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The All-White Elephant in the Room - Frank Rich on Pastor Hagee

Posted by Jeff from New York Times

Mr. Hagee is not a fringe kook but the pastor of a Texas megachurch. On Feb. 27, he stood with John McCain and endorsed him over the religious conservatives' favorite, Mike Huckabee, who was then still in the race. Are we really to believe that neither Mr. McCain nor his camp knew anything then about Mr. Hagee's views?

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Frank Rich Rips into the Divisive Clinton Campaign

Posted by Jeff from New York Times

Anyone who wants to know the dark side of Clinton's campaign should read this column by Frank Rich.

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Yes, You Are the Person of the Year!

Posted by Jeff from New York Times

Rich on Time: The count for YouTube video clips tagged with “Iraq” was 22,783. Not that there is anything wrong with that. But compulsive blogging and free soft-core porn are not, as Time would have it, indications of how much you, I and that glassy-eyed teenage boy hiding in his bedroom are in control of the Information Age.

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Frank Rich: The Sunshine Boys Can’t Save Iraq

Posted by Jeff from New York Times

Rich rips the Iraq Study Group a new one: "By prescribing such placebos, the Iraq Study Group isn’t plotting a way forward but delaying the recognition of our defeat. Its real aim is to enact a charade of progress to pacify the public while Washington waits, no doubt in vain, for Mr. Bush to return to the real world."

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The Gay Old Party - Paging Tony Perkins

Posted by Jeff from New York Times

PAGING Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council: Here’s a gay Republican story you probably did not hear last week. On Tuesday a card-carrying homosexual, Mark Dybul, was sworn into office at the State Department with his partner holding the Bible. Dr. Dybul, the administration’s new global AIDS coordinator, was flanked by Laura Bush and Condi Rice. In her official remarks, the secretary of state referred to the mother of Dr. Dybul’s partner as his “mother-in-law.”

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Kristof challenges O'Reilly to visit Darfur with him

Posted by Jeff from Rawstory

Frank Rich may be the most underrated NYT columnist this year.

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The Vietnamization of Bush's Vacation

Posted by Jeff from New York Times

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