Now that’s what I call resume-padding:
When Morgan Freeman comes over to greet Obama, the senator begins bowing down both hands in worship. “This guy was president before I was,” says Obama, referring to Freeman’s turn in Deep Impact and, clearly, getting a little ahead of his own bio. Next, a nod to Bruce Almighty: “This guy was God
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Yglesias has been correctly obsessed with the Kirkuk situation. My sense is that the external–Turkish–threat may be greater than the internal (mostly Sunni) Arab situation. In recent weeks, the Maliki government has smiled upon “voluntary” relocation plans for the Kirkuk Arabs: there is synergy between the desire of Kurds and Shi’ites …
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Other Klein not just clever, but closer to the truth than he may think. In Ron Suskind’s excellent book, the One Percent Solution, there’s a hilarious scene–p336– that takes place in the inner sanctum of the CIA right after Osama issued his last minute verbal assault on Bush just before the 2004 election. The consensus is that Osama …
These are not the emails you’re looking for.
UPDATE: Yeah, this is all dead tree and whatnot.
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President Bush–unplugged, unhinged, unscripted, incoherent–at a town meeting, via Atrios and You Tube.
John Podhoretz steps in to show that the NRO’s Corner is not the moral wasteland John Derbyshire would have you believe:
The notion that a human being or group of human beings holding no weapon whatever should somehow “fight back” against someone calmly executing other people right in front of their eyes is ludicrous beyond belief,
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Josh Tyrangiel, the with-it whiz kid who is going to save Time from dead tree hell, tells me that we will soon (-ish) be adding video to the Swamp. One idea for incorporating this new fangled technology is to have it be a Q&A between you, the citizens of the commentsphere, and us, your humble correspondents. It would work like this: We …
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In which the legislative battle over funding the Iraq war is discussed.
Key statistic that many Swampland readers are missing: According to the CBS poll, only 9% of the American people want to cut off funds for the troops. The Democrats are trying–given the Constitutional powers of the President and the public’s opposition to cutting …
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John McCain in South Carolina:
Another man — wondering if an attack on Iran is in the works — wanted to know when America is going to “send an air mail message to Tehran.”
McCain began his answer by changing the words to a popular Beach Boys song.
“Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran,” he sang to the tune of Barbara Ann.
This is …
What’s the senate hearing version of the “mercy rule”?
Here’s where it would have made sense:
Feinstein: “You’re testifying to us that you made these decisions without ever looking at the performance records?”
Gonzales: “Yes.”
I mean, game over, right? The next sentence out of Gonzales’ mouth should have been, “And on that note, I …
I’m not going to attempt to live-blog, as I can’t possibly keep up with all the spectacular senatorial fury that’s being laid down on Alberto (who now looks like he’s passing a kidney stone).
But I’ll try to drop in for highlights. Favorite so far: Specter makes a snarky remark about how, “I know you’ve prepared thoroughly for this …
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Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) starts the day off in D.C., giving a major policy speech at noon entitled “The New American Prosperity: Innovation and Energy Independence in the 21st Century.” Dodd will unveil his …
Alberto Gonzales is listening to Leahy’s bill of particulars with an expression on his face like he’s trying to read something from very far away. And the something he’s trying to read carries unpleasant news. Maybe it’s the Constitution?
UPDATE: He’s now reading the Federalist papers or something, as his expression has soured even …
