memeorandum http://www.memeorandum.com/ Political Web, page A1 en-us Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:30:46 -0400 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:30:46 -0400 Obama condemns ad against Jewish candidate (Ben Smith/The Politico) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p91#a080807p91 Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama condemns ad against Jewish candidate  —  Nikki Tinker race baits Steve Cohen.  @ Yahoo! Video  —  Obama — in his de facto new role as leader of the Democratic Party — just put out a statement condemning Nikki Tinker's attack on Stephen Cohen, which has been widely interpreted …

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:30:00 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p91#a080807p91 Suskind Revisited - Thursday, August 7th in War by Philip Giraldi (Philip Giraldi/The American Conservative) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p121#a080807p121 Philip Giraldi / The American Conservative:
Suskind Revisited  —  Thursday, August 7th in War by Philip Giraldi  —  An extremely reliable and well placed source in the intelligence community has informed me that Ron Suskind's revelation that the White House ordered the preparation of a forged letter linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaeda …

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:20:05 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p121#a080807p121 He Who Disassociates - Barack Obama's Gallery of Shady Former ... (Little Green Footballs) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p124#a080807p124

Little Green Footballs:
He Who Disassociates  —  Barack Obama's Gallery of Shady Former Associates is getting very crowded.  —  (Hat tip: Penetrating Insights into the Obvious.)

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:15:03 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p124#a080807p124 Bin Laden's Former Driver Sentenced to 5 1/2 Years (Washington Post) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p112#a080807p112 Washington Post:
Bin Laden's Former Driver Sentenced to 5 1/2 Years  —  Hamdan Receives Credit for Time Served, Could Be Released in 5 Months  —  A former driver for Osama bin Laden was sentenced today to 5 ½ years in prison for his material support for terrorism, a relatively light sentence that means …

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:55:05 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p112#a080807p112 Oil Industry Leans Toward McCain, But Big Producers Favor Obama (Massie Ritsch/OpenSecrets.org) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p103#a080807p103 Massie Ritsch / OpenSecrets.org:
Oil Industry Leans Toward McCain, But Big Producers Favor Obama  —  Much has been made of Barack Obama's TV ad this week that accuses John McCain of being “in the pocket” of the oil industry, and yesterday the Democratic Party launched a website pairing McCain and Exxon Mobil as running-mates.

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:55:05 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p103#a080807p103 Exxon [Hearts] Obama (Nitya/Political Punch) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p108#a080807p108 Nitya / Political Punch:
Exxon [Hearts] Obama  —  As we close up a week wherein Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, on the stump and in a TV ad accused rival Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., of being “in the pocket of big oil,” and doing the industry's bidding — not to mention a week during which the Democratic National Committee launched …

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:50:42 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p108#a080807p108 Let's Chat - I want to thank everyone for joining me here today for our live chat. (Hillary Clinton/blog.hillaryclinton.com) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p84#a080807p84 Hillary Clinton / blog.hillaryclinton.com:
Let's Chat  —  I want to thank everyone for joining me here today for our live chat.  I'm so grateful to all of my online friends for the amazing support you continue to show me.  Your kind words mean so much to me, and you have been instrumental in working to help retire our campaign debt.

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:10:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p84#a080807p84 John McCain: My Pop-Culture Favorites (Benjamin Svetkey/EW.com) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p52#a080807p52

Benjamin Svetkey / EW.com:
John McCain: My Pop-Culture Favorites  —  The presumptive Republican presidential nominee talks to EW about his picks in movies ("Viva Zapata!," Indiana Jones), TV shows ("Seinfeld," “The Wire"), singers (Roy Orbison, Usher), and a fictional president he admires

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:40:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p52#a080807p52 How Would Nominee Clinton Have Treated Obama? (Big Tent Democrat/TalkLeft) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p25#a080807p25 Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
How Would Nominee Clinton Have Treated Obama?  —  Share This: Digg!  —  On Morning Joe, Chuck Todd said that the “feeling in Chicago,” presumably referring to the Obama campaign, is that Hillary Clinton is seeking treatment that she would never have given Barack Obama had the roles been reversed.

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:10:00 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p25#a080807p25 SPEAKER OF THE FLOP: PELOSI SELLS 2,737 COPIES OF BOOK (Drudge Report) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p58#a080807p58 Drudge Report:
SPEAKER OF THE FLOP: PELOSI SELLS 2,737 COPIES OF BOOK  —  The most powerful woman in the history of American politics is suffering a humiliating defeat at the nation's bookstores, sales figures show.  —  In her first week at market, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi sold just 2,737 copies …

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:15:13 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p58#a080807p58 Obama: "America is no longer what it once was"; Update: Rush reacts (Ed Morrissey/Hot Air) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p54#a080807p54 Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama: “America is no longer what it once was”; Update: Rush reacts  —  When presidential candidates answer questions from children about why they want the job, most will give an answer that uplifts the child and the candidate.  Not Barack Obama.  At a campaign stop in Elkhart, Indiana …

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:45:02 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p54#a080807p54 Win Points for McCain! (Paul Farhi/Washington Post) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p51#a080807p51 Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Win Points for McCain!  —  Spread John McCain's official talking points around the Web — and you could win valuable prizes!  —  That, in essence, is the McCain campaign's pitch to supporters to join its new online effort, one that combines the features of “AstroTurf” campaigning with the sort …

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:20:03 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p51#a080807p51 Kilpatrick will spend night in jail (Detroit Free Press) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p49#a080807p49 Detroit Free Press:
Kilpatrick will spend night in jail  —  Giles unmoved by mayor's apology  —  Judge Ronald Giles just sent Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail moments after the mayor pleaded for forgiveness and admitted he made an unauthorized trip to Windsor on city business.

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:50:02 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p49#a080807p49 Dr. iRack is Back . . . But the Elections Aren't (Dr. iRack/abu muqawama) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p48#a080807p48 Dr. iRack / abu muqawama:
Dr. iRack is Back . . . But the Elections Aren't  —  Dr. iRack has been away for a few weeks, mostly traveling across Iraq.  When he was in Baghdad last week, the word in the Green Zone was that the provincial powers law would finally pass.  As readers will no doubt remember …

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:30:04 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p48#a080807p48 Guilty as Ordered (New York Times) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p33#a080807p33 New York Times:
Guilty as Ordered  —  Now that was a real nail-biter.  The court designed by the White House and its Congressional enablers to guarantee convictions of high-profile detainees in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba — using evidence obtained by torture and secret evidence as desired — has held its first trial.

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:45:00 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p33#a080807p33 Race Takes Central Role in a Memphis Primary (Adam Nossiter/New York Times) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p28#a080807p28

Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Race Takes Central Role in a Memphis Primary  —  In the culmination of a racially fraught Congressional campaign in Memphis, a black candidate is linking her liberal-leaning white primary opponent in Thursday's contest, Representative Steve Cohen, to the Ku Klux Klan in a television advertisement.

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:35:02 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p28#a080807p28 Dude, You Stole My Article (Jody Rosen/Slate) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p29#a080807p29 Jody Rosen / Slate:
Dude, You Stole My Article  —  HOW I INVESTIGATED A SUSPICIOUS ALT WEEKLY.  —  The saga began in the classical manner: with an e-mail about Jimmy Buffett.  Several weeks ago, I received a note from a Slate reader drawing my attention to an article published in March 2008 in the Bulletin …

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:15:03 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p29#a080807p29 Obama Hits Back, Too Softly For Some (Washington Post) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p27#a080807p27 Washington Post:
Obama Hits Back, Too Softly For Some  —  Barack Obama released a television advertisement yesterday that questions John McCain's claims to be a “maverick,” and he charged in a campaign appearance that the Republican displays independence only when it suits him politically.

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:05:05 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p27#a080807p27 Obama's View on Abortion May Divide Catholics (John M. Broder/New York Times) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p23#a080807p23

John M. Broder / New York Times:
Obama's View on Abortion May Divide Catholics  —  WASHINGTON — Sixteen years ago, the Democratic Party refused to allow Robert P. Casey Sr., then the governor of Pennsylvania, to speak at its national convention because his anti-abortion views, stemming from his Roman Catholic faith …

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:30:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p23#a080807p23 A Way Back to the High Road? (David S. Broder/Washington Post) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p24#a080807p24 David S. Broder / Washington Post:
A Way Back to the High Road?  —  The first question I asked John McCain and then Barack Obama was: How do you feel about the tone and direction of the campaign so far?  —  No surprise.  Both men pronounced themselves thoroughly frustrated by the personal bitterness and negativism they have seen …

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:20:04 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p24#a080807p24 What McCain Should Do Next (Karl Rove/Wall Street Journal) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p21#a080807p21

Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
What McCain Should Do Next  —  Notwithstanding the hype about Barack Obama, here is where the presidential race stands: John McCain was within an average of 1.9% of his Democratic opponent in last week's daily Gallup tracking poll.  —  It shouldn't be this close.  Sen. Obama should be way ahead.

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:20:04 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p21#a080807p21 Obama adviser blames McCain ad for poll dip (Financial Times) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p26#a080807p26 Financial Times:
Obama adviser blames McCain ad for poll dip  —  By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington and Edward Luce in Elkhart, Indiana  —  A senior adviser to Barack Obama has blamed recent attack advertisements comparing the Democratic presidential hopeful to celebrities Britney Spears and Paris Hilton …

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:20:04 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p26#a080807p26 500: Deadly U.S. Milestone in Afghan War (New York Times) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p15#a080807p15

New York Times:
500: Deadly U.S. Milestone in Afghan War  —  Not long after Staff Sgt. Matthew D. Blaskowski was killed by a sniper's bullet last Sept. 23 in eastern Afghanistan, his mother received an e-mail message with a link to a video on the Internet.  A television reporter happened to have been filming …

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:40:03 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p15#a080807p15 Inside The Anthrax Probe (The Smoking Gun) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p14#a080807p14

The Smoking Gun:
Inside The Anthrax Probe  —  Records detail circumstantial case against scientist Bruce Ivins  —  Though many key details of the federal investigation of bioweapons researcher Bruce Ivins have already leaked, today's unsealing of 436 pages of documents provides some new information …

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:25:00 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p14#a080807p14 Tabloid's claims threaten Edwards' role at party's convention (Mark Johnson/McClatchy Washington Bureau) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p6#a080807p6 Mark Johnson / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Tabloid's claims threaten Edwards' role at party's convention  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Former Sen. John Edwards has a deadline to save his spot on the national stage.  —  With two weeks to go before their national convention, a number of Democrats are saying that Edwards needs …

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:20:15 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p6#a080807p6 FBI/DOJ Briefing on the Case Against Bruce Ivins Oh, PS ... (Ace/Ace of Spades HQ) http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p8#a080807p8 Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
FBI/DOJ Briefing on the Case Against Bruce Ivins Oh, PS: Ivins was a Registered, Real, Vote-in-Every-Primary Democrat; Lefty Blogs Begin Doubting His Guilt Based on This  —  An NPR report details evidence already mentioned.  —  Some highlights from the briefing:  —  * “Sole suspect” in investigation

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:30:00 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080807/p8#a080807p8 Punished first, acquitted later (Ezra Levant) http://www.memeorandum.com/080806/p155#a080806p155 Ezra Levant:
Punished first, acquitted later

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:45:00 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080806/p155#a080806p155 Have the Clintons Gotten Over It? - The July 31 cocktail ... (Karen Tumulty/Time) http://www.memeorandum.com/080806/p154#a080806p154

Karen Tumulty / Time:
Have the Clintons Gotten Over It?  —  The July 31 cocktail reception outside Palo Alto, Calif., had been billed as an evening for letting bygones be bygones, a coming together of Hillary Clinton's Silicon Valley backers with Barack Obama's to help the New York Senator retire her campaign debt.

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080806/p154#a080806p154 Those Damn Kids! - On Tuesday night, TNA writer Lonnie Affrime ... (Andrew Perez/The New Argument) http://www.memeorandum.com/080806/p134#a080806p134

Andrew Perez / The New Argument:
Those Damn Kids!  —  On Tuesday night, TNA writer Lonnie Affrime spotted the Straight Talk Express in the parking lot of an Embassy Suites in Boca Raton, FL.  He noticed an unusual decal on the back of Sen. John McCain's whip and, as any good American would do, took a few pictures.

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:20:05 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080806/p134#a080806p134 WaPo Blows A1 McCain Story (Amanda Carpenter/TownHall Blog) http://www.memeorandum.com/080806/p144#a080806p144 Amanda Carpenter / TownHall Blog:
WaPo Blows A1 McCain Story  —  Hours after blogging about the problems in Washington Post reporter Matthew Mosk's A1 story, this correction was posted online: … That means these people Mosk alleged had been somehow forced to make campaign contributions to McCain through a third-party bundler NEVER DONATED MONEY TO MCCAIN.

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:05:05 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080806/p144#a080806p144 Outspoken '06 Medalist Cheek Has Visa Revoked (Washington Post) http://www.memeorandum.com/080806/p137#a080806p137

Washington Post:
Outspoken '06 Medalist Cheek Has Visa Revoked  —  ‘Team Darfur’ Co-Founder Barred From Beijing Games  —  The Chinese government on Tuesday revoked the visa of 2006 Olympic gold medalist Joey Cheek, effectively barring the speedskating champion and social activist from attending the 2008 Beijing Games.

]]> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:45:10 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080806/p137#a080806p137 CBS Poll: Obama Holding Off McCain (CBS News) http://www.memeorandum.com/080806/p140#a080806p140

CBS News:
CBS Poll: Obama Holding Off McCain  —  New CBS News Poll Shows Obama Overseas Trip, McCain Ads Failed To Alter Still-Fluid Race  —  (CBS) Barack Obama leads John McCain 45 percent to 39 percent in the latest CBS News poll.  Despite Obama's highly-publicized foreign trip …

]]> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:20:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080806/p140#a080806p140