memeorandum @ 8:25 AM ET, May 5, 2006

8:25 AM ET, May 5, 2006

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ANOTHER KENNEDY COVER-UP? — ***scroll for updates...report of another Kennedy crash two weeks ago in Rhode Island...an interesting observation below about Kennedy's "going for a vote" excuse...video: Roll Call reporter...*** — ***1000pm EDT update...Kennedy blames sleep medication...RWV notes another weird Kennedy accident***

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Iowa Voice, Texas Rainmaker, Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, Wonkette, The Sandbox, News Hounds, GOP and the City, The Radio Equalizer, Church and State, Ace of Spades HQ, Donkey Cons, The Influence Peddler and Donkey Stomp

wusatv9.com:

Police: Kennedy Appeared Intoxicated At Car Crash — Rep. Patrick Kennedy crashed his car near the Capitol early Thursday, and a police official said he appeared intoxicated. Kennedy said he had had no alcohol before the accident. — Kennedy was reportedly behind the wheel of a green Ford Mustang …

Discussion: Right Voices, Blue Crab Boulevard, Expose the Left and Hotline On Call

Drudge Report:

KENNEDY CAR CRASH COVER-UP? — Police labor union officials asked acting Chief Christopher McGaffin this afternoon to allow a Capitol Police officer to complete his investigation into an early-morning car crash involving Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), son of Sen. Ted Kennedy.

Discussion: Wizbang, Confederate Yankee, A Blog For All, Leaning Straight Up, Joust The Facts, California Conservative, RightWinged.com, Daily Pundit, BitsBlog, Fausta's blog, Blogs for Bush and The LLama Butchers

CNN:

Rep. Kennedy crashes car near Capitol — Rhode Island Democrat points to prescription medication — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Rep. Patrick Kennedy, son of Sen. Ted Kennedy, said Thursday he was apparently disoriented by medication when he crashed his car into a barricade on Capitol Hill overnight.

Discussion: BitsBlog, ScrappleFace and Hit and Run

Dave Wedge / Boston Herald:
Pat cites pills in car wreck

Discussion: Betsy's Page and GOP Bloggers

Dan / Riehl World View:
Patrick Kennedy - There's Something Else Wrong With This Story

Discussion: Donkey Cons

Curt / Flopping Aces:
The Corruption Inside The Democratic Party

Discussion: Wonkette, Ace of Spades HQ and In From the Cold

Crooks and Liars:

Rummy called out in Atlanta! — Rummy called out in Atlanta! — He lies about WMD's... Ray McGovern, who was in the CIA for twenty seven years asked him why he lied about the run-up to the Iraq war. Rumsfeld then proceeded to lie to McGovern to cover up his earlier statements about WMD's being in Iraq.

Discussion: Think Progress, Firedoglake, Right Wing Nut House, The Moderate Voice, Booman Tribune, The Democratic Daily Blog, azerbic, Truthdig, The Left End of the Dial and In Search Of Utopia

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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
U.S., British Forces Obtain Document Outlining Al Qaeda's New Iraq Strategy

Discussion: Security Watchtower and Riehl World View

Michele Gershberg / Reuters:

Castro worth $900 million: Forbes — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel Castro was furious when Forbes magazine estimated his fortune at $550 million last year. This year, the magazine upped its estimate of the communist leader's wealth to a cool $900 million.

Discussion: Slapstick Politics, Publius Pundit and Dean's World

Victor Davis Hanson / Real Clear Politics:

Give Iran Enough Rope — The debate in the U.S. over how to contend with Iran as it pursues nuclear weapons goes like this: — Many conservatives worry that the Bush administration - stung by the backlash over Iraq and the president's sinking poll numbers - has sworn off the military option.

Discussion: Dr. Sanity and Shot In The Dark

Ron Fournier / Associated Press:

Poll: Bush's Approval Falls to New Low — WASHINGTON - Angry conservatives are driving the approval ratings of President Bush and the GOP-led Congress to dismal new lows, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that underscores why Republicans fear an Election Day massacre.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters

New York Times:

Memorial Cost at Ground Zero Nears $1 Billion — The projected cost of building the World Trade Center memorial complex at ground zero has soared to nearly $1 billion, according to the most authoritative estimate to date. — Rebuilding officials concede that the new price tag is breathtaking …

Discussion: BuzzMachine and Just a Bump in the Beltway

John / AMERICAblog:

With the congressional elections 6 months away, is it time for us to stop criticizing Democrats? — I ask this as a serious question. Some friends on the Hill recently asked me if the liberal blogs could lay off their attacks on Democratic members of Congress until after the election.

Discussion: ed fitzgerald's unfutz, The Agonist, Upper Left, Alternate Brain, Pandagon and democracy guy

TCS Daily:

An Army of Climate Davids — Something stunningly sensible has just occurred in the field of climate change research. But what might actually induce gasps of amazement is that that something has been done by the US Government. And it is already causing shock and dismay among tree huggers …

Discussion: Dean's World and Tim Worstall

Associated Press:

Bush Calls U.S. a Nation of Prayer — WASHINGTON - President Bush said Thursday that America's history is inexorably tied to prayer. — "America is a nation of prayer. It's impossible to tell the story of our nation without telling the story of people who pray," Bush said during …

Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister, State of the Day, AMERICAblog and King of Zembla

B.A. / Connecticut Bob:

"Lieberman vs. the Day After Pill" — Joe Lieberman supports the approach of the Catholic hospitals when it comes to contraceptives for rape victims (as reported in The New Haven Register, by Gregory B. Hladky on 03/13/2006, via KissJoeGoodbye.Com). — Lieberman said he believes hospitals …

Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos