Kf Stops the Bleeding!
Plus: No time for Dems to unpanic.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
John Edwards' fellow Democrats see silence as a bad move
Does it matter if the NY Times, Time and NBC News don't report it if mid-level metropolitan papers and bloggers do? I'd say a fair test is whether Jay Leno's audience gets his John Edwards jokes. He told one last Tuesday. It bombed--it was clear nobody in the seats had heard about the Edwards allegations. But that could, in theory, change, even if the biggest MSM players remain protective. ...
P.S.:Gawker's Ryan Tate effectively ridicules the MSM's Denver Excuse. ... 11:32 P.M.
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Neoliberals shout "Refine your position!" How did I miss this (from HuffPo)?
Barack Obama is inspiring us like a desert lover, a Washington Valentino. ..[snip] My musician friends and I are writing songs to inspire people and couples all over America are making love again and shouting "yes we can" as they climax! [E.A.]
Museum quality. Not a joke!** Hard to see how it can be topped. .. [via Economist via Mortman via Insta]
**--though it's from February (before the flip-flops!) ... 9:57 P.M. link
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Photograph of John McCain on the Slate home page by Alex Wong/Getty Images.