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Somerby: Media biased against Democrats
The Daily Howler’s Bob Somerby has suggested that the entire press corps now has a partisan bias against Democrats: What has changed since 1960? At one point in his iconic first book [The Making of the President 1960], [Theodore] White painted a truly remarkable picture. He described the way the mainstream press corps was flying
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The next CSI effect?
I have to admit I’m both fascinated and repulsed by the upcoming Fox show “The Moment of Truth,” which asks participants awkward personal questions while they are hooked up to a lie detector: After ordering the pilot, Mr. Darnell made some changes. He increased the prize money and made the questions “more aggressive.” “There’s no,
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John Edwards: “Who cares?”
Via the Hillary ’08 Fact Hub blog, here is John Edwards dismissing concerns last week about the constitutionality of his questionable proposal to strip health insurance from members of Congress if they don’t create universal coverage (see here and here): [CNN’S WOLF] BLITZER: You’ve also suggested that if the Congress doesn’t pass universal health care,
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Al Gore’s twin?
I have nothing to say about Al Gore’s awkward White House visit except that he is really looking like Chris Cooper these days…
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The relative cost of presidential phone time
Over at TNR’s The Plank, Josh Patashnik notes that Mitt Romney is offering a “holiday package” for a $250 contribution that includes a “downloadable phone message of Mitt answering your voicemail using your name.” Patashnik then asks “Can you imagine what kind of great holiday gift package Dennis Kucinich or Fred Thompson could put together??”
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Splitting the difference on Clinton/Obama
Bumper sticker sighted in western North Carolina: “Clinton 2008 Obama 2016”
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Strange bedfellows: Rudy and Obama
While I was out of town for Thanksgiving, I was amused to see Rudy Giuliani trying to form a coalition of convenience with Barack Obama: Presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Tuesday told high school students that when he was their age he was hardly a model student, experimenting with illegal drugs and drinking alcohol. …During
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The fine print on new Zogby poll
Drudge is touting a new Zogby poll showing Hillary trailing top Republicans, but the Reuters article admits in the last paragraph that it’s based on an unusual sample: The poll of 9,355 people had a margin of error of plus or minus one percentage point. The interactive poll surveys individuals who have registered to take
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Santa’s got a taser
For those of you who thought tacky Christmas marketing had hit rock bottom, think again (via Drudge/Wired): With the TASER® C2, you can have police proven, effective protection that is convenient to carry and easy to use. Over 270,000 law enforcement professionals have come to rely on TASER devices to protect life. Discover the new
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Thompson’s latest supply-side claim
According to the New York Times, Fred Thompson has repeated the false claim that tax cuts increase revenue: An analysis by the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation, which looked into the kind of plan Mr. Thompson proposed, found that the federal government would stand to lose at least $2.5 trillion in revenue over 10 years.