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Rick Perlstein / Washington Post:
In America, Crazy Is a Preexisting Condition — Birthers, Town Hall Hecklers and the Return of Right-Wing Rage — In Pennsylvania last week, a citizen, burly, crew-cut and trembling with rage, went nose to nose with his baffled senator: “One day God's going to stand before you …
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Daily Mail:
‘We were duped’: Two British women tricked into becoming stars of campaign to sabotage Obama's healthcare reforms — Two British women have claimed they were duped into becoming the stars of a campaign to sabotage Barack Obama's healthcare reforms. — Furious Kate Spall and Katie Brickell claim …
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Health Debate Fails to Ignite Obama's Grass Roots — MUSCATINE, Iowa — At her home on Tom Sawyer Road here the other night, Bonnie Adkins agreed to begin spreading the word that President Obama's embattled health care plan needed help. — Ms. Adkins, who for the past two years devoted hundreds …
Associated Press:
Shopkeeper 'didn't want to shoot' robbers — 2 suspects dead, 2 injured after 72-year-old opens fire in New York City — NEW YORK - The sidewalk outside the Harlem store still was smeared with blood Friday, and the glass on the door still was blown out. — Above the entrance …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
THIS ROBERT REICH COLUMN ON THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE is supposed to make you feel bad about the “right wing hate machine,” but instead it's a stunning admission of incompetence: … Hmm. So it's like this: … Remember how Bush was supposed to be the idiot who went into Iraq without a plan …
Rasmussen Reports:
54% Say Passing No Healthcare Reform Better Than Passing Congressional Plan — Thirty-five percent (35%) of American voters say passage of the bill currently working its way through Congress would be better than not passing any health care reform legislation this year.
The Moderate Voice:
Whole Foods Boycott Picks Up Steam (Guest Voice) — EDITOR'S NOTE: In the past we ran a line about Guest Voice posts not necessarily representing the opinion of TMV or its writers. But after we ran many Guest Voice columns by conservative talk show host Michael Reagan …
New York Times:
Emanuel Wields Power Freely, and Faces the Risks — WASHINGTON — As White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel was the one to bring the hammer down on Sidney Blumenthal. — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wanted to hire Mr. Blumenthal, a loyal confidant who had helped her promote the idea of a …
Los Angeles Times:
The feud between Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olbermann keeps viewers tuning in — Their corporate bosses may have called for a cease-fire, but Fox's Bill O'Reilly and MSNBC's Keith Olbermann keep on sparring. — By Matea Gold reporting from new york >>> — Two weeks of vitriolic exchanges …
JSOnline:
Dealers wait for ‘cash for clunkers’ payments — Some consider dropping out of program — By Joe Taschler of the Journal Sentinel — A growing number of auto dealers say the process of getting paid under the government's “cash for clunkers” plan increasingly resembles some of the wrecks accumulating …
Gila Courier and AZ 8th:
Jesse Kelly town hall a great success — Rep. Giffords canceled her town hall in Sahuarita/Green Valley and Jesse Kelly scheduled an appearance in the same venue at the same time and place. From the looks of the video below it was very successful. Both sides were allowed to speak for two hours and with no problems.
John / Power Line:
Quid Pro Quo — We noted here that the drug companies intend to spend $150 million—more than the McCain campaign's entire television advertising budget—on ads supporting Obamacare. Today on CNN, Wolf Blitzer asked Linda Douglass whether the ad campaign was part of the deal …
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Kennedy absences raise concern for health vote — Sen. Edward Kennedy's absence from two high-profile public events is raising worries that the country's longest congressional champion for health reform may not be available to shepherd it through the Senate this fall.
Anthony Colarossi / Orlando Sentinel:
Clermont police interview suspect in Obama ‘Joker’ posters — (TOM BENITEZ, ORLANDO SENTINEL / August 12, 2009) — CLERMONT - Clermont police have interviewed one suspect who is admitting to putting up the dozens of posters pasted around the city depicting President Obama as the Joker character …
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Alex Koppelman / Salon:
What's Conrad's position on the public option? — There was some excitement on the Internet Friday evening because of a report that Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., told a roomful of his constituents Thursday that he won't vote for a bill with a public option. — If true, that story …
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Katie Ryan / Jamestown Sun:
Conrad says he won't support government-run health care program
Conrad says he won't support government-run health care program
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