Andrew Sullivan | The Daily Dish: “Yglesias Award Nominee
10 Aug 2006 04:37 pm
‘And yet, much as I’m reluctant to agree with him, Weisberg has a point: aside from kvetching about Bush’s policies, the liberal blogosphere has chosen to almost unanimously sit out any substantive discussion of the fight against radical jihadism and what to do [...]

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As for the primary election in Connecticut last night, I know there’s a lot of concern and interest about that. Democratic voters in Connecticut have made their choice, and they have chosen Ned Lamont over Senator Lieberman. Just a couple of observations. Key leaders in the national Democratic Party have made it clear — let [...]

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War Crimes Act Changes Would Reduce Threat Of Prosecution: “The Bush administration has drafted amendments to a war crimes law that would eliminate the risk of prosecution for political appointees, CIA officers and former military personnel for humiliating or degrading war prisoners, according to U.S. officials and a copy of the amendments.
Officials say the amendments [...]

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BUSH’S BACKFIRE:
As usual, Jim Hightower says it better than I can:
Giving credit where credit is due, I’ll concede that Bush’s gang of neo-con ideological nutballs were right when they said that Bush’s approach to Iraq would be held up as a model of success in the Middle East. Unfortunately, it’s become a model of success [...]

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