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Michelle Malkin:
My reply to Respectable Liberal Blogger Ezra Klein and his fellow travelers; Plus: Hillary threatens S-CHIP critics — Update 9:25am Eastern. Your S-CHIP editorial cartoon of the morning comes from Nate Beeler of the Examiner... Meanwhile, Time magazine recycles Democrat talking points and passes it off as reporting.
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The Newshoggers, protein wisdom, Lean Left, Balloon Juice, Bark Bark Woof Woof, Associated Press, The Mahablog, The Atlantic Online, All Spin Zone, Hullabaloo, Pandagon, Wizbang, Obsidian Wings, Rox Populi, TBogg, Riehl World View, five feet of fury., Firedoglake, Democratic Strategist, RADAMISTO, Liberty Street, The Democratic Daily, skippy the bush kangaroo, Ezra Klein and Sadly, No!
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Faiz / Think Progress:
CNN Pins Blame On Democrats For Right-Wing Smear Of 12-Year Old Boy — This morning, CNN aired its first report on the right-wing smear campaign against 12-year old SCHIP recipient Graeme Frost. CNN pinned the blame on Democrats for assault on the Frost family.
Time:
The Swift-Boating of Graeme Frost — A 12-year-old causes an Internet storm for speaking out in favor of the Children's Health Insurance Program. Says his father: "My family does not deserve this retribution"
Ezra Klein:
An Answer! — Michelle Malkin replies to my challenge for a debate about S-CHIP. Her answer? Of course not. She's afraid to debate policy on the merits. She has no interest in "a good-faith argument." She's here to swing the hatchet, and lacks either the interest or the aptitude to rise above that station.
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The Moderate Voice
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Gore to learn whether he'll win Nobel Peace Prize — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Will Al Gore add a Nobel Peace Prize to his Oscar and Emmy honors? — "An Inconvenient Truth," a documentary featuring the former vice president captured two Academy Awards in February.
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Another Voice in the Choir — Fred Thompson did not disgrace himself in his first formal debate as a Republican presidential candidate, but he also did not dominate the stage full of White House hopefuls in Dearborn, Mich., on Tuesday. — At least three others — John McCain …
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Boston Globe, The Garlic, The Moderate Voice, MSNBC, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Politico, Redstate, PrairiePundit and Middle Earth Journal
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Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Marines Press to Remove Their Forces From Iraq — The Marine Corps is pressing to remove its forces from Iraq and to send marines instead to Afghanistan, to take over the leading role in combat there, according to senior military and Pentagon officials. — The idea by the Marine Corps commandant …
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The Swamp, Think Progress, Argghhh!, Hot Air, Los Angeles Times, Brilliant at Breakfast, WorkingForChange, Op For and PrairiePundit
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WorldNetDaily:
Giuliani 'doesn't deserve to live' — Terrorists threaten presidential candidate, cite Rudy's war stance, Arafat treatment — Saying Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani "doesn't deserve to live," Palestinian terror leaders are threatening to harm the former New York mayor …
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Alberto Gonzales hires defense attorney — WASHINGTON - Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has hired a high-powered Washington lawyer to represent him in investigations of mismanagement of the Justice Department. George Terwilliger, a white-collar crime defense attorney …
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The Van Der Galiën Gazette, Shakespeare's Sister, CNN Political Ticker and The Newshoggers
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
GOP lawyer ties Rove to Siegelman case — House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) on Wednesday released an interview with GOP lawyer Dana Jill Simpson implicating former White House adviser Karl Rove in the prosecution and conviction of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman (D) on corruption charges.
Editor and Publisher:
Ann Coulter on CNBC Show: Jews Need 'Perfecting' — NEW YORK Appearing on Donny Deutsch's CNBC show, "The Big Idea," on Monday night, columnist/author Ann Coulter suggested that the U.S. would be a better place if there weren't any Jewish people and that they had "perfected" themselves into — Christians.
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Ben Quinn / Telegraph:
Islamists damage giant rock Buddha — Islamist radicals in Pakistan have attempted to destroy an ancient carving of Buddha by drilling holes in the rock and filling them with dynamite. — The 23ft high image was damaged during the attack, which brought back memories of the Taliban's …
Marcella Bombardieri / Boston Globe:
Clinton vows to check executive power — Would curb use of signing statements — Senator Hillary Clinton said yesterday that if she is elected president, she intends to roll back President Bush's expansion of executive authority, including his use of presidential signing statements to put …
Agence France Presse:
Empire State Building to go green for Muslim holiday — New York's iconic Empire State Building is to be lit up green from Friday in honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid, the biggest festival in the Muslim calendar marking the end of Ramadan, officials said. — "This is the first time that …
Alex Berenson / New York Times:
Boom Times for Dentists, but Not for Teeth — For American dentists, times have never been better. — The same cannot be said for Americans' teeth. — With dentists' fees rising far faster than inflation and more than 100 million people lacking dental insurance, the percentage of Americans …
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Hail to the Punchline-in-Chief: An All-Star Panel of Pundits Weighs in on America's Most Comical Presidents — Mark Twain wrote that exposure to good satire — that is, savage wit at the service of passionate conviction — makes citizens less likely to be "shriveled into sheep."
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