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September 21, 2006 in Links

Jonathan Singer suggests that the decision made by Montana television stations to not air the Burns firefighter ad may be politically motivated.

Matt has more on Abramoff, the Department of Justice, and the word “target.”

The Richmond journalism project interviews Ethel McDonald of the Jeanette Rankin Peace Center on how activist groups influence elections.

Both Craig and Missoula Justin decry Rehberg’s statements on blogs.

Pete Geddes has an interesting take on CI-154.

Apparently Karl Rove has sent GOP minions to spam liberal blogs, posing as opposing liberals. An upcoming trend? Keep an eye on those ISPs, folks!

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist blames the minority party for the 109th Congress’ inability to do…well…much of anything. Um…? Reminds me of some other reality-challenged Senator…

Embedded journalist in Iraq, Michael Ware, says President Bush and the US generals are “divorced from reality.” Nice to see a journalist call it like it is, without mincing words.

President Bush recently said he would go into Pakistan – uninvited, if need be – to catch bin Laden. Only he said the exact opposite just a couple of days ago, he said the opposite. Electioneering bravado?

Wow. Read David Broder’s attack on bloggers. U – G – L – Y. We must be doing something right if he’s afraid that we’re holding crooked politicians accountible.

MyDD believes Democrats can make hay out of the GOP’s Iraqi War profiteering. I agree.

Jon Stewart on the irony of the Islamic reaction to the Pope’s recent statements.

Okay…maybe this Jon Stewart segment about AZ 8’s Republican nominee Randy Graf is the funniest you’ll see…