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1:20 AM ET, August 21, 2006

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Ed O'Keefe / ABCNEWS:
Kerry Calls Lieberman the New Cheney  —  Senator Labels Bush Iraq Policy 'Disaster,' Lieberman Bid 'Huge Mistake'  —  Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., blasted fellow a Democrat, Sen. Joe Lieberman, for continuing his bid in the Connecticut Senate race despite a narrow loss to newcomer Ned Lamont in the Democratic primary earlier this month.
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Ctblogger / ConnecticutBLOG:
Help me count Joe Lieberman's lies  —  Oh my goodness.  There is only one word to describe Joe Lieberman interview from this morning and it's D-E-S-P-E-R-A-T-E.  —  Did you see Joe Lieberman on Face the Nation this morning?  This will go down as one of the most distorted lying sack-of-crap interviews Lieberman has ever done to date.
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Allahpundit / Hot Air:   Video: Kerry on Lieberman, Lieberman on Kerry
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Is Lieberman "The New Dick Cheney"
Tparty / LamontBlog:   Joe: Iraq Better Than One Year Ago, Worse Than Six Months Ago
Matt Stoller / mydd.com:
Dismantling the Liebermachine  —  I find it quite ironic that those best positioned to understand the implications of Lieberman's downfall are the most apt to describe the race as unimportant or meaningless instead of the momentus event it really is.  I would throw into this TPM reader DK …
Discussion: The Mahablog
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Stepping Into The Breach  —  Back in 2000, I had a standard argument for Naderites who claimed "there's not a dime's worth of difference between them" because they both are beholden to big business.  I always said that you had to look at the coalitions that formed both parties and as long …
Discussion: Sisyphus Shrugged
Matthew Kalman / San Francisco Chronicle:
Hezbollah night-vision gear was from Britain, Israel says  —  It's believed to be an export to Iran in drug-fighting effort  —  (08-20) 04:00 PDT Kiryat Shemona, Israel — Israeli intelligence officials have complained to Britain and the United States that sensitive night-vision equipment recovered …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   British Night Goggles Go From Iran To Hezbollah
Will Lester / Associated Press:
Sen. Hagel says GOP has lost its way  —  WASHINGTON - Republicans have lost their way when it comes to many core GOP principles and may be in jeopardy heading into the fall elections, Sen. Chuck Hagel (news, bio, voting record), R-Neb. says.  —  Hagel, a possible presidential candidate in 2008 …
Discussion: Macsmind
TwinCities.com:
Minnesota's muddled election scene makes forecasts hazardous  —  Minnesota's electoral politics are deeply muddled as we head into the high election season next month.  —  The national political environment favors the Democrats, but the state's political situation benefits the Republicans.
Discussion: Power Line
Ryan Lizza / New York Times:
The YouTube Election  —  AUGUST, usually the sleepiest month in politics, has suddenly become raucous, thanks in part to YouTube, the vast videosharing Web site.  —  Last week, Senator George Allen, the Virginia Republican, was caught on tape at a campaign event twice calling a college student …
Dr. Steven Taylor / PoliBlog:
Hewittian Hysteria  —  Writes Hugh Hewitt on his Townhall blog: … These kinds of statements vex me, just as blanket statements that voting for Republicans is some sort of vote to punish the poor or a vote for racism or hatred, or authoritarianism or whatever.
New York Post:
MOMENT OF TRUTH  —  ISLAMO-FASCIST TERROR COULD TRIGGER A BRUTAL  —  WESTERN RESPONSE  —  IN the wake of Israel's strategic setback in Lebanon, where's the Middle East headed?  (Hint: The road sign doesn't read "Age of Aquarius").  —  Powerful emotions intoxicate all sides.
Discussion: QandO, Power Line and ShrinkWrapped
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
IRAQ: QUIT OR COMMIT  —  I've been putting off writing this post for a couple of months.  Not out of any fear of blogospheric consequences although it would pain me if my honest opinion drove people away from this site.  But I realize many readers who have been following my evolving position …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Blogging lawprofs, go back to your law review articles.  —  Over at Balkinization, lawprof Larry Tribe writes a long-winded post defending Judge Anna Diggs Taylor's opinion in ACLU v. NSA.  He thinks we bloggers have gone too far criticizing her, when there's so much reason to criticize the administration.
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:   The shocking decision in ACLU v. NSA.
Ben Stein / New York Times:
Looking for the Will Beyond the Battlefield  —  IT'S been a bitter month or so.  —  Mighty Israel, the redeemer of faith in what free men and women can do with arid desert if they are motivated, redeemer of faith that maybe there is a place for the Jews as a sovereign people and technological superpower …
Jamie Doward / Observer:
Cleric who urged jihad to be freed from prison  —  An Islamic cleric who influenced at least one of the 7 July bombers and whose videos may have been seen by several of the terror suspects arrested earlier this month, is to be freed from prison in weeks.  —  Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal encouraged Muslims …
Discussion: Tim Blair
 
 
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Pamela / Atlas Shrugs:
THAT FACE, THAT FACE, THAT COVERGIRL FACE  —  Tom P gave me a heads up on this photo.
Peter Burnet / BrothersJudd Blog:
SHORT MEMORIES  —  Our foreign policy is just plain wrong …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Melanie Phillips on "Londonistan"
Brad DeLong / Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal:
The Primacy of Politics for Income Distribution?
Charlie Reina / The Huffington Post:
Katherine Harris: Martha Mitchell Redux?
Watertiger / Firedoglake:
Face the Snark  —  "So I said, 'Bush is damned lucky …
MSNBC:
Transcript for Aug. 20  —  MR. DAVID GREGORY: Our issues this Sunday …
Discussion: Think Progress and Eschaton
Bill / True Blue Liberal:
Five Years After 9/11, Fear Finally Strikes Out
Discussion: The Mahablog
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Sher Zieve / The Conservative Voice Columns:
Has the Time Come for Passenger Mutinies?
Theodore Dalrymple / City Journal:
Real Crime, Fake Justice
David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
I.R.S. Enlists Help in Collecting Delinquent Taxes
Lenny Ben-David / Jerusalem Post:
The lessons of Lebanon - II
Discussion: Power Line
Seattle Times:
JonBenet suspect a patient at Thai sex-change center
Discussion: TalkLeft and Ace of Spades HQ
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Culture Of Corruption Redux
Agence France Presse:
Lebanese PM accuses Israel of crimes against humanity
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
It's News, Right?
Discussion: PSoTD