memeorandum: Swift Boat Funder T. Boone Pickens Renegs On John Kerry Million Dollar Offer (Jane Hamsher/Firedoglake)

8:20 AM ET, November 17, 2007

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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:

Swift Boat Funder T. Boone Pickens Renegs On John Kerry Million Dollar Offer — Rich Texas bastard T. Boone Pickens boasted that he would give $1 million to anyone who can disprove "even a single charge" leveled by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, who he funded to the tune of $3 milion.

Discussion: Jules Crittenden, Outside The Beltway, Patterico's Pontifications and TBogg

Glen Johnson / Worcester Telegram & Gazette …:

Kerry takes oilman Pickens up on $1 million Swift Boat challenge — BOSTON— Sen. John Kerry, whose 2004 presidential campaign was torpedoed by critics of his Vietnam War record, said Friday he has personally accepted Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens' offer of $1 million to anyone who can disprove …

Discussion: The Corner and Blogs For Victory

Glen Johnson / Associated Press:

Kerry vows to disprove Swift boat claims — BOSTON - Sen. John Kerry, whose 2004 presidential campaign was torpedoed by critics of his Vietnam War record, said Friday he has personally accepted a Texas oilman's offer to pay $1 million to anyone who can disprove even a single charge of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

Discussion: The Democratic Daily, Liberal Values, Macsmind, JammieWearingFool, Weasel Zippers and The Seminal

Alec MacGillis / Washington Post:

In Paul They Trust (The Feds May Differ) — The ardent supporters of Rep. Ron Paul, the iconoclastic Texas libertarian whose campaign for the presidency is threatening to upend the battle for the Republican nomination, got word yesterday of a new source of outrage and motivation …

Discussion: All Spin Zone and Oliver Willis

Bill Morlin / Spokane Spokesman-Review:

FBI raids seize dies, records in CdA — Operation targets 'Liberty Dollar' — As part of a nationwide investigation, FBI agents raided three Coeur d'Alene business locations on Thursday, seizing records and dies used to make the so-called silver "Liberty Dollar" sold throughout the United States by anti-government patriot groups.

Discussion: Orcinus

CNN Political Ticker: Illegal Ron Paul currency seized

Mona Charen / Real Clear Politics:
Memo to Ron Paul Supporters

Discussion: A NEWT ONE, Tom Watson and Liberal Values

Felix Gillette / New York Observer:

CBS "Mystified" by Dan Rather's "Bizarre Allegations", Files Motion to Dismiss — Today, in New York Supreme Court, in response to Dan Rather's civil lawsuit, CBS filed a lengthy 30-page motion to dismiss the case. — CBS executives also released a statement today, noting that they are …

Discussion: QandO, Wonkette, Democracy Project, NewsBusters.org, Silicon Alley Insider and Truthdig

Associated Press:

U.S. Control of Internet Remains Issue — RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — A U.N.-sponsored Internet conference ended Thursday with little to show in closing the issue of U.S. control over how people around the world access e-mail and Web sites. — With no concrete recommendations for action …

Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Instapundit.com

Fred File:

Don't Hand Over the Internet to the U.N. — I'm no tech head, but I think I know a thing or three about the Internet and how it works. And as far as I can tell, it works pretty well. — More than 1.4 billion people around the world seem to be emailing each other a lot …

Eye / eyeon08.com:

Romney is friends with Western Wats family — So I spent most of the day being unsure of the various theories about the push-polls. Some people have suggested that Mitt Romney could be behind it, like Liz Mair, David Freddoso, and Allahpundit, although Allah has clarified that he no longer thinks that.

Discussion: The Atlantic Online

Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Romney: Attacking faith is 'un-American'

Discussion: TIME: Swampland and TownHall Blog

David Freddoso / The Corner:
Those Anti-Romney Calls — Western Wats, the company making …

Discussion: Hot Air, Riehl World View, The Atlantic Online and OnlyMormon Blog

Liz Mair:
Romney and the religion bashing calls

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, The Corner, MSNBC and The Politico

Erin P. Billings / Roll Call:

Reid to Keep Senate in Session to Prevent Recess Appointments — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has decided to keep the chamber in session over the Thanksgiving break to block President Bush from making any unsavory recess appointments while Senators are out of town.

Discussion: All Spin Zone, Big Lizards, Outside The Beltway, Comments from Left Field, Blogs For Victory, The Carpetbagger Report, Right Voices, Shakespeare's Sister and AMERICAblog

George W. Bush / Newsweek.com:
The Road Less Taken

Discussion: A NEWT ONE, Once Upon a Time, TalkLeft, Dohiyi Mir, The Sideshow and Balloon Juice

Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:

Petraeus Helping Pick New Generals — The Army has summoned the top U.S. commander in Iraq back to Washington to preside over a board that will pick some of the next generation of Army leaders, an unusual decision that officials say represents a vote of confidence in Gen. David H. Petraeus's conduct …

Discussion: Pat Dollard, Outside The Beltway and SWJ Blog

Dawson Bell / Detroit Free Press:

Appeals court: No Jan. 15 primary — LANSING — A divided Michigan Court of Appeals refused Friday to overturn a lower court ruling that effectively bars the state from holding its presidential primary on Jan. 15. — By a 2-1 margin, the appeals panel sided with an Ingham County Circuit Court judge …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online

Media Matters for America:

Politico's Simon on Clinton: "The (rhymes with rich) is back." — Politico chief political columnist Roger Simon began his November 16 column by asserting, "The (rhymes with rich) is back." Simon began his column with that phrase just two days after his colleague, Politico chief political …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Michelle Malkin:
My best friend, Joy Behar

Discussion: Feministe, TownHall Blog and NewsBusters.org

Jason Leopold / truthout:

Fired Attorneys Build Case Against Gonzales — John McKay, the former US attorney for the Western District of Washington, pieced together thousands of pages of internal Justice Department (DOJ) emails released earlier this year, reviewed public documents and pored through hundreds of pages …

Discussion: TalkLeft and Washington Post

Al Kamen / Washington Post:
For Ashcroft, Something Old, Something Nude

Discussion: Minnesota Monitor and Wonkette

Matt Lewis / TownHall Blog:

Hill's Best Friend is CNN? — CNN has long been called the "Clinton News Network," but after last night's debate, many today are asking if the name is more than just a joke reserved for Republicans. — If you watched the debate — or even just saw clips — it was obvious that the audience …

Discussion: The Sundries Shack, Flopping Aces, Election Central, The Atlantic Online and Don Surber

Kos / Daily Kos:
CNN's and Carville's lack of ethics

Discussion: Beltway Blogroll, DownWithTyranny!, The Caucus and AMERICAblog

Ken Herman / Window on Washington:

Bush invites Gore to Oval Office — This one has potential, but odds are everybody will behave. — The White House today announced that President Bush will host former Vice President Al Gore in the Oval Office on Nov. 26. Should be an interesting reunion of a couple of buddies …

Discussion: Oliver Willis

Scott Horton / Harper's:

The Missing IG Report on Maher Arar — Of all the Bush Administration's many perversions of the justice system, there is something particularly distressing about the case of Maher Arar. A Canadian software engineer, he was changing planes in JFK on his way home to Canada after a Mediterranean vacation …

Discussion: Norwegianity