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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Obama says McCain would be better than Bush — READING, Pa. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday that Republican rival John McCain would be better for the country than President Bush has been over the past eight years. — “You have a real choice in this election.
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John McCain / CNN:
Obama's patriotic, but his Ayers ties are ‘open to question’ — (CNN) - John McCain waded into the controversy over Barack Obama's ties to Weather Underground founder William Ayers Sunday, telling an interviewer that the Illinois senator's relationship with the activist was “open to question …
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Hillary Responds to Obama Saying McCain Would Be Better Than Bush
Hillary Responds to Obama Saying McCain Would Be Better Than Bush
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The Confluence
Associated Press:
Secretary of State Rice Mocks Muslim Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a Coward — BAGHDAD — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on Sunday, hours after the radical leader threatened to declare war unless U.S. and Iraqi forces end a military crackdown on his followers.
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Spencer / Attackerman:
In A World Of Chaos, You'll Be The First To Go — This Los Angeles Times story suggests that Najaf is the new Basra: multifaceted chaos, scheming, violence and mutual suspicion. The Najafi clerics who've always hated and resented Sadr appear to be attempting a push. And it'll probably backfire!
New York Times:
Trailing in Pennsylvania, Obama's Tone Is Sharper — READING, Pa. — Senator Barack Obama sharpened his tone against Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday as the six-week Pennsylvania primary contest raced to a close, with the rivals marshaling extensive resources in a battle for undecided voters …
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
This Week: Bringing Up McCain's Life-Long, Federally-Provided Health Care Is “A Cheap Shot” — Wow. George Stephanopoulos actually listened to us and asked John McCain some pretty tough questions today on This Week. Who knew that George read teh blogs? McCain's body language …
The Huffington Post:
Debate Analysis: ABC Asked Most Scandal Questions, Obama Was Clear Target — The furor over ABC's Democratic debate last week was not universally shared. — While Obama supporters (and many media critics) decried what they saw as biased, gotcha-style questioning, a vocal minority (mostly Clinton supporters) was unmoved.
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AMERICAblog, TalkLeft, Taylor Marsh, American Street, Patterico's Pontifications and The Raw Story
WorldStarHipHop Media Player:
WTF Toddler Threatens To Kill President Bush! (This Video Is Banned From YouTube)[All 3 Parts Full Version] — Some toddler throws threatning remarks about President Bush! The video has been taken down from youtube. Heres what they didnt want you to see.
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Hot Air, Gates of Vienna, Fausta's blog, NewsBusters.org, Macsmind, Atlas Shrugs, Gateway Pundit and Right Voices
Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
Neo-Nazis Clash With Protesters — 3 Arrested as White Supremacist Group Marches on Capitol — A march by a busload of neo-Nazi activists on Constitution Avenue yesterday wreaked havoc on a balmy afternoon in the capital, bringing traffic to a halt, filling the streets with hundreds …
WBBM-TV:
Bloody Weekend: 32 Shot, 2 Stabbed, 6 Dead — CHICAGO (CBS) ― A violent and deadly weekend continues in Chicago. At least 12 people have been shot, two of them killed, since Saturday morning. Two others were stabbed in a home invasion. This comes after at least 20 people were shot …
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Rachel Lucas
Kevin Sack / New York Times:
States Look to Tobacco Tax for Budget Holes — To keep the state's landmark universal health coverage plan afloat, Massachusetts lawmakers are looking to tap an increasingly popular source of financing for health-related initiatives: tobacco taxes. — If the state raises its tax …
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Democracy Project
Newsweek:
Obama: Can't ‘Swift Boat’ Me — Charles Ommanney / Getty Images for Newsweek — Seeing Ghosts: Obama's ties to Ayers and Auchi are distant, but his foes plan to pounce — The Obama campaign is planning to expand its research and rapid-response team in order to repel attacks it anticipates …
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The Raw Story, BAGnewsNotes, MSNBC, Real Clear Politics, Gateway Pundit, QandO, American Thinker and Democracy Project
The Nation:
Pentagon Pimps — If you thought the US media had hit a new low with last week's ABC Debate Debacle, read Sunday's New York Times's 10,000 (plus) word cover story, “Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon's Hidden Hand.” — Using 8000 pages of e-mail messages, transcripts and records …
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Matthew Yglesias:
Everyone an Anti-Semite — For reasons I can't quite comprehend, even some pretty hardened TNR-haters seem to see Leon Wieseltier as making a positive contribution to the world. Certainly, some very good stuff appears in the back of the book over there, but the man's own work is a kind of writing-as-thuggery.
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Grasping Reality …
Armed Liberal / Winds of Change.NET:
So How Do We Fight An Information War? — The usual suspects are going bonkers - bonkers! - over the notion that the Pentagon briefed a cadre of retired military men who served as ‘expert commentators’ in the media. — So here's my problem. If we're engaged in counterinsurgency …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Major revelation: U.S. media deceitfully disseminates government propaganda
Major revelation: U.S. media deceitfully disseminates government propaganda