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It's Medicare, Stupid
DiA defends the Medicare commission in the health care bill:Theres no way we can keep people from getting old. At some point, America is going to have to face the music on Medicare spending. If you dont think an independent Medicare commission empowered to make decisions that automatically become la …
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Searching For A Party Of Adults
Froma Harrop reviews Bruce Bartletts new book: Bartlett thinks that Congress should commit itself to a number, say $1 trillion, for deficit savings over 10 years. Then it should ask a commission to find a third of that money from higher revenues, a third from entitlement cuts and a third from dis …
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A Silver Medal For Corruption
Afghanistan is only behind Somalia:On the heels of [Mondays] announcement that Afghanistan is forming a new crime unit to address the pervasive corruption in the country after insistent calls from international leaders that President Hamid Karzai improve governance, a watchdog group has ranked Afgha …
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If KSM Grandstands
Ackerman says bring it on:For me, the prospect of KSM grandstanding at his trial falls into I-wish-a-motherfucker-would territory. I want to hear how KSM builds a case against America, because everyone will hear how laughably conspiratorial and clownish it is. Think of what a cathartic moment it wil …
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To Our Readers, An Update
This Dish will resume as normal tomorrow morning. We apologize for the lacuna. And I suppose some will say weve gotten this book and the issues it raises out of perspective. But since the last campaign, we have raised many questions about Palin to which we have been given no incontestable answers (a …
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To Our Readers
This is only the second time in its nearly ten-year history that the Dish has gone silent. The reason now is the same as the reason then. When dealing with a delusional fantasist like Sarah Palin, it takes time to absorb and make sense of the various competing narratives that she tells about her lif …
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Reading Lady Ga-Ga's Pokerface
Somehow, this seems an extremely appropriate Mental Health Break right now:
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Reading "Going Rogue"
All I can say at this point, after deep study of some of its pages:"To see what is in front of ones nose needs a constant struggle."
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Palin Could Win If She Were Someone Else
That was basically Marcs read yesterday:For Sarah Palin to come back from somewhere, she needs to set a goal. To start with, she might immerse herself in a single issue for a few years, become an expert, and then use it to launch a broader conversation about what America ought to look like. Her poli …
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A Professional Victim
Michelle Cottles Oprah-Palin write-up:This is clearly a woman who has neither forgotten nor forgiven the many injuries she feels were unfairly visited on her last year by the media, the Democrats, the McCain campaign, and other “haters.” It’s possible she realizes that she made some significant mist …
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The Center Of Attention
Greg Sargents reading of yesterdays ABC News/Washington Post poll:Palin and her ghostwriters have successfully resorted to the most harsh and lurid attacks on Obama to break through into the national conversation (the death panels being only the most prominent example). But those same tactics are se …
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John McCain: The Reason For All Of This
Richard Coen convenes a meeting: The Institute for the Study of Sarah Palin might conclude that she represents the exact moment important Republicans gave up on democracy. She was clearly seen as an empty vessel who could be controlled by her intellectual betters. These include the editorial boards …
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Levi Is Winning
This is either one hell of a 19-year old self-described redneck or someone who has the serene confidence of knowing that the truth is on his side. Heres the transcript of his real time reaction to the Oprah interview:Palin: (Its) a bit heartbreaking to see the road that he is on right now. Johnston …
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The Insecurity Of The Palinites
TNC confesses:There are times, in this business, when I am incredibly aware that Im the black dude in the room. One of those moments is whenever I hear conservative writers announcing that Sarah Palin has been persecuted, or that one of her virtues is that she annoys liberals. You see that sort of t …
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Weekly Standard, Palin's Mouthpiece
Alex Knepper reviews Continettis new book: Continetti repeatedly equates left-wing bloggers with “the elite media.” Blog post after blog post is cited, especially from writers for the Huffington Post. Using this bizarre methodology, one could quote from RedState and WorldNetDaily, seeking quotes to …
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"He Doesn't Have Anything On Me"
It's a fascinating moment - the central moment - in ABC News' interview with Palin. Good for Barbara Walters for asking the direct question about Levi's statement "She knows what I got on her." Watch how Palin responds at 6.22 on this Youtube:Know hope.
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Leave Sarah Alone! Ctd
A reader writes:In response to your other reader emails requesting that you leave Sarah alone, let me say - dont leave her alone! I am currently living overseas in Sydney and let me tell you, she is the international face of the Republican party. Unlike parliamentary systems of government where ther …
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The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin XXXIV: Pulling Out Of Michigan
Here we go again. Yesterday, Sarah Palin said the following to Oprah Winfrey on the air: WINFREY: Didn’t several times they say to you when actually you mentioned, when you were talking about pulling out of Michigan and you said I wished we’d stayed in Michigan. Weren’t you told then, Sarah just …
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Why Palin Will Run
Nate Silver makes his case:Until she runs for office again...Palins role is basically that of a celebrity on her own behalf, and a rabble-rouser on behalf of the GOP. Although each of those things can occupy a goodly amount of one’s time, the media is likely to tire of Palin if she’s not actually ma …
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Finally A President Not Governed By Fear
James Joyner argues against a civilian trial for KSM:[T]hese men are not citizens of the United States. Second, they’re accused war criminals. They simply should not be tried in U.S. civilian courts. Rather, they should either be held accountable in a Nuremberg-style international forum or treated a …
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