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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.
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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.”
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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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
May We Mock, Barack? — When I interviewed Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert for Rolling Stone a couple years ago, I wondered what Barack Obama would mean for them. — “It seems like a President Obama would be harder to make fun of than these guys,” I said. — “Are you kidding me?” Stewart scoffed.
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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.
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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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 …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
South Carolina President
South Carolina President
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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?
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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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 …
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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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Tom Friedman doesn't understand why America is unpopular in the world — Tom Friedman is befuddled. He cannot understand “the decline in American popularity around the world under President Bush” and is specifically upset about the fact that “China is now more popular in Asia than America …
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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 …
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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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.
Washington Post:
The Iron Timetable — BARACK OBAMA yesterday accused President Bush and Sen. John McCain of rigidity on Iraq: “They said we couldn't leave when violence was up, they say we can't leave when violence is down.” Mr. Obama then confirmed his own foolish consistency.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Oregon Senate — Oregon Senate: Merkley tops Smith for first time 43% to 41% — Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley for the first time has edged ahead of Republican Senator Gordon Smith 43% to 41% in Oregon, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Media Stars Will Accompany Obama Overseas — WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain's trip to Iraq last spring was a low-key affair: With his ordinary retinue of reporters following him abroad, the NBC News anchor Brian Williams reported on his arrival in Baghdad from New York …