Big shakeups among big-time bloggers. Maybe. All over some old posts. Sheesh.
A few days ago the Edwards campaign announced they had hired liberal bloggers Amanda Marcotte (Pandagon) and Melissa McEwan (Shakespeare’s Sister). No sooner did the news break, when wingnut bloggers started a firestorm over opinions expressed on their blogs. In particular, Marcotte’s Pandagon blog. Now the firestorm has hit the mainstream media with the news [...]
And, there’s more.
The John Edwards campaign appears to be in bunker mode over the big blogger controversy. Staffers aren’t answering phone calls and emails. The statement on this whole dust-up promised to Salon earlier today has yet to materialize. Meanwhile, the Edwards camp is under blogospheric siege from some quarters. Chris Bowers of MyDD is threatening not to support Edwards if the two bloggers are fired. He writes: [...]
Tags: John Edwards, Amanda Marcotte, Melissa McEwan, Bloggers
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Big shakeups among big-time bloggers. Maybe. All over some old posts. Sheesh.
A few days ago the Edwards campaign announced they had hired liberal bloggers Amanda Marcotte (Pandagon) and Melissa McEwan (Shakespeare’s Sister). No sooner did the news break, when wingnut bloggers started a firestorm over opinions expressed on their blogs. In particular, Marcotte’s Pandagon blog. Now the firestorm has hit the mainstream media with the news [...]
Tags: John Edwards, Amanda Marcotte, Melissa McEwan, Bloggers
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I’ve been watching (and listening to) the audio tapes of Scooter Libby’s Grand Jury testimony. Quite the fascinating stuff! I’m sure you’ll find posts here in the future linking to the audio. However, there’s something like eight hours of the stuff. So, you might want to start with this summary of one bit of key testimony.
Tim Russert has finally taken the stand in the Scooter Libby case. Here is a quick refresher for the non-Plameologists. Scooter Libby testified that he did not leak Valerie Plame’s identity or occupation to anyone until after he heard about her from Tim Russert. He called Tim Russert on July 10th, 2003 to complain about Chris Matthew’s Hardball shows of July 8 and 9. And Libby told the FBI and testified to the grand jury that during this conversation Russert asked him if he knew that Ambassador Wilson’s wife worked [...]
PS. Don’t forget – if you’re reading this at the old site, it’s time to move your bookmarks. We’re working on RSS feeds for the new one – www.dougkrile.com or krilefiles.blogspot.com.
Tags: Tim Russert, Scooter Libby, Chris Matthews, Hardball, Dick Cheney
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Time to move it on over to the new blog, after one final post. New URL’s are www.dougkrile.com or krilefiles.blogspot.com. Obviously, the new name is "The Krile Files". So, here’s one final post for the old blog and another fresh one for the new blog. Whatcha think about THIS idea? Pretty strange, in my book.
One has to give them an "A" for originality – from NWCN.com: OLYMPIA, Wash. – An initiative filed by proponents of same-sex marriage would require heterosexual couples to have kids within three years or else have their marriage annulled. Initiative [...]
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage
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Time to move it on over to the new blog, after one final post. New URL’s are www.dougkrile.com or krilefiles.blogspot.com. Obviously, the new name is "The Krile Files". So, here’s one final post for the old blog and another fresh one for the new blog. Whatcha think about THIS idea? Pretty strange, in my book.
One has to give them an "A" for originality – from NWCN.com: OLYMPIA, Wash. – An initiative filed by proponents of same-sex marriage would require heterosexual couples to have kids within three years or else have their marriage annulled. Initiative [...]
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage
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