“ACCORDING TO MY HIGH-LEVEL SOURCES IN THE PENTAGON, CHENEY ACTUALLY BELIEVED THE REAL BUSH WAS MORE OBEDIENT, BUT THAT THE SEAL WAS MORE COMPETENT TO CARRY OUT CHENEY’S PLAN OF GLOBAL DOMINATION.” 

[Think Progress with the real Cheney/Navy Seal Story.]

BLOGWORTHIES:

BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin: McCain the Maverick Guttersnipe Brings on the White Girls, the Black Guy and Race.

Jon Perr on “High Horse, Low Road”: Bush Was Right About McCain.

Juan Cole on Pakistani Intelligence Agency Linked to Indian Embassy Bombing.

And Congrats to Madkane! Bob Newhart Names “Mad” Kane Winner of 2008 Robert Benchley Society Award for Humor.

“THE PRICE OF GAS IN BAGHDAD IS LOWER, FEWER PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES, THEIR MINISTRY OF JUSTICE IS LESS POLITICIZED, AND THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY HAS AN ‘EXIT PLAN’ FOR U.S. TROOPS.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Bill Moyers and Michael Winship: The Wave of “Capitol Crimes” Continues – at BuzzFlash.

Dan Kurtzman on the McCain Ad Linking Obama to Britney and Paris.

Bush tangled up in … yellow? — via Lisa Casey.

Cheech and Chong to Reunite for Comedy Tour, at Hollywood Liberal.

“AS WITH ABE VIGODA, PEOPLE MISTAKENLY THINK JOHN McCAIN IS DEAD …  BUT IN McCAIN’S CASE, THE RUMORS ARE NOT GREATLY EXAGGERATED.”

Background Story at HuffPost.

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BLOGWORTHIES:

BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin: McCain the Maverick Guttersnipe Brings on the White Girls, the Black Guy and Race.

Bush’s Deficit Surge, at All Hat No Cattle.

Dan Kurtzman with Ted Stevens Goes Down the Tubes.

Obama Shouldn’t Raise Kaine, at Perrspectives.