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Plame's Input Is Cited on Niger Mission By / WaPo — Permalink Former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, dispatched by the CIA in February 2002 to investigate reports that Iraq sought to reconstitute its nuclear weapons program with uranium from Africa, was specifically recommended for the mission by his wife, a CIA employee, contrary to what he has said publicly. | |
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Captain Ed: Senate Report: Wilson Lied — One of the supposed martyrs of the Left in the war on terror, former Ambassador and... Tom Smith: African uranium — Call me a cynic, but I have a hard time believing Wilson would go to so much trouble to throw... Clayton Cramer: Joe Wilson Lied—Not Mistaken The Washington Post, of all papers, is reporting: [snipped quote] Thanks to Kevin Patrick for the pointer. |
Attaturk: All in the Family — Dear Steno Sue, You don't know me, but I know of you and I know there is a reason that you are famed for that nickname. Digby: As The Yellowcake Turns — An interesting deconstruction of Steno Sue Schmidt's article in today's Wapo by Josh Marshall. Sparkey: From yesterday's Washington Post: The report states that a CIA official told the Senate committee that Plame "offered... |
| Also: Andrew Sullivan, Kevin Drum, Josh Marshall, Steven Taylor, Pejman Yousefzadeh, Tom Maguire, Charles Johnson, Cori Dauber, Hindrocket, Jonah Goldberg, Betsy Newmark, Glenn Reynolds, Ace | |
Fla. Scraps Flawed Felon Voting List By / AP — Permalink MIAMI (AP) - Florida elections officials said Saturday they would not use a disputed list of people believed to be convicted felons to purge voter rolls, acknowledging a flaw that kept some Hispanic felons off the list and could have allowed them to vote. | |
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Oliver Willis: Civil Rights In Florida — Via Talkleft we learn that Florida has thrown out its faulty felon's list. Jeralyn Merritt: Florida Tosses Out Felon Voter List — Florida has officially thrown out its flawed felon voter list . |
Holden: Establishing Democracy in Floriday "Florida elections officials said Saturday they will not use a disputed list that... |
Senate Report Offers Backing for Claim Iraq Sought Uranium in Africa By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate report criticizing false CIA claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction at the same time provides support for an assertion the White House repudiated: that Iraq sought to buy uranium in Africa. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: UPDATE: More on the story can be found here: "A Senate report criticizing false CIA claims that Iraq had weapons of... Glenn Reynolds: JOE WILSON LIED, REPUTATIONS DIED: [snipped quote] Hmm. That's not what his Times oped said, is it? |
Cori Dauber: The AP reports that the Senate report backs up claims that British and French intelligence had evidence that Iraq had contacts with Niger regarding purchases of uranimum. |
The 9/10 Democrats By / Weekly Standard — Permalink LAST THURSDAY, CNN's Larry King asked John Kerry whether he would want former President Bill Clinton to campaign on his behalf. Kerry said yes. "What American would not trade the economy we had in the 1990s, the fact that we were not at war and young Americans were not deployed?" | |
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Judith Weiss: If this were still the mid-90s, this mild metrosexual homoeroticism would be enough to tilt me in favor of the Democratic ticket. James Joyner: 9/10 Democrats — Bill Kristol's column, "9/10 Democrats," makes an interesting if overwrought point: "LAST THURSDAY,... |
Edward Driscoll: NOT READY FOR PRIMETIME: William Kristol writes that John Kerry is another 9/10 Democrat: [snipped quote] Further proof... |
The Senate Report NYT — Permalink In a season when candor and leadership are in short supply, the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the prewar assessment of Iraqi weapons is a welcome demonstration of both. It is also disturbing, and not just because of what it says about the atrocious state of American intelligence. | |
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Lambert @Corrente: Department of Closing the Barn Door After the Horse is Gone: The Times Gets It — Well, the editorial page editors do, at least. Holden: The Times Sees Through the Fog — Where were they two years ago? [snipped quote] The editorial also slams Tom "Chicken Little" Ridge. |
Dan Gillmor: Intelligence Derailed — NY Times: The Senate Report. The panel's investigation into how President Bush handled the intelligence has been postponed until after the election. |
Marine's Kin Defends Son to Fellow Arabs By / AP — Permalink BEIRUT, Lebanon - Relatives of a U.S. Marine who surfaced in Beirut nearly three weeks after an apparent kidnapping in Iraq appealed for understanding from fellow Arabs on Saturday, saying the Lebanese-born man emigrated and joined the Marines for financial reasons. | |
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Baldilocks: UPDATE: Corporal Hassoun's family sends a message to their fellow Muslims, attempting to explain the US military service of their kinsman. |
Charles Johnson: This is utterly contemptible: Marine's Kin Defends Son to Fellow Arabs. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) |
U.S. News obtains all classified annexes to the Taguba report on Abu Ghraib US News — Permalink "My first reaction was, 'Wow, there [are] a lot of nude people here'... I, myself, have never been in a prison... So I had no experience at all as far as a warden or that type of thing." | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: Full Abu Ghraib Report Now Available — U.S. News has obtained all classified annexes to the Taguba report on Abu Ghraib... The Poor Man: U.S. News obtains all classified annexes to the Taguba report on Abu Ghraib "The most comprehensive view yet of what... |
Mary @PacificViews: Unfortunate because when the company providing the service provides shoddy service, only minimal consequences arise. |
Rhetoric On Values Turns Personal WaPo — Permalink BEAVER, W.Va., July 9 — The growing debate over the presidential candidates' values turned personal Friday, as Sen. John F. Kerry blasted President Bush for laziness and lax pursuit of Enron Corp.'s Kenneth L. Lay, while the Bush campaign accused the new Democratic ticket of condoning a "star-studded hate-fest." | |
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Hugh Hewitt: Blogs for Bush has a recap courtesy of Captain Ed, and I am watching ebay to see who wants to make a nice profit while... |
Dave Johnson: Bush is STILL saying this: "On issue after issue, from funding our troops who are on the battlefield, to involving... |
Campaigns Doing Battle on Values and Celebrity Barbs NYT — Permalink YORK, Pa., July 9 — The two presidential campaigns engaged in a full-throated battle on Friday over a broad range of issues, trading harsh criticism on topics including personal character, Hollywood's politics, abortion and the indictment of Enron's former chairman. | |
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Tom Maguire: The NY Times has more, and the ABC Note from Friday is thought-provoking: And last night, after the network newscasts... DemFromCT: And on the other hand, we've got both tickets beginning to talk about 'values'. [snipped quote] Interesting. |
Captain Ed: I guess it didn't take me too long to find my post for the day — in today's New York Times, Jodi Wilgoren and Richard... Digby: Lick Bush and Dick in '04 — And, why does the New York Times think this is worth not just one, but two stories? |
Bush Seeks Amendment Against Gay Marriage By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush says legalizing gay marriage would redefine the most fundamental institution of civilization and that a constitutional amendment is needed to protect it. | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: Bush Seeks Constitutional Amendment to Ban Gay Marriage — Predictable, but sickening: [snipped quote] [snipped quote] Hey, Mr. President, the Constitution is not a rough draft. |
DHinMI: This isn't a failure to send a message to supporters of civil rights, this is a deliberate decision to send a message... |
Panel Describes Long Weakening of Hussein Army By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, July 10 — The Senate's report on prewar intelligence about Iraq, which asserts that warnings about its illicit weapons were largely unfounded and that its ties to Al Qaeda were tenuous, also undermines another justification for the war: that Saddam Hussein's military posed a threat to regional stability and American interests. | |
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Oliver Willis: The "Gathering Threat" — Panel Describes Long Weakening of Hussein Army In a detailed discussion of Iraq's prewar... |
Kevin Drum: UPDATE: And add one more headline to the list: Saddam Hussein's military posed no threat to either regional stability or American interests. |
Those Who Were Inspired to Hate the Modern World By / NYT — Permalink The Western world is decadent. Its emphasis on individualism is corrupt. Its materialism is dangerous. Its vision of modernity reflects not progress but regress. The West will destroy itself. But if it doesn't, its destruction should be helped along. | |
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Ann Althouse: (The other topic is radical traditionalism, and it's the better article, but I'm only going to talk about rankism here.) |
Fred Lapides: Those Who Were Inspired to Hate the Modern World — This book review about the early formative ideas behind contemporary... |
Senate Report Does Little to Still Debate on C.I.A.'s Prewar Data By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, July 9 — Although the Senate Intelligence Committee found no evidence that the Bush administration had tried to coerce the C.I.A. to produce exaggerated prewar warnings about Iraq's weapons programs, its findings did little to still the furious debate about whether the White House and the Pentagon tried to influence the agency's conclusions. | |
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Sylvain Galineau: Example, from the Times: "The lingering question, not directly addressed by the committee, is whether the White House... |
Cori Dauber: The News Analysis Piece The News Analysis piece is amazing, in that the first few grafs, those on the front page,... |
As Rationales for War Erode, Issue of Blame Looms Large WaPo — Permalink Yesterday's report by the Senate intelligence committee left in shreds two of the Bush administration's main rationales for the war in Iraq: that Iraq had illicit weapons and that it cooperated with al Qaeda. The conclusions are not earthshaking by themselves. | |
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DemFromCT: P.S. While you're there, might as well read As Rationales for War Erode, Issue of Blame Looms Large. |
Cori Dauber: This one is by our old friend, Dana Milbank, and Walter Pincus, best described as having an eclectic National Securtiy portfolio. |
Philippines to Pull Troops From Iraq By / AP — Permalink MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines will withdraw its peacekeeping contingent from Iraq on schedule next month, the government said Saturday, the day militants vowed to kill a Filipino hostage if the troops were not sent home. | |
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DeDurkheim: The Philippines are still preparing to withdraw troops. |
Steven Taylor: Headlines Can be Deceiving — Reading this: Philippines to Pull Troops From Iraq one gets the immediate impression that... |
NRA and Outdoor Writers Have Falling-Out By / WaPo — Permalink SEATTLE, July 9 — In a spat that could have implications for the presidential campaign, the National Rifle Association has angered a group of opinion makers among America's 50 million hunters and anglers. | |
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Jonathan H. Adler: NRA VS. THE SIERRA CLUB — Apparently the Outdoor Writers Association is mad at the National Rifle Association because... |
Nathan Newman: But after this NRA attack on the Sierra Club, the board of directors sents a letter denouncing the NRA's attack. |
One John, Two Johns . . . By / Opinion Journal — Permalink John Kerry's selection of John Edwards as his running mate makes some political sense. Mr. Edwards won't bring gravitas to the Democratic ticket, but he will inject it with zip and charm. However, if Mr. Kerry intends to adopt the Edwards brand of populism as the dominant theme of his campaign, that will be a political mistake. | |
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Michael DeBow: Fred Barnes's take on John Edwards is on Opinion Journal today. Want more on the Kerry-Edwards NY extravaganza? |
Betsy Newmark: Fred Barnes has doubts about whether the populist message of John Edwards will sell in swing states. |
Veteran gets rude welcome on Bainbridge By / Seattle Post-Intelligencer — Permalink Think about the Seattle area — Bainbridge Island to be exact — and you think scenic views and liberal-minded tolerance. At least the killer views are still there. The bucolic island's deep reputation for civility got a gut check this week during the annual Grand Old Fourth of July celebration. | |
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Mary @PacificViews: The first was from Bainbridge Island where it was said a returning disabled soldier was booed in the Fourth of July parade. Michelle Malkin: Take a look at this disgraceful incident on Bainbridge Island, a few miles west of Seattle proper (and the future home of Hollywood liberals Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston). Blackfive: And I have to say, even Chicago would treat a veteran with a Veterans For Bush sign better than Seattle... Veteran gets... |
McQ: Apparently Bainbridge Island, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, is the first to let the mask slip: [snipped quote] Sorry... Stefan Sharkansky: They're not peace activists ... ... they're on the other side. Hat tip: Brian Crouch Smash: IT'S HAPPENING, AGAIN. "(Bainbridge Island's) deep reputation for civility got a gut check this week during the annual Grand Old Fourth of July celebration. |
| Also: Cori Dauber, Glenn Reynolds | |
In the Ancient Streets of Najaf, Pledges of Martyrdom for Cleric By / NYT — Permalink NAJAF, Iraq, July 6 — Like posters advertising a rapper's latest release, Moktada al-Sadr's hectoring, finger-pointing portrait is plastered across the old quarter here. | |
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DeDurkheim: From The NYT: The 10th-century Imam Ali shrine, one of the most revered sites in Shiite Iraq, where once pilgrims came... |
Juan Cole: The New York Times reports of Muqtada's sermon and its criticisms of Allawi: "' At Friday Prayer on July 9 in Kufa,... |
GOP donors funding Nader By / San Francisco Chronicle — Permalink Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader — still not on the ballot in a single state — has received a recent windfall of contributions from deep-pocketed Republicans with a history of big contributions to the party, an analysis of federal records show. | |
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Joe Gandelman: The Ralph Nader Bandwagon Gathers Steam — Ralph Nader continues to gather support, mostly from here. |
Byron L: The San Francisco Chronicle did a study of people who have donated to Ralph Nader, and they found some interesting... |
Dems credential bloggers; GOP will, too AP — Permalink NEW YORK (AP) — More than 30 independent Web journalists have been accredited to cover the Democratic convention, and the Republicans said Friday they'll also credential so-called bloggers. | |
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Patrick Belton: HEY LOOKEY, WE'RE IN USA TODAY, FORBES AND THE BOSTON HERALD TODAY! |
Byron L: The Burnt Orange Report was mentioned in an AP news article today: "Wilhide would not release a full list of the... |
Report Says Key Assertions Leading to War Were Wrong By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, July 9 — The Central Intelligence Agency greatly overestimated the danger presented by deadly unconventional weapons in Iraq because of runaway assumptions that were never sufficiently challenged, the Senate Intelligence Committee said today. | |
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DemFromCT: Campaigning On Values — I can't help but think that despite the cynicism of the press (in response to yet another data... Robert Garcia Tagorda: Political Question of the Day — Since "John Edwards has far more experience on national security today than Gov. George... Kevin Drum: Here's the New York Times: "The Central Intelligence Agency greatly overestimated the danger presented by deadly... |
Daniel Drezner: However, the report finds that "no evidence that intelligence analysts were subjected to overt political pressure to tailor their findings," according to the New York Times. Jack Balkin: Giving New Meaning to the Words "Intelligence Failure" JB Senator Rockefeller on the consequences of the intelligence... Tom Maguire: And a Dem rebuttal (is this sufficiently deeply buried?) can be found a day later in the NY Times: Mr. Roberts said the... |
Krugman's Fantasy By / NRO — Permalink When I was in business school several years ago, my macroeconomics professor assigned one of Paul Krugman's books for us to read; it was a collection of essays about President George W. Bush's economic plan. | |
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Stefan Sharkansky: 911°F Fever — Paul Krugman's latest complaint about the liberation of Iraq is that: "... many jobs at the C.P.A... Pejman Yousefzadeh: UPDATE: I presume that Hanson would not want to be on the same side as Paul Krugman either. And with good reason. Betsy Newmark: Simone Ledeen puts the smackdown on the vile Paul Krugman. |
Tom Maguire: A while back, Paul Krugman took a cheap shot at Simone Ledeen. Her forceful and eloquent reply appears in the NRO. Roger L. Simon: Here is Simone's response. I wonder if Krugman ever thought about helping put together the Iraqi economy himself, rather... Glenn Reynolds: PAUL KRUGMAN gets spanked by Simone Ledeen. |
| Also: Will Collier | |
Kerry, Edwards Blast Bush on Values AP — Permalink BECKLEY, W.Va. July 9, 2004 — Democrats John Kerry and John Edwards on Friday questioned President Bush's claim on values, arguing that the administration's election-year decision to prosecute former Enron chief Kenneth Lay after more than two years hardly amounted to American values. | |
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Steven Taylor: That's a Rather Narrow Definition... Kerry, Edwards blast Bush on values [snipped quote] Not only is it a narrow... |
Clayton Cramer: John Kerry Upset That Ken Lay Is Being Prosecuted — No, really, he is insisting that prosecuting Ken Lay now—rather... |
CABLE WAR: FOX NEWS VOWS TOP FIGHT BACK AGAINST RIVALS WHO TOUT DOCUMENTARY Drudge Report — Permalink A new documentary claiming to show Republican bias at FOX NEWS will debut in New York City on Monday. But FOX NEWS executives are preparing to hit back hard — if rivals self-servingly hype the film! | |
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Oliver Willis: Media Matters for America: "FOX selective in Kerry-Edwards v. Bush-Cheney poll reporting" FOX News maxim: Politicians... |
Atrios: Cable News Wars — From Drudge: XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX FRI JULY 09, 2004 17:05:38 ET XXXXX CABLE WAR: FOX NEWS VOWS... |
7/9/04 - BUSH ON IRANIAN YOUTH Voice of America — Permalink The following is an editorial reflecting the views of the United States Government: The U.S. supports the democratic aspirations of Iranians, especially Iran's young people. In Istanbul recently, President George W. Bush said that democracies in Afghanistan and Iraq would be powerful examples to other nations, including Iran: | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND IRAN — The Administration has put out its own statement commemorating the July 9th uprising. Judith Weiss: A roundup of news links from Michele. UPDATE: The Bush administration acknowledges the anniversary. [More UPDATE: Anything from Kerry yet? |
Robert Garcia Tagorda: The Commander-in-Chief speaks to the spirit of democracy: [snipped quote] Meanwhile, Roger Simon praises SOS Iran. |
Daschle denies hugging Moore Rapid City Journal — Permalink There was no hug between "Fahrenheit 9/11" director Michael Moore and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle at the film's June 23 premiere in Washington, D.C. , Daschle said Thursday. | |
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Joe Gandelman: "No I didn't!! ' Now he says Michael Moore is...ahem...factually challenged... Jan Haugland: I thanked him for being a good sport. "But Daschle replies that he didn't even meet Moore. Tom Maguire: Tom Daschle says so, denying Moore's report that, after the Washington premiere of F911, [snipped quote] And Kerry isn't going to see the movie (or own up to it, anyway). |
Charles Johnson: Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle would like us all to know that he absolutely did not, under any circumstances, hug Michael Moore. Arthur Chrenkoff: Hugging for Columbine — Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle denies hugging Michael Moore after the premiere of... Robert Cox: TIVO THIS FRIDAY Dateline: Yeslam bin Laden Hannity and Colmes: Al D'Amato NOW with Bill Moyers: Clea Koff SATURDAY... |
| Also: KJL, Hugh Hewitt, Steve Antler | |
Edwards Sets Self Apart on Foreign Policy WaPo — Permalink In his Senate years and primary campaign, vice presidential candidate John Edwards has emerged as a politician willing to push beyond conventional foreign policy ideas and introduce imaginative proposals that often do not meet with swift approval. | |
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Robert Garcia Tagorda: UPDATE: Writes the Washington Post in its glowing review of Edwards's foreign policy: "In one of his more controversial... |
Daniel Drezner: On the other hand, this Washington Post story on Edwards' foreign policy background makes me believe that he does get... |
Defining Marriage Down By / NRO — Permalink As the United States Senate debates the wisdom of a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman and protects against judicially-mandated same-sex unions, it is important to keep in mind the costs that we face as a society if we fail to protect traditional marriage. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: Fertility and Gay Marriage — Jacob Levy throws a slap or two in the direction of Sam Brownback's argument that gay marriage will lead to a declining birthrate. Jacob T. Levy: Fertility: Senator Sam Brownback goes even farther than Stanley Kurtz, offering as a reason for supporting the Federal... |
Andrew Sullivan: BROWNBACK'S GAFFE: Here's an interesting sentence in Senator Sam Brownback's piece in favor of the Federal Marriage... Matt Welch: A novel twist today in the increasingly desperate National Review/Republican crusade to protect hetero marriage from the... |
News Conference on Senate Intelligence Committee Report NYT — Permalink Text of a news conference by Senators Pat Roberts and John Rockefeller about a Senate Intelligence Committee report on pre-war intelligence on Iraq as recorded by FDCH e-Media, Inc. ROBERTS: Good morning, and thank you for coming. | |
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Tom Maguire: Vice Chairman Rockefeller had extended thoughts, which we excerpt in the extended section. Steve M.: Jay Rockefeller, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, at a news conference with Chairman Pat Roverts to... |
Josh Marshall: So if you get a chance, definitely try to catch a bit of the Roberts-Rockefeller press Advertisement conference this... |
Report slams CIA for Iraq intelligence failures CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — In a highly critical report issued Friday, the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee found that the CIA's prewar estimates of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction were overstated and unsupported by intelligence. | |
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Karl-T: "BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — In a grim milestone, the number of deaths in the American-led coalition in Iraq surpassed 1,000 this week. Jeralyn Merritt: Senate Report Blasts Iraq Intelligence Misinformation — In a 511-page report released today, the U.S. Senate... |
Angry Bear: "WASHINGTON (CNN) — In a highly critical report issued Friday, the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee found that the... |
Senate Report Blasts Intelligence Agencies' Flaws By / WaPo — Permalink In a hard-hitting report released today, the U.S. Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence said the CIA and other agencies used unfounded "group think" assumptions to assess the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq before last year's U.S. invasion... | |
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Steve Bainbridge: As I understand Roberts' report, however, there was a widespread failure by multiple actors spread across multiple agencies (indeed, even multiple countries). Andrew Sullivan: WHY TENET QUIT: Now we know. Matthew Yglesias: . . PART ONE. There look to be no real surprises in the Senate's investigation of pre-war intelligence on Iraq. |
Robin Burk: Well, the Senate's report blasting the CIA is all over today's news. It's pretty apparent that our intel community needs a fundamental overhaul. Kevin Drum: And this from the Washington Post: "Asked if he believed Congress would have authorized the use of force against Iraq... Tim Dunlop: There is going to be a separate investigation into what the White House did or didn't do with the faulty intelligence... |
| Also: David Allan Pell, Steve Soto, Taegan Goddard | |
Pentagon Reportedly Aimed to Hold Detainees in Secret LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — Despite pledging yearly reviews for all prisoners held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Pentagon officials tentatively agreed during a high-level meeting last month to deny that process to some detainees and to keep their existence secret "for intelligence reasons," senior defense officials said Thursday. | |
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Michael Froomkin: Guantanamo Flap about Ghost Detainees May Be Misplaced — The LA Times runs a story entitled Pentagon Reportedly Aimed... |
Holden: From the LA Times. UPDATE: Balta is on it, too. |
Mike Ditka emerges as possible Senate candidate The Hill — Permalink In the wake of Steve Rauschenberger's withdrawal from the Illinois Senate race, former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka has surfaced as a favorite of many Hill and state Republicans, according to interviews with GOP members and staff in Illinois and Washington. | |
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Glenn Reynolds: DITKAMANIA! Taegan Goddard: Meanwhile, The Hill says Illinois Republicans are hoping Mike Ditka, the Super Bowl-winning coach and Hall-of-Fame player, will step in. |
Will Collier: Okay, Just Don't Let Him Do Another Rap Video — Ditkamania is gaining steam. |
Report Says Key Assertions Leading to War Were Wrong AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) — The key U.S. assertions leading to the 2003 invasion of Iraq — that Saddam Hussein had chemical and biological weapons and was working to make nuclear weapons — were wrong and based on false or overstated CIA analyses, a scathing Senate Intelligence Committee report asserted Friday. | |
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TChris: A Senate Intelligence Committee report released today is asking the same questions. Taegan Goddard: Senate Report Blasts Intelligence on Iraq — A "scathing Senate Intelligence Committee report" says the Bush... |
Dan Gillmor: CIA's Regrettable Lapses — UPDATEDAP: Report Says Key Assertions Leading to War Were Wrong. |
Values Become Key Campaign Issue By / WaPo — Permalink FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 8 — Sen. John F. Kerry and President Bush escalated a fight Thursday over values that is increasingly coloring the election-year debate heading into the national conventions. | |
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Tom Maguire: Call It A Coincidence — It's Saturday morning tin-foil hat time! The Kerry campaign has launched a values push. Noam Scheiber: For example, today's Washington Post reports that Kerry recently said he believes life begins at conception even though he supports a woman's right to an abortion. |
Betsy Newmark: So Kerry and Edwards immediately go into the swamp of conspiracy theories, Bush-hatred, and crudity in order to raise some cash. Hugh Hewitt: Read Jim VandeHei's Washington Post story and Matea Gold's Los Angeles Times story on last night's New York fundraiser for John Kerry. |
Pentagon Says Bush Records of Service Were Destroyed By / NYT — Permalink HOUSTON, July 8 - Military records that could help establish President Bush's whereabouts during his disputed service in the Texas Air National Guard more than 30 years ago have been inadvertently destroyed, according to the Pentagon. | |
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Steve Soto: The military records of a First Lt. George W. Bush, which would prove that he actually showed up in Alabama and reported... John Emerson: Pentagon reports that microfilm records of Bush's service were destroyed (July 7, 2004) "Associated Press Assistant... Jan Haugland: The NYT is attacking the other side. It is a bit convenient that Bush's service records were destroyed, isn't it? |
DemFromCT: Want to throw in the military records of each candidate and make that a values issue, too? Go right ahead. Noam Scheiber: Oh, and completely appropos of nothing, I thought this article in today's Times was kind of interesting, too. Nick Confessore: The New York Times, one of several media organizations that filed for the release of the information, doesn't seem to be... |
| Also: TChris, Dan Gillmor, Max B. Sawicky, Michael Froomkin, Joe Gandelman, Jon Henke, Taegan Goddard, Jesse Taylor, Betsy Newmark, Attaturk, Magpie @PacificViews, Kevin Drum, Digby, Mathew Gross, Josh Marshall, The Poor Man, Kos | |
Interview With John Kerry, Teresa Heinz Kerry CNN — Permalink KING: Tonight — exclusive: Senator John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry, their first interview event since he named John Edwards his vice presidential pick. Why do you think they'll win and should win the White House? And their reaction to this morning's terror warning, and more. | |
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Michael DeBow: John Kerry on Fahrenheit 9/11: Appearing on Larry King Thursday night, the candidate and the host had the following exchange — [quote] KING: Have you seen "Fahrenheit 9/11"?[end quote] C. D. Harris: Coming Soon To A Bush Campaign Ad Near You — John "Weeble" Kerry continues to be the Bush campaign's single best source... Captain Ed: On literally the first substantial question of the interview, Kerry demonstrated why he is unfit for the presidency... |
Donald Sensing: The Larry King Show, July 8, 2004: [snipped quote] Allahpundit has a Photoshop, too. Daniel Drezner: On my first question, this Kerry answer on Larry King Live is not comforting: "KING: Let's get to, first thing's first, news of the day. |
KERRY PASSES UP TERROR BRIEFING: 'I JUST HAVEN'T HAD TIME' Drudge Report — Permalink Just hours before attending an all-star celebrity fundraising concert in New York, Dem presidential candidate John Kerry revealed how has been too busy for a real-time national security briefing. "I just haven't had time," Kerry explained in an interview. | |
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James Joyner: Kerry: No Time for Security Briefing DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2004 "Just hours before attending an all-star celebrity... Charles Johnson: A Question of Priorities — Via Drudge Report, here's John F. Kerry last night on Larry King's CNN show: KING: News of... Clayton Cramer: Drudge Report quotes: "Just hours before attending an all-star celebrity fundraising concert in New York, Dem... |
Jan Haugland: The Drudge Report is in overdrive with anti-Kerry attacks these days, as can be expected, but this "love story" was actually very funny. Oliver Willis: Context — Because I trust the skills of Instapundit & Matt Drudge about as far as I can throw them, here are the exact... Glenn Reynolds: KERRY: Too busy for terror briefings, — but not too busy to listen to Whoopi Goldberg make dirty jokes about Bush. |
| Also: KJL | |
JERKY JOKESTER WHOOPI IN DIRTY DISS AT DUBYA By / New York Post — Permalink Whoopi Goldberg delivered an X-rated rant full of sexual innuendoes against President Bush last night at a Radio City gala that raised $7.5 million for the newly minted Democratic ticket of John Kerry and John Edwards. | |
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Robert Cox: Radio City Fundraiser Turns Ugly The New York Post | The New York Daily News Whoopi Goldberg delivered an X-rated rant... McQ: The NY Post reports that a Kerry/Edwards fundraiser in NY last night, attended by both Kerry and Edwards, was the scene... Tim Blair: John Kerry supporter Whoopi Goldberg gets freaky with the photocopying: "I Xeroxed my behind and I folded it up in an... |
Steve M.: The Nixon-Lodge campaign has issued the following statement: [snipped quote] Well, is that any sillier than the Bush-Cheney campaign's reaction to Whoopi? Charles Johnson: But in a time of war, the Democrats are plunging into depths of hatred and derangement that are truly disturbing, and... Captain Ed: It demonstrates that the Democratic nominee does not take this issue seriously, especially when you see where he happened to go after his interview with King ended. |
| Also: The Big Trunk, KJL | |
Civilization vs. Trivia NRO — Permalink Sometimes life's choices are simple. Last week, the carnivore Saddam Hussein faced the world in the docket. There was none of the usual Middle East barbarity. The mass murderer was not hooded and then beheaded on tape, in the manner of al Qaeda. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: SIMPLE CHOICES — Victor Davis Hanson: [snipped quote] Quite so. UPDATE: I presume that Hanson would not want to be on the same side as Paul Krugman either. Dale Franks: VDH on Friday — Victor Davis Hanson ponders the increasing moonbattery of the Left. Clayton Cramer: This Isn't Funny At All — Victor Davis Hanson has a sobering piece over at National Review Online about how the left... |
Cori Dauber: CHOICE IS TRAGIC — It's Friday, and Victor Davis Hanson really is on a rant n' roll. Michael DeBow: There's an incredibly powerful Hanson piece on NRO today. Go read it! Mike Hendrix: No contradiction — If it's Friday, it must be Hanson: [snipped quote] Answer: yes. |
| Also: Glenn Reynolds | |
Bin Laden Is Said to Be Organizing for a U.S. Attack NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, July 8 - Osama bin Laden and his chief lieutenants, operating from hideouts suspected to be along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, are directing a Qaeda effort to launch an attack in the United States sometime this year, senior Bush administration officials said on Thursday. | |
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DemFromCT: From the NY Times on July 9: [snipped quote] Imagine what's changed to see the press even daring to suggest it. Noam Scheiber: TOM RIDGE, COP ON THE BEAT: Well, now, this makes me feel a whole lot better: [snipped quote] If we could just get John... Hugh Hewitt: First read the New York Times' account of Al Qaeda's intention to "carry out a significant terror attack on American soil this year." |
Tresy @Corrente: MiniTru Speaks — Shorter Tom Ridge: If we fail to keep you from getting killed between now and November, it will mean... Max B. Sawicky: Now if you are spying on these people to find out and thwart their plans, why would you make announcements that hint at... Captain Ed: Still At War — The Bush Admninistration warned yesterday that intelligence services have received a stream of... |
| Also: Cori Dauber | |
Trump slams Bush on Iraq NY Daily News — Permalink President Bush, you should be fired. The Donald has turned thumbs down on the President's war in Iraq, calling it a "mess." "What was the purpose of the whole thing?" Donald Trump asks in an Esquire interview. "Hundreds of young people killed. | |
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Pessimist: Trump slams Bush on Iraq [snipped quote] But it isn't just the High And Mighty who are unhappy with the 'performance' of George Warmonger Bush! Joel Foreman: There's just something about Hollywood that turns people against Bush. Is it the circles these folks run in? Holden: The Donald on The Chimp — [snipped quote] Link. And if you have not seen it yet, watch Trump fire Bush here. |
Steve M.: Now he's lost Donald Trump. The Donald has turned thumbs down on the President's war in Iraq, calling it a "mess." Damian Penny: Declaring that he would have definitely caught Osama bin Laden by now, on the other hand, is simple arrogance: "The... |
Health Versus Wealth By / NYT — Permalink Will actual policy issues play any role in this election? Not if the White House can help it. But if some policy substance does manage to be heard over the clanging of conveniently timed terror alerts, voters will realize that they face some stark choices. | |
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Jeanne D'Arc: The morality of capitalism — Donald Johnson, in an e-mail this morning, brought up an interesting objection to Paul... Captain Ed: In today's entry, Krugman accuses Bush of issuing updates on the war to distract people from what's really important ... Kash: Kerry's Health Care Proposals — Krugman does a nice job of summarizing Kerry's health care proposals in today's column. |
Matthew Yglesias: Paul Krugman seems to agree, writing about the virtues of Kerry's plan to reduce insurance premiums across the board by... Tyler Cowen: Paul Krugman suggests Kerry will repeal the tax cut [tax shift, more accurately] to spend more on health care, rather than trying to restore a balanced budget (my words, not his). Holden: Krugman on Health Care — The last sentence says it all: "If we ever get a clear national debate about health care and taxes, I don't see how President Bush will win it." |
Nothing says lovin' like a little huggin' By / Washington Times — Permalink Watching the intimate moments of courtship of others embarrasses most of us, or at least some of us. But the public displays of affection that shocked our grandparents are regarded in our time as fit for Sunday school. Holding hands is no longer enough. | |
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Digby: And it is. But if anyone thinks it's just some sort of one-off joke, think again. Lambert @Corrente: Washington Times just a little defensive, perhaps? Overcompensating just a bit? Anyhow, here's the latest character assassination of Kerry/Edwards. Brian Montopoli: Today, The Times brings us a hateful screed penned by none other than its editor-in-chief, Wesley Pruden. |
Steve Bainbridge: Truth is Stranger than Fiction — One of the following quotations is from a major newspaper, while the other is from humor site The Borowitz Report. Tbogg: Fortunately Scott Reid didn't look like Ned Beatty and an unpleasant incident was averted... Wes Pruden is getting all... Jesse Taylor: As Wes Pruden points out, that kind of s**t could make sure you end up dead - or worse. |
Murdoch Is Said to Be Source of Post's Gephardt 'Exclusive' NYT — Permalink When The New York Post tore up its front page on Monday night to trumpet an apparent exclusive that Representative Richard A. Gephardt would be Senator John Kerry's running mate, the newspaper based its decision on a very high-ranking source: Rupert Murdoch, the man who controls the company that owns The Post, an employee said yesterday. | |
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James Joyner: NYT - Murdoch Is Said to Be Source of Post's Gephardt 'Exclusive' [snipped quote] Amusing. Roger Ailes: But the New York Times reports that the Post was misled by a lying sack much closer to the paper, namely, satellite t.v... Taegan Goddard: Murdoch Was Source For "Exclusive" — "When The New York Post tore up its front page on Monday night to trumpet an... |
Robert Cox: Murdoch Was "Source" for Gephardt Veep Story The New York Times When The New York Post tore up its front page on... Kos: NY Post Gephardt source: Murdoch — Ha ha. Remember that NY Post front page trumpeting the Gephardt veep selection? |
Blixful Amnesia By / WaPo — Permalink Thank God for Hans Blix. Whenever we become lax and forgetful about how the world changed on Sept. 11, former chief inspector Blix is there to make the case for mindless complacency. | |
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Henry Farrell: There should be a word too for the kind of self-deconstructing display of bad faith that Charles Krauthammer treats us... Tom Smith: Easy to forget — Krauthammer is right as usual: Hunger is a scourge that has always been with us and that has not been a threat to humanity's existence for at least 1,000 years. Betsy Newmark: Charles Krauthammer looks at how so many people wish to return to September 10. [snipped quote] Perhaps Hans Blix should check out these threats. |
Michael DeBow: Charles Krauthammer reminds us that "There is no gradualness and there are no countermeasures to a dozen nuclear warheads detonating simultaneously in U.S. cities. Jesse Taylor: How To Argue Without Really Trying — Without quoting him, addressing his concerns, or really doing anything of merit in... Cori Dauber: Because however we got here, we're here, and the attitude I'm talking about is frightening, and it's dangerous. |
| Also: Greg Ransom | |
Defectors' Reports on Iraq Arms Were Embellished, Exile Asserts By / NYT — Permalink Shortly after President Bush declared war on terrorism in the fall of 2001, the Iraqi National Congress, the exile group led by Ahmad Chalabi, sent out a simple, urgent message to its network of intelligence agents: find evidence of outlawed weapons that would make Saddam Hussein a prime target for the United States. | |
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Kevin Drum: LITTLE INFORMATION, BIG STORIES...In other intelligence news, Muhammad al-Zubaidi, an Iraqi exile who worked with Iraqi... Matthew Yglesias: Today's New York Times has a long report on how the Iraqi National Congress coached defectors into providing faulty... Laura Rozen: Ahmad's defectors, coached in how to fool lie detector tests and what to say about Saddam and al Qaeda and WMD. |
TChris: Lies and the Lying Liars Who Helped Chalabi — A former associate of Ahmad Chalabi, Muhammad al-Zubaidi, confirms a fact... Jesse Taylor: They also screwed over legitimate Iraqis fighting against Saddam. Mark Kleiman: Today's New York Times has details of Chalabi's successful disinformation campaign, as supplied by one of Chalabi's operatives. |