Michael Moore is a disgrace.
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Assorted Political Notes
First, this from Al Kamen in the Washington post:
Meanwhile, everyone who’s watching Al Gore’s waistline for clues as to whether he’s running in ’08 might want to pick up his book, “The Assault on Reason.” Although it is tough on the Bush administration, it is a polemic about how the enemies of reason — using fear and secrecy and blind
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Today on the Trail
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Former Sen. John Edwards
Conservatives Tell Bush to Fire Gonzales
Elsewhere on TIME.com, my colleague Adam Zagorin writes that an influential group of conservatives is now demanding that the AG go. Pertinent quotes from their letter assert: “Mr. Gonzales has presided over an unprecedented crippling of the Constitution’s time-honored checks and balances. He has brought rule of law into disrepute, and …
Follow the Money: Today’s Installment
Today is the deadline for the campaigns to file the detailed breakdowns of their first-quarter fundraising and spending. Some have done it in the last 72 hours or so, and in the first analysis (there will be much more in coming days as reporters and watchdog groups dig into the fine print), we are learning some interesting things:
THE …
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On Scapegoats
There seems to be some confusion out there–even among anthropologist commentators–about the meaning of scapegoat sacrifice in the ancient world (i.e. before the famous scapegoat passage in Leviticus that is read every Yom Kippur, which effectively changed the meaning of the ritual and made the scapegoat an innocent…goat).
My …
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Enter Atrios
Duncan expatiates. Hmmm. But wait a second, you mean it works like this: Bush vetoes appropriation, then announces troops will stay longer…because the Democrats won’t pay for them? Sorry. Does not scan.
What’s actually happening is this: A battle between Petraeus–with the full support of Gates–and those Bushies who think “progress” …
Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been…
One of our colleagues is sifting through the latest DOJ document dump as we type and he’s already come across something interesting. In the spreadsheet the DOJ compiled to help decide which USAs to target, there are columns for, among other things, legal experience, educational experience and… Federalist Society membership. I guess …
PSA
Our prayers and thoughts are with Governor Corzine, and we are rooting for him to pull through this as quickly as possible. This report also provides a reminder that it’s important–and in most places, state law–to take that extra second to strap yourself in when you are going anywhere.
Today on the Trail: The Huckabees split up the work
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Several state and county Republican groups celebrate their …
Timing Is Everything
I’d like to take a time out from the heated debate over the worst person in the world designation absurdly bestowed on Karen to come to the defense of another Swamplander. Apparently some readers believe Ana made her decision to stop appearing on the Imus show only after MSNBC had dropped him, thereby making it an easier call. Not so. …
Worst Worst Person in the World
Because there is not enough love on this blog: Olbermann really should set his sights, uh, lower. Karen’s initial post was a reasonable query and she got a response posted from the campaign within minutes. It wasn’t an accusation left to lie out and fester a la Mary Ann Akers’ Edwards “sympathy card” allegation; one would think …
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The Worst Person in the World–Continued
Solidarity with Karen…Keith Olbermann and I share a beloved high school English teacher–Arthur Naething. We’ve done tributes together for the guy. I love the way Keith writes and thinks. I love his program. But there’s a helium effect going on here–rampant righteousness, leading to some questionable decision-making. Not just with …