memeorandum: Press Briefing by Tony Snow (White House)

11:35 PM ET, August 9, 2006

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It's All About Who You Sleep With ... a Cautionary Note from Michael Moore — Let the resounding defeat of Senator Joe Lieberman send a cold shiver down the spine of every Democrat who supported the invasion of Iraq and who continues to support, in any way, this senseless, immoral, unwinnable war.

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Martin Peretz / The New Republic:

LAMONT'S UNSAVORY SUPPORTERS: — So Ned Lamont did defeat Joe Lieberman. But Lamont won by just under four percentage points, a far cry from the huge margins he'd captured in the polls just a week ago. Lieberman's concession speech was also a declaration of intent to run as an independent …

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Stephanie Reitz / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

Lieberman files to run as independent — HARTFORD, Conn. — Sen. Joe Lieberman filed to run for re-election in November as an independent, saying Wednesday it would be "irresponsible and inconsistent with my principles" to quit. But Democratic leaders in Washington rallied around the man who beat him for the nomination, Ned Lamont.

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John McIntyre / Real Clear Politics:

Dems Move Closer to McGovern's Losing Formula — Democrats lost the 2004 presidential election over leadership on national security. Last night's win by anti-war Ned Lamont over pro-war Joe Lieberman, while joyous for the far-left netroots crowd, is a bad harbinger for future Democratic Party prospects nationally in 2008 and beyond.

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Redstate Network / Redstate:
Michael Moore starts a war for peace

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Kat / WesPAC:
Urge Joe Lieberman to help Democrats

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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Lieberman calls it a 'shake-up'; staff calls it a 'resignation'

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New York Times:
Lieberman Begins Race as Independent

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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Exit Poll Results

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New York Post:
LIEBERMAN'S LOSS: JOE WILL RISE AGAIN

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Perry Bacon, Jr / Time:
The Unmaking of a Senator: How Bloggers Pulled It Off

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Phil Singer / dscc.org:
Statement from Senators Reid and Schumer

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Washington Post:
Democratic Leadership Welcomes Lamont

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MSNBC:

3 of 11 missing Egyptian students found — 1 arrested in Minnesota, 2 others surrender in New Jersey … Three of 11 missing Egyptian students has been picked up - one in Minneapolis, Minn., and two in Manville, N.J., NBC News' Pete Williams reported. — The FBI confirmed the discovery …

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CNN:
Egyptian students disappear in U.S.

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Michelle Malkin: Be on the lookout — Northeast Intelligence Network seems …

Brendan Bernhard / laweekly.com:

REUTERS' IMAGE PROBLEM — L.A. blog unmasks Hezbollah propaganda — It's been a good week for Los Angeles' most controversial political Web site, Little Green Footballs, widely reviled by some because it takes global Islamist terrorism more seriously than, say, a Dick Cheney hunting accident.

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Michelle Malkin / Townhall.com:
The Reuterization of war journalism

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Editor and Publisher:

Photographer for 'Times-Pic' Arrested As He Begs Cops to Kill Him — NEW YORK A photographer for the Times-Picayune of New Orleans who has undergone severe personal trauma since Hurricana Katrina hit was arrested Tuesday after trying to get police to shoot him to death.

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Michelle Roberts / Associated Press:
Katrina homeless in search of trailers

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White House:

Press Briefing by Tony Snow — MR. SNOW: Good afternoon. Let me get you apprised first of the President's day. Also a couple of key issues I know you want to talk about. I'll cover those first, and then we'll do questions. — The President this morning received his briefings from his national security team.

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Reuters:

Iranians among Hizbollah combat dead: TV — JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard have been found among Hizbollah guerrillas slain by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, Israel's Channel 10 television reported on Wednesday citing diplomatic sources.

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gop.com:

RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman Addresses The City Club Of Cleveland — Cleveland, OH - RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman addressed the City Club of Cleveland this morning. The following are excerpts of Chairman Mehlman's remarks as prepared for delivery. For more information on the Democrats transformation …

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Bruce Kesler / Democracy Project:

Ned Lamont: Pink Diaper Baby With Silver Spoon In Mouth — MSM reporters repeatedly comment about how the anti-war Ned Lamont, now official Democrat Party candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut, is paradoxically a wealthy businessman. — If these MSM reporters had any research skills …

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Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:

Between Joe's Webheads, Stories Differ — I've spoken at length with the two men closest to Sen. Joe Lieberman's ((D/I?) -CT) re-election Web site, joe2006.com, to understand at length what happened to the site yesterday morning. Their versions appear to differ, although it's not immediately clear why.

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Agence France Presse:

September 11 — what year? 30 percent of Americans don't know — WASHINGTON (AFP) - Some 30 percent of Americans cannot say in what year the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington took place, according to a poll published in the Washington Post newspaper.

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Wired News:

Wired News Writer Faked Info — Wired News has removed three articles from its website after an internal investigation failed to confirm the authenticity of a source used in the stories. — "Tribal Curse Haunts Launch Pad" (June 27, 2006), "NASA Boosts Heart-Monitoring Tech" (July 7 …

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