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8:00 PM ET, September 20, 2006

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Kim Gamel / Associated Press:
At U.N., Chavez calls Bush 'the devil'  —  UNITED NATIONS - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez took his verbal battle with the United States to the floor of the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, calling President Bush "the devil."  —  The impassioned speech by the leftist leader came …
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Drudge Report:
PRESIDENT CHAVEZ DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY  —  "Representatives of the governments of the world, good morning to all of you.  First of all, I would like to invite you, very respectfully, to those who have not read this book, to read it.  Noam Chomsky, one of the most …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Chavez flips out at the UN; Update: Did Chavez say "insh'allah" at his presser?  —  Not to be outdone by his pal Ahmadinejad last night, el presidente's having a full-blown meltdown at the podium before the General Assembly as I write this, shrieking about Bush being "the devil" and hollering "Yankee imperialists go home."
New York Times:
Leaders Spar Over Iran's Aims and U.S. Power  —  'The greatest obstacle to this future is that your rulers have chosen to deny you liberty and to use your nation's resources to fund terrorism, and fuel extremism, and pursue nuclear weapons.' - President Bush
Pamela Geller Oshry / Atlas Shrugs:
This man's sign says it all.  —  Tens of thousands of freedom loving people showed up from all over the country.  —  It was gorgeous.  They came in droves to protest holocaust denier, nuked up Ahmadinejad's outrageous appearance at the UN.  —  Here in this video I ask the Headmaster …
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Little Green Footballs:   35,000 Demonstrate for Israel at UN
Michelle Malkin:
AP vs. the "so-called blogosphere"  —  It's spin time.  The Associated (With Terrorists) Press is now waging a p.r. campaign against what it calls the "so-called blogosphere" over detained photographer Bilal Hussein.  After five months of stonewalling, the "so-called reporters" …
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Robert Tanner / Associated Press:
AP Photographer's Detention Spurs Debate
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McAuliffe to join Clinton  —  Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe has told business associates and Democratic donors that he will chair Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) presidential campaign next year, according to several Democratic sources.
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Pollster:
More on that USA Today/Gallup Poll  —  Our update to the Slate Election Scorecard yesterday tries to put the results for the generic congressional vote from the USA Today/Gallup survey into some perspective.  It also reintroduces the controversy over likely voter models in general …
Michael Smerconish / The Huffington Post:
Roger Waters: The Pink in Floyd  —  For the second time in my life, I'm writing a column about Pink Floyd.  More specifically, the man I have always considered to be the brains of the band: Roger Waters.  The first time I wrote about him was 26-years ago when I was a high school senior at C.B. West …
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Hotline On Call:
Mark Warner: About Those Tax Cuts...  Ex-VA Gov. Mark Warner (D) wants you to know: he thinks the Bush tax cuts for the richest Americans, enacted during an expensive war and with rising federal budget deficits, were "morally wrong and economically wrong" and that he would indeed support their repeal.
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Editing Horizontally: Thanks to Reuters, NewAssignment.Net Can Hire Someone  —  They're giving us $100,000.  That will underwrite the costs of hiring our first editor, which is going to be a fun job.  —  Today I am announcing at Comment is Free and PressThink that Reuters is giving $100,000 to NewAssignment.Net.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Islamist parasite Abu Izzadeen heckles British Home Secretary Reid (Bumped with new vid)  —  The guy who tipped me to this didn't recognize the heckler.  Hot Air readers will.  —  I knew it was him the instant I heard his voice.  The last time we heard that voice, it was laughing about 9/11.
Reuters:
Bush says would go after bin Laden in Pakistan  —Text+WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Wednesday if he had firm intelligence that Osama bin Laden was in Pakistan, he would issue the order to go into that country after the al Qaeda leader.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Life Is Better; It Isn't Better.  Which Is It?  —  When the first snow falls on the North Shore of Chicago this winter, Robert Gordon will take his Toro snow blower out of the garage and think about how lucky he is not to be using a shovel.  Mr. Gordon is 66 years old and evidently quite healthy …
Nico / Think Progress:
Conservative Congressman Blocking Crackdown on Predatory Lenders Targeting U.S. Troops  —  Predatory lenders are seriously harming the U.S. military, and one member of Congress is fighting to keep it that way.  —  A Pentagon report last month found that as many one in five U.S. service members …
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Panel Leans Toward Phased Iraq Withdrawal or International Talks  —  WASHINGTON — A panel mandated by Congress to develop new Iraq policy is leaning toward recommending either a phased withdrawal of soldiers or a new engagement initiative with Iran and Syria to end the violence in Iraq.
Patrick / FishBowlDC:
Washington Blade Parts Ways With Jeff Gannon  —  Following Executive Editor Chris Crain's departure from The Washington Blade, the paper chose Kevin Naff as his replacement this week.  One of Naff's first decisions was to sever ties with columnist Jeff Gannon.  —  We spoke with Naff:
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quinnipiac.edu:
Search Detail  —  September 20, 2006 - Kean Inches Ahead Of Menendez In Senate Race, Quinnipiac University New Jersey Poll Finds; Ethics Issue Takes Small Toll On Democrat  —  New Jersey State Sen. Tom Kean, Jr., the Republican challenger, leads Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez 48 …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Blue Crab Boulevard
Brendan Nyhan / Political Bite:
Everybody Has One: Bloggers and the Death of Opinion Journalism  —  Not that long ago, many people thought the Internet would break down partisan boundaries and improve the quality of political debate in this country — a prediction that sounds as silly today as previous hype about the educational potential of television and radio.
Media Matters for America:
Buyer's remorse: The Bush story the press won't tell  —  Despite the obvious signs it exists — and has for nearly 20 months — the pervasive buyer's remorse that hovers around President Bush's second term, as measured by public opinion polls, remains off limits for the press.
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Allen tells of his Jewish heritage  —  He acknowledges he knew of his lineage when faulting a reporter for her question  —  U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-Va., yesterday acknowledged his Jewish ancestry, a day after angrily ducking a question about possible Jewish forebears in a debate with his Democratic challenger.
 
 
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