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Audio-MP3 (Podcast) Bennett: "How do we know it damaged us? Well, it revealed the existence of the surveillance program - so people are going to stop making calls - since they are now aware of this - they're going to adjust their behavior - Are they punished, are they in shame, are they embarrassed, are they arrested?
"We called Santorum's office yesterday to ask if he was flattered about getting a shout-out on a popular show. "We're not gonna dignify that comment by commenting on it," said Santorum communications director Rob Traynham."
Hinderaker says: "It must be very strange to be President Bush. A man of extraordinary vision and brilliance approaching to genius, he can't get anyone to notice. He is like a great painter or musician who is ahead of his time, and who unveils one masterpiece after another to a reception that, when not bored, is hostile."
Video-QT Reporter: What do you say to the critics who believe that you are ignoring the advice of retired generals and military commanders who say there needs to be a change? Bush: I say I listen to all voices but mine's the final decision and Don Rumsfeld is doing a fine job. He's not only transforming the military, he's fighting a war on terror - He's helping us fight a war on terror. I hear the voices and I read the front page and I know the speculation but I'm the decider and I decide what is best and what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the Secretary of defense.
Yes, there are voices, front pages, ominous rumblings from some parts of the GOP itself, editorials and columnists. But in the end GWB is "the decider" and HE decides what's best. Who needs the input of the former retired military officers-any of them?...
David Edwards: "Colbert King, Deputy Editor of the Washington Post, appeared on this Sunday's edition of Inside Washington, a political show that's broadcast in the DC area.
Video-QT MR PETERSON: Colby, I want to ask you a question about your newspaper because the lead editorial in your newspaper on Sunday was entitled The Good Leak, and it was about the leak of intelligence information that went through Cheney to Scooter Libby and then to Judy Miller and so forth. Why now, the president can do whatever he wants with intelligence; MR KING: Well, Im deputy editor of the editorial page, so let me first take a sip of my Kool-Aid (laugher) and step up and take one for the team. What we were trying to say is that the president had every right to declassify the information and present to the public the information from the National Intelligence Estimate that supported that particular argument about the attempts on the part of the of Saddam Hussein to acquire MS TOTENBERG: You can spit it out. You can see King is really uncomfortable having to take one for the team over that editorial.
Captain Ed makes a ridiculous argument trying to defend Malkin for publishing the students telephone numbers. Notice Ed uses language like, "The Fever Swamp Strikes again" and "idiots" while Michelle calls us "moonbats, unhinged and the kings of hate, " just for asking her to be accountable for her actions.
It was supposed to go to media organizations who might be interested in contacting them. Yes, they messed up and put their home phone #'s on there, but that's no excuse to post them up on her blog... If she was really being innocent about it, why did she keep them up after they asked her to take them down? "But what I keep coming back to is her refusal to take it down after they asked her to. Considering the death threats, I think it would only be prudent for her to have respected their wishes the first time around... And there's no defense for the pathetic emails she's getting, which I saw at Flopping Aces. But we also shouldn't reinvent conventions around Press Releases. But changing the rules of the game mid-stream isn't a defense of somehting, it's a tactic I'd prefer to see relegated to the Left. One of her favorite tactics is to print nasty emails about herself to deflect the criticisms.
Don Suber delinked Malkin's blog and I say good for him. "So they listed their contact numbers after the "For Immediate Release" line? Only a mean person would be so crass as to put that information in mass circulation. When people stoop that low, I as a reader realize that is all they have.
Monica joined "Scarborough Country," last night and left no doubt in the the minds of the viewers that Iran probably already has nukes and will use them against us. Nobody on the panel corrected her ill-informed, warmongering statements. Is this supposed to be political debate or a War propaganda segment?
Monica, is there any possibility that the Iranian leaders that are in charge right now would ever be so irrational as to launch a nuclear attack on cities like Los Angeles, New York, Washington, DC, if they got this nuclear device? And in fact, the hypothetical scenario that you just laid out, that hypothetic ground zero is just a few blocks from where I am sitting here tonight. So, it is an incredibly frightening scenario and absolutely within the realm of possibility given the nature of the regime were talking about. They do have weapons of mass destruction, possibly even nuclear at this point.
the transcript The segment featured graphics showing what a nuclear blast would do to New York. That's a great way to influence the American people if the US bombs Iran. What will happen when all the young Iranian kids that are said to love America are hit with bombs?
"Common sense tells us the war in Iraq soon will spread to Iran. Fear of imaginary nuclear weapons or an incident involving Iran-- whether planned or accidental-- will rally the support needed for us to move on Muslim country #3. All the past failures and unintended consequences will be forgotten. Even with deteriorating support for the Iraq war, new information, well planned propaganda, or a major incident will override the skepticism and heartache of our frustrating fight. Vocal opponents of an attack on Iran again will be labeled unpatriotic, unsupportive of the troops, and sympathetic to Iran's radicals...
In a move that could inch him closer to another bid at the presidency in 2008, the former vice president has hired Roy Neel, a veteran of presidential politics, to help run his current campaign to raise awareness of global warming.
Opinion Journal: Shortly after he became Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld made a big deal out of posting "Rumsfeld's Rules." Last Friday on the PBS News Hour, David Brooks observed that Rummy has since broken every one of 'em! We had to use this WSJ link because the "Rules" are no longer available at the DoD website.
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