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Matthew Hay Brown / Baltimore Sun:
Frost family draws ire of conservatives — Halsey and Bonnie Frost, in front of their Butchers Hill house. Critics question whether the Frosts should be eligible for a federal insurance program. (Sun photo by Barbara Haddock Taylor / October 9, 2007) — When Halsey and Bonnie Frost agreed …
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Michelle Malkin:
Democrat poster-child abuse, the nutroots' pushback, and the continued campaign to silence the Right — Update 1:10pm Eastern 10/10. Snort-worthy conspiracy theory of the day...The tinfoil hatters at ThinkProgress actually believes conservative bloggers were in cahoots with Mitch McConnell, whom I lambasted below.
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Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:
Graeme Frost & Why I'm Ashamed to Be a Blogger Today (Update II) — The Frosts Outside & Inside Semi-Palatial Home — The vicious underbelly of the blogosphere is in full-howl display over the story of Graeme Frost, the 12-year-old who gave a Democratic Party radio rebuttal to President Bush's veto …
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Capitol Feud: A 12-Year-Old Is the Fodder — There have been moments when the fight between Congressional Democrats and President Bush over the State Children's Health Insurance Program seemed to devolve into a shouting match about who loves children more. — So when Democrats enlisted …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Was A McConnell Staffer Behind The Campaign To Smear The 12-Yr Old SCHIP Recipient? — The right wing's attack on Graeme Frost, a 12-year old recipient of SCHIP, is now attracting attention from a number of traditional media outlets. "I think it's really a sad statement about how bankrupt …
The Corner:
Frosty reception — I tremble to return to the subject of the Frost family, if only because so many e-mailers in the 72 hours seem to confuse a debate on health care with an analysis of my sexual inadequacy and the accommodational capacity of my posterior. But here's my, er, bottom line …
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Ezra Klein:
Let's Debate — "It's militant leftist bloggers," writes Malkin …
Let's Debate — "It's militant leftist bloggers," writes Malkin …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Let's Move The S-CHIP Debate Back To Policy
Let's Move The S-CHIP Debate Back To Policy
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
My Clinton Problem - And Ours — A reader writes: … Yes, I remember. I was an unillusioned Clinton supporter in 1991 and 1992. As editor of The New Republic, I helped guide the magazine toward an endorsement of the guy. Heck, I edited Sid Blumenthal's coverage of the campaign and wrote the editorial that endorsed him.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Bomb, Bomb Iran — Hillary seemed rattled. — Up until now, she has displayed remarkable imperturbability — gliding along with the help of good lighting, a hearty guffaw and a clever husband. — But on Sunday in New Hampton, Iowa, Hillary lost her cool at last.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Smile, Though Your Head Is Aching — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in a determinedly good mood when she sat down to lunch with reporters yesterday. She entered the room beaming and, over the course of an hour, smiled no fewer than 31 times and got off at least 23 laughs.
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
From Former Bush Aide, A Candid Assessment Of the GOP Candidates — A former adviser to President Bush has a brutally candid analysis of the Republican presidential nomination contest: Fred D. Thompson is the campaign's "biggest dud," Mitt Romney has "a real problem in the South" …
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Eugene Volokh / Opinion Journal:
President Spock — What if Barack Obama told his wife he wouldn't say "I love you" anymore? — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said he doesn't tell his wife he loves her any more, because "I love you" has become a substitute for "true love."
San Francisco Chronicle:
Residents of a famously liberal city appear to be changing views — San Francisco - the liberal, left-coast city conservatives love to mock - could be undergoing a transformation when it comes to homeless people. Although the city would still be a poor choice for a pep rally for the war in Iraq …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Generation Q — I just spent the past week visiting several colleges — Auburn, the University of Mississippi, Lake Forest and Williams — and I can report that the more I am around this generation of college students, the more I am both baffled and impressed.
Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
McConnell Not So Hot on Dem FISA Bill — The ACLU has its differences, you might say, with Admiral Mike McConnell. Its website, for instance, features a page with the sub-headline, "McConnell Tries to Scare America in to [sic] Giving Up Fourth Amendment."
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Brandon Friedman / Daily Kos:
Hate Mail from Dittoheads — On Friday night I went on Countdown with Keith Olbermann and read off some hate mail from Rush Limbaugh's listeners. Based on the response, I thought I'd share with you all some of the emails we've received at VoteVets.org—in complete, uncut, and unaltered form.
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