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THE VILLAGE VOICE ON BLOOMBERG-CRAT KENNEDY I've said I resent the fact that the movement to put Caroline Kennedy into the Senate is m...

NEWSBUSTERS DEFECTING TO OUR SIDE IN THE CLASS WAR? A sentence I never thought I'd type: I agree with sentiments expressed in a post a...

EVEN THOUGH IT ENCOURAGES ANARCHY AND FASCISM... With apologies to Rick Perlstein, I'm irresponsibly pointing you to another hit-Bush-...

"EXTREMISTS ON BOTH SIDES"? I DON'T THINK SO, STEVE I didn't see this coming and I should have: While people on the lef...

CAROLINE KENNEDY -- DEMOCRAT OR BLOOMBERG-CRAT? So I'm watching the process of selecting a replacement senator for Hillary Clinton, a p...

WARREN AT THE INAUGURAL: ONE MORE REASON TO BE UPSET Yes, I'm disgusted that Rick Warren will give the invocation at Barack Obama'...

I HAD NO IDEA WE WERE SO POWERFUL I realize it doesn't take much to freak out the far right, but I'm a bit surprised to learn that ...

THE SEMI-CRIMINALIZATION OF POLITICAL DIFFERENCES Via Steve Benen, you probably saw the lede of this story from The Hill : Senate Republ...

HIS AIM WAS TRUE I read Rick Perlstein's Nixonland and I think it's a great book, but I've gotta side with Avedon Carol here....

THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DETROIT DOWN RJ Eskow at the Huffington Post: Do Southern Senators Really Want to Start a New War Between the Sta...

DID ARNE DUNCAN WATER DOWN A PROPOSAL FOR A GAY HIGH SCHOOL SO IT WOULDN'T BE A BARRIER TO A CABINET APPOINTMENT? David Brody of Pat Ro...

MISTY WATERCOLOR MEMORIES My feelings about the possible appointment of Caroline Kennedy to the Senate have grown a lot closer to Jane Hamsh...

TRUST ME -- I'M AN EXPERT This is hilarious: Karl Rove, who refused to answer questions for years on the outing of Valerie Plame as a...

DEEPLY SATISFYING SHOE-THROWING GAME Use Flash animation to throw a shoe at Bush here. The game's in Norwegian. You'll need to adj...

OK, NOW CAROLINE KENNEDY IS PISSING ME OFF I initially argued that it wouldn't be a terrible idea for Governor David Paterson to name...

FALSE EQUIVALENCY WATCH (Kristol edition) Yes, I'm rather astonished that Bill Kristol favors the auto bailout and feels the need to c...

STUFF HAPPENS I'm pleased that The Washington Post is bringing this outrage to light, but this kind of news is still reported with ab...

YEAH, THAT MIGHT MAKE YOU A BIT CRANKY About the shoe-throwing reporter: "This is a farewell kiss!" the man, identified as Muntad...

FALSE EQUIVALENCY WATCH Peter Baker in the Week in Review section of The New York Times, noting the tenth anniversary of Bill Clinton...

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE WORD "MILITANT"? Right-wing rabble-rousers responded to the Mumbai massacre by working the refs i...