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Bill Clinton: Political differences shouldn’t “degenerate into demonization”
Hmmm. Not even when there’s a reelection battle to be waged? I was going to write about former Rep. Paul Kanjorski surreally calling for civility in the NYT today after having casually suggested that...
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British paper to Obama: What do you mean, you have no stronger ally than France?
Special relationship. I have to blog it, as stories about The One rudely snubbing the Brits have practically become a staple on righty blogs. Readers love ‘em, I think, partly because they’re seen as...
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Supercop: “There’s no doubt in my mind” that Loughner was affected by...
Nuance. Skip ahead to 1:30 for Matthews’s question about “atmospherics,” followed by Dupnik casually asserting that Loughner must have been especially vulnerable to “anger, hate, paranoia, and so...
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NYT: Obama’s speech tomorrow to focus on public service, avoid “rhetoric” debate
Above the fray. Smart, but under the circumstances, not surprising. President Obama will focus his speech at a memorial service in Tucson on Wednesday evening on the victims of the attack and on the...
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It begins: Was Loughner driven to kill by the music he was listening to?
Theories. Sure, why not? If we’re going to start blaming cultural influences, let’s go nuts. (So to speak.) Weed, heavy metal, Sarah Palin — was there no dangerous stimulus to which this delicate mind...
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Quotes of the day
Tone. “House Republicans delayed a vote planned for tomorrow on rolling back the health-care overhaul while Giffords, a 40-year- old Democrat, is being treated in a Tucson hospital. When they turn back...
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Obamateurism of the Day
Dig it. I’ve heard of digging oneself into a hole. I’ve even heard of the First Rule of Holes, which is that when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. But I’ve never heard of anyone digging...
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Video: “Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel”;...
"It is in the hour when our values are challenged that we must remain resolved to protect those values." Sarah Palin has given her first extensive public remarks after the shootings in Tucson and the...
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Boehner sets 1000-foot perimeter around House to gun … legislation
Declined. Don’t count the new leader of the House among supporters for Peter King’s new gun-restriction legislation. The Hill reports that John Boehner will oppose the bill, which creates a 1000-foot...
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Congressional job approval bounces back to … 20%
Yee. And, hah. Ah, the blessing of low expectations: Americans’ approval of the job Congress is doing rose in early January to 20%, after falling to a record-low 13% in mid-December and registering 17%...
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Arizona passes “funeral protection zones” law
Strategery? After the tragic and senseless massacre in Tucson this week, Fred Phelps and his despicable band at the Westboro Baptist Church announced plans to protest at the funerals of the six people...
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CNBC: Housing in “depression territory”
Misleading? The housing market continues to grope towards some sort of rational valuation, and its search for the bottom has it reaching “depression territory,” CNBC reported yesterday. The overall...
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AP poll shows Obama approval at 53%
Republicans gain ground, but so do Democrats. In the latest poll from the Associated Press, Barack Obama gained six points to regain majority approval for the first time in months. Republicans in...
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Video: Shooter a nonpartisan nutcase, says friend
Outie. ABC’s Good Morning America tracked down a close high-school friend Jared Lee Loughner had to find out more about the motives behind the attack that left six dead and fourteen wounded in Tucson...
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The Ed Morrissey Show: Guy Benson, Jim Geraghty
3 pm ET! Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), Townhall political editor Guy Benson will start us off with his take on the Tucson shooting coverage, as well as reporting to us on a massive tax...
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Krauthammer wonders at the delusions of the media
Hypocrisy. Well, actually, Dr. Krauthammer wonders more specifically about the delusions of Paul Krugman, but his point can be widely applied to a number of media commentators over the last few days....
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Ecuador’s Chevron Shakedown
Deep pockets. There is a case currently winding its way through the courts both in the U.S. and abroad which hasn’t garnered much media attention of late, though it certainly should. The story is not a...
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Video: How did Christie balance the budget and cut taxes in New Jersey?
"We are setting a national example." We need a palate cleanser today, and if our Top 50 posts from 2010 give any indication, Chris Christie’s the man to deliver it. The governor of New Jersey appeared...
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GOP “cardinals” say pork moratorium only temporary
So are majorities, champs. Perhaps it might take more than one election for the message to sink into the heads of Republican leadership. Three of the GOP “cardinals” on the House Appropriations...
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Hillary: In his own way, Loughner was a political extremist
Okay. Via Breitbart. Oh, Hillary. Hillary, Hillary, Hillary. “Based on what I know, this is a criminal defendant who was in some ways motivated by his own political views, who had a particular animus...
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