memeorandum: An Opera In the Key Of Denial (Anne Applebaum/Washington Post)

10:20 PM ET, October 3, 2006

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Hastert: Foley Scandal Is A Liberal Conspiracy To 'Get To Me' And 'Affect Our Election' — Interviewed by Rush Limbaugh today, House Speaker Hastert said Mark Foley's inappropriate behavior was "a political issue" and promised Rush that "we are going on offense."

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Paul Bedard / US News:

Hastert may have just days to save his job — House Speaker Dennis Hastert, under fire for his handling of the Foley page scandal, may have just one or two days to turn the affair around-or quiet it- or face being forced to step aside, say senior GOP House and party officials.

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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:

NRCC Uses Small Children As Human Shields — Uh. Mah. Gawd. — I...words simply fail me. — In the fine tradition of George W. Bush standing under the "Mission Accomplished" sign, or any one of the Katrina backdrops (where no expense was spared to bring power to an area for a photo op …

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Investor's Business Daily:

Did Democrats Page Mark Foley? — Scandal: Right after Mark Foley was revealed to have had inappropriate e-mail conversations with a 16-year-old page, he resigned and checked into rehab. Now, what did Democrats know, and when did they know it? — Yes, you read that right: the Democrats.

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rushlimbaugh.com:

House Speaker Dennis Hastert — RUSH: We're happy to be joined now by the Speaker of the House, Denny Hastert. Mr. Speaker, welcome to the EIB Network. Great to speak to you again, sir. — SPEAKER HASTERT: Thanks, Rush. Great to be with you today. — RUSH: Now, I guess the big news is …

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CNN:

Attorney: Clergyman molested Foley as teen … WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (CNN) — Former Rep. Mark Foley was molested by a clergyman when he was between the ages of 13 and 15, his attorney said Tuesday amid allegations that the congressman exchanged inappropriate e-mails and instant messages with teen congressional pages.

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Buffalowatchdog / wnymedia.net:
VIDEO: Reynolds Dodges Responsibility, Passes Blame to Hastert

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Hugh Hewitt / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
Swing Back. — The Washington Times wants Speaker Hastert to resign.

Buffalo News:
Reynolds denies coverup on Foley

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Ben Smith / The Daily Politics:
Reynolds and the Kiddies — The Upstate media today …

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Maria Newman / New York Times:
Bush Says He Is 'Dismayed' by Foley Scandal

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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
It Just Gets Better and Better — When asked today …

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Judd / Think Progress:

CBS Turns Over News Broadcast To Man Who Blames School Shootings on Teaching Evolution and Abortion — Last night, the CBS Evening News turned their broadcast over to a man named Brian Rohrbough, who lost his son during the Columbine massacre. Mr. Rohrbough proceeded to blame recent school shootings on …

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David Goldstein / The Huffington Post:
8 Million American Workers Just Lost the Right to Organize

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Michael Melia / Associated Press:

High-calorie diet fattens U.S. detainees — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Offered a high-calorie diet and kept in their cells almost around the clock, many detainees at Guantanamo Bay are becoming fat. — Meals totaling a whopping 4,200 calories per day are brought to their cells …

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Redstate:

New polling on the Irey-Murtha race — When the Irey campaign did preliminary polling last spring, the results were not encouraging. The 30-year incumbant in the PA-12 seat, John Murtha, led the little-known Diana Irey by thirty points. Mr. Murtha was emerging as the liberal conscience of the Iraq war …

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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:

Bush says Democrats shouldn't be trusted — STOCKTON, Calif. - President Bush, on a campaign swing in the West, is arguing the Democratic Party is weak-kneed on national security and shouldn't be trusted to hold the reins of Congress. — "If you listen closely to some of the leaders …

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Chris Bowers / MyDD:

Total Republican Collapse Imminent — The last ten days have been amazing. Starting with Bill Clinton fighting back against Faux News, we have now seen: — The National Intelligence Estimate declare that the war in Iraq in increasing terrorism worldwide — Colin Powell say he was fired

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CNN:

Police: School killer told wife he molested family members … (CNN) — Pennsylvania schoolhouse killer Charles Carl Roberts IV told his wife he molested young relatives 20 years ago and was dreaming about molesting children again, police said Tuesday. — Investigators talked to relatives …

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Charlie Brennan / Rocky Mountain News:

Arrest over Cheney barb triggers lawsuit — A Denver-area man filed a lawsuit today against a member of the Secret Service for causing him to be arrested after he approached Vice President Dick Cheney in Beaver Creek this summer and criticized him for his policies concerning Iraq.

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Associated Press:

MTSU poll: Corker, Ford in dead heat in Senate race — Tennessee's race for the U.S. Senate is a dead heat between Republican Bob Corker and Democrat Harold Ford Jr., according to a Middle Tennessee State University poll released today. — The MTSU telephone survey showed 43 percent …

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Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:

An Opera In the Key Of Denial — BERLIN — "Self-censorship out of fear" is how the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, described the decision. One of her allies accused a great cultural institution of "falling on its knees." The word "kowtow" was thrown around, along with "appeasement" …

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THE BRIEF DUTCH SHARIA ERUPTION — Pieter Dorsman reports on the issue of Sharia law replacing the constitution in the Netherlands: "If a situation could arise where a majority could agree to shred a constitution in favor of religious law - and one from the Middle Ages at that …

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