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Ali / Think Progress:
Chris Matthews Stumps Right-Wing Radio Host: ‘Tell Me What Chamberlain Did?’ 'I Don't Know' — On MSNBC's Hardball tonight, right-wing radio host Kevin James attempted to defend President Bush's comments comparing Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) to Nazi appeasers because he favors talking with our enemies.
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Guardian:
How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power — Rumours of a link between the US first family and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. Now the Guardian can reveal how repercussions of events that culminated in action under the Trading with the Enemy Act are still being felt by today's president
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Matthews Rips Guest For Ignorance of History, Then Claims Cole Attack Happened Under Bush — A Hardball epic . . . Message to Chris Matthews: when ripping a guest for his lack of historical knowledge, try to avoid making a history mistake of your own in the same segment. — It happened on this afternoon's Hardball.
CNN:
Bush suggests Obama wants ‘appeasement’ of terrorists — JERUSALEM (CNN) - In a particularly sharp blast from halfway around the world, President Bush suggested Thursday that Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats are in favor of “appeasement” of terrorists in the same way U.S. leaders appeased Nazis in the run-up to World War II.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton defends Obama from Bush — Hillary, today in Rapid City, South Dakota, defended Obama from President Bush's apparent comparison of him to Neville Chamberlain, Ken Vogel reports. — She told reporters: … “There is a very clear difference between Democrats and Republicans …
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
McCain Blasts Obama As Unfit To Defend America — On a conference call with conservative bloggers this afternoon, John McCain launched what may be his most direct attack yet on Barack Obama's national security credentials, saying flat out that Obama is incapable of protecting America and lacks …
Elisabeth Bumiller / The Caucus:
McCain Agrees With Bush's Remarks on Appeasement — Senator John McCain, who has been critical of President Bush on the environment and other policies this week, on Thursday morning wholeheartedly endorsed Mr. Bush's veiled rebuke in the Israeli Knesset of Senator Barack Obama that talking to …
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Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:
Biden: Bush's comments were ‘bulls**t’ — Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), piling on to Democratic complaints about President Bush's speech in Israel today: — “This is bulls**t, this is malarkey. This is outrageous, for the president of the United States to go to a foreign country …
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Will Bunch / Philly.com:
President Bush committed political treason today — I've seen a lot of sad things in American politics in my lifetime — the resignation of a president who became a national disgrace after he oversaw a campaign of break-ins and cover-ups, another who circumvented the Constitution to trade arms for hostages …
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Wall Street Journal:Prepared Text of Bush's Knesset Speech
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:Matthews rips right wing Talkie Kevin James because he's doesn't …
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Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban — In a 4-3 ruling, the justices rule that state marriage laws are unconstitutional. — SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples should be permitted to marry, rejecting state marriage laws as discriminatory.
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Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT CALIFORNIA MUST RECOGNIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE:
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
McCain adviser ousted in conflict uproar — John McCain's campaign asked a prominent Republican consultant, Craig Shirley, to leave his official campaign role Thursday after a Politico inquiry about Shirley's dual role consulting for the campaign and for an independent “527” group opposing the Democratic presidential candidates.
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Ryan Grim / The Crypt's Blogs:
Conyers: 'We're closing in on Rove' — Just off the House floor today, the Crypt overheard House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers tell two other people: “We're closing in on Rove. Someone's got to kick his ass.” — Asked a few minutes later for a more official explanation …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
TOO HARD A BALL — Right-Wing Radio yakker crashes and burns like the Hindenburg while trying to talk about appeasement ...
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
House Republicans Collapse on Iraq — Today, about 100 House Republicans refused to vote for more war funding, voting ‘present’. They are trying to hand off the war to the Democrats, but even Democrats were able to increase their ‘no’ vote number on funding from 141 to 149; the bill failed.
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Peter Wehner / Commentary:
Re: The Obama Campaign Goes Completely Insane — I completely concur with John. The President's speech was a beautiful, eloquent address celebrating the birth of the Jewish state. Here is the offending passage: … Obama's faux anger in reaction to Bush's speech is ludicrous.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Massive Blowback To NARAL's Obama Endorsement — The endorsement of Barack Obama by the nation's foremost abortion-rights advocacy group is causing major fissures and backlash within the women's rights community. — Hours after Obama received the support of NARAL's Political Action Committee …
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Manu Raju / The Hill:
Senate panel adds immigration measure to Iraq supplemental — The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday added to an Iraq spending bill a controversial provision to help pave the way for undocumented agriculture workers to win legal status, a move that may reopen the divisive immigration debate on the Senate floor.
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