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10:20 PM ET, September 24, 2007

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CNN:
Iran's president on Israel, nukes and gays  —  NEW YORK (CNN) — Columbia University President Lee Bollinger excoriated Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday, going through a long list of documented actions and remarks by the firebrand Iranian leader and his government.
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T-Steel / The Moderate Voice:
An apology is in order!  —  Silly, Silly Man!  —  Those who sharply criticized Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs President Lee C. Bollinger for inviting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak owe him a galaxy sized apology.  You know who you are so I'm not naming names/blogs/media outlets.
Sewell Chan / New York Times:
Iranian Leader, Calling Introductory Remarks Insulting, Addresses Columbia  —  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran completed his appearance by thanking his audience.  "I ask Almighty God to assist all of us to work hand in hand for a future filled with peace, justice and brotherhood," he said.
irna.ir:
IRI President addresses students at Colombia University
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and The Corner
Catherine Donaldson-Evans / Fox News:
Ahmadinejad Speaks of Love, Kindess, Beauty and God in Speech to National Press Club
Mere Rhetoric:   PHOTOGRAPHS TO HELP EXPLAIN WHY THERE ARE NO HOMOSEXUALS IN IRAN …
Satyam / Think Progress:
Ahmadinejad denies existence of gays in Iran.
Discussion: 365gay.com and rubber hose
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton campaign kills negative story  —  Early this summer, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign for president learned that the men's magazine GQ was working on a story the campaign was sure to hate: an account of infighting in Hillaryland.  —  So Clinton's aides pulled a page from the book …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   Hillary Against The Free Press
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Shuster to Rep. Blackburn: "When was the last time a New York Times ad ever killed somebody?"  —  Tucker substitute host David Shuster confronts Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) about the blatant hypocrisy of the Republican party when he asks about Rush Limbaugh's Senator Betrayus smear …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Jon Healey / L.A. Times:
MoveOn.org's thin skin
Discussion: Don Surber and Firedoglake
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Podhoretz secretly urged Bush to bomb Iran  —  President Bush and Karl Rove sat listening to Norman Podhoretz for roughly 45 minutes at the White House as the patriarch of neoconservatism argued that the United States should bomb Iran's nuclear facilities.  —  The meeting was not on the president's public schedule.
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Joshua Freed / Associated Press:
Prosecutor: Craig is 'politicking'  —  MINNEAPOLIS - Sen. Larry Craig is only trying to get out of his guilty plea in an airport sex sting because he doesn't like the political consequences, a prosecutor wrote in court papers filed Monday.  —  Craig, R-Idaho, has asked to withdraw his guilty plea …
Discussion: TalkLeft
The Raw Story:
Chemical weapon disaster 'led to Syria strike'  —  Israel did not strike a nuclear weapons facility in Syria on Sept. 6, instead striking a cache of North Korean missiles, current and former intelligence officials say.  —  American intelligence sources familiar with key events leading …
Lisa Schiffren / The Corner:
Eyewitness to Nonsense  —  Just came from the Columbia campus, where a shocking number of my classmates skipped out on discussion section to go watch the show.  In the SIPA lobby I joined a hundred and some other people watching Bollinger on closed circuit TV.
Discussion: bustardblog and Riehl World View
Ezra Klein:
Fearful Nation  —  I genuinely don't understand the quaking fear over Ahmadinejad's interview at Columbia.  When did America become so weak, so insecure, that we mistrust our capacity to converse with potentially hostile world leaders?  Do we really believe the president of Columbia …
Paul Krugman:
Bubba Isn't Who You Think  —  Since I've just published an op-ed about the enduring influence of race on Southern voting, I'm sure to be accused of being a typical Northeastern snob talking about poor white trash who don't know what's good for them.  So I thought I'd mention an important point …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Strike! … Amen brother.  —  GM says it needs to cut costs.  Perhaps it would like to work with the Democrats and the Unions to get universal health insurance.  It would be good for their workers, good for the country and good for the bottom line.  —  .
Chris / TVNewser:
Changes In Store For MSNBC  —  NBC/MSNBC Senior VP Phil Griffin says he's been talking with Shannon High-Bassalik since the summer about joining the cable network.  With the network's planned move across state lines, now became the right time.  "We started talking months ago," …
Discussion: Inside Cable News
Faiz / Think Progress:
Bush: We Can't Spend $22 Billion On America Because We Need $200 Billion For Iraq War  —  The Democratic leadership in Congress is set to pass a host of domestic funding bills that would exceed Bush's request by $22 billion.  The extra funding would help go towards veterans health care …
 
 
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