Juan Cole comments on Safire and the “Zarqawi” letter.
Dominion critiques a Scott McClellan news conference and reflects on debating conservatives.
River on the difficulties her loved ones face just trying to survive from day to day.
MBW wonders why medical reporters can’t get the basic facts right.
Simon Moribund ponders election issues.
‘Where Was George’ investigation continues.
Say what you will about the attention this subject is finally getting, but I think it speaks to a much deeper issue which is the recurring inability of George Bush to reconcile his concept of reality with a universal truth. He reminds me of a child who denies eating cookies when the crumbs are still stuck to his lips.
Thousands have died because George ‘knows better’ than the truth. It’s not a trivial matter.
And if Daniel James was involved in the cover-up, it’s a national security scandal.
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