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George Allen’s latest apology
George Allen has issued yet another apology for “macaca,” his fondness for Confederate flags, and other aspects of his ugly history on racial issues. Meanwhile, Allen’s behavior continue to haunt him; yesterday Josh Marshall linked to my post on the noose Allen hung in his law office, which he tried to say was “more of
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Horse’s Mouth posts for 9/13
Here are my posts today on The Horse’s Mouth: –Newsweek flags Bush straw man rhetoric –Two liberal bloggers politicize a suicide Note to Brendan-haters and group polarization scholars: Don’t miss the comments on the second post or the Atrios comment threads here and here. The similarities to the Free Republic thread on my first Spinsanity
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Horse’s Mouth posts for 9/12
Here are my posts on The Horse’s Mouth yesterday: –Bad Times coverage of Bush speech reaction –Fox News Watch host: Bias exaggerated –The myth of the White House PR offensive
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College Republicans: A classy organization
Via Michael Crowley at TNR, here’s another disturbing anecdote about College Republicans: The College Republicans have other ideas, some not quite as mainstream as parading popular politicians. Morgan Wilkins, the intern hired by the Republican National Committee to win the hearts and minds of Michigan 20-somethings, is planning events that some may find odd. To
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Dennis Hastert “sings” the national anthem
Via Wonkette, here’s one of those special moments that make you proud of the men and women who represent us in the nation’s capital: C-SPAN is a national treasure.
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Boehner latest to attack dissent
Josh Marshall points to the latest in a long sequence of post-9/11 smears suggesting that Democrats are traitors. According to the New York Times, House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) “wondered aloud at a news conference ‘whether Democrats are more interested in protecting the terrorists than protecting the American people.’” I’ve updated my timeline of
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Duke lacrosse: NYT on Gottlieb memo
I’ve been remiss in failing to link to Stuart Taylor’s Slate takedown of the recent New York Times article hyping the prosecution’s side of the Duke lacrosse case (which Steve Verdon pointed out in a comment on my post about the article). Here are the money grafs: The Wilson-Glater piece highlights every superficially incriminating piece
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Horse’s Mouth posts for 9/11
Here are my posts on The Horse’s Mouth yesterday: –An experiment in Times corrections –Sloppy New York Times errors
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Horse’s Mouth posts for 9/10
Here are my posts on The Horse’s Mouth yesterday: –Longest disclaimer ever –Twisting criticism of “The Path to 9/11” –David Brooks needs wonk assistance
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Horse’s Mouth posts for 9/7-9/8
Here are my posts from The Horse’s Mouth on Thursday and Friday: –MRC protests changes to inaccurate 9/11 docudrama –Limbaugh calls war critics unpatriotic –The pros and cons of Times Select –Rauch uses Coulter as baseline for partisanship –Typo alert –ABC’s “Path to 9/11” teaching material promotes Iraq WMD misperception