memeorandum @ 8:55 AM ET, May 5, 2006

8:55 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: Texas Rainmaker, Captain's Quarters, Iowa Voice, Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, Wonkette, The Sandbox, News Hounds, The Radio Equalizer, GOP and the City, The Influence Peddler, Church and State, Ace of Spades HQ, Donkey Cons 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, The Influence Peddler and The LLama Butchers

Dave Wedge / Boston Herald:

Pat cites pills in car wreck — WASHINGTON -U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy insisted yesterday that he had consumed "no alcohol" before he slammed his Mustang convertible into a concrete barrier near his office, but a hostess at a popular Capitol Hill watering hole told the Herald she saw him drinking in the hours before the crash.

Discussion: Betsy's Page, GOP Bloggers, Blogs for Bush and Joust The Facts

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

Washington Post:
Rep. Kennedy's Car Crashes Near Capitol

Discussion: The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta, Don Surber and New England Republican

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, In From the Cold and Ace of Spades HQ

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: Hot Air, Counterterrorism Blog, Security Watchtower, Riehl World View and protein wisdom

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

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

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

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

Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:

Conflicting Loyalties as Republicans Confront High Gas Prices — WASHINGTON, May 4 — Under pressure to deal with high gasoline prices, President Bush and Republican leaders in Congress are struggling to marry a newfound zeal for energy conservation with their traditional loyalty to big cars and Big Oil.

Discussion: David Sirota

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