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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Newt Gingrich blames "Liberalism" for VA Tech massacre — Leave it to Newt to spread some love to the left this morning. It's all the evil—liberals that caused this horrific tragedy. I guess I could say that Newt influenced Timothy McVeigh... Download (2416) | Play (3087) Download (1074) |
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Matt / Think Progress:
Gingrich Blames Virginia Tech Tragedy On Liberalism — In the wake of the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich laid the blame for the tragedy at the feet of liberals. Here's what he said:
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Gingrich Says The Real Cause Of Virginia Tech Massacre Was Liberalism — Those who are not wedded to demonize "the other side" at all costs KNEW this would happen. We just had to figure out who it would come from. Jerry Falwell? Pat Robertson? Rush Limbaugh?
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Matthew Yglesias:
Haircuts Redux — EKlein and GFR think John Edwards is to blame for the Modo Hair Story Fiasco. I join with Scott Lemieux in placing the onus purely on Dowd and her peers in the media: … One should note that there's a trap here designed to make it impossible, in practice …
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Ezra Klein:
Dowd Aside — Yes, Maureen Dowd sucks. But her suckitude is a constant in the political-media equation; it is unchanging, inflexible, utterly predictable. To be awed by her superficiality is to berate the sun for rising in the east. — What I don't understand is John Edwards.
Scott Lemieux / TAPPED:
APPEASING THE UNAPPEASABLE. I don't really agree with the take …
APPEASING THE UNAPPEASABLE. I don't really agree with the take …
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The Huffington Post:
Laurie David and Sheryl Crow: Karl Rove Gets Thrown Under the Stop Global Warming Bus — Last night Thelma and Louise drove the bus off the cliff or at least into the White House Correspondents Dinner. The "highlight" of the evening had to be when we were introduced to Karl Rove.
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Stuart Barnes / Times of London:
It's Sarko vs Sego — Nicolas Sarkozy will line up against Ségolène Royal in the French presidential run-off in two weeks' time, according to early exit polls. — The unofficial polls were circulated in Paris but cannot be published in France until polling stations close at 8pm.
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Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
The Politics of Prose — BARACK OBAMA wrote "very bad poetry" in college. John McCain once contemplated joining the French Foreign Legion. John Edwards wanted to become a lawyer so he could defend the likes of the wrongfully accused Dr. Richard Kimble on "The Fugitive."
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Gore To Run For 2008 Nomination
Gore To Run For 2008 Nomination
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Michael Portillo / Times of London:
American psycho — When Cho killed 32 people at Virginia Tech, the horrific slaughter revealed not only the poisons lurking in popular culture but the crisis of young males in a feminised society, says Sarah Baxter — Just before 5am on Monday, April 16, Cho Seung-hui got out of bed and walked to his computer.
Associated Press:
82-Year-Old Ex-Beauty Queen Stops Intruder by Shooting Out Tires — WAYNESBURG, Ky. — Miss America 1944 has a talent that likely has never appeared on a beauty pageant stage: She fired a handgun to shoot out a vehicle's tires and stop an intruder. — Venus Ramey, 82, confronted a man …
Jonathan Safran Foer / Washington Post:
Some People Love Guns. Why Should the Rest of Us Be Targets? — Knives also cut bread and carve wood and aid surgery, but guns only shoot bullets. That's what they are designed to do, and that's what they do. When we talk about protecting our right to have guns, we are talking about protecting our right to shoot bullets.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Teflon Pete — Representative Pete Sessions was very adamant about passing the bankruptcy reform bill and he told everyone in the house the reasons why: … Stirring words, I'm sure you'll agree. But apparently these calls to protect business from fraud are meant for losers and Democrats, not good Republican friends of Pete's:
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Suburban Guerrilla
Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
After Iraqi Troops Do Dirty Work, 3 Detainees Talk — Out here in what the soldiers call Baghdad's wild west, sometimes the choices are all bad. — In one of the new joint American-Iraqi security stations in the capital this month, in the volatile Ghazaliya neighborhood …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Good Cop, Really Bad Cop — The New York Times reports …
Good Cop, Really Bad Cop — The New York Times reports …
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Jon Swift:
Alec Baldwin's Daughter Is a Disgrace — I don't care if Alec Baldwin's daughter is 11 years old or 12 years old or however old she is, she is a disgrace and her treatment of her father is beyond the pale. It's hard not to feel sympathy for Baldwin as he outlines his grievances …
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Modbee.com:
Short Takes: Sign a petition to keep our chocolate real — The federal Food and Drug Administration is proposing to redefine the very essence of chocolate and to allow big manufacturers such as Hershey to sell a bar devoid of a key ingredient — cocoa butter.
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