–updated below– Part of it begins with the Syria – Iraq squabble. Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday dismissed Iraqi accusations that his country has been used as a launching pad for violence in Iraq, calling the allegations “immoral” and politically motivated. Iraq and Syria are entangled in a diplomatic dispute over demands that Damascus [...]
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…and now it begins
Sarah Palin’s first big speaking gig of her rehabilitation tour, foreign affairs edition, will be in Asia. Via AP: Former U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, once questioned about her lack of foreign policy experience, will make her first trip to Asia in September. The former Alaska governor will visit Hong Kong to address the [...]
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Teddy, Barack and The Torch
“…The work begins anew. The hope rises again. And the dream lives on.” – Senator Ted Kennedy (Democratic convention 2008, Denver) I’ll be doing some media today, including on Al Jazeera English, talking about Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (so I’ll be checking in via Twitter). As the insanity on the right continues to mount, Huckabee [...]
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Cheney Didn’t Torture! Nixon Bugging Teddy, and Other News
“The Great White Hope” controversy Racism and Republicans linked again. See video. Sheesh. It takes a lot of nerve for Stephen Atta had a meeting in Prague Hayes to call someone else on honesty, but that’s what he does to Greg Sargent, who has been in an amusing back and forth with Cheney’s hagiographer for [...]
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TM-DC Podcast: Teddy, the Kennedys, Carter, Hillary… and Right-Wing Haters
The podcast is up, which is available through ITunes (and RSS feed). A lot of history remembering Teddy, but also the ending of an era. …and of course, if you’re covering an iconic Democrat, especially the last great Kennedy patriarch, the right-wing screed machine isn’t very far behind. Rush Limbaugh couldn’t wait to start, with [...]
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Newsline – Redactions, and ‘Profanity-Laced’ Tirades Edition
Lots of stirring on Holder hiring a prosecutor to look into alleged CIA interrogation abuses. Even with Holder’s breathless “I fully realize that my decision to commence this preliminary review will be controversial”, caution is in order; for starters because it’s only a preliminary review. For all the hoopla that Holder has appointed a prosecutor, [...]
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Terry McAuliffe to Fundraise for Dem On Public Option
More than three out of every four Americans feel it is important to have a “choice” between a government-run health care insurance option and private coverage, according to a public opinion poll released on Thursday. A new study by SurveyUSA puts support for a public option at a robust 77 percent, one percentage point higher [...]
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Mortality Impedes Hyannis Port
“I am now writing to you about an issue that concerns me deeply–the continuity of representation of Massachusetts in the United States should a Senate vacancy occur. …” – Senator Edward M. Kennedy, July 2, 2009 The Boston Globe broke the story today. Kennedy advisers were adamant yesterday that the timing of the letter did [...]
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BIPARTISANSHIP
It’s simply not in the Republican Party’s best interest to help Democrats and Pres. Obama succeed on health care reform. Something that would solidify for all time the irrelevance of the right on social safety net issues, while setting in stone the passion and intent for which progressives stand, which is all about making the [...]
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Meanwhile, Afghan Election Begins Tonight
The Administration is putting out word that it won’t countenance further troop deployments beyond what it has committed this year. But General Stanley McChrystal’s counterinsurgency strategy for Afghanistan is predicated on safeguarding the civilian population, and that takes boots on the ground. President Obama needs to weigh whether he can afford not to meet his [...]
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Washington Post: ‘Public Option Wasn’t Intended as Major Focus’
–updated below– For the second time in two days, Mr. Obama did not mention health care on Tuesday, a marked departure from the aggressive public relations campaign he mounted in July and early August. The White House is striving to stay out of the fray, aides said, until the president can get away on vacation [...]
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Robert Novak, CIA Identity Leaker Dies
The “Prince of Darkness” has died. By the way, Novak reportedly “relished” his title. He certainly earned it. More than anything, Robert Novak will be remembered as being representative of the Bush-Cheney years and the lengths people would go to in order to tar their political enemies. This was particularly true when it came to [...]
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Mike Huckabee Plays President in Israel
“The question is should the Palestinians have a place to call their own? Yes, I have no problem with that. Should it be in the middle of the Jewish homeland? That’s what I think has to be honestly assessed as virtually unrealistic,” he said. – Huckabee says 2 states in Holy Land ‘unrealistic’ photo via [...]
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All Hell Breaks Loose Prior to Afghan Elections
Prior to Thursday’s elections, the Taliban is asserting themselves and proving they can cause plenty of chaos even in Kabul, which is usually mostly stable and well guarded. Carlotta Gall of the New York Times, the most respected reporter on the ground in Afghanistan, reports on an issue that’s being talked about in the election. [...]
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TM-DC Podcast, Democratic Chaos Edition
–updated– [..] But the notion that our president not only does not have any use anymore for a public option, but in fact “will be satisfied” if there is merely “choice and competition” in the market is, well, disgusting. I’ll say this for George Bush: you’d never have caught him frantically negotiating against himself to [...]
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