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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
McCain: MoveOn "ought to be thrown out of this country." — Speaking before a group in Hudson, New Hampshire last night, McCain took criticism of MoveOn's Petraeus ad to a whole new level, saying that they should not only be ashamed, but "ought to be thrown out of this country." — Download (506) |
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Ana Marie Cox / TIME: Swampland:
McCain Calls for MoveOn.org to be "Thrown Out of the Country"
McCain Calls for MoveOn.org to be "Thrown Out of the Country"
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DownWithTyranny!, The American Street, The Carpetbagger Report, THE CUNNING REALIST and Daily Kos
David Gelernter / Weekly Standard:
Defeat at Any Price — Why Petraeus's testimony was a nightmare for the Democrats.
Defeat at Any Price — Why Petraeus's testimony was a nightmare for the Democrats.
Joe Kovacs / WorldNetDaily:
Keyes looks to rescue GOP, announces run for president — Former Reagan diplomat says he's unmoved by lack of moral courage displayed by others — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - After two previous runs for U.S. president, former Reagan diplomat Alan Keyes has announced he's again seeking …
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The Carpetbagger Report, The Moderate Voice, Hot Air, Done With Mirrors, Open Left, Macsmind, Amygdala and The Van Der Galiën Gazette
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RenewAmerica:
Alan Keyes announces for President! — Will appear in Values Voter Debate Sept. 17 — On Friday, Sept. 14, Alan Keyes filed a Statement of Candidacy (Form 2) with the Federal Election Commission—thus officially announcing as a Republican candidate for President of the United States.
Wes Clark / WesPAC:
I'm proud to endorse Hillary Clinton — I'm proud to endorse Hillary Clinton — Today, I am proud to announce my endorsement of Senator Hillary Clinton as President of the United States. — Senator Hillary Clinton has earned the support of millions of Americans in her campaign for president …
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Gillian Flaccus / Associated Press:
GOP politician sent email asking how to stop naming of dean — A conservative Los Angeles County politician asked about two dozen people in an e-mail last month how to prevent the University of California, Irvine from hiring renowned liberal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky as its founding law school dean …
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Los Angeles Times:
UCI reportedly working on a deal to rehire Chemerinsky — Days after the legal scholar was rejected as law school dean, talks are in progress. He is noncommittal. — UC Irvine officials on Friday were attempting to broker a deal to once again hire liberal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky as dean …
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Captain's Quarters, Ed Driscoll.com, Comments From Left Field, PoliBlog (TM) and Brian Leiter's Law …
Washington Post:
Antiwar Protest Held in Washington — Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Washington today, from near the White House to the Capitol, where they planned to stage a "die-in" to demonstrate their fervant opposition to the war in Iraq. — Protesters and counter-protesters started …
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Harriet Rubin / New York Times:
Ayn Rand's Literature of Capitalism — One of the most influential business books ever written is a 1,200-page novel published 50 years ago, on Oct. 12, 1957. It is still drawing readers; it ranks 388th on Amazon.com's best-seller list. ("Winning," by John F. Welch Jr., at a breezy 384 pages, is No. 1,431.)
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The Volokh Conspiracy, QandO, Wake up America, Power Line, The Van Der Galiën Gazette, UrbanGrounds and ::BROADCATCHING
New York Times:
Former Fed Chief Attacks Bush on Fiscal Role — Alan Greenspan, who was chairman of the Federal Reserve for nearly two decades, in a long-awaited memoir, is harshly critical of President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and the Republican-controlled Congress, as abandoning their party's principles on spending and deficits.
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The New Republic:
LIKE BRITNEY, BUSH IS A FLOP: — On Sunday night, it seemed pretty clear that Britney Spears' performance at the MTV awards ceremony was the biggest prime-time fiasco of the week. Then came Thursday night and President Bush's Oval Office address on Iraq. At first blush, coverage …
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Moran Upsets Jewish Groups Again — U.S. House Democrat Said Pro-Israel Lobby Promoted War — Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) has again come under fire from local Jewish organizations for remarking in a magazine interview that the "extraordinarily powerful" pro-Israel lobby played a strong role promoting the war in Iraq.
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Middle Earth Journal, HazZzMat, Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, Extreme Mortman, JammieWearingFool and Redstate
Sharon Stello / Davis Enterprise:
UC yanks speaker's invitation: Controversial ex-Harvard president was scheduled to address regents Wednesday — After a group of UC Davis women faculty began circulating a petition, UC regents rescinded an invitation to Larry Summers, the controversial former president of Harvard University …
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John King / CNN:
Sources: Retired judge may replace Gonzales — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A retired federal judge is a leading candidate to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, whose last day on the job was Friday, two sources familiar with the search for a successor told CNN on Saturday.
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Alpha Doggs / Network World:
Researchers flash personal aircraft, future jetpack — This one is straight out of a James Bond movie or Batman script. — German researchers this week showed off their Gryphon personal strap-on jet wing that lets the pilot scream through the air at about 135MPH.
New York Times:
The Jane Fonda Effect — Nuclear Energy — In the movie "The China Syndrome," Fonda played a California TV reporter filming an upbeat series about the state's energy future. While visiting a nuclear power plant, she sees the engineers suddenly panic over what is later called a "swift containment of a potentially costly event."