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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.
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.
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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Alex Johnson / MSNBC:
Gay tourism ad causes uproar in S.C. — State cancels contract, faces investigation after posters plaster London — A state employee has resigned and officials have disavowed an international advertising campaign that led to calls for an investigation of tourism posters proclaiming “South Carolina is so gay.”
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
South Carolina President
South Carolina President
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Glen Johnson / Associated Press:
Obama warns against ‘fighting the last war’ … WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Democrat Barack Obama warned Wednesday about the danger of “fighting the last war” as he pledged to focus on emerging nuclear, biological and cyber threats if elected president. — Two goals of his administration …
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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 …
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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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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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.”
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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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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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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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?
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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Craig S. Smith / New York Times:
Hero's Welcome Expected in Lebanon for Captive of Israel
Hero's Welcome Expected in Lebanon for Captive of Israel
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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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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Gates Warns of Militarized Policy — Defense Secretary Stresses Civilian Aspects of U.S. Engagement — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned yesterday against the risk of a “creeping militarization” of U.S. foreign policy, saying the State Department should lead U.S. engagement with other countries …
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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 …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Naral: Pro-choice t-shirt-wearers barred from McCain event [UPDATED] — [UPDATED WITH MCCAIN CAMPAIGN RESPONSE] — The McCain campaign is sharply disputing a claim by the New Mexico arm of NARAL Pro-Choice that it had three of the group's members barred from the Arizona Senator's event in Albuquerque yesterday.
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.
Lawrence Summers / Creative Capitalism:
Our creative mortgage crisis? — Here is a really good creative capitalism idea. All Americans benefit from increases in home ownership because of the values like hard work, community, and respect for property that ownership instills. Families want desperately to own their own homes and accumulate equity.
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