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Would Early Primaries Allow More Donations?
Jim Geraghty at The Campaign Spot believes that candidates will benefit if primaries and caucuses get pushed into 2007. A loophole in campaign finance regulation appears to allow an extra $2,300 per donor for candidates if those elections are held this year. Be sure to check out Jim's analysis, and the surprising candidate that may benefit the most.
When Tom Met Jeralyn
One of the interesting aspects of politics is finding out that opponents are people, too. Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft met Rep. Tom Tancredo backstage at NBC's studios, and found him more likable than she had anticipated. Perhaps it was their mutual interest in Dog, The Bounty Hunter ...
Joe Lieberman A Right-Wing Nut?
That's what CAIR says, according to Joe Kaufman. He has a link to a CAIR official's blog post that calls Lieberman, along with John Bolton, former CIA director James Woolsey, and the Heritage Foundation's Peter Brookes as "extremists". Affad Shaikh also calls Dick Cheney a "fat bastard of a liar," apparently not meant as a pop-culture reference to the Austin Powers movies. (via Let Freedom Ring)
Broadband Homelessness
The Japanese have made homelessness more efficient, and more Net-friendly, too. Their Internet cafés have become homeless shelters for the struggling manual-labor sector. The problem has grown into such a problem that government intervention will shortly become a political priority.
Found My Law Firm
Power Line links twice to this story regarding an attorney at Faegre & Benson who refused to become a victim and helped capture a very dangerous man. Keith Radtke is a partner in the firm as is Power Line's John Hinderaker. Radtke is listed in satisfactory condition after getting shot in the back, but that didn't keep him from locking up his attacker in a wrestling grip until police could arrive. I don't know about you, but that's the kind of man I'd want as my counsel ....
Don't Click That YouTube E-mail
The latest in spam seems to be redirections from YouTube links in e-mail to IP addresses without domain names. They attempt to entice people by making it seem that they have been inadvertently YouTubed. I'm sure most people can see through this scam, but just in case, you've been warned ....
Rick Moran Escapes The Floods
Rick Moran has kept us up to date on his travails along the Algonquin River. Yesterday, the police showed up to get him evacuated before the river flooded his home -- but today, Rick finds that a minor miracle has taken place, and that his house survives ... at least for now. Keep Rick in your prayers, and keep checking in at Right Wing Nut House for updates.
Rule 1: Drag The Corpse On Over First
If I've learned anything in four years of blogging, don't try to be out in front of the death rumors, especially with the villains of the world. Saddam died a hundred deaths before we caught him alive in his spider hole, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi almost as many before his demise last year. Osama may or may not be alive, but everyone's avoided speculating on his fate for a while now. Maybe Val at Babalu Blog will get luckier with his "Castro Is Dead" story. We all hope so. I'll wait for the announcement ....
Hobbs Choice
Volunteer Voters is holding its annual "Best of Nashville" on-line polls, and one of the categories is for the best political writer. Our friend Bill Hobbs, now posting at Newsbusters, and he'd like his on-line fans to cast their votes. Drop by and put one in for Bill if you get a chance!
Murtha Getting Backlogged On Apologies
Gary Gross of Let Freedom Ring sees another case collapsing on the Haditha charges. He's called for Murtha to apologize earlier, and adds another reason to the tally.
No Such Thing As 'Moderate' Islam?
Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan told a television interviewer that he finds the label "moderate Islam" offensive. Shrink Wrapped has a lot more on this, but at least in the same interview Erdogan acknowledged that "radical Islam" exists, and that it's been a catastrophe. Be sure to read the whole post.
MS-NBC Gets Punk'd
Power Line has a great post on a lack of journalistic effort on the part of MS-NBC. In covering the Michael Vick story, they reported on what they thought was Al Sharpton's website proclaiming Vick's innocence. I guess Alex Johnson and two other MS-NBC reporters couldn't bother to read the title bar of the site, which proudly proclaims it as a "parody site".
New Instapundit Podcast On Pharmaceuticals
I just caught this e-mail from Glenn Reynolds about his new podcast with Richard Epstein, the author of Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but the topic is important enough to make sure I carve out time for it tomorrow. Get their first and tell me what I'm missing ....
Fed Trying A 'Stealth Easing'?
The Federal Reserve seems to have conducted a quiet campaign to steady markets that started spinning out of control, according to King Banaian at SCSU Scholars. He thinks that the Fed has conducted a "stealth easing". Be sure to read his explanation and follow his lnks.
A Shameless Bit Of Sel-Promotion
Gateway Pundit and Val at Babalu Blog note a crass PR move by Hugo Chavez. Venezuela has responded to Peru's eathquake disaster with food shipments -- and with Hugo's smiling picture on the cans. He also uses the tuna-can label to undermine President Garcia of Peru, who narrowly defeated Chavez' pal Ollanto Humalla, whom the labels extol for his "solidarity" with Chavez.
Tacky beyond belief.
Comments (16)
Posted by edward cropper | August 16, 2007 7:03 AM
What I got from this "interview" is that Rove left with a sore butt and Rush had sore lips.
Limbaugh for all his pretentious BS about being Mr. Conservative is and has been a water carrier for the Bush's since Bush the first.
He didn't grill Rove on why this administration has destroyed the Republican Party, screwed conservatives at every step of the way, from spending to immigration. Where was the White House when the Republican congress was wasting it's control with everything but meaningful reform and honesty in government?
Rush is wrapped up in himself and the lap-dogs who hang on his every word as if they are gospel. He and most of the other "super stars" of conservative media are a bunch of commercial coin chasers.
The interview was a love fest between two con artists.
Posted by Keemo | August 16, 2007 7:06 AM
I listened to this interview on Rush 24/7 last night. Refreshing & tasteful interview.
On the Rove subject:
A newsroom reprimand at The Times
Posted by David Postman at 03:26 PM
Seattle Times Executive Editor Dave Boardman wrote today in one of his morning notes to staff that there had been “an awkward moment at yesterday’s news meeting.” That’s the meeting where editors and other staff from throughout the newsroom talk about the stories planned for the next day’s paper. Boardman wrote in “Dave’s Raves (and the occasional rant)”
When word came in of Karl Rove’s resignation, several people in the meeting started cheering. That sort of expression is simply not appropriate for a newsroom.
It sounds like a conservative’s parody of how a news meeting would be run. (MM: Snort.) I wasn’t there, but I’ve talked to several people who were. It was only a couple of people who cheered and they, thankfully, are not among the people who get a say in news play. But obviously news staff shouldn’t be cheering or jeering the day’s news, particularly as Boardman points out, “when we have an outside guest in the room.”
And to think, we still have Liberals posting comments here denying the existence of biased reporting in the old media. Jeeez.....
Posted by Monkei | August 16, 2007 7:55 AM
I don't know what's worse. The fact that Rove almost single handidly destroyed the GOP and Conservatism, or that the GOP and conservatives have yet to realize it.
Posted by Rovin | August 16, 2007 8:23 AM
Edward:
"The interview was a love fest between two con artists."
How do those sour grapes taste Edward?
Keemo's illistration is just a small tip of the iceberg of the media bias that will be "frog-marched" out in full force in the coming months ahead. Rove's ROE will have changed at the end of this month. While many on the left had their meager moment to delight in the departure, reality may have set in when they realized that Rove's gloves will be removed by not representing this administration.
While you may think spending to immigration policies were the downfall of the Republican Party Edward, (and your partially right), try to swallow these same policies that the democratic party has embraced for 40+ years and add a tax increase that will devastate the growth that has been accomplished after 9/11. The real fox (con-artist) are in the hen-house (MSM). And it's a really BIG house.
Posted by hunter | August 16, 2007 9:30 AM
lol,
what a hoot. monkei, the poster child of lefty hack misanthropes and edward cropper, a sour ignorant twit, don't like the interview.
Posted by Paul L. | August 16, 2007 9:37 AM
What I got from this "interview" is that Rove left with a sore butt and Rush had sore lips.
Edward, when it comes to buttkissing nothing beats Keith Olbermann interviewing Joe Wilson.
Posted by filistro | August 16, 2007 10:43 AM
This blog entry has been up for hours and has 6 replies, of which only about half are actually about Karl Rove.
It's one of the most astonishing things I've seen in this astonishing political year, how instantly and completely Karl Rove has vanished. He's been gone.. what... 72 hours?... and he's already a footnote.
The giant is dead, and nobody cares.
Amazing.
Posted by Angry Dumbo | August 16, 2007 11:41 AM
When Carville says "base first strategy" he is projecting. : ))
Karl Rove says "feed the base" and its divisive and negative.
Skrew Them Daily Kos boy says "feed the base" and he is visionary and a leader.
No wonder old media is looking for a government handout.
Posted by dave rywall | August 16, 2007 11:52 AM
To suggest that it is wise to ignore everybody and plow ahead with one's agenda without scrutinizing criticism of the meat of the agenda is really, really really f**king stupid.
Posted by LarryD | August 16, 2007 12:41 PM
To suggest that it is wise to ignore everybody and plow ahead with one's agenda without scrutinizing criticism of the meat of the agenda...
Yeah, but you won't get that from the New York Times. Or anyone in denial about the jihadist threat. The New York Times and most of the rest of the MSM has made itself irrelevant at best.
Posted by TyCaptains | August 16, 2007 12:59 PM
Bush, intellectual? I thought this was the "reality-based" community?
Posted by Monkei | August 16, 2007 1:41 PM
what a hoot. monkei, the poster child of lefty hack misanthropes and edward cropper, a sour ignorant twit, don't like the interview.
Somehow your comments don't make it quite so sad that you still have not gotten it! Enjoy the 2008 election ... if there was only some way to dig up RR and run the Spock Genesis deal! I guess like anything else you need to watch as the party gets pulled down and dismantled before it can build itself up again. Once again GWB is the gift that keeps on giving and giving and instead of stumbling out of Washington into the sunset this guy (Rove - the architect of the only administration to not win a seat against an incumbent senator, congressman or governor - heck even Clinton won seats in the middle of an impeachment) wants to keep on attacking and quite frankly only 25 percent of the country (that would be you and the rest of the 25 percent of the wingnut establishment) are listening!
Your blindness is refreshing your personal attacks repetitive and boring! Keep up the slightly less than average work.
Posted by Bill M | August 16, 2007 1:47 PM
Well, the Rove interview confirms some things I've suspected. W has his head screwed on straight. He's confident in what he is doing and he's pressing ahead, regardless of the criticism from the left.
Think about this for a second. What would you rather have for a leader: someone who knows what needs to be done and does it, or someone who looks over is shoulder for approval before every step. The first is W; the second is Bill Clinton (and by extension, Hillary since she's touting her "experience" from when Bubba was president).
I know why the military like him. Anybody who's been there and done that recognizes a real leader. (Which is why Kerry didn't do so hot with the troops when he ran. The troops can recognize a phoney a mile away.)
There are some drawbacks to W, of course. When you are doing big things, your goofs will likely be big also. Risks of the game. But that shouldn't stop you from pressing on, adjusting as necessary.
I particularly like this line: "Don't worry. History will get it right and we'll both be dead." It's true in many, many ways. As W and I are within a year of each other, I won't be around to see the judgment of history (sorry folks, I doubt that any of us will), but 50 years from now, I suspect that W will be seen as one of our better if not great Presidents. Time has a tendency to put things into perspective, and that prespective will mark W well on the plus side of the equation.
Posted by unclesmrgol | August 16, 2007 2:20 PM
Rove woke up every morning validated by neither Monkei nor Dave Rywall. This got Rove a really big book deal.
Posted by Rod Thomson | August 16, 2007 3:14 PM
Dave, I agree that it is stupid to not think about what people say about you and what you are doing. W probably did that. The real issue is to look carefully at who is saying it. The sweat really drips when one respects the critic, especially when partisanship is not in play.
Posted by doubled | August 16, 2007 3:29 PM
This is typical of your basic lefty : "To suggest that it is wise to ignore everybody and plow ahead with one's agenda without scrutinizing criticism of the meat of the agenda is really, really really f**king stupid." (dave rywalll)
Notice how he bastardizes the real quote for his own selfish purposes. Rove never said he would ignore EVERYBODY, just the assholes who shit on everything the administration says or does.
They 'plow ahead' because that is what LEADERS do, not pander to the masses as dems ALWAYS do.