Blue Blogs: Worthy Mentions from the Liberal Blogosphere

Here are what some of the other liberal blogs are posting:

ThinkProgress: 'Kristol: Bush Timed Clemency To Get PoliticalCover By Attacking Clinton' This morning, the Weekly Standard’s BillKristol — who accuratelypredicted the President’s decision to commute Libby’s sentence —suggested the order was timed to provide political cover for the decision byattacking President Clinton.

“Here’s why the president acted the way he did. He knew Bill Clinton wasjoining Hillary in Iowa on July 4th. No, I’m serious,” Kristol said. “Soon July 2d, Ed Gillespie, who’s a very canny Republican operator, said,Let’s pardon Libby. Clinton will rise to the bait, and we could spend the lasthalf of the week debating the unbelievable Clinton pardons against thedefensible Bush pardon.”

Kristol concluded, “I regard this as an extremely clever Machiavellian moveby the president. It cheers me up about the Bush White House, and I’m reallyheartened.” Readon with video....

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Crooks& Liars: 'Conyers brings up the Impeachment polls' Rep. JohnConyers was talking about the stonewalling of the White House (he wants thePresident to waive executive privilege) so he can find out the truth on thefirings of the US Atty’s on ABC’s This Week. He said he wouldn’t holdSara Taylor in contempt to compel her to testify. Duncan asks howthe WH can prevent a former employee from testifying about anything? Johnsaid he’ll press on with subpoenas if Bush refuses.

Conyers then told Stephanopoulos that he thought the White House would bemore cooperative in light of the latest polls that say a majority of Americanswant Cheney impeached while Bush is at almost 50%. Readon with video...

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The Huffington Post: Admin.Official On Iraq: "Nobody Knows What [Bush] Thinks, Even The People WhoWork For Him"

'Administration Shaving Yardstick for Iraq Gains' The Iraqi government isunlikely to meet any of the political and security goals or timelines PresidentBush set for it in January when he announced a major shift in U.S. policy,according to senior administration officials closely involved in the matter. Asthey prepare an interim report due next week, officials are marshalingalternative evidence of progress to persuade Congress to continue supporting thewar.

In a preview of the assessment it must deliver to Congress in September, theadministration will report that Sunni tribal leaders in Anbarprovince are turning against the group al-Qaeda in Iraq in growing numbers;that sectarian killings were down in June; and that Iraqi political leadersmanaged last month to agree on a unified response to the bombing of a majorreligious shrine, officials said. Readon...

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BoomanTribune: 'New GOP Talking Points' Funny. The newright-wing argument for staying in Iraq is that it is the only compassionatething to do. Jules Crittenden calls it GenocidePrefered...as in, the New York Times would prefer genocide to what we havenow. Read on...

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Firedoglake: 'Facethe Snark? Face the Fred.' The past few few days have been chock full offascinating info about Fred Thompson. Thompson is of course the ungainly actorand undeclared GOP presidential aspirant who smells really nice, at leastaccording to ChrisMatthews. And, in fairness, he does sort of bear a resemblance to a giganticstick of Old Spice deoderant, so Tweety might not be as far out there on this asyou’d think. But anyhow. The way Thompson is being treated by the Elite Mediaas well as Greater Wingnuttia is instructive, as it tells us something about howthese two groups operate not in opposition but according to a self-reinforcingdialectic of mutual lunacy. And it is this dialectic that more than anythingelse has for the past two decades mired our great nation in this all-suckingswampland of Dumb we’re having so much trouble escaping. Read on...

 

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[granny]

Great wording! Love it.