They don’t call it Hot Air for nothing. Murtha clarifies his statement: The surge, he said in a statement, “has created a window of opportunity for the Iraqi government,” but so far the Iraqi government has “failed to capitalize on the political and diplomatic steps that the surge was designed to provide.” “The fact remains [...]
Archive | November, 2007
Hostages Taken at Clinton Camp
Hostages Taken at Clinton Camp RESOLVED PEACEFULLY updated Latest update at 7:19 p.m. eastern time Frightening. One hostage has just been released, which is not reflected in the coverage below. Shaheen said the hostages were two volunteers. “Hopefully, they’re going to negotiate this so no one gets hurt,” Shaheen told WMUR-TV in Rochester. WMUR-TV quoted [...]
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Iowa Independent Runs with Rumors
Dueling headlines, with rumors the snack of the day. Here’s the headline the Off the Bus editor ran on Huffington Post: Accusations That Clinton Campaign Has Fixed Upcoming Iowa Debate Here’s Chase Martyn’s headline on Iowa Independent, which is the same post cross-posted above: Rumors and Accusations Cast Shadows on Brown and Black Presidential Forum [...]
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Health Care Smackdown
First, if you haven’t already, read Paul Krugman. I was on a media conference call with the Clinton campaign on health care earlier this morning. It was mainly about an ad Obama is running, but questions were also asked. Oddly enough, Ron Brownstein, formerly of the LA Times, asked what share of income should be [...]
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Washington Post Channels Drudge
Washington Post Channels Drudge I heard… Did you hear?… No, but guess what?… You’re kidding!! The Post is really outdoing themselves today. First they swiftboat Barack Obama. Then using second hand quotes of a convicted Iran-contra felon, Elliot Abrams, they churn up a story that has Bill Clinton practically salivating over the Iraq war. Trying [...]
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GOP Debate, and More Bad Reporting from the Washington Post
GOP Debate, and More Bad Reporting from the Washington Post Taylor Marsh LIVE! 3:00 p.m. eastern – 12:00 pacific Missed the show? Podcast is up. GOP Debate Debacle; the Independent General; and Post Lies on Iraq, Bill Clinton, & HRC Boy, do have some news. It concerns this Iraq hit piece on Bill Clinton, which [...]
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Obama Swiftboated Again and Other ’08 News
It began in January with Fox “News” and Steve Doocy. It continued in February with the Malcolm X hit. In March it was Roger Ailes. April came Townhall. Now, as the primaries close in, it’s the Washington Post. Obama is being swiftboated yet again. It’s despicable. It’s not surprising, because this is what wingnuts do [...]
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General Punks GOP & CNN
It was a beautiful thing. Watching the Republicans respond to a gay veteran Special Forces man asking a question about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. That man also happens to be a Clinton supporter. It will not be forgotten at CNN headquarters or GOP central. It’s unlikely any Republican will forget this travesty. What a colossal [...]
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At Long Last the Republicans Face YouTube
At Long Last the Republicans Face YouTube updated Geez, these white guys are so scared of YouTube, how can they ever protect us from the terrorists? It will stream live on CNN. The RNC YouTube page is classic, though don’t feel obliged to give them traffic. Of course, Clinton is up front and center. The [...]
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Surviving Beyond Iowa
Edwards has launched an anti Clinton website. Via WSJ: Former North Carolina Sen. and Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards launched a Web site today that takes a cloaked strike at front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton. … .. In keeping with Edwards’s increasingly strident (some would say angry) stump rhetoric, the site includes an “outrage of the [...]
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Iowa and ’08
Taylor Marsh LIVE! 3:00 p.m. eastern – 12:00 pacific Missed the show? Podcast on Iowa (and beyond) is up. We’ll start out with Chase Martyn from Iowa. Lots to talk about. Let me know what you’re hearing. Hope you can join me.
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Whiplash!
Hillary Clinton needs this like she needs another breast. During a campaign swing for his wife, former President Bill Clinton said flatly yesterday that he opposed the war in Iraq “from the beginning” — a statement that is more absolute than his comments before the invasion in March 2003. HillaryHub diligently defends Hillary’s other half, [...]
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The Mormon Anti Muslim
The Mormon Anti Muslim updated Bigotry is a bitch. You’d think Slick Mitt would get it, especially with what’s happening in Iowa. Eventually you’re prejudices will be revealed. Josh Marshall is following Mitt’s muddle every painful step of the way. It began with Mansoor Ijaz: I asked Mr. Romney whether he would consider including qualified [...]
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Pollster.com Rips Zogby Poll
This has turned into quite a little kerfuffle, leaving the Zogby people with a lot of explaining to do. Charles Franklin at Pollster.com takes the last Zogby poll that purported Clinton losing to the Republican wanna bes and tears it apart from top to bottom. A new Zogby Interactive poll, conducted using volunteers over the [...]
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Not Exactly Edward R. Murrow
via Huffington Post Worst. Line. Of. Questioning. Ever. Couric: If it’s not you, how disappointed will you be? Clinton: Well, it will be me. But of course, I’m ready to support the democratic nominee, whoever it is. Couric: I know that you’re confident it’s going to be you but there is the possibility it won’t [...]
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TM Must Reads
THE 21st century world offers ways to tweak your appearance, or alter it altogether, with women finally able to combat directly the comparison that’s always been around. Men look distinguished as they age, while women look old, unattractive, or to use Rush Limbaugh’s favorite comment, who wants to look at a woman with wrinkles? The 2012 plastic surgery statistics are out and the American Society of Plastic Surgery tells the story.
The real question about Hillary is this: When people take a new look at her in the coming years, will they see the past or the future — Mrs. Clinton or Madam President? – Maureen Dowd IT’S A classic front page from Huffington Post, coupled with a post by Jason Linkins, which details what’s been going on.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “Here’s what nobody is telling you: Find a husband on campus before you graduate. Yes, I went there.
“Norma Rae is a survivor and for the first time in her life she’s got a chance to become something more… a winner.” – Promo for “Norma Rae” CRITICS like Anne-Marie Slaughter, but especially Maureen I-Love-My-Pearls Dowd, and others [most of whom didn't read the book or do their homework] who are blaming Sheryl Sandberg for being a billionaire Ivy League graduate, while accusing her of letting corporations and government off the hook, are missing a major point.
Great sex doesn’t always just happen. Sometimes, it takes a little planning, especially if — like many Americans — you’ve been in a bit of a sex rut. Do some prep work by turning your bedroom into a love nest: Make the bed (with new, or at least clean, sheets), tidy up, light a candle or two, and queue up a sexy playlist on your iPod.
“You Don’t Own Me” PSA -Official from You Don't Own Me on Vimeo. WHO DOESN’T know the song “You Don’t Own Me,” sung by Leslie Gore? The movie First Wives Club helped to reignite the relevancy of the song.
“Last night I interviewed Jill Stein the presidential candidate for the Green Party on this show. And I confess right now, I should have asked her to just get out of the race.” – Jennifer Granholm, “The War Room” [Current TV] THE ARGUMENT Jennifer Granholm makes above is a tactic that no longer fits the times.
“With that drum magazine, he could have gotten off 50, 60 rounds, even if it was semiautomatic, within one minute,” Chief Oates said. [New York Times] IN THE GAPING MAW of our leadership vacuum stands Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates, whose resolve, vulnerability and humility inside the vortex of a man made hell revealed what nobody in Congress or either political party has shown in decades. Leadership without regard to anything but his own duty to the people, which included the cops in the eye of volcanic carnage.
“Rick Doblin has done a lot for the field, but he is more of a populist,” Grob says. “We need careful and controlled scientific studies showing the efficacy of these drugs so funding can continue.” Broader awareness of these sorts of end-of-life psychedelic studies could be good for everyone, the researchers say.
*updated below* So much for keep calm and carry on, what Joe Scarborough proclaims to be his motto. It was the weirdest one-on-one back and forth with a high profile talking head imaginable. It makes high school look mature.
**UPDATED** Would we be any worse off with Stephen Colbert as president? I doubt it. Politifact has watched the video “(repeatedly!
Despite rising public concern about the federal budget deficit, Americans favor keeping Social Security and Medicare benefits as they are rather than taking steps to reduce the budget deficit (by 60% vs. 32%). – Public Wants Changes in Entitlements, Not Changes in Benefits This is starting early, so it’s time to revisit the facts.
“If we can prove that a biological attack originated in a country that attacked us, then all bets are off.” – Sect. Hillary Clinton Women can do it, too.
The interview with Obama by George Stephanopoulos wasn’t nearly as contentious as the interview with the Edwardses. No Republican talking points from Stephanopoulos yesterday, like when he accused Edwards of abandoning the troops with this beauty: “Do you think the Democrats should be saddled with the idea of completely cutting off funding for the troops?” Or this one: “You know, a lot of Democrats still in the Senate think that your position here is cynical political theater.
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