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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Keeping It Rielle — John Edwards's confession was a little bit breathtaking. — Not the sex stuff. That happens here all the time. — And certainly not covering up the sex stuff. That happens here all the time, too. First people uncover; then they cover up.
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Clark Hoyt / New York Times:
Sometimes, There's News in the Gutter — THE John Edwards “love child” story finally hit the national news media and made the front page of yesterday's Times. For weeks, Jay Leno joked about it, the Internet was abuzz, and readers wondered why The Times and most of the mainstream media seemed …
Jonathan Darman / Newsweek:
What Rielle Hunter Told Me — A seeker and a New Age spiritualist, John Edwards's other woman believed she could help him make history. — The Missing Webisodes — These 2006 promotional videos of John Edwards were produced by a company run by Rielle Hunter, who Edwards admitted to having an affair with in August 2008.
Simon Scowl / Deceiver.com:Five Questions About the Edwards Scandal, Now That It's No Longer “Alleged”
Gromer Jeffers Jr / Dallas Morning News:Dallas lawyer Fred Baron paid for Edwards' mistress to relocate
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New York Times:
Russian Troops Tighten Hold on Georgia — GORI, Georgia — Russian troops that had poured into the disputed territory of South Ossetia moved up to the border with Georgia on Sunday, as the conflict appeared to be developing into the worst clashes between Russia and a foreign military since the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
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Daily Mail:
The Pipeline War: Russian bear goes for West's jugular — The war in Georgia escalated dangerously last night after Russian jets reportedly bombed a vital pipeline that supplies oil to the West. — After a day of heightening international tensions, Georgian leaders claimed …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
“MEANINGLESS STATEMENTS” — Barack Obama has been criticized for acting as though he is already President. That's natural, since the actions in question have been presumptuous: the pseudo-Presidential seal, the speech in Germany, and so on. Today, one might say that John McCain is acting …
Jeff Mason / Reuters:McCain, Obama step up criticism of Russia over Georgia
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:Candidates' Reactions to Georgia Conflict Offer Hints at Style on Foreign Affairs
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Tim Shipman / Telegraph:
US Election 2008: The joke is finally on Barack Obama — Have you heard the one about the presidential candidate who was once so popular that comedians were frightened to make jokes about him? — The punchline is this: the more seriously he took himself, the more Barack Obama has become a laughing matter.
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Satyam / Think Progress:
Fox News Host Refuses To Talk About Russia-Georgia War, Insists On Covering Edwards' Affair — Yesterday, Russia launched a major military offensive against Georgia, which Georgia has called “a state of war.” Nearly two thousand people have died and the conflict risks sparking a wider war.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Clinton told to portray Obama as foreign — Mark Penn, the top campaign strategist for Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign, advised her to portray Barack Obama as having a “limited” connection “to basic American values and culture,” according to a forthcoming article in The Atlantic.
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Pres. Bush declines to slap Misty May-Treanor's bikinied butt — President George W. Bush, who played baseball, coached Little League, owned a big league team and watches the Texas Rangers at every opportunity, can't stay away from the U.S. teams at the Beijing Olympic games.
Lawrence Schumacher / St. Cloud Times:
Veteran gets one-on-one chat with Franken — There's an old saying in politics that elections are won or lost one vote at a time. — On Friday, DFL-endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken demonstrated how true that saying can be, when a roundtable on veterans issues at Brigitte's Cafe …
Terry Box / Washington Post:
Gas Is Sky-High and the Glaciers Are Melting. But I'm Not Junking My Great American Joyride. — My car swills gas, downing shot after shot of rich red petrol. It rumbles rudely at stoplights, scaring the Prius drivers around me. Its flinty suspension — stiff and unyielding …
Las Vegas Sun:
McCain's attacks on rival fall flat with vets group — Republican offers plan to let some get care outside VA — Sen. John McCain, speaking to disabled veterans Saturday in Las Vegas, attacked his Democratic opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, for his foreign policy record …
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