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Petraeus Promotion Frees Cheney to Threaten Iran
by Gareth Porter
The nomination of Gen. David Petraeus to be the new head of the Central Command not only ensures that he will be available to defend the George W. Bush administration’s policies toward Iran and Iraq at least through the end of Bush’s term and possibly even beyond.0424 06 1 | Self-Inflicted Confusion
by Paul Krugman
After Barack Obama’s defeat in Pennsylvania, David Axelrod, his campaign manager, brushed it off: “Nothing has changed tonight in the basic physics of this race.”He may well be right — but what a comedown. A few months ago the Obama campaign was talking about transcendence. Now it’s talking about math. “Yes we can” has become “No she can’t.” | White House under siege: Will pointed questions burst Bush bubble?
by Eric Brewer
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino fled from the briefing room on Wednesday after just eleven minutes, leaving more than one reporter frustrated and unable to ask a question. Although this was my fourth visit in a row in which Dana or her deputy Tony Fratto have refused to call on me (I went in Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of last week as well), yesterday was the first time that other reporters were left hanging too. | Rush Limbaugh 'Dreaming' Of Riots In Denver
by Thedenverchannel.com
Talk show host Rush Limbaugh is sparking controversy again after he made comments that appear to call for riots in Denver during the Democratic National Convention this summer.He said the riots would ensure a Democrat is not elected as president, and his listeners have a responsibility to make sure it happens. | The Ritual Flaying of Jimmy Carter
by Joe Conason
Nobody with a functioning memory should be too quick to condemn Jimmy Carter for daring to speak with the leadership of Hamas, as nearly everyone along the American political spectrum suddenly has felt obliged to do. From Condoleezza Rice and John McCain to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, along with every Congressional backbencher in both parties, expressions of disapproval have rained down upon the former president, who is old enough and tough enough to pursue his own beliefs to their logical conclusion. | Will racism decide Democratic Presidential race?
by CapitolHillBlue.com
Hillary Clinton's big win in Pennsylvania is reviving the question of whether racial prejudice among some US voters could scupper her Democratic presidential foe Barack Obama's quest for history.Clinton anchored a campaign-saving win Tuesday on her core coalition of white, working class voters, a bloc in which Obama -- vying to become America's first black president -- finds it difficult to make inroads. | Hillary Clinton's racist appeal
by CapitolHillBlue.com
One expects racism from Republicans. The party of the elephant could merge with the just about any white supremacy group and not miss a beat. Hell, most people wouldn't see any difference.But overt racism from a Democrat is something else, although it should not surprise anyone that Hillary Rodham Clinton would use racism in her anything goes quest for the Democratic Presidential nomination. | Arby’s owner buying Wendy’s in all-stock deal
by AP
After at least two rejections, billionaire Nelson Peltz has finally succeeded in landing Wendy’s in a $2.3 billion deal that would add the chain known for its square burger and chocolate Frosty dessert to his ownership of Arby’s and its roast beef sandwiches. | US-contracted ship fires on Iranian boat: report
by Nick Juliano
US military personnel aboard a cargo ship traveling into the Persian Gulf fired nearly a dozen warning shots at Iranian speed-boats Thursday, according to several breaking news reports.Reports of the incident prompted a nearly immediate spike in oil prices, which jumped $3 per barrel. | Iraq war architect blames Powell for Iraq
by John Byrne
The man who led the office that supplied the Bush Administration with "raw intelligence" on Iraq now says everyone else is to blame but himself.Douglas Feith, President Bush's former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, headed the Office of Special Plans, a secretive outfit which passed along unverified "alternative" intelligence to Administration decisionmakers in the run up to war. | Tomgram: Nick Turse on the Real Matrix - How The Pentagon Invades Your Life
by Tom Engelhardt
Last Sunday, David Barstow of the New York Times revealed [2] just how effectively the Pentagon orchestrated a propaganda campaign for "information dominance" when it came to the President's various wars (and prisons). Pentagon officials, from the Secretary of Defense on down, put together a "rapid reaction force" of retired generals and other retired military officers (aka "message force multipliers" or "surrogates"). With copious Pentagon help and perks, these "experts" became key go-to guys for the mainstream media when it came to the War on Terror and the war in Iraq. As the Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel put the matter [3], "This was an all out effort at the highest levels of the Bush administration, continuing to this day, to dupe, mislead and lie to the American people -- using propaganda dressed up and cherry-picked as independent military analysis. As one participant described it, 'It was psyops on steroids.'" The Pentagon's Brent T. Kreuger put it another way, speaking of the months leading up to the invasion of Iraq: "We were able to click on every single station and every one of our folks [the retired military men] were up there delivering our message. You'd look at them and say, 'This is working.'" | Get Out, Hillary
by David Michael Green
Imagine, if you can, that the situation was reversed.Imagine that Hillary Clinton had a prohibitive lead in the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. Imagine that just about everything was trending her way - money, votes, public support, momentum and superdelegates. Imagine that for her opponent, Barack Obama, to remain in the race would only have the effect of dragging down the chances that Clinton and the Democratic Party could win the presidency in what should be a slam-dunk election against reviled Republicans. | The United States of Stupidity: We, the people, didn't used to be this dumb
by Alan Bisbort
OK, I'm bitter. I lost my American flag lapel pin while I was rolling gutter balls at the bowling alley. And afterwards they were out of orange juice at the blue-collar diner where I go for my photo opps with "Cup of Joe" Lieberman. Also, I don't own any guns so I can't bitterly cling to them or vent my anger on the few remaining critters within driving distance of the one tank of gas I can afford for my Hummer. And my flag lapel pin ... honey, have you seen my flag lapel pin?! I can't go out in public without the flag lapel pin! That's like streaking! | Michelle Malkin and the warbloggers get everything wrong - again
by Eric Boehlert
Poor Michelle Malkin.When I wrote last year that warbloggers like her would have to find a new Iraq-based media conspiracy to chase in light of how spectacularly their then-beloved controversy surrounding the Associated Press and its allegedly fictitious source, Jamil Hussein, had imploded, I never thought she'd take my advice literally. I was making a rhetorical point. | War Funding, Impeachment, and Health Care
by David Swanson
Remarks delivered in San Luis Obispo, California, on April 23, 2008When I started giving speeches about Iraq and impeachment three years ago, I liked to list the major impeachable offenses for Bush and for Cheney, but as the list grew it became rather cumbersome. It got to the point where adding another crime to the list would bring to mind four others I needed to add, and then someone would discover a whole new field of criminality and report it in the news while I was on the airplane to the speaking event. And if I left out somebody's favorite crime from the list, there would be hell to pay. So, I've decided to switch gears. I didn't do this last night down in Ventura, but starting tonight I'm going to give you my top 10 reasons NOT to impeach Dick Cheney. | The Hannity Bump
by Steve Young
Hillary Wins! Hillary Wins! Hillary Wins!Down for the count, going in to the bottom of the ninth, she picked herself off the mat and kept swinging the racket, finally kicking the winning field goal on her way to a big time victory, said the mixed metaphor pundits. | Dream Team: Is Hillary John McCain’s Vice President?
by Brent Budowsky
There are several conceptions of the role of a vice presidential nominee, one of which is the attack dog to slime the opposition.While the laughingstock idea of the century is the notion that Obama might run with Clinton, the real dream team is John McCain running with Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential nominee, a role she has been playing for some time. |
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