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6:25 PM ET, February 18, 2007

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Investor's Business Daily:
Unparalleled Perfidy  —  War On Terror: The party of John Murtha shamelessly seeks to defund and defeat U.S. troops on the battlefield and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.  The Congress the terrorists wanted is doing their bidding.  —  There's a reason the founders of this country designated …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
THE DEMOCRATS' DILEMMA  —  Investors Business Daily has a hard-hitting editorial denouncing the Congressional Democrats and their "slow bleed" strategy.  It begins: … And that's not the hard-hitting part!  More important, IBD has a poll that highlights the danger the Democrats face:
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Hume: Murtha Is Senile, Doesn't Have 'The Foggiest Awareness' Of What's Going On In The World  —  This morning on Fox News, Brit Hume launched a scathing diatribe against Rep. John Murtha's (D-PA) character.  "It's time a few things be said about him," Hume said.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and News Hounds
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IAN / Hot Air:
Video: Hume smacks down Murtha; doesn't know "what the heck …
Faiz / Think Progress:
True 'Fair And Balanced' Coverage: Wallace Calls Out Feith For Lying On Fox News  —  Last week on Fox News Sunday, former Rumsfeld aide Douglas Feith told Chris Wallace, "Nobody in my office ever said there was an operational relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda.  It's just not correct.
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Chris Wallace shoots down Feith's claims  —  Well, well, well, Chris Wallace jumped in and became a journalist.  Why can't all these talk shows do something of this nature?  Hold politicians accountable instead of allowing them to "control the message" on important issues.  —  Download (1416) |
Discussion: driftglass and The Impolitic
Pachacutec / Firedoglake:
Barbara Comstock Named Washington Post Editor?  —  How else are we to explain the editorial decisions to propel Byron York's inept and hapless crayon scribblings yesterday, followed by the propagandistic, defamatory rantings of longtime Barbara Comstock sister in crime Victoria Toensing today?
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Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
A Man of Mystery  —  Richard Hohlt is the heavy hitter you've never heard of.  —  Robert Novak, as usual, had a scoop to unload—only this time, it was from the witness stand.  Testifying last week in the trial of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) …
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
What Did Rove Know And When Did He Know It?
Discussion: TalkLeft
Jim Wolf / Reuters:
Clinton urges start of Iraq pullout in 90 days  —  U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the early front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, has called for a 90-day deadline to start pulling American troops from Iraq.  —  Clinton, the wife of former President Bill Clinton …
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Tear It Down  —  It'll be unfair to him and to Mormons, but I hope the candidacy of Mitt Romney helps us put a stop to this "people of faith" nonsense.  It's time to retire the phrase and the concept.  Not that I have any sympathy for Romney, who said:
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Little Green Footballs:
Iranian Fauxtography Bust  —  At Iran's Fars News Agency, LGF readers tipped me off to a blatant Photoshop fraud in an article claiming to have discovered US weapons in Iran: Terrorists Use US-Gifted Arsenals.  (Beware.  The Fars News site resizes your browser window without asking, and may attempt other more sneaky things.)
Discussion: NewsHog, Riehl World View and Hot Air
CBS News:
Poll: Giuliani Leads McCain For GOP Nod  —  CBS News Poll Finds Favorable Ratings For Both, But Rudy Leads  —  (CBS) Senator John McCain of Arizona and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani - two of the front-runners for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2008 …
Paul Kennedy / Los Angeles Times:
The good old days of the Cold War  —  Don't wax too nostalgic — the world was once a much more dangerous place.  —  IT WAS FUNNY, in a grim sort of way.  Last week, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates responded to Russian President Vladimir V. Putin's polemical attack on the United States …
John / AMERICAblog:
It's time to fire Major General George W. Weightman, now  —  fark it!  Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman is the guy in charge of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the army facility where our wounded troops are being treated like scum.  Weightman admits that he knew of the mistreatment of our war veterans …
BREITBART.COM:
Iran: US 'will lose in Middle East'  —  The United States will not achieve its goals in the Middle East, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned on state television.  —  "Realities in the region show that the arrogant front, headed by US and its allies …
 
 
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