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11:45 PM ET, April 22, 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 (2792) |  Play (3589) Download (1231) |
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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:
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?
Discussion: Riehl World View and Donklephant
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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Gar Lipow / MaxSpeak:
Advice for Democrats - By Gar W. Lipow  —  As someone who is not a Democrat but will almost certainly end up voting for one in preference to Republicans, and wants them to win it irritates me that that in the latest nonsense about Edward's haircut and large house they ignore the obvious strategy—freakin fight back.
Scott Lemieux / TAPPED:
APPEASING THE UNAPPEASABLE.  I don't really agree with the take …
Discussion: Obsidian Wings
Matthew Yglesias:   Going Meta  —  Everyone's already piling on Maureen Dowd's …
The Huffington Post:
Laurie David and Sheryl Crow: Karl Rove Gets Thrown Under the Stop Global Warming Bus  —  Last night Thelma and Louise drove the bus off the cliff or at least into the White House Correspondents Dinner.  The "highlight" of the evening had to be when we were introduced to Karl Rove.
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Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
Sheryl Crow Battles Karl Rove at D.C. Dinner: Strupp's Report
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and NION
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
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 …
Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
The Politics of Prose  —  BARACK OBAMA wrote "very bad poetry" in college.  John McCain once contemplated joining the French Foreign Legion.  John Edwards wanted to become a lawyer so he could defend the likes of the wrongfully accused Dr. Richard Kimble on "The Fugitive."
Discussion: Power Line
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.
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
DRAWL DOWN THE MEMORY HOLE  —  In "A bridge too far" I took a look at Hillary Clinton serving up some plastic Dixie chicken for her audience in Selma last month as she recited the words of a James Cleveland gospel song (video above).  This week Senator Clinton and other Democatic candidates paid homage …
Discussion: Hot Air, Gothamist and Maggie's Farm
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
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:
Discussion: TalkLeft and Economist's View
Jon Swift:
Alec Baldwin's Daughter Is a Disgrace  —  I don't care if Alec Baldwin's daughter is 11 years old or 12 years old or however old she is, she is a disgrace and her treatment of her father is beyond the pale.  It's hard not to feel sympathy for Baldwin as he outlines his grievances …
Discussion: Daimnation!
Deborah Haynes / Reuters:
Pressure increases on Wolfowitz to go: report  —  LONDON (Reuters) - A group of top former World Bank executives has urged Paul Wolfowitz to resign, as the bank's watchdog warned his actions were undermining the ability of the institution to carry out development work.
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
Byron Calame / New York Times:
Revisiting The Times's Coverage of the Duke Rape Case
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New York Times:
Students Recount Desperate Minutes Inside Norris Hall
Discussion: Hot Air and On Deadline
Modbee.com:
Short Takes: Sign a petition to keep our chocolate real
Discussion: Making Light
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Standby for more violence
Discussion: Political Animal
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
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Moisés Naím / Washington Post:
Democracy's Dangerous Impostors
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Top U.S. Officers See Mixed Results From Iraq 'Surge'
Discussion: 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
Nico / Think Progress:
Kristol: Reid's Iraq Remark Is 'Much More Disgraceful Than Anything Trent Lott Said'
Discussion: TalkLeft
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
CIA VS. MPG
Discussion: contentions and TigerHawk
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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