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August 14, 2006 in Links

ActBlue now has a page for state-level Democratic candidates. Check it out and throw your money at some deserving Dems. You can help save the country!

Jason on proposed biometric testing for suspected terrorists on flights. Go figure: another bad idea.

Mike advocates Olmert’s removal from head of state. Jeff weighs in. But then do you expect anything other than a FUBAR when the Bush administration is helping you plan your battle strategy?

Froomkin: “By insinuating that the sizeable majority of American voters who oppose the war in Iraq are aiding and abetting the enemy, Vice President Cheney on Wednesday may have crossed the line that separates legitimate political discourse from hysteria.”

Ted Kennedy: “Ned Lamont’s victory in Connecticut scares Cheney for one simple reason: It demonstrates that a free and independent people can and do hold public officials accountable for their words and deeds.” (I recommend the whole editorial; it’s a d*mn good smack down of Cheney. Give this Senator a blog!)

My hometown paper, The Berkshire Eagle: “The shameful smears of patriotic American voters by Mr. Cheney and White House apologists like Mr. Lieberman can’t disguise how utterly they and their ilk have failed America.”

Bad news for the GOP: apparently the American people are immune to administration propaganda.

William Greider on the “evil symbiosis” between the White House and the terrorists. Interesting when you consider there is more terrorism under GOP administrations…

Pollster Zogby finds that a majority of national Dems were glad to see Lieberman go.

Apparently Lieberman’s ugly and divisive rhetoric is already alienating some moderates: “…now Lieberman is not only running as the de facto Republican in the race, he’s running as the worst sort of Republican, going on the trail claiming that any serious questioning of our policy in Iraq is a victory for the terrrorists….” You go, Joe! (New nickname, “Junior Dick”? What do you think?)

Watch Lamont on “Face the Nation.”

So why did Dem leaders endorse Ned when they’re not planning on punishing Lieberman with removing his committee seats? They’re afraid of blogs.

Ed Kemmick’s back from vacation along with some “nouns of assemblage.” Any ideas on what a pack of bloggers should be called? A gust? An irritation?