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Hi. A lot of politics on the Internet today, most of it serious, but with a little musical challenge thrown in at the end:
BullDogPundit at AnkleBitingPundits sums up conservatives' anger over a possible comprehensive immigration reform bill.
And McJoan at DailyKos points out that netroots Democrats are getting angry at their party's House rank-and-file for stalling on lobbying reform after running against the Republican "Culture of Corruption."
Some Republicans are now calling for Texas Congressman Ron Paul to be excluded from future debates because of his argument that blowback from U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East was a root cause of the 9/11 attacks. (Former New York Mayor Giuliani was pronounced the winner of the debate for telling Paul he'd never heard anyone argue that before, and demanding that Paul retract what he said.) Jonah Goldberg at National Review tells us why he also thinks Paul is wrong.
But The Nation's John Nichols points out that the conclusions of the 9/11 Commission report are on Paul's side.
The Wall Street Journal thinks James Comey's testimony about the dramatic hospital bedside confrontation between then-Attorney General John Ashcroft and then-White House counsel (and current AG) Alberto Gonzales is a dangerous game of political theater. And Glenn Greenwald thinks the media is missing the real story, which is not the drama of the confrontation but the nature of the program they were arguing about.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton talked to London's Daily Telegraph about what he thinks the U.S. needs to do to stop Iran from producing a nuclear weapon.
But there's a new report that claims CentCom Commander Adm. William Fallon has said military action against Iran won't happen on his watch.
Talk about bad poll numbers. Editor and Publisher has a new poll that shows Americans aren't too happy with the way things are going right now.
Hillary Clinton wants you to help choose her campaign's theme song.
And as someone who spends a lot of time poking around on the Internet, there are few places I look forward to visiting more than Quinn Cummings's blog. Besides being a brilliant observer of the human condition (the condition of motherhood in particular) she also happens to be hilarious.
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TAKING OFF AGAIN
The debate was fixed in the first place. When a handful of corporations own the media, you better believe you'll see what they want you to see.
FOX news for Chrissakes!
williams, wichita, kansas (Sent May 18, 2007 5:03:01 PM)
I'm very impressed with this roundup, Chris, and now it's a must-see feature for me.
You might be interested in Kevin, M.D.'s blog - he highlights the deaths of several highly regarded physician bloggers and what this trend portends for the healthcare blogosphere.
N=1 (Sent May 17, 2007 2:56:31 PM)
Of course "some Republicans" are dissed with Ron Paul and want him excluded from future "debates".
They don't have the courage to face him. What a bunch of sissies.
The fact is Ron Paul is the only true conservative Republican Presidential candidate out there.
I left the GOP last year after 34 years and resigned as local Republican committee woman because the Republican Party is no longer recognizable to real conservatives.
Ron Paul has my full support and he has my vote for President; even if I have to write him in.
I took the time to call his office yesterday to let him know that.
Not only that, I'm sending him a check.
Which is saying something because I've never sent money to a political candidate before.
It's part of my grocery money for the month.
How many phone calls are the other Republicans candidates getting from farm wives without a TV or Radio?
Not to mention part of their grocery money.
Small wonder they want him excluded.
Granny Miller, Pennsylvania (Sent May 17, 2007 2:05:31 PM)
In my opinion, Giuliani LOST the debate for stepping out of turn (against the rules of the debate) and then attacking Ron Paul for saying something "absurd" when in reality it was something Giuliani should've heard of before. Giuliani lost the debate.
Korey Kaczynski, Omaha, Nebraska (Sent May 17, 2007 1:41:32 PM)
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