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Jesus H Christ / The Huffington Post:
atrios.blogspot.com(2) — Page: 1 2 3 Next › Last » (3 pages total) — part frog. — The amazing frogman prognosticator. — poorotis — This is a sure sign the Times are a propaganda organ. My goodness, this is truly beyond the pale. — No more illusions where the NYT is concerned.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Kristol To The NYT — He's obviously an extremely talented writer …
Kristol To The NYT — He's obviously an extremely talented writer …
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Dodd: Clinton was sitting on the sidelines — DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) - Hillary Clinton may tout her 35 years of experience as the principal reason to vote for her, but Chris Dodd says counting her eight years in the White House as First Lady as a qualification “is an exaggeration, in my view.
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Ralph Peters / New York Post:
THE BHUTTO ASSASSINATION: NOT WHAT SHE SEEMED TO BE — FOR the next several days, you're going to read and hear a great deal of pious nonsense in the wake of the assassination of Pakistan's former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto. — Her country's better off without her.
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Agence France Presse:
Clinton demands international Bhutto probe — Hillary Clinton Friday called for an independent, international probe into Benazir Bhutto's murder, as turmoil wracking US anti-terror ally Pakistan reshaped debate in the White House race. — The Democratic front-runner weighed into the crisis …
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Munir Ahmad / Associated Press:
Pakistan: Bhutto Died of Skull Fracture … ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto died from a skull fracture suffered when her head slammed against her car during a suicide attack—not from bullet wounds, the government said Friday. — Pakistan's interior minister blamed al-Qaida …
John Dickerson / Slate:
A SNEAK PREVIEW OF JOHN MCCAIN'S SECRET ANTI-ROMNEY AD. — On Thursday, Mitt Romney put up a television ad knocking John McCain for not supporting tax cuts and offering amnesty to illegal aliens. The ad asks “John McCain, an honorable man. But is he the right Republican for the future?”
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Dan Gearino / Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier:
New Lee poll: Edwards moves into 3-way tie — A new Iowa caucus poll from Lee Enterprises newspapers shows the Democratic race is a virtual three-way tie, with John Edwards rising to tie Barack Obama for the lead and Hillary Clinton rising to just one point behind.
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
John Edwards: Obama 'Living in Never-Never Land'? — Edwards Criticizes Rivals as the Campaign in Iowa Enters the Home Stretch — In a wide-ranging, free-wheeling interview with Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards with ABC News Friday afternoon, the former North Carolina senator labeled …
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Michael Yon:
News flash for Osama bin Laden — Here's a news flash for Osama bin Laden, who earlier today released a call " to guerrilla forces in Mesopotamia. “ — I have directly observed how more and more Iraqis have grown to hate al Qaeda as much as Americans do.
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
New bin Laden Video on Islamic State of Iraq (Update: bin Laden MURDERED?) — A banner on jihad websites yesterday announced that as Sahab video, the propaganda arm of al Qaeda in Pakistan/Afghanistan, will soon be releasing a message from Osama bin Laden. — The title of the message indicates …
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Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Dems protest Bush's veto of defense bill — At the behest of the Iraqi government, President Bush has vetoed the annual defense authorization bill, saying an obscure provision in the legislation could make Iraqi assets held in U.S. banks vulnerable to lawsuits.
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Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Bush rejects defense bill by pocket veto — CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush on Friday used a “pocket veto” to reject a sweeping defense bill because he dislikes a provision that would expose the Iraqi government to expensive lawsuits seeking damages from the Saddam Hussein era.
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Office of the Speaker / The Gavel:
Pelosi and Reid Condemn Bush Plan to Veto of Defense Authorization Bill
Pelosi and Reid Condemn Bush Plan to Veto of Defense Authorization Bill
New York Times:
Huckabee Sees Pakistan as Reason for Border Fence — DES MOINES — Mike Huckabee used the volatile situation in Pakistan Friday to make an argument for building a fence on the American border with Mexico and found himself trying to explain a series of remarks about Pakistanis and their nation.
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Kagro X / Daily Kos:
Bush claims Senate's pro forma sessions don't count — That veto George W. Bush threatened of the Defense authorization bill? The one with the troops' pay raise in it? — He hasn't even got the stones to put his signature to it: … That's right, civics fans: Bush is claiming this is a …
Lisa Lerer / The Politico:
Bolton denies he is a Huckabee adviser — In recent days, Mike Huckabee has tried to answer long-standing questions about who is on his foreign policy team. On Friday morning, he listed former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton as someone with whom he either has “spoken or will continue to speak.”
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Rudy Surrogate: “I Don't Subscribe To The Principle That There Are Good Muslims And Bad Muslims” — John Deady, the co-chair of New Hampshire Veterans for Rudy, is standing by the comments he made in the controversial interview with The Guardian we posted on below, in which he said that …
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