Secret Courts, Elitism, and Race Cards

McCain Campaign says Obama played the “Race Card” (and from the “bottom of the deck.”)

Obama: “So nobody really thinks that Bush or McCain have a real answer for the challenges we face, so what they’re going to try to do is make you scared of me. You know, he’s not patriotic enough. He’s got a [...]

Tuesday in July … Estelle Getty, Radovan Karadzic, McCain, Steve Cohen, and More!

VanityFair spoofs the New Yorker “offensive” cover …

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/07/new-yorker-cover.html

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Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was arrested Monday by Serbian forces.
“Karadzic has been indicted by the U.N. war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia for genocide during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. He has been hiding since 1998.” (AP)

AP: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hDN-CfGY3szC6ylS1zL87_tRXoSwD922GAEG0

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Congressman Steve Cohen updates:
The Commercial Appeal endorses Steve [...]

That weird long response about McCain and Obama …

This ranty thing was a response I posted on “thefacebook” (blech) but thought I might share with others who haven’t “thefacebook” access.
I think (redacted) has great points, as ever. And I am thrilled that someone is standing up for Senator McCain. I would argue against, however, using OpEd pieces as the main source [...]

It’s Tuesday! Have a Peach.

Are peaches even really in season yet? Anyway, some important (to me, anyway) news of the day:
WHITE HOUSE TRIES TO CIRCUMVENT HABAES CORPUS RULING FOR GITMO DETAINEES (Wahington Post)
The White House and allies in Congress have begun exploring how to limit the scope of this week’s Supreme Court ruling that says suspected terrorists held [...]