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1:40 AM ET, April 23, 2007

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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Newt Gingrich blames "Liberalism" for VA Tech massacre  —  Leave it to Newt to spread some love to the left this morning.  It's all the evil—liberals that caused this horrific tragedy.  I guess I could say that Newt influenced Timothy McVeigh...  Download (3008) |  Play (3910) Download (1343) |
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Gingrich Says The Real Cause Of Virginia Tech Massacre Was Liberalism  —  Those who are not wedded to demonize "the other side" at all costs KNEW this would happen.  We just had to figure out who it would come from.  Jerry Falwell?  Pat Robertson?  Rush Limbaugh?
Matt / Think Progress:
Gingrich Blames Virginia Tech Tragedy On Liberalism  —  In the wake of the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich laid the blame for the tragedy at the feet of liberals.  Here's what he said:
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Washington Post:
At This Dinner, A Dollop of Vitriol  —  Global warming was the talking point last night at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner when singer Sheryl Crow and "Inconvenient Truth" producer Laurie David walked over to Table 92 at the Hilton Washington to chat with Karl Rove — and the resulting exchange was suitably heated.
Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
Sheryl Crow Battles Karl Rove at D.C. Dinner: Strupp's Report
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and NION
Matthew Yglesias:
Haircuts Redux  —  EKlein and GFR think John Edwards is to blame for the Modo Hair Story Fiasco.  I join with Scott Lemieux in placing the onus purely on Dowd and her peers in the media: … One should note that there's a trap here designed to make it impossible, in practice …
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Associated Press:
82-Year-Old Ex-Beauty Queen Stops Intruder by Shooting Out Tires  —  WAYNESBURG, Ky. — Miss America 1944 has a talent that likely has never appeared on a beauty pageant stage: She fired a handgun to shoot out a vehicle's tires and stop an intruder.  —  Venus Ramey, 82, confronted a man …
lvrj.com:
Harry Reid and a 'lost' cause  —  Senator forced to backpedal on remarks  —  The Democratic strategy to use the ongoing violence in Iraq to their political advantage in the run-up to the 2008 elections requires some skill and nuance.  But it's growing harder to believe Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …
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Stuart Barnes / Times of London:
It's Sarko vs Sego  —  Nicolas Sarkozy will line up against Ségolène Royal in the French presidential run-off in two weeks' time, according to early exit polls.  —  The unofficial polls were circulated in Paris but cannot be published in France until polling stations close at 8pm.
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Pajamas Media:
French Election: Sarkozy wins first round, followed by Royal
Discussion: The Fix
Angela Charlton / Associated Press:
High turnout seen in French election
Bradford Plumer / The New Republic:
WHO NEEDS A PLAN?:  —  This month's National Journal has a piece looking at the nuts and bolts of withdrawal from Iraq—what it would entail, who would stay behind, etc.  Most of the piece just recaps the battles in Washington over funding and the like, but these two paragraphs are unnerving:
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Spitzer Plans to Introduce Gay Marriage Bill  —  Gov. Eliot Spitzer will introduce a bill in the coming weeks to legalize same-sex marriage in New York, his spokeswoman said Friday, a move that would propel New York to the forefront of one of the most contentious issues in politics.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Michael Portillo / Times of London:
American psycho  —  When Cho killed 32 people at Virginia Tech, the horrific slaughter revealed not only the poisons lurking in popular culture but the crisis of young males in a feminised society, says Sarah Baxter  —  Just before 5am on Monday, April 16, Cho Seung-hui got out of bed and walked to his computer.
Siun / Firedoglake:
"The cost of doing business"  —  A 2005 video still shows covered bodies in the town of Haditha, western Anbar province, Iraq.  A U.S. Army general concluded the Marine Corps chain of command in Iraq ignored 'obvious' signs of 'serious misconduct' in the slayings of two dozen civilians in Haditha …
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Josh White / Washington Post:
Report On Haditha Condemns Marines
Discussion: Hot Air and If I Ran the Zoo
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Teflon Pete  —  Representative Pete Sessions was very adamant about passing the bankruptcy reform bill and he told everyone in the house the reasons why: … Stirring words, I'm sure you'll agree.  But apparently these calls to protect business from fraud are meant for losers and Democrats, not good Republican friends of Pete's:
Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla
Jonathan Safran Foer / Washington Post:
Some People Love Guns.  Why Should the Rest of Us Be Targets?  —  Knives also cut bread and carve wood and aid surgery, but guns only shoot bullets.  That's what they are designed to do, and that's what they do.  When we talk about protecting our right to have guns, we are talking about protecting our right to shoot bullets.
Discussion: The Corner
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Virginia Tech Student Government Asks The Media To Please Leave  —  Anyone can overstay their welcome — particularly a swarming news media during a major, history-making, terrible event.  And so it goes at Virginia Tech too: … And, indeed, there is a point in any news story where it ebbs and flows.
Discussion: Associated Press and The Reaction
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Good Cop, Really Bad Cop  —  The New York Times reports on the interrogation methods of the new Iraqi Army in an article that will likely renew the debate on torture.  Iraqi Army forces whipped a suspected terrorist with an electrical cord to get a confession — but that confession led …
Discussion: The Newshoggers
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Bryan / Hot Air:
Jeff Foxworthy tells it like it is Video Added
Deborah Haynes / Reuters:
Pressure increases on Wolfowitz to go: report
Byron Calame / New York Times:
Revisiting The Times's Coverage of the Duke Rape Case
New York Times:
Students Recount Desperate Minutes Inside Norris Hall
Discussion: Hot Air and On Deadline
Jon Swift:
Alec Baldwin's Daughter Is a Disgrace
Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
The Politics of Prose  —  BARACK OBAMA wrote "very bad poetry" in college.
Discussion: Power Line
Modbee.com:
Short Takes: Sign a petition to keep our chocolate real
Discussion: Making Light
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Standby for more violence
Mohammed / IRAQ THE MODEL:
End the war: Right message sent to the wrong address.
Cernig / The Newshoggers:
European Islamic Menace Hype - The Facts Say Different
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Top U.S. Officers See Mixed Results From Iraq 'Surge'
Discussion: The Heretik and CBS News
Reuel Marc Gerecht / Weekly Standard:
On Democracy in Iraq  —  It's starting to take root.
Todd Pitman / Associated Press:
Insurgents battling al-Qaida outside Baghdad, U.S. says
Associated Press:
Suicide car bombers kill 13 in police station blasts
Discussion: Eschaton
Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
Criminal Probe Opened in Pet Food Scare
 

 
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