first time, a majority also says that the war there has made the nation less safe from terrorism. | |
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Howard Kurtz: Another poll, this one in USA Today, finds sinking support for the war: "Most Americans now say that sending U.S. troops to Iraq was a mistake, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll finds. DemFromCT: Gallup Poll: Sending Troops To Iraq A Mistake [See also JustWinBaby Diary here] Best taken as it's written, but Vietnam... |
Jonah Goldberg: POLL: IRAQ A MISTAKE — A bit depressing. |
Solicitor General Theodore Olson to Quit By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Solicitor General Theodore Olson, who represented the Bush administration before the Supreme Court and became a voice for strong antiterrorism policies after his wife died in the Sept. 11 attacks, said Thursday he is resigning to return to law practice. | |
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Charles Molluzzo: Ted Olson will be leaving his office as Solicitor General. |
Steve Soto: Ted Olson To Quit — Why would Ted Olson be stepping down now, if he is certain that Bush will be elected, unless: a) he... |
Portugal break England hearts BBC — Permalink Portugal reached the semi-finals with a 6-5 penalty shoot-out win over England. David Beckham fired England's first one over, and though Rui Costa missed soon after, keeper Ricardo saved from Darius Vassell and scored the winner himself. | |
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Steve Gilliard: England loses.....again — A sign of God's existance, as Portugal beats England Portugal break England hearts [snipped quote] England always has an excuse for losing the big game. |
Jan Haugland: Ouch — Well, it was at least an exciting game. |
Top U.S. Lawyer Resigns, Defended Terror Policies Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Solicitor General Theodore Olson, who has appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court to defend the Bush administration's policies in the war on terrorism, is resigning, a Justice Department official said on Thursday. | |
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David Neiwert: Good news, bad news — Some actual good news emerged from the White House today: Solicitor General Ted Olson resigns... |
Atrios: Probably back to the dirty tricks business where he excels. |
Democrats and the Fahrenheit 9/11 Trap NRO — Permalink Do they endorse Michael Moore's kookiness? Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe says he believes radical filmmaker Michael Moore's assertion that the United States went to war in Afghanistan not to avenge the terrorist attacks of... | |
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Jeff Goldstein: Internal Combustion — From "Tortured Arguments: How to interpret those Bush interrogation documents," WSJ:... John Cole: From National Review Online: "Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe says he believes radical filmmaker... Greg Ransom: The Democrat party has chosen to embrace the lies and politics of flim-flam-film maker Michael Moore. |
Howard Kurtz: National Review's Byron York does the fact-checking thing: "Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe says... Edward Driscoll: UPDATE: Speaking of keeping the backbench warm, this doesn't like the actions of a party that's trying to recapture America's goodwill, does it? |
Sarasota principal defends Bush from "Fahrenheit 9/11" portrayal AP — Permalink SARASOTA — Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit 9/11" criticizes President Bush for listening to Sarasota second-graders read a story for nearly seven minutes after learning the nation was under attack on Sept. | |
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Betsy Newmark: The principal of the Sarasota school where Bush was on the day of 9/11 defends him against Michael Moore. Susanna Cornett: The principal of the school, who was in the room with Bush, differs in opinion: "...Gwendolyn Tose'-Rigell, the... |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: FOR THE MICHAEL MOORE-LOVERS OUT THERE — Something for you to chew on: [snipped quote] What do you think are the chances... |
A Clever Fellow, to Be Sure, but Clueless About Character LAT — Permalink "Survivor: Little Rock" — the reality TV show with only one contestant — is back. Bubba Bill is once again transfixing the nation with the psychodrama that is his life and times. The ex-prez wants us to know that he's been trying to figure out the source of the "demons" that led him into a dalliance with Monica Lewinsky. | |
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Digby: Character Flaw — Yglesias responds to this facile little formula of Max Boot's in which he (Boot) has the dazzling... Jack Balkin: JB Max Boot wonders: "The mystery of Clinton is that he was an essentially conservative president — perhaps the most... |
Matt Yglesias: Ah, Character — Max Boot explains it all to me: "My theory, for what it's worth, is that there's a basic divide between... Kevin Drum: Then this: [snipped quote] He can't? That's sort of disappointing for a guy who spent so much time on the Wall Street Journal editorial page, isn't it? |
Bush Interviewed in Gov't CIA Leak Probe By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush was interviewed by government prosecutors Thursday in connection with the federal investigation of who leaked the name of an undercover CIA operative to the news media. | |
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C. D. Harris: Surely even the estimable Mr. Novak's time is somewhat less valuable than the President of the United States'. James Martin Capozzola: As the Associated Press observes: "The investigation has been an embarrassment for a president who promised to bring... |
Jeralyn Merritt: Bush Interviewed in Plame Leak Probe — Federal prosecutors interviewed George Bush today at the Oval office concerning... |
Interview With Justin Falconer; Interview With Ron Reagan Jr. CNN — Permalink THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, Ron Reagan, his first live prime-time interview since the death of his father, former President Ronald Reagan. The history-making leader that he knew as dad. | |
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Tgirsch: Ron Reagan Jr. agrees: "KING: Do you have thoughts on the war? REAGAN: Sure, I have thoughts on the war. KING: And what do you think? Taegan Goddard: Ron Reagan Reflects — The Note runs excerpts from an interview with Ron P. Reagan, son of former President Reagan, that... |
Captain Ed: UPDATE: Here's the transcript from Larry King with media-star-for-a-day Falconer, explaining the comment about expectant... |
Cheney Energy Documents Remain Sealed By / AP — Permalink The Bush administration won't have to reveal secret details of Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force before the election, after the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a lower court should spend more time sorting out the White House's privacy claim. | |
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Betsy Newmark: Kerry tries to tar Bush as Nixonian for winning the Supreme Court case on Cheney's energy task force. Tarek @LiquidList: Politics: Punting Cheney — The Supremes did probably the only thing the Bush administration thought possible with the... |
James Martin Capozzola: According to the Associated Press, the Justices in a 7-2 decision (Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David H. Souter... |
Ghost Right By / TNR — Permalink Gabriel García Márquez loves Bill Clinton, and the feeling is mutual. Clinton has described One Hundred Years of Solitude as his favorite novel. García Márquez has gone quite a bit further. | |
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Will Baude: [Contra William Jefferson Clinton. ] Oh, and the folks there are also looking for volunteers to help encode the rest of the novel. Josh Chafetz: REIHAN SALAM free associates delightfully on the theme of Clinton's book over at TNR Online. |
James Joyner: Clinton Needed a Ghost Writer — So says Reihan Salam in TNR: [snipped quote] That sounds about right. |
Court: Cheney does not have to turn over records AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court refused Thursday to order the Bush administration to make public secret details of Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force, but kept the case alive by sending it back to a lower court. | |
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Harley: After all, the Supremes punted on the energy task force docs, sending the case back to a lower court. Jon Henke: The Supreme Court has nominally ruled for Cheney in the energy task force case... [snipped quote] The Good: The case was... |
Kevin Drum: ENERGY TASK FORCE STAYS IN THE SHADOWS....The Supreme Court has ruled that Dick Cheney doesn't have to turn over the records of his energy task force meetings. |
'Fahrenheit 9/11' ban? By / The Hill — Permalink Michael Moore may be prevented from advertising his controversial new movie, "Fahrenheit 9/11," on television or radio after July 30 if the Federal Election Commission (FEC) today accepts the legal advice of its general counsel. | |
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Robert Cox: TIVO THIS Larry King Live: Bill Clinton Hannity and Colmes: Laura Ingraham News Night: David Dimbleby The Daily... Steve M.: Well, maybe: Michael Moore may be prevented from advertising his controversial new movie, "Fahrenheit 9/11," on... Mitch2k2: From The Hill: [snipped quote] If it's any consolation, and it should be, regardless of the low ball tactics being... |
James Joyner: Fahrenheit 9/11 Ban — The Hill — 'Fahrenheit 9/11' ban? John Cole: I guess the usual suspects are finally getting to reap what they have sown: [snipped quote] IS this the worst piece of legislation ever passed? TChris: FEC To Decide Whether Moore Can Advertise — Some supporters of the Bush administration are hoping that the Federal... |
| Also: Steve Antler, Mike Hendrix, Josh Chafetz, Clayton Cramer, Susanna Cornett, Christopher Kanis, Captain Ed, Tim Cavanaugh, Bird Dog | |
Top Colleges Take More Blacks, but Which Ones? NYT — Permalink CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — At the most recent reunion of Harvard University's black alumni, there was lots of pleased talk about the increase in the number of black students at Harvard. But the celebratory mood was broken in one forum, when some speakers brought up the thorny issue of exactly who those black students were. | |
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Jonah Goldberg: BLACKS IN THE GLOBAL MARKET — I didn't get a chance to comment on this yesterday, but I think this story is fascinating. David Bernstein: Affirmative Action at Harvard: Via Matthew Yglesias, this interesting N.Y. Times story discussing the fact that a... Tom Maguire: What Is The Purpose Of Affirmative Action — The NY Times has a fascinating article about confusion in the college admissions process. |
David Adesnik: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AS IVY FIG LEAF: This NYT article confirms a disturbing trend that I personally experienced as an undergraduate at Yale. Matt Yglesias: The Wrong Blacks I'm not really in the mood for a big affirmative action fight, but check this story out, and you'll see that current practices aren't really working. James Martin Capozzola: Bad Headline, Good Article In today's New York Times reporters Sara Rimer and Karen W. Arenson ask, "Top Colleges Take More Blacks, but Which Ones?" |
| Also: The Big Trunk, Nathan Hallford, Joanne Jacobs | |
Court Won't Order Cheney Papers Released By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - The Bush administration won't have to reveal secret details of Vice President Dick Cheney 's energy task force before the election, after the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a lower court should spend more time sorting out the White House's privacy claim. | |
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C. D. Harris: The Fishing Expedition Continues — Court Won't Order Cheney Papers Released. Still. Charles Johnson: SCOTUS Turns Down Bid to Reveal Cheney Secrets — The Supreme Court has ruled that a lower court overstepped its bounds... Steve Soto: Cheney Wins Imperial Presidency Case In Front of GOP-Packed Supreme Court — As we should have probably expected, the... |
Atrios: IOKIYAR — Supremos today: The president is not above the law, Kennedy wrote, but there is a [snipped quote] (thanks to tc mits) Jeralyn Merritt: High Court Rules for Cheney — The Supreme Court has ruled that VP Dick Cheney does not need to reveal secret energy... Jonathan H. Adler: CHENEY WINS, 7-2 — In that opinion just in, the Supreme Court refused to require the release of documents from the Vice Preisdent's Energy Task Force. |
Confessions of a Policy Wonk By / NYT — Permalink William Jefferson Clinton's "My Life" is, by a generous measure, the richest American presidential autobiography - no other book tells us as vividly or fully what it is like to be president of the United States for eight years. | |
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James Panero: An internecine New York Times? With two contradictory reviews of My Life, is it Michiko Kakutani vs. Larry McMurtry? Jonah Goldberg: Kathryn, Rich, & Sentient People Everywhere — Have you actually read this mea culpa review from the Times? Oh my Lord. Digby: As Larry McMurtry said in the "rebuttal" review the NY Times was shamed into posting on its web site today: "The very... |
The Big Trunk: To say he likes the book is something of an understatement: "Confessions of a policy wonk." Robert Cox: In a press release Wednesday, the media company said it will increase the number of color pages to 28 per press run in... Nick Confessore: Someone at the Times evidently agrees, since they've rushed Larry McMurtry's review of the same book onto the Web a couple of weeks early. |
| Also: James Martin Capozzola, Howard Kurtz, Jeff Jarvis, Brad DeLong, Taegan Goddard | |
Schwarzenegger, Confident and Ready for Prime Time NYT — Permalink SACRAMENTO, June 23 — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has dazzled California with a string of legislative victories in his first months in office, has shown that he may well be a political master after all. | |
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H.D. Miller: The Lamentations of Their Women — Arnold Schwarzenegger shows the Teutonic humor that's made him the idol of millions:... Betsy Newmark: I like Schwarzenegger's approach to governing. James Joyner: Terminator 4: Not Anymore the Two-Ply — NYT — Schwarzenegger, Confident and Ready for Prime Time [RSS] [snipped quote] Insert your scatalogical California quip here. |
Robert Garcia Tagorda: Prime Time — Arnold Schwarzenegger wants a prominent role at the Republican National Convention, and I think he should definitely get one. Tim Dunlop: Get a room — From a front page party political advertisement story in this morning's edition of Penthouse Forum The New... Daniel Drezner: Arnold Schwarzenegger likes it rough — Charlie LeDuff and John M. Broder write a pretty favorable story about the... |
| Also: Taegan Goddard, Greg Ransom, Andrew Sullivan | |
Ryan 'reassessing' bid Chicago Sun Times — Permalink WASHINGTON---Beleaguered Senate Republican candidate Jack Ryan is considering quitting the race in the uproar touched off by the release of his divorce records, a Republican source told the Chicago Sun- Times on Thursday. "He's reassessing," the source said. | |
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James Joyner: Ryan Considers Quitting — Chicago Sun-Times — Ryan 'reassessing' bid "Beleaguered Senate Republican candidate Jack... Jesse Taylor: Loser One Or Loser Two? Jack Ryan is "reassessing" his bid for Illinois Senate. Taegan Goddard: Update: Capitol Fax and the Chicago Sun Times report that Ryan is "reassessing" his candidacy. |
Christopher Kanis: RYAN ON HIS WAY OUT — He's reportedly 'reassessing'. Now, speculation will turn to who the Republicans can put up to lose against Obama. Kos: Just about every paper in the state is calling for Ryan to relinquish the nomination, and the Sun Times now writes |
The missing Clinton women By / Washington Times — Permalink Bill Clinton calls his sexual encounters with White House intern Monica Lewinsky "immoral and foolish" and said his "relationship" with Gennifer Flowers was one he "should not have had." But in his autobiography flying out of bookstores, he doesn't mention several other women whose names were linked in scandal with his. | |
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James Joyner: Clinton Bimbo Eruption Omissions — Jerry Seper, writing in the Washington Times, criticizes former President Clinton... Howard Kurtz: The Washington Times says Clinton's book wasn't long enough: "Bill Clinton calls his sexual encounters with White House... |
Jesse Taylor: I Deny That Which Is Deniable — Jesus f**kin' Christ. The Moonie Times writes about all the women who alleged some sort of affair with Bill Clinton over the years. Betsy Newmark: Jerry Seper reminds us of all the women Bill Clinton is alleged to have had less-than-platonic encounters with. |
'Fahrenheit 9/11' Is a Red-Hot Ticket WaPo — Permalink The White House preemptively gave the movie two thumbs down: "Outrageously false," said communications director Dan Bartlett, when he was asked about some of its allegations. Sizzling! countered Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.), who plans a teach-in at a Seattle theater to tap into the "anger brewing against this administration." | |
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James Joyner: WaPo — 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Is a Red-Hot Ticket "The White House preemptively gave the movie two thumbs down:... Cori Dauber: The new Michael Moore movie keeps getting attention, today with a piece in the Post that's prominently featured on their home page. |
Nick Gillespie: Moore's Big Night Out — Last night was the D.C. premiere of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, a movie that has, among... Hugh Hewitt: The great issue of the day is defeating the Zarqawis in Iraq and al Qaeda everywhere else, and Kerry and his pals in the... |
Violence Intensifies Days Before Shift of Sovereignty to Iraqis By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 24 — Fighting raged in at least five cities in Iraq today as suspected Sunni Muslim insurgents launched coordinated attacks that killed about 70 people and wounded hundreds. | |
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Stefan Beck: The Times colorfully editorializes: "The al-Rashid road was littered with the scene of carnage that has become... Joe Drymala: Coordinated Attacks in Iraq — Iraqi insurgents launched coordinated attacks yesterday and this morning in Iraq,... |
Tacitus: My argument that enduring bloodshed then would prevent future bloodshed — which is to say, now — is of note when we... Stephen Green: Islamic Nihilism II — Here we go again: [snipped quote] Now re-read this. |
Pelosi Seeks House Minority 'Bill of Rights' By / WaPo — Permalink House Democrats' anger at heavy-handed Republican tactics reached a new level yesterday, with the chamber's top Democrat asking the House speaker to embrace a "Bill of Rights" for the minority, regardless which party it is. | |
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John Cole: Exhibit C: Nancy Pelosi's Minority Party Bill of Rights "House Democrats' anger at heavy-handed Republican tactics... Hugh Hewitt: Nancy Pelosi seems to know that her party is heading towards a cliff behind the Kerry chase car, and has demanded a "minority party's bill of rights" in the House. |
Edward Driscoll: FLASHBACK: In April of 2003, we wrote: [snipped quote] She must be thinking they'll be there for a while—because she's just introduced a House minority "Bill of Rights"! |
Clinton Effect Seen as Transitory By / LAT — Permalink Bill Clinton's emphatic return to the spotlight has created short-term opportunities for both parties but is unlikely to affect the long-term dynamics of the presidential race, Republican and Democratic strategists agree. | |
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Robert Garcia Tagorda: John Kerry and Bill Clinton — John Podesta of the Center for American Progress claims that [snipped quote] But we know... |
Howard Kurtz: Ron Brownstein of the Los Angeles Times says no: "Bill Clinton's emphatic return to the spotlight has created... |