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The Huffington Post:
David Remnick On That New Yorker Cover: It's Satire, Meant To Target “Distortions And Misconceptions And Prejudices” About Obama — Earlier today, the New Yorker released its cover for the July 21, 2008 issue — and the reaction was swift and furious. — The cover by Barry Blitt, called …
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Michelle Malkin:
Grow a pair, Obama — So, you found this satirical New Yorker cover art “tasteless and offensive.” — Welcome to public life. — Guess what? In Washington, political cartoonists and caricaturists spare no one. — Here's a reminder of the crap Condi Rice has had to deal with over the years:
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
THAT NEW YORKER COVER....I blogged a few hours ago about Ryan Lizza's Obama piece in the current issue of the New Yorker, but at the time I hadn't seen the cover that went along with it. Now I have, because when I browsed through my RSS feed after dinner it turned out that the entire (liberal) …
Attaturk / Firedoglake:
“Hope” — I guess it takes a lot of that stuff to actually make a statement like this:
“Hope” — I guess it takes a lot of that stuff to actually make a statement like this:
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
‘Scare tactic’ — Obama slams Muslim portrayal
‘Scare tactic’ — Obama slams Muslim portrayal
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Katie Fretland / The Swamp:
Obama campaign slams New Yorker cover
Obama campaign slams New Yorker cover
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Barack Obama / New York Times:
My Plan for Iraq — THE call by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki for a timetable for the removal of American troops from Iraq presents an enormous opportunity. We should seize this moment to begin the phased redeployment of combat troops that I have long advocated …
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Tanta / Calculated Risk:
Krugman on the GSEs — Paul Krugman has a new column on Fannie and Freddie which I think is important. I'm going to take issue with a fair amount of it, but not with the basic argument that the uproar over the GSEs is “overblown.” That, I think is a point worth making.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fannie, Freddie and You — And now we've reached the next stage …
Fannie, Freddie and You — And now we've reached the next stage …
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Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Bush to Lift Executive Ban on Offshore Drilling — President Bush to lift executive ban on offshore drilling, urge Congress to act as well — The White House says President Bush is planning to lift an executive ban on offshore oil drilling. — In a Rose Garden statement on Monday, the president plans to lift the ban.
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Fox News:
Bush to Lift Executive Ban on Offshore Oil Drilling — WASHINGTON — President Bush will lift an executive ban on offshore oil drilling, although new oil exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf will remain off limits until Congress also takes action. — The president will make a Rose …
ACLU:
Terrorist Watch List Hits One Million Names — ACLU launches online watch list complaint form — Contact: (202) 675-2312 or media@dcaclu.org — WASHINGTON, DC - The nation's terrorist watch list has hit one million names, according to a tally maintained by the American Civil Liberties Union based upon …
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Lieberman Finds Middle a Tricky Path — WASHINGTON — Joseph I. Lieberman, lapsed Democrat of Connecticut, strolled into the weekly lunch of the Senate Democrats last Tuesday, unaccompanied by a food taster. — He greeted his colleagues, including some who felt he should not have been there.
Amanda / Think Progress:
Despite Aversion To Golfing During The War, Bush Will Attend A McCain Golf Fundraiser Hosted By His Parents — Despite Aversion To Golfing During The War, Bush Will Attend A McCain Golf Fundraiser Hosted By His Parents — In May, President Bush revealed that he had given up playing golf because of the Iraq war.
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Ron Moreau / Newsweek:
Why Vietnam Loves McCain — They jailed him for five years. Now they want him in the White House. — Photos: Jonathan Torgovnik / Getty Images — Let Freedom Ring: Nurse Thanh remembers; Duyet at home in Haiphong — John McCain might not recognize Nguyen van Sy, but they used to be neighbors.
Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
McCain takes a Social Security risk — The Republican seems willing to consider privatization — and Democrats aim to use that to sway senior voters. — WASHINGTON — It was a spectacular flop: a president making dozens of fruitless trips around the country to build support for a plan his own party's leadership refused to accept.
Elizabeth Aguilera / The Politico:
Denver businesses stiffed by DNC — As soon as Charlotte Kulscar heard the Democratic National Committee named Denver its 2008 convention site, she began researching how to get a piece of the estimated $160 million economic impact for her print shop. — She thought she had a good shot.
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John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Obama backers on the left are doing the wincing now — When Jesse Jackson's Castrato-gate or the Barack Obama Nuts Controversy or whatever you want to call it erupted last week—as captured by the hot microphones of Fox News—terrible cries of pain went unnoticed.
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Aaron Deslatte / Orlando Sentinel:
No fuzzy math: State Dems sign up voters 7-1 over GOP — TALLAHASSEE - John McCain's Florida problems may be growing: Democratic voters have out-registered Republicans by a nearly 7-to-1 margin since January. — State totals show Democrats gained a net of 106,508 voters from January through May …
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