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12:35 AM ET, May 16, 2008

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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 …

Discussion: Daily Kos, Blue Girl, Red State and Taylor Marsh

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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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.

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 …

Discussion: The Swamp, CNN, The Caucus, Ben Smith's Blogs, Think Progress and Degree of Madness

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 …

Discussion: MyDD, Matthew Yglesias, The Daily Dish, Macsmind and The Page

Will Bunch / Philly.com:
President Bush committed political treason today

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Wall Street Journal:
Prepared Text of Bush's Knesset Speech

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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Obama says Bush falsely accuses him of appeasement

Discussion: The Diplomad, Redstate and Democracy Project

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 ...

Discussion: democracyarsenal.org

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.

Discussion: Attackerman, Salon and MyDD

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.

John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Matthews rips right wing Talkie Kevin James because he's doesn't …

Discussion: The Huffington Post

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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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
California's marriage ruling — what it means and what it doesn't mean

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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain and Obama weigh in on Cali marriage decision

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Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
State Supreme Court says same-sex couples have right to marry

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
California Court Affirms Right to Gay Marriage

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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Marriage statements

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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.

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs, MyDD and Fox News

Marc Ambinder:

McCain Campaign To Re-Vet Entire Staff — After a series of disclosures forced the resignation of two McCain campaign aides with ties to unsavory regimes, the campaign has decided to scrutinize the background of the entire staff to ferret out connections to lobbyists.

Discussion: The Page and The RBC

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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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
House Rejects $162.5B War Funding Bill

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Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:
House fails to pass war funding measure

Discussion: The Swamp and Democrats.com

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 …

Discussion: The Raw Story and TPMMuckraker

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

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Saira Anees / Political Punch:

Women Threaten Obama Boycott — FROM GUEST-BLOGGER RICK KLEIN, OF ABC'S THE NOTE — I've posted a few times in the last two days about female supporters of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton who are angry — at the Democratic Party, at the Obama campaign, or at the general situation that sees …

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