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Chris / TVNewser:
Breaking: What Else Jesse Jackson Said on That FNC Tape — Exclusive: TVNewser has been sent the transcript of what Jesse Jackson said Sunday morning July 6, as he prepared for an interview on Fox & Friends Weekend. Below is the partial transcript we received in our tips box …
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Michelle Malkin:
Jesse Jackson: N-word for me, but not for thee — Hey, remember when Jesse Jackson called for a boycott of Seinfeld DVDs to protest Kramer actor Michael Richard's use of the n-word? The rev-uh-rund had a conniption fit over the word and demanded that everyone refrain from using the word onstage and off.
Joe / Joe. My. God.:
Elizabeth Dole Says “F**k You” To Americans Who Died From AIDS — This is unbelievable. Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) wants to rename the the current AIDS relief bill after Jesse Helms. … Jesse Helms, the man who in 1987 described AIDS prevention literature as “so obscene, so revolting, I may throw up.”
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Report: Absolute Moral Authority drops the N-bomb on Obama tape; Update: O'Reilly blames Internet “weasel” for leak — Normally I'd wait for video proof but Inside Cable News claimed with unusual insistence last night that it's true and now TV Newser is corroborating it, so obviously someone who's in a position to know is leaking.
Pam Spaulding / Pam's House Blend:
The Empty Wig's flipped: proposes naming AIDS bill after Jesse Helms
The Empty Wig's flipped: proposes naming AIDS bill after Jesse Helms
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:
Dead racist bigot Jesse Helms, AIDS hero? I don't think so.
Dead racist bigot Jesse Helms, AIDS hero? I don't think so.
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Little Green Footballs:
Now Obama is Promising to Get Rid of All Nuclear Weapons — Barack Obama has a plan to get rid of all the nuclear weapons in the world. — He's going to achieve this amazing feat by making sure the US adheres to nonproliferation treaties. … Because Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Kim Jong-Il …
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Glen Johnson / Associated Press:
Obama warns against ‘fighting the last war’
Obama warns against ‘fighting the last war’
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Matt Pressman / Vanity Fair:
Why Do People Love to Hate The New York Times? — Times-bashing isn't just for conservatives anymore. As countless self-appointed critics whack away at the Gray Lady, our correspondent searches for the cause fueling the rebellion. — It's such a given in the media business that few …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Campaign Criticizes New York Times Story On Poll
Obama Campaign Criticizes New York Times Story On Poll
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Michael J. Totten / Commentary:
Is the War Over? — Independent reporter Michael Yon has spent more time in Iraq embedded with combat soldiers than any other journalist in the world, and a few days ago he boldly declared the war over: … I'm reluctant to say “the war has ended,” as he did, but everything else he wrote is undoubtedly true.
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Dick Morris / Real Clear Politics:
Why the Race is Tied — After almost six weeks of a constant Obama lead, generally in the five- to seven-point range, Scott Rasmussen's daily tracking poll records two consecutive days of a tie race (July 12-13) and a one-point Obama lead on July 14. What happened to the Democrat's lead?
Megan McArdle:
Mr Bernanke, tear down this inflation — Consumer inflation rose at 1.1% last month, with even the dreaded core inflation posting higher than expected increases. I'd say it was clear before, but if it wasn't then, it sure is now: the attempt to ride out the oil and monetary shocks with monetary stimulus is not a good idea.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Consumer Prices, Driven by Fuel, Surge 1.1% in June
Consumer Prices, Driven by Fuel, Surge 1.1% in June
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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
McCain Camp's New Attack: Obama Is The One Who's The Same As Bush — The McCain campaign is taking their effort to distance their candidate from the unpopular President Bush to a whole new level: McCain's advisers are now openly attacking Bush on Iraq — and not only that …
Deanna Bellandi / Associated Press:
Ex-Clinton aide checked before joining Obama team — CHICAGO - Hillary Rodham Clinton's former campaign manager, now on Barack Obama's team, says she could easily work for her old boss again if Clinton were on the Democratic ticket. — Clinton replaced Patti Solis Doyle after poor early showings …
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CNN:
9/11 billboard draws flak from Florida Dems, GOP — (CNN) — A Florida man is using billboards with an image of the burning World Trade Center to encourage votes for a Republican presidential candidate, drawing criticism for politicizing the 9/11 attacks. — “Please Don't Vote for a Democrat” …
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Bruce Bartlett / Wall Street Journal:
The GOP Is the Party of Civil Rights
The GOP Is the Party of Civil Rights
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CNN:
NAACP gives McCain polite but tepid welcome — (CNN) — Republican presidential hopeful John McCain received a polite but tepid welcome Wednesday as he spoke before a hugely pro-Barack Obama and Democratic crowd at the NAACP convention. — McCain received the most cheers when opened his address with praise for his rival.
Mike Madden / Salon:
Barack Obama's super marketing machine — He knows your neighborhood, your favorite products and even when you open your e-mail. How Obama is betting on vast, corporate-style voter outreach to win the White House. — WASHINGTON — About every week or so, you get an e-mail …
Ross Douthat:
Comments — Just a quick announcement: From now on, one of the Atlantic's crack interns will be going through the comment threads at the end of every business day, deleting any comments that run afoul of our comments section's terms of service, which state that “By using this service you agree …
Matthew Yglesias:
Everything is Good News for McCain — Can I just note that I seem to live in some kind of mirror universe where the fact that Barack Obama has, for months, maintained a modest lead over John McCain in every public poll constitutes bad news for Obama and that the specific reason it constitutes bad news …
Haaretz:
Olmert: We paid heavy price due to moral duty to our troops — The coffins of Israeli reservists Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser were delivered to an army base in northern Israel on Wednesday, where their families were waiting, hours after the soldiers' bodies were returned in a prisoner exchange …
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David Aaronovitch / Times of London:
US troops poised to cross Afghan border for raid on bases — US troops in Afghanistan massed close to the border yesterday for a possible attack on al-Qaeda and Taleban bases in the lawless North Waziristan tribal belt in Pakistan. — Reports from the area said that hundreds of Nato troops …
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