Best of.... Politics.

SUN
Margaret Carlson: 'Democratic Base Is Really the Middle American Base' NewsBusters.org

While I think that this is true, I also thought this was true just before the election in 2000. I was so certain that a republican wouldn't win then, I wasn't even concerned who the nominee was. Remember the debates on the left were all about Gore and Nader. Well the left lost in 2000 and it can lose in 2008, and you might to know why. Because Americans are lazy about voting, they love to pontificate about how poorly the country is being run, but find it harder to voice their concerns in a vote. It was pointed out in 2000 that if everyone who didn't vote, voted for Nader, he would have won by a landslide. That is also why all the polls are so pointless, at the end of the day the only count that matters is the election. At the end of the day there is no prediction on who is going to show and vote for whom, and who is going to stay home.

MON
Did Miniter Go Too Far?

It is asked if Miniter went to far, and made the attack on Beauchamp too personal. What I wonder is if this is all about politics being too personal. Everything from the stories themselves that seem to have been written by Beauchamp as a personal attack against the armed services. To the pundits who believed it, because they wanted to believe it - perhaps if they were not so personally attached to their ideas they would have seen the problems in the story. That includes people who worked at the magazine, was their relationship with the author too personal - he was engaged to one of the fact checkers, would a more objective fact checker seen the errors in the story? Even the attacks against the story, came out so fast and hot, that many of them must have been personal. Like those who are against the war, they have gotten too attached to their ideas and see any attack on them as personal. In the end, the last question is what does this mean for political dialogue in this country.

TUE
9/11 TRUTHERS GUT PUNCHED BY HISTORY CHANNEL (Rick Moran/Right Wing Nut House)

Truthers are Truthers because they don't listen to the truth. Why should they listen to the History channel when they can listen to Charlie Sheen. Why listen to the guys from Popular Mechanics, when you can listen to Rosie O'Donnell?

WED
Maliki On Timetables and Courtesy

Is a little respect to much to ask for? I have to agree that I don't think it is the place of Senators to be calling for an Iraqi leader to be fired.

THUR
Christiane Imamwhore Unveiled

This is a dirty unfair attack on her character. I watched the show myself - just the one on Christianity I missed the others. It presented Christians as being strong and following in their beliefs. It talked about groups that opposed them but spent most of the time talking to believers, understanding their beliefs and even expressing empathy at times. The show appeared to be completely accurate and fair and balanced.

FRI
Did Affirmative Action Hold Down The Number Of Black Attorneys?

This is an interesting idea. What it amounts to is that by placing people in situations that they were not prepared for, they did worse overall than if they had either earned that level or worked at the level where they were suited. There is some logic to the fact that they could be overwhelmed by the work, and over looked for being in the lower sections of their classes.

SAT
1 Down, 11,999,999 to Go

Sounds like someone is getting Bush Derangement Syndrome, it is sad when it strikes poor souls, who is it this time. You would never guess, but it is the blond bomb shell of conservative talk herself, Ann Coulter. This is an interesting thought though, why did they target this womyn after all this time. Click on the link to read more of the article. It goes on to talk about the killers and the child molesters that have not been deported. Once a crime has been committed by someone known to be illegal, they should be removed from the country immediately - put them in Gitmo if you have to.