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5:20 PM ET, September 28, 2007

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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
What Limbaugh Said  —  The folks on the Left are beside themselves today—thinking that by dint of a truncated quote, they will succeed in shutting down Rush Limbaugh and taking him off the air.  Before lining up next to the folks from Crooks and Liars, FireDogLake, Media Matters, ThinkProgress …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Breaking: White House Faults Rush Limbaugh Over "Phony Soldiers" Comment  —  As we reported earlier today over at The Horse's Mouth, Democrats and others have been pressuring the White House press corps to ask White House flack Dana Perino if President Bush — who'd earlier condemned MoveOn …
Discussion: Corrente
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Rush Limbaugh Troops Controversy, Media Matters, Bill O'Reilly  —  NEXT STOP: RUSHVILLE  —  Mainstream Media's Smear Train Chugs Along  —  Not content to wait until Bill O'Reilly's hoped- for demise, the George Soros- funded Media Matters / mainstream media smear machine has added a second target: Rush Limbaugh.
Huffington Post:
Audio: Limbaugh Calls Iraq Vet "Staff Puke," Claims He Volunteered For War "To Pad [His] Resume"  —  Audio has surfaced of Rush Limbaugh viciously attacking another Iraq war veteran who was critical of President Bush's war policy.  —  Paul Hackett served in the 1st Marine Division in Ramadi and Fallujah during 2004 and 2005.
CNN Political Ticker:
Dems seize on Limbaugh's 'phony soldiers' comment  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — In the wake of the high-profile uproar from Republicans over a MoveOn.org ad attacking Gen. David Petraeus, Democrats are seizing on recent comments from popular conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh …
Karen Tumulty / TIME: Swampland:
Re: Phony Soliders  —  Via Ana, who is not able to post it herself at the moment, comes this reaction to Rush from John McCain: … Sphere Related Blogs & Articles
Horses Mouth:
As you all know, Rush Limbaugh is now coming under fire for saying …
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Anne Schroeder / The Politico:
MSNB-No?  —  Looks like MSNBC correspondent David Shuster may have deprived loyal MSNBC viewers of their favorite GOP talking heads — at least for now.  —  This week, the MSNBC reporter "sandbagged" Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) during an interview by asking her to name the last solider from her district to die in Iraq.
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Michael Roston / Huffington Post:
Congresswoman Pressed MSNBC For Retraction On Soldier Killed In Iraq  —  Staff for Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), who could not name the last soldier from her district killed in Iraq during an appearance on MSNBC, acknowledged they sought a retraction from the network after the incident occurred.
Patrick / mediabistro.com:
Report: Bohannon's "last legal address was in Blackburn's district."
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Hired Gun Fetish  —  Sometimes it seems that the only way to make sense of the Bush administration is to imagine that it's a vast experiment concocted by mad political scientists who want to see what happens if a nation systematically ignores everything we've learned over the past few centuries …
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PageOneQ.com Latest:
US Congressman owned home with another man, took DC tax deduction while voting in NC  —  Congressman Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC), right, purchased a residence in Washington, DC's Capital Hill neighborhood with another man, PageOneQ has learned.  While he owned the home, McHenry …
Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Clinton: $5,000 for Every U.S. Baby  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that every child born in the United States should get a $5,000 "baby bond" from the government to help pay for future costs of college or buying a home.
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Associated Press:
Senior Al Qaeda in Iraq Leader Killed by U.S. Forces  —  WASHINGTON — U.S.-led forces have killed one of the most important leaders of Al Qaeda in Iraq, a Tunisian believed connected to the kidnapping and killings last summer of American soldiers, a top commander said Friday.
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Dean's World
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Richard S. Ehrlich / San Francisco Chronicle:
Bloggers in Burma keep world informed during military crackdown  —  (09-28) 04:00 PDT Bangkok — Dodging a deadly military crackdown that has killed at least nine protesters, Burmese bloggers are on the front lines, providing news and photos of death and insurrection.
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Seth Mydans / New York Times:
Myanmar Monks' Protest Contained by Junta's Forces  —  Myanmar's armed forces appeared to have succeeded today in sealing tens of thousands of protesting monks inside their monasteries, but they continued to attack bands of civilian demonstrators who challenged them in the streets of the main city, Yangon.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Gingrich takes step toward '08 run  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will open a website by Monday in an effort to round up the $30 million in pledges that he says would be his ticket to entering the race for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
beliefnet:
John McCain: Constitution Established a 'Christian Nation'  —  Presidential candidate and U.S. Senator John McCain discusses the country's Judeo-Christian roots, explains why the prospect of a Muslim in the White House makes him uncomfortable, and reveals that he wouldn't undergo …
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and Slog
The Hill:
As Bush seeks $190B more for war, Dems signal protracted battle looms  —  As the Bush administration took its case to Congress Wednesday for an additional $190 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Democratic leaders downplayed calls for swift action on the massive spending package …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
 
 
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Kimberly Hefling / Associated Press:
Murtha to testify in defamation case
Discussion: Hot Air
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal:
'Citizen Journalists' Evade Blackout On Myanmar News
Robynn Tysver / Omaha World-Herald:
Hal Daub exits Senate race
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National Review Online:
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Abu Aardvark:
A job well done  —  As meaningless, non-binding symbolic Senate …
Mark Morford / San Francisco Chronicle:
Larry Craig's bathroom stall!  Haggard's meth hotel! …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Edwards' talking points
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
New Test Asks: What Does 'American' Mean?
Discussion: Wake up America and ACSBlog
Garance Franke-Ruta / American Prospect:
AN OBAMA-EYE VIEW OF NEW YORK
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Dan Morain / Los Angeles Times:
GOP electoral initiative dealt major blows
Tim Wu / Slate:
WHY MUNICIPAL WIRELESS NETWORKS HAVE BEEN SUCH A FLOP.
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Hear, Hear  —  Americans should not fear talking—and listening …
Discussion: The Corner and Viking Pundit
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
With Legacy in Mind, Bush Reassesses His Agenda
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Leading GOP Candidates Skip Debate on Black Issues
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