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This Harkin endorsement can only be good for Dean, and I think it’s a much bigger deal than the four year old Canadian TV show thing. But my favorite line of the AP story on Harkin was this: “To me, it’s a cynical attempt to participate in the Iowa caucuses if that’s the way he … Read more
As Atrios informs us, The Department of Homeland Security has reduced the terrorist threat level from Ernie to Bert. This is obviously good news. I don’t know about that scale, though. Cookie Monster and Oscar are kind of threatening and/or grouchy for the lowest threat levels; I think Grover and Kermit might be better choices. … Read more
Poynter Online provides David Brook’s apology for equating “neocon” with “Jewish” in this column, and thereby implying that critics of neocons or their policies are antiSemitic. (Brooks was roundly criticized by, among others, Josh Marshall, as well as my “lefty” co-blogger Katherine and my “righty” co-blogger Moe Lane.) Brooks explains that his comment was intended … Read more
Via Atrios, here is a National Review article on the law of rape.: Pre-feminist common sense suggested that a woman who comes alone to a man’s hotel room late at night has already consented to sex with him, but on the all-or-nothing principle so dear to ideologues everywhere, feminist orthodoxy insists that the adoption of … Read more
. . . . stop by the Fafblog. Fafnir’s got some new stuff up, and some of it’s pretty good. A taste: SUCKS TO BE MUSHARRAF. Pakistani military dictator Pervez Musharraf who[,] as regular Fafblog readers know[,] is my favorite Pakistani military dictator ever – check out my Musharraf fansites, “Whassup, Musharraf!” and “Pervez n … Read more
Relax, partisans and neopartisans: it’s the weekend, and time to chill out, crack open a Pabst, and listen to some music, new and old. What am I listening to? Well, shucks, I thought you’d never ask. A little Norwegian electronica from Flunk‘s recent debut. It’s a deeply flawed album, but I’m a sucker for Norwegians. … Read more
In responses to this post (where, among other things, I mentioned in passing to not expect a nonbrokered convention and to expect horsetrading) I was asked by reader praktile,
Moe, what kind of horse trading do you think would happen? Do you have any insight as to how those behind-the-scenes discussions happen?
Fair questions, both of them.
Wampum is holding them again. We’re up for one: Best Non-liberal blog – which is odd, considering that I’m the only Righty posting here. I was hoping that von and Katherine would get a nomination or something… still, check ’em out. Dwight Meredith’s just got a permanent gig there, and he’s got the Blogger’s Touch. … Read more
By now all y’all have probably seen Bush’s immigration proposals. I want to see the concrete plan first, but I’m generally in favor of an amnesty for illegal immigrants, so I’m always ready to at least consider policy changes that might make that more likely.
… Wesley Clark gives his campaign manager heartburn, ulcers and a coronary. Clark: Abortion decision is the mom’s alone
Democrat Wesley Clark said yesterday he would never appoint a pro-life judge to the federal bench because the judge’s anti-abortion views would render him unable to follow the established judicial precedent of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
The Presidential candidate also told The Union Leader that until the moment of birth, the government has no right to influence a mother’s decision on whether to have an abortion.
“Life,” he said, “begins with the mother’s decision.”