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Smartest Woman in World Urges Iowans to Caucus on Wrong Day
Can you imagine the media frenzy if a Republican presidential candidate passed out cards at a campaign event urging attendees to go vote on the wrong day? Consider the wall-to-wall coverage that would have occurred if President Bush had done this when seeking reelection in 2004. Well, the supposedly smartest woman in the world, with her supposedly genius husband's assistance, actually did this…
Shuster Says: Huckabee Next President
See Update at foot: Could it be Jeb?Bona fide prediction, or devious three-dimensional-chess-move-cum- double-bank-shot-jujitsu gambit designed to sow chaos in Republican ranks? Hard to say, but one thing is undeniable: MSNBC correspondent David Shuster has predicted that Mike Huckabee will be the next President of the United States.The surprising prognosis came at the end of an interesting…
Reason Magazine Interviews Tony Snow
Reason magazine has fabulously given all lovers of Tony Snow an early Christmas present.Published Sunday, this interview between the former White House Press Secretary and his former colleague on the editorial board of the Detroit News, Shikha Dalmia, is a pure delight.Dalmia teased the question and answer segment with this marvelous introduction:
Netroots Equate Religious US Soldiers to Hamas Homicide Bombers
How much do you have to hate your country, Christianity, and the military to actually believe that religious United States soldiers are similar to Hamas homicide bombers?Regardless of the answer, such was the case made by Truthout Senior Editor Jason Leopold Friday, as well as in a recommended diary at the liberal website Daily Kos Sunday.*****Update at end of post: Daily Kos FAQ section cautions…
Actress Vanessa Redgrave Bails Out Jailed Al Qaeda Suspects
How does a British citizen, regardless of her political leanings, spend her own money to bail out of jail sworn enemies of her homeland?Such was the case Wednesday when actress Vanessa Redgrave, likely best known to Americans for her disgraceful, anti-Semitic rant at the 1978 Academy Awards, bailed out two al Qaeda suspects formerly being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and wanted for extradition…
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Racial Under Current is Seen in Clinton Campaign:[A]n important development in the 2008 Democratic battle may be the building backlash among African Americans over comments from associates of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton that could be construed as jabs at Sen. Barack Obama's race. These officials, including Clinton aides and prominent…