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AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
The Obama “Forged Birth Certificate” Myth Is Busted — Welcome Hot Air and Little Green Footballs Readers — May I suggest much more important topics such as Our Pending Victory In Iraq, The Determination Of Our Soldiers To Succeed In Iraq, Obama's Flip-Flops, and Nagging Problems On Flight 93 Memorial.
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Is There Legitimate Doubt About Obama's Eligibility to be President? — I had not caught up until today with this apparent controversy over whether the Hawaii birth certificate proffered by Obama's campaign is a forgery and whether there are legitimate questions about whether he was born …
CNN:
McCain campaign questions Obama's words — (CNN) — Sen. John McCain's campaign said Sunday that Barack Obama's remarks on Iraq “have left a significant question as to exactly what he intends.” — “He has held almost every conceivable position in the course of his relatively brief career in the Senate …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
$3 million ad targets Obama on energy — An independent-expenditure arm of the Republican National Committee has begun a 10-day, $3 million ad campaign in swing states attacking Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as “just the party line.” — The 30-second ad, called “Balance,” …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
A Tipping Point In Iraq? — The Mosul campaign is a final and critical one, and Marie Colvin, an excellent and seasoned reporter, has very encouraging news: … The use of female suicide bombers - often the bereaved family members of, er, former suicide bombers - is another sign of the Jihadists' desperation.
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Campbell Robertson / New York Times:Iraqi Parties, After Meetings in Finland, Agree on Principles to Guide Further Talks
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Armed Liberal / Winds of Change.NET:
Yglesias Picks Up Shovel, Digs — In a more thoughtful followup (not hard!) to his earlier paean to Mother England, Yglesias goes on to say one sensible thing about patriotism: … He then drives directly off the rails. … No Matthew, you marvelous Harvard-trained Atlantic columnist you …
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Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
Chimpy McHitlerburton's smirky rodeo ride through history, 25: the last slice of Saddam cake eaten by secret greedy killbots — From the AP: … Now, before you dull, neocon chickenhawk dupes (whose gullibility encouraged smarter and more discriminating Dem congresspeople to set aside …
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Washington Post:
Supreme Slip-Up — A recent high court ruling is factually flawed. The justices should correct it. — WHEN A NEWSPAPER gets its facts wrong, it's supposed to publish a correction, and, if someone's reputation has been harmed, a retraction and apology. It can be embarrassing …
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Jeffrey Goldberg:
Bill Clinton On Unstable ex-POWs — Bill Clinton is speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival, and he said just now, apropos of almost nothing (actually, during a long peroration on Nelson Mandela): “Every living soul on this planet has some highly-justified anger. Everyone.
Matt / Think Progress:
Fred Barnes's Advice To McCain: Revive Your Struggling Campaign By Using Gay-Bashing As A Wedge — Discussing Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) struggling campaign on Fox News Sunday today, Weekly Standard Executive Editor Fred Barnes argued that McCain “needs to pay attention to the right.”
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The Politico:
Obama's own voice may haunt him — Barack Obama has proved to be a difficult target to hit — just ask Hillary Rodham Clinton. Opposition researchers, though, hope that they've found a weapon to wound Obama in his own voice as recorded for the Grammy Award-winning audio version of his 1995 memoir, “Dreams from My Father.”
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
HELMS. — Like Matt, I'm a bit surprised to see conservatives heaping praise on Jesse Helms. Helms was an awful bigot with a secondary interest in destroying international institutions and increasing tobacco subsidies. The liberal equivalent would be a Communist fellow traveler who later …
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
American Energy Policy, Asleep at the Spigot — Correction Appended — JUST three years ago, with oil trading at a seemingly frothy $66 a barrel, David J. O'Reilly made what many experts considered a risky bet. Outmaneuvering Chinese bidders and ignoring critics who said he overpaid …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Obama backtracks on late-term abortions. — Does he think we won't notice? First, he limited the health exception to “serious physical” things: … Then, he switched! He now wants a mental health exception! … So as long as a woman can get her “blues” classified by a medical health professional as …
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Washington Post:
First Person Singular — Jim Webb, U.S. senator (D-Va.) and author — The most disciplined thing I've ever done in my life is probably the act of writing a book — and novels are harder than nonfiction. People tend to think, Oh, novels, you just start writing a story, and, you know, let the muse take you.
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