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Sibel Edmonds’ Story Makes the MSM!

Thanks very much to O.E., who writes:

It was shocking, but a pleasant surprise, to find Philip Giraldi’s “Found in Translation” article reprinted, at least in part, in today’s Dallas Morning News. They did leave out the part about the Valerie Plame, but with graphics the article does fill the entire back page of the opinion section.

(Also, Marc Grossman’s name does not make it into article and the DMN article is over 1000 words shorter than what appeared in the American Conservative article.)

Even with the heavy editing, the DMN version of Giraldi’s American Conservative article should be enough to get the main point across. It should also prove to other media organizations in this country that they CAN touch this story â€“ if only with a ten-foot pole…

What Were They Thinking?

What was The American Thinker thinking when it published the following bit of prose?:Â

“As Obama took steps toward the United States Senate he found a very powerful sugar daddy who would help fund his rise: George Soros. The billionaire hedge fund titan began supporting Obama very earlyÂ — as befits a legendary speculative investor always looking for opportunities.”

The irony is that this classic anti-Semitic trope — theÂ predatory Jewish speculator always on the prowl — comes in the midst of a screed that claims Obama is in bed with … anti-Semites. This is either waaaay too clever, or just plain dumb, like The American Thinker itself. After all, what kind of a name is that? It sounds like some foreigner’s idea of typical American moniker.

Arlen Specter, American Hero

He’s not going to let the powerful get away with breaking the rules and destroying the evidence of their wrongdoing.

Reading My Mind

Barbara Ehrenreich, writing in The Nation:Â

“When did you begin to think that Obama might be unstoppable? Was it when your grown feminist daughter started weeping inconsolably over his defeat in New Hampshire? Or was it when he triumphed in Virginia, a state still littered with Confederate monuments and memorabilia? For me, it was on Tuesday night when two Republican Virginians in a row called CSPAN radio to report that they’d just voted for Ron Paul, but, in the general election, would vote for… Obama.”

Ms. Ehrenreich and I are on the same wave-length, apparently, because the key to unlockingÂ to this seeming conundrum is to be found in my column tomorrow ….

Raimondo on Ron Paul

My commentary on recent developments in the Ron Paul campaign — and an addendum here. An editorial note: I did not choose the title.

McCain Doesn’t Get It

As usual, Matt Yglesias sums it all up in very few words:

“John McCain says that “anyone who worries about how long we’re in Iraq does not understand the military.” On the contrary, it seems to me that McCain doesn’t understand diplomacy, Iraq, foreign policy, strategy, the concept of limited resources, or just about anything else.”