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John / Discriminations:
"The Swift-Boating Of Jack Murtha"? — Those damn Republicans! How low can they stoop? You'd think that lying us into war would at least provide the limit to their perfidy, but now they've outdone themselves and sunk even lower: they've had the temerity to take a leading Democrat …
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Maura Reynolds / Los Angeles Times:
House Erupts in War Debate — Lawmakers launch personal attacks as Republicans force a vote on whether to pull out of Iraq immediately. The measure is rejected. — WASHINGTON — House Republicans forced a vote Friday over a proposal to begin the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq …
Juan / Informed Comment:
Straw Man Resolution in Congress: — Joking around with the Lives of the Troops — Brad Blog gives the text of Democratic congressman and retired Marine Colonel John Murtha's resolution on Iraq: … By the way, Murtha's plan resembles in some ways the one I myself had put forward last last August.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
YOU WON — NOW WHAT? That's the title of Taegan Goddard's book on post-election politics, but it's also a question for the GOP, and those supporting our efforts in Iraq generally. Though I agree with Larry Kudlow that the resolution was imperfect, it did produce a valuable moment of clarity …
Eleanor Clift / Newsweek:Murtha's Moment — The White House is still attacking critics …
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Money Politic$ / Kudlow's Money Politic$:Unserious — Any preannounced timetable for troop withdrawal …
Kevin Aylward / Wizbang:WITH ALL DUE RESPECT... Democrats - Sen. Harry Reid in particular …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:Democrats Don't Bite GOP-Baited Hook As Iraq Withdrawal Resolution Fails
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:Lawmakers Reject Immediate Iraq Withdrawal
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Washington Post:
Mr. Woodward's Sources — WE'VE SAID from the start of the investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame's identity that if administration officials deliberately set out to unmask a secret agent, they should be punished. But we've also said that, absent evidence of such behavior …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Media Alert! — "On The Story", a CNN show airing tonight at 7 PM ET, will include a segment on the Fitzgerald investigation. It is hosted by Jacki Schechner and will feature bloggers Jeralyn Merritt and, yes, yours truly. The spot will probably air in the second half hour.
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Bob Woodward's 'Firecracker,' the Second Coming of Judy's Notebook? — So Patrick Fitzgerald is going to impanel a new Plamegate grand jury. Meaning this thing is far from over. And that Bob Woodward, among others, is going to continue to have some more explaining to do.
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Washington Times:
200,000 protest Amman attacks — AMMAN, Jordan — At least 200,000 persons demonstrated yesterday against the recent bombings of three luxury hotels, while a new online statement attributed to terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi defended the attacks and threatened to cut off the head of Jordan's King Abdullah II.
Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
A BRIEF HISTORY OF A LONG WAR (IRAQ, 1990-2003) — The 2003 invasion of Iraq is likely to be a contested topic in the American discussion for many years to come. As with any fractious issue, opinions will vary and even individual opinions will shift and change with time.
SisterToldjah / California Conservative:
NY Times Gets Schmidt'S Comments Wrong — Typical — and of course this will be the talking point for the Dems (as regurgitated from the DNC - emphasis added): … As we all know, the Democrats are the masters of righteous indignation and faux outrage. And the kings of media manipulation.
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Think Progress:VIDEO: Schmidt's Shame
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White House:
President Addresses Troops at Osan Air Base in Osan, Korea — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Thank you all very much. (Applause.) Please be seated — unless you don't have a seat. (Laughter.) Laura and I are so honored to be here. We thought we'd stop by and feel the thunder and the fury of the Mustangs.
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Mark Blumenthal / Mystery Pollster:
Columbus Dispatch Poll: Past Performance No Guarantee of Future Results — "Past performance is no guarantee of future results." We typically hear that disclaimer applied to financial investments, but in an era of declining response rates, it should apply just as well to polls.
Jay Tea / Wizbang:
UNLEARNING THE LESSONS OF THE PAST — Now the Democrats are saying we need a "clearly defined exit strategy" in Iraq. This is a time-honored practice — but honored in its failure. Let's look back on the 20th Century wars of the United States, and see just how well the application of this theory has held up:
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Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Lawmakers Focus on Daily Brief In Prewar Intelligence Debate — Kennedy Pushes for Access to Bush's Classified CIA Reports — Senate and House Democrats focused their attention yesterday on the highly classified intelligence provided in the President's Daily Brief, as they continued …
Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
IRS Reviews Church's Status — 2004 Antiwar Sermon Sparked Look at Tax Exemption — The Internal Revenue Service is examining the tax-exempt status of a liberal church in Southern California because its former pastor delivered a fiery antiwar sermon that criticized President Bush by name …
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David Nason / The Australian:
US author lauds suicide bombers — ONE of the greatest living US writers has praised terrorists as "very brave people" and used drug culture slang to describe the "amazing high" suicide bombers must feel before blowing themselves up. — Kurt Vonnegut, author of the 1969 anti-war classic Slaughterhouse Five …
