Submitted by meg on Fri, 08/08/2008 - 11:26am.
Analysis
A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
by Meg White
Philip Giraldi wrote on the blog for The American Conservative yesterday that he has an unnamed source who says that Ron Suskind's assertion about the forged WMD document came from Pentagon official Doug Feith and not the CIA. It sort of makes sense when you consider the logic Giraldi uses to back his anonymous source up:  Technorati Tags: Analysis ron suskind WMD forgery CIA Pentagon douglas feith
Submitted by Chad on Fri, 08/08/2008 - 11:14am.
Be-Elected
This has been the longest presidential campaign ever with the longest primary (Democratic) in the history of primaries. And on top of that, the MSM has been obsessing over Barack Obama. So it can't be too much of a shock that in a poll released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center, 48 percent said they're hearing too much about Obama versus 26 percent for John McCain. When McCain's camp has complained that the press gives more coverage to Obama, the campaign people should probably shut their traps, since it could hurt Obama. And just because Obama is being talked about doesn't mean it's all good. Sure there has been some fawning here and there from the MSM, but in a way, that has hurt Obama as well. The coverage has been very shallow about his actual policies, and then turning around and criticizing the candidate for not articulating his positions. As well, there is a pattern of obsessing about Obama, and trying to find flaws even when they aren't there. Technorati Tags: Be-Elected Chad Rubel 2008 race Barack Obama John McCain press coverage MSM negative coverage
Submitted by Chad on Fri, 08/08/2008 - 9:15am.
Be-Elected
Hey, it's Friday, it's August. You probably want to get to the beach or fill up the kiddie pool or go off to sell your blood to pay for gas and groceries. Either way, today's question is simple: The Olympics start tonight with the Opening Ceremony. The Democratic National Convention is August 25. Somewhere in between, Barack Obama will choose a running mate. So today's question gets right to the point: tell us which day Obama should tell us who he picked for his running mate. Technorati Tags: Be-Elected Chad Rubel 2008 race Barack Obama vice president Olympics Beijing Opening Ceremony Closing Ceremony
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Fri, 08/08/2008 - 8:53am.
P.M. Carpenter
THE FIFTH COLUMNIST by P.M. Carpenter
In reporting on interviews he had had with both candidates, David Broder of The Washington Post wrote yesterday that John McCain and Barack Obama "pronounced themselves thoroughly frustrated by the personal bitterness and negativism they have seen in the two months since they learned they would be running against each other." I trust, or at least I hope, that the candidates weren't actually confessing to being "thoroughly frustrated," since one of them, from the pressure-cooked confines of the Oval Office, is about to learn what real frustration is. But enough of adverbial nitpicking. Broder's introductory point was, simply, that from
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Submitted by Chad on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 3:14pm.
Be-Elected
People are getting rid of their cars or they are keeping their cars but driving less, thanks to the price of gas. Me -- well, I've been ahead of the game for awhile. I don't have a car, and haven't had one for a few years now. I do have a tire pressure gauge, just in case.
Now you might say, "well, you live in a big city, so you shouldn't have to have a car." Yeah, that's true. But there are still plenty of cars left in this big city, and a public transportation system, while very thorough, isn't moving as fast as it should these days.
I've been a public transportation rat for years. I've been on Amtrak, Greyhound, Indian Trails bus, and Megabus. I took a trip to Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver a month ago and rode (besides airplanes), light rail, streetcar, and buses in Portland; buses and the monorail in Seattle; buses, Skytrain, and Seabus in Vancouver; and Amtrak in between the cities.
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Submitted by AmyW on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 3:11pm.
Analysis
A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
by Amy Weiss
The latest McCain ad, "Praising McCain" features clips of prominent Democrats saying nice things about him. Many of these clips are years old, some are not given in full context, but it proves a point that yes, some Democrats have said nice things about John McCain.
What's silly about this ad is its assertion that a few kind words mean McCain is the most bipartisan politician ever. The ad uses the word "maverick" twice in the 60-second spot as if saying it enough makes it true. DNC Chairman Howard Dean, who was one of the Democrats featured in "Praising McCain," was quick to point out this statement in response to the ad:
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Submitted by meg on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 2:34pm.
Alerts
A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT
by Meg White
The front page of The New York Times today featured a report that on July 22, the "official" death toll of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan reached 500. Retired four-star Army General Barry R. McCaffrey was in Afghanistan that day. He was there compiling information for a report given to the head of West Point's department of social sciences and first revealed in Small Wars Journal. The report is a frightening one and, due to its implications, perhaps even sadder than the two-page spread of photographs of service members killed in Afghanistan in The New York Times today. Technorati Tags: Alerts afghanistan war on terror troops statistics mccaffrey new york times
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 11:53am.
P.M. Carpenter
THE FIFTH COLUMNIST by P.M. Carpenter
Clarence Page, the Chicago Tribune's liberal columnist, chimed in yesterday on the officially slated Question of the Week -- "Why isn't [Barack Obama] further ahead in the polls?" -- with, it seemed to me, a singularly noteworthy observation.
Noteworthy, not so much for what Mr. Page did say, but what he didn't say, or, to be even more oblique in this introduction, just how he didn't say it.
Page tendered a passel of "big reasons" why Obama isn't blowing his antediluvian opponent of ancient wrongheadedness clean out of the waters. In toto, these reasons ranged from
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Submitted by Chad on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 10:57am.
Be-Elected
Yesterday came and went, and Barack Obama didn't select a vice presidential nominee. And that person, at least for the moment, wasn't Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN), despite the rumors.
In perhaps the best-kept secret since "Who Shot J.R.?", we still have no clue who Obama will pick. But if Bayh's name was leaked to see the reaction, it wasn't all that positive, especially in the progressive world.
If this was a leak, hopefully Obama and his top campaign advisors got a taste of what might happen from the base if Obama picks someone who isn't progressive.
(And yes, the usual disclaimer: BuzzFlash will support the vice presidential nominee, whomever Obama picks. We assume in this disclaimer that it won't be Sen. Joe Lieberman. But we will support whomever that is.)
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