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johnkerry.com:
Statement of John Kerry Responding to Republican Distortions, Pathetic Tony Snow Diversions and Distractions — Washington - Senator John Kerry issued the following statement in response to White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, assorted right wing nut-jobs, and right wing talk show hosts …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Kerry responds to right-wing chickenhawk "nut-jobs"; Update: Source says comments were a joke gone wrong — We have ourselves a meltdown. … There's more. The nutroots will eat this up with a spoon, of course, but you almost have to pity the poor bastards at the DNC.
CNN:
GOP, Kerry launch war of words over Iraq comment … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Republicans unleashed a firestorm of criticism Tuesday against Sen. John Kerry after the Vietnam veteran told college students they'd "get stuck in Iraq" if they didn't work hard in school.
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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
White House Spokesman Slams Kerry Remark — The White House accused Sen. John Kerry on Tuesday of troop-bashing, seizing on a comment the Democrat made to California students that those unable to navigate the country's education system "get stuck in Iraq." — "Senator Kerry not only owes …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
JOHN KERRY — a gift that keeps on giving. Unfortunately, it's a gift for the Republicans. . . . Kerry's suggestion that the troops in Iraq are dumb failures is not only reprehensible, but false on the facts. In other words, a typical Kerry performance, just in time for the elections.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
John Kerry Supports The Troops As Special-Education Cases — John Kerry has never hidden his contempt for the armed forces very well, not even when he served as an officer in the Navy. Yesterday the mask slipped a little bit, as John Ziegler at KFI notes on his website, and Allahpundit mirrors at Hot Air.
Taylor Marsh / The Huffington Post:
Kerry's Mangled Statement a Distraction —updated — Not pretty and caught on tape. — Below is what Kerry actually meant to say, which I got straight from the Kerry team, which Kerry uses all the time. … He screwed it up. Period. Hey, but the wingnuts don't care. And now it's on tape!
WVIR-TV:
Incident at Allen Campaign Stop in Charlottesville — Senator George Allen, (R) made a campaign stop in Charlottesville Tuesday morning and it was met with controversy. — As Senator Allen was exiting a ballroom, coming to talk to the media, a protestor started yelling and asking, "Why did you spit on your first wife?".
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John / AMERICAblog:
BREAKING: Virginia GOP Senator George Allen staffers tackle/assault man asking Allen question at event — UPDATE: AP now has the story. CNN showed the video. — UPDATE: The man assaulted is Mike Stark, a first year law student at the University of Virginia.
Sinan Salaheddin / Associated Press:
U.S. obeys order to abandon checkpoints — BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops on Tuesday abandoned checkpoints around the Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City on orders from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the latest in a series of moves by the Iraqi leader to assert his authority with the U.S. administration.
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Washington Post:
Maliki Orders Lifting of Checkpoints Around Sadr City — U.S. Disbands Military Blockade After Prime Minister's Announcement — U.S. forces ended a five-day-old military blockade of Baghdad's impoverished Sadr City section Tuesday, meeting a deadline set by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al …
USA Today:
Abstinence message goes beyond teens — The federal government's "no sex without marriage" message isn't just for kids anymore. — Now the government is targeting unmarried adults up to age 29 as part of its abstinence-only programs, which include millions of dollars in federal money …
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Will / Attytood:
No sex, please: You're 20-somethings — As the GOP asked recently, what are the stakes in the Nov. 7 election? Well, one complaint you hear a lot about the current Republican regime is that they want to regulate what people do in the bedroom. Sometimes that sounds like political hyberbole …
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
ABC News' Mark Halperin on The Way To Win. — The Hugh Hewitt Show — HH: In this election season, a bold new bestseller is on stands everywhere, The Way To Win: Taking The White House In 2008, authored by Mark Halperin, the political director of ABC News, John F. Harris …
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Kirk Johnson / New York Times:
Democrats Are Seen to Gain in Statehouse Races — Candidates for the Iowa Legislature answered questions at a forum in Waterloo last week. Analysts say local campaigns are getting rougher as control slips toward centralized parties or interest groups. — More than 6,000 state legislative seats …
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Media Matters for America:
ABC memo reveals Air America advertiser blacklist — An internal ABC Radio Networks memo obtained by Media Matters for America, originally from a listener to The Peter B. Collins Show, indicates that nearly 100 ABC advertisers insist that their commercials be blacked out on Air America Radio affiliates.
Geoff Earle / New York Post:
RANGEL & VEEP IN ALL-OUT WAR — REP. RIPS 'S.O.B.' AFTER TAX ASSAULT — Rep. Charles Rangel yesterday blasted Dick Cheney as a "son of a bitch" after the vice president said the Harlem lawmaker would raise taxes and destroy the economy if Democrats take control of the House.