The Political Chase

Spanking a Republican

Hunter at Daily KOS gives Mark Noonan (Blogs for Bush) a serious spanking here for threatening a civil war because of the grave injustice done to Tom ‘nolo contendre’  DeLay.

Your party has set aflame the entire political landscape, and now, once burned, you warn sternly from the branches of a burnt-out tree about "playing with fire". You used the ashes of one of the great liberal cities of America, New York City, as war paint for your own sick, racist dreams. You shudder at a burning flag, yet are willing to snip-and-cut basic tenets of the Constitution as needed or convenient.

And now, you’re outraged, not by any of the rest of it, not by anything that has come before, but because a few prominent Republican faces have — shock of shocks — been indicted in probes that have spanned years of investigation, and interrogation, and deposition. That, you say, represents the underpinnings of a civil war.

You poor, hollow, blood-painted clowns. Cheering the trials and failures of your country with the same pennants and giant foam hands that you wave at your favorite sports teams. Willing to accept the most outrageous of lies, if they are spoken from your favorite talking heads, and soothe your own notions of America for you, and only for you.

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Franklin Guilty of Espionage

Pontificator at Daily KOS says that Larry Franklin pleading  guilty to violations of the Espionage Act puts the Judy Miller release at a distant second.  Bad news for George and the rest of the gang at the White House.

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NYT Article on Judith Miller

Judith Miller is expected to testify before a grand jury tomorrow (Friday).  The New York Times has published their article on her release.  The article is cryptic; I’m reading it again trying to discern what’s between the lines.

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The Daily Kos

The Daily Kos has a must see open thread on Tom DeLay..

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