John Edwards did a pretty darn good job of defusing the big "Blogger Blowup". (See the post directly below this one for earlier information). This really could have blown up and caused big problems for his campaign. He effectively puts out the fire. Read on to find out how.
A lot of people pulled together yesterday to exert maximum pressure on John Edwards not to fire his two female netroots outreach employees, Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon and Melissa McEwan of Shakespeare’s Sister and Big Brass Blog. And it payed off. "John Edwards in News Feed of 2/08/2007 at 11:36 AM EST The tone and the sentiment of some of Amanda Marcotte’s and Melissa McEwan’s posts personally offended me. It’s not how I talk to people, and it’s not how I expect the people who work for me to talk [...]
Tags: John Edwards, Amanda Marcotte, Melissa McEwan, Bloggers
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John Edwards did a apretty darn good job of defusing the big "Blogger Blowup". (See the post directly below this one for earlier information). This really could have blown up and caused big problems for his campaign. He effectively puts out the fire. Read on to find out how.
A lot of people pulled together yesterday to exert maximum pressure on John Edwards not to fire his two female netroots outreach employees, Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon and Melissa McEwan of Shakespeare’s Sister and Big Brass Blog. And it payed off. "John Edwards in News Feed of 2/08/2007 at 11:36 AM EST The tone and the sentiment of some of Amanda Marcotte’s and Melissa McEwan’s posts personally offended me. It’s not how I talk to people, and it’s not how I expect the people who work for me to talk [...]
Tags: John Edwards, Amanda Marcotte, Melissa McEwan, Bloggers
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With memory lapses like this one, she’d fit right in.
I just got off the phone with Flynt Leverett, a former CIA Mideast analyst and National Security Council staffer during President Bush’s first term. Leverett says he finds it "really quite curious" that Secretary Rice is pleading a memory lapse [...]
Tags: Flynt Leverett, National Security Council, Condoleezza Riced, Iran
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That’s what this story was. Until Anna Nicole Smith suddenly died. Basic info here -
The media continues to pound a false Washington Times report accusing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) of wasting government resources by “demanding permanent access to a large military jet for herself, her staff, other Members and supporters.” In fact, Pelosi’s office has stated repeatedly, from the beginning, that “it is up to the Air Force to [...]
Major update here -
A new statement from the House Sergeant at Arms on the Pelosi-plane-ridiculousness … "For Immediate Release February 8, 2007 As the Sergeant at Arms, I have the responsibility to ensure the security of the members of the House of Representatives, to include the Speaker of the House. The Speaker requires additional precautions due to her responsibilities as the leader of the House and her [...]
Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Plane Scandal
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Still, the bounce just ain’t happening. No matter how hard you look, it’s tough to find much of optimism for the Administration.
A new survey shows President Bush’s approval rating is at an all-time low. In fact, the only political leader with a lower approval rating is Ariel Sharon. Let’s think about that for a second. The only world leader with a lower approval rating than Bush is a Jew among Palestinians. The only world leader with a [...]
Tags: Bush’s Approval Rating, Ariel Sharon, Harris
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Not much more than a slap on the wrist, to me. Or, is that all that’s really warranted?
Breaking: a long-awaited report on the Office of Special Plans, the intelligence shop in the Pentagon notorious for its bogus intel on Saddam Hussein’s ties to Al Qaeda, is coming out tomorrow. Some details here, via [...]
Tags: Office of Special Plans, Iraq War, Saddam Hussein, Al Qaeda
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Will it make any difference? Will the number of suicide bombings decrease? Will the number of civilian deaths decrease? Will the number of military deaths decrease?
Via Iraq Pictures: A suspected insurgent training site is destroyed with explosives north of Baghdad. This news from Iraq, via the Jawa Report, should be top story. But since Anna Nicole Smith died, it won’t get the coverage it deserves: [...]
Before you move on, here’s the likely answer to at least one of my questions -
Tags: Iraq War, Insurgents
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It is, after all, our tax dollars they’re losing. Simply unbelievable. This story has floated around the web for a long time now. Finally, pretty much confirmed, the world is getting a glimpse of just how badly the Iraq War has been run.
Well, years later it’s finally hitting a mainstream outlet – the Bush administration sent pallots of cash to a war zone, and didn’t have any way to track where it went (which was probably the plan): [ ...]
Some more interesting thoughts on the vanishing $$$$$$ here -
Tags: Iraq War, Money on Pallets
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Mary Matlin with Don Imus this morning. Just downright bizarre. Weird. And strange. Transcripts and audio via Crooks and Liars and others.
Her appearance on Imus this morning was just bizarre. The main point Imus wanted to cover is if she actually told Libby that Tim Russert hated Chris Matthews. I edited some stuff out (it’s still a long clip) and tried to focus on her responses to this point and the Libby trial. Basically—try to follow [...]
Tags: Mary Matlin, Tim Russert, Chris Matthews, Scooter Libby
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The stars are lining up and this one is looking more and more like the title of this post – a true purge of prosecutors who might not be explicitly friendly to the Bush Administraton.
The more we learn about the Bush administration’s prosecutor purge, the more disconcerting it looks. Bud Cummins’ dismissal was suspicious in Arkansas, Carol Lam’s removal was odd in San Diego, and now we’re learning more about John McKay’s dismissal in Seattle. Former U.S. Attorney John McKay told The Associated Press on Wednesday that his resignation this [...]
Tags: Prosecutor Purge, Bud Commins, John McKay, Carol Lam
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Are you having as much trouble as I, trying to figure out what’s happening with the Scooter Libby trial? I’ve read through this post a couple of times and STILL can’t really figure who’s saying the good stuff and who’s not. Comment away and straighten me out. Oh, by the way, make sure you read the comments on the post quoted below -
Tim Russert’s testimony, as elicited by the defense, painted a picture of a pundit with a puzzling problem. Arianna Huffington has a great collection of links and a quick summary of Russert’s baffling testimony and Jane Hamsher offered some helpful hints as well [and let's include Swopa's liveblogging 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. Let me point out a few dots that the defense has introduced and make [...]
Tags: Scooter Libby, Tim Russert, Arianna Huffington, Jane Hamsher
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John Edwards did a pretty darn good job of defusing the big "Blogger Blowup". (See the post directly below this one for earlier information). This really could have blown up and caused big problems for his campaign. He effectively puts out the fire. Read on to find out how.
A lot of people pulled together yesterday to exert maximum pressure on John Edwards not to fire his two female netroots outreach employees, Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon and Melissa McEwan of Shakespeare’s Sister and Big Brass Blog. And it payed off. "John Edwards in News Feed of 2/08/2007 at 11:36 AM EST The tone and the sentiment of some of Amanda Marcotte’s and Melissa McEwan’s posts personally offended me. It’s not how I talk to people, and it’s not how I expect the people who work for me to talk [...]
Tags: John Edwards, Amanda Marcotte, Melissa McEwan, Bloggers
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John Edwards did a apretty darn good job of defusing the big "Blogger Blowup". (See the post directly below this one for earlier information). This really could have blown up and caused big problems for his campaign. He effectively puts out the fire. Read on to find out how.
A lot of people pulled together yesterday to exert maximum pressure on John Edwards not to fire his two female netroots outreach employees, Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon and Melissa McEwan of Shakespeare’s Sister and Big Brass Blog. And it payed off. "John Edwards in News Feed of 2/08/2007 at 11:36 AM EST The tone and the sentiment of some of Amanda Marcotte’s and Melissa McEwan’s posts personally offended me. It’s not how I talk to people, and it’s not how I expect the people who work for me to talk [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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Tags: Tim Russert, Scooter Libby, Chris Matthews, Hardball, Dick Cheney
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