memeorandum: Al Gore told there are nine inconvienient truths in his film (Stephen Jones/Times of London)

11:15 AM ET, October 11, 2007

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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.

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.

Discussion: The Garlic, The Liberal Avenger and Suburban Guerrilla

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.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Sadly, No!:

Stalkin' Malkin is losing it — It's getting funnier and funnier. She's plunged straight off the deep end with this one: … Gad, it's like watching one of the Heathers write in her personal pity diary. All that's missing is angry complaints about Confederate Yankee and Ace turning into Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads.

Discussion: RADAMISTO and Obsidian Wings

Time:
The Swift-Boating of Graeme Frost

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Firedoglake, The Sundries Shack, The American Street, The Carpetbagger Report, Crooks and Liars and TIME: Swampland

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 …

Discussion: MSNBC, Boston Globe, The Garlic, The Moderate Voice, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Politico, Redstate, PrairiePundit and Middle Earth Journal

Gail Collins / New York Times: Calvin Coolidge Redux

Michael Luo / The Caucus:
Evangelical Supporter Seeks to Rally Brethren for Romney

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report and The Van Der Galiën Gazette

Lewis Smith / Times of London:

Al Gore's inconvenient judgment — Al Gore's award-winning climate change documentary was littered with nine inconvenient untruths, a judge ruled yesterday. — An Inconvenient Truth won plaudits from the environmental lobby and an Oscar from the film industry but was found wanting when it was scrutinised in the High Court in London.

Discussion: RADAMISTO

Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Al Gore for President

Discussion: The Swamp

Stephen Jones / Times of London:
Al Gore told there are nine inconvienient truths in his film

Discussion: CNN, Gates of Vienna, Sister Toldjah, Harry's Place, NYT and BBC

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 …

Discussion: The Swamp, Argghhh!, Hot Air, Los Angeles Times, Brilliant at Breakfast, WorkingForChange, Op For and PrairiePundit

Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:

Army Offers Big Cash To Keep Key Officers — The Army is offering cash bonuses of up to $35,000 to retain young officers serving in key specialties — including military intelligence, infantry and aviation — in an unprecedented bid to forestall a critical shortage of officer ranks …

Discussion: New York Times, Outside The Beltway, The Gun Toting Liberal™, Connecting.the.Dots and Thomas P.M. Barnett

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.

Discussion: At-Largely, Donklephant and MyDD

Adam Zagorin / Time:
Rove Linked to Alabama Case

Discussion: TPMmuckraker, Crooks and Liars, Think Progress, PoliBlog (TM), Hullabaloo, New York Times, The Next Hurrah, The Carpetbagger Report and The Gavel

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 …

Discussion: The Newshoggers, Comments from Left Field, Israel Matzav and The Van Der Galiën Gazette

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 …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, TigerHawk and JammieWearingFool

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 …

Discussion: Washington Wire, Moonbattery, MSNBC and Reason Magazine

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 …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Scared Monkeys, The Sundries Shack, Debbie Schlussel, PoliPundit.com, Sister Toldjah and Macsmind

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 …

Discussion: The Van Der Galiën Gazette, CNN Political Ticker and The Newshoggers

National Enquirer:

PRESIDENTIAL CHEATING SCANDAL! ALLEGED AFFAIR COULD WRECK JOHN EDWARDS' CAMPAIGN BID — Presidential candidate John Edwards is caught in a shocking mistress scandal that could wreck his campaign, The NATIONAL ENQUIRER has learned exclusively. — Sources have come forward to charge that the …