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Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Palin's Book Goes Rogue on Some Facts — WASHINGTON (AP) — Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time. Ignoring substantial parts of her record if not the facts, she depicts herself as a frugal traveler …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Sarah Palin is dumb. — By her own words, Sarah Palin is dumb. Here's the excerpt of pages 255-257 of “Going Rogue: An American Life”: … Why didn't you have a say? There's that “really” hedging: You didn't really have a say. You're pleading passivity and impotence but you want us …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
McCain camp: Book ‘petty and pathetic’ — Top aides to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign hit back at Sarah Palin Friday, after news reports revealed that the former vice presidential nominee's soon-to-be-released book criticizes the campaign's press strategy.
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Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
Great Moments In Journalism: Sarah Palin Marginalization Starts Early At MSNBC
Great Moments In Journalism: Sarah Palin Marginalization Starts Early At MSNBC
Sarah Palin / Drudge Report:
HER TURN! — Chapter Four; Section 8, pages 255-257
HER TURN! — Chapter Four; Section 8, pages 255-257
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner on National Review Online:
Holder's Hidden Agenda, cont'd . . . — By: Andy McCarthy — This summer, I theorized that Attorney General Eric Holder — and his boss — had a hidden agenda in ordering a re-investigation of the CIA for six-year-old alleged interrogation excesses that had already been scrutinized …
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Philip Klein / AmSpecBlog:
Mukasey Blasts Pre-9/11 Mentality in KSM Decision — Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who as a judge presided over a trial stemming from the first attack on the World Trade Center, on Friday warned that the Obama administration's decision to bring Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Key 9/11 Suspect to Be Tried in New York
Key 9/11 Suspect to Be Tried in New York
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Michelle Malkin:
Bombshell: Obama bringing KSM to NYC for trial; former Bush AG …
Bombshell: Obama bringing KSM to NYC for trial; former Bush AG …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Bloomberg: We Should Try 9/11 Terrorists Near Site Of Attacks
Bloomberg: We Should Try 9/11 Terrorists Near Site Of Attacks
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel: A Political Decision This Ain't — Here's what the Attorney General isn't doing.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
So Now Khalid Sheikh Mohammad Is A 9/11 “Suspect”
So Now Khalid Sheikh Mohammad Is A 9/11 “Suspect”
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New Orleans Times-Picayune:
William Jefferson sentenced to 13 years in prison … Former Rep. William Jefferson was sentenced today to 13 years in prison for his conviction on 11 counts of public corruption in a case in which he famously hid $90,000 in his freezer. — U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III delivered …
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David Stout / New York Times:
Sentence of 13 Years for Ex-Louisiana Congressman — WASHINGTON — Former Representative William J. Jefferson, a New Orleans Democrat whose political career once seemed to hold high promise, was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for using his office to try to enrich himself and his relatives.
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Hutchison won't resign Senate seat — Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) is expected to announce today that she will not resign her Senate seat - as had been expected — while she campaigns for governor, according to two sources familiar with the situation. — Get alerted every time your favorite reporter posts a story
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: MSNBC uses faked photos to goof on Palin, of course — Skip ahead to 1:00 and then 2:00 if you can't stomach the whole clip. The images of her in the black miniskirt and the American-flag bikini started floating around the 'Net mere days after she joined the ticket last year …
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
White House Plan on Immigration Includes Legal Status — The Obama administration will insist on measures to give legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants as it pushes early next year for legislation to overhaul the immigration system, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday.
Cara Anna / Associated Press:
Chinese greet ‘Oba Mao’ with flaming statue, fakes — BEIJING (AP) - The Chinese have learned English from his speeches and celebrated the way he rolls up his sleeves. Now President Barack Obama is finally coming, and he's being greeted with “Oba Mao” T-shirts and a statue of him that bursts into flames.
WPCVA.COM:
Danville TEA Party to burn Rep. Perriello in effigy — BLAIRS - In a move sure to spark controversy, the Danville TEA Party will close their “Fired Up for Freedom” rally by burning Rep. Tom Perriello and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in effigy in response to the passage of landmark healthcare legislation …
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Tony Romm / The Hill:
Rep. Steve King: Bauer was hired to ‘erase tracks’ between Obama, ACORN — Newly appointed White House counsel Bob Bauer is “perfectly positioned to be tasked with erasing the tracks between Obama and ACORN,” one Republican lawmaker charged Friday. — The lawyer's hiring …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
'America's first Pacific president' — TOKYO — Trying to reassure allies and rivals, President Barack Obama billed himself Saturday as “America's first Pacific president,” promising the nations of Asia “a new era of engagement with the world based on mutual interests and mutual respect.”
Matt Corley / Think Progress:
G. Gordon Liddy Says 'I'm Convinced' That ‘Barack Obama Is A Muslim,’ Gary Bauer Doesn't Disagree — On his radio show today, G. Gordon Liddy hosted former Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer to discuss his Human Events column on the Fort Hood massacre, in which Bauer …
Ezra Klein:
Some worrying signs out of the Senate — Health reform ain't easy. — Expectations were that the Senate would get the CBO score for its health-care bill today. It didn't. Or, to be more precise, it didn't get the CBO score it wanted. The proposal Reid's office sent to the CBO …
Seth / Enik Rising:
Does unemployment affect midterm elections? — I've seen no small amount of hand-wringing from Democrats worried about the impact of the current double-digit unemployment on next year's midterm elections. By most estimates, even if there is robust economic growth for the next year …
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Can the Clinton Coalition Survive Obama? — John Judis and Ruy Teixeira's well-regarded 2002 work The Emerging Democratic Majority begins with a vignette set in Virginia. They tell the story of a telecom executive named Mark Warner, who runs a moderate campaign that appeals …