Around The Sphere May 20, 2007

Posted by JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief in Uncategorized.
May 20th, 2007 | 5 responses

Our linkfest offering readers a guide to provocative and informative posts on weblogs representing many different viewpoints. Links to not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Moderate Voice or its writers.

Is Rudy Giuliani Following A Classic Political Textbook? One of the best books on politics is Hardball by Chris Matthews — the book that propelled him to more-than-just-a-reporter status. Dick Polman (another SUPERB newspaper writer) effective makes the case that Giuliani is following one of Matthews’ key political rules. But, he notes, there could be complications..

Melancholy And Meaning: A highly thoughtful and non-political post that deals with life (because, folks, YES there IS life beyond politics) — a MUST READ from Joshua Trevino.

The LAPD Versus The National Press Photographers Association: The photogs have issued a statement calling for the LAPD to have public relations training in light of the events surrounding the department’s response to a May 1 immigration rally.

MUST READ FOR JAMES BOND FANS: David Adesnik decided to go back and watch all of the Bond films and he reached some surprising conclusions (which yours truly shares).

Who Won Iraq? Was it everyone who stayed out?

First The Pet Food Crisis Now The Human Food Crisis: Is it time to legislate mandatory country of origin labels?

Last Week’s Republican Debate Was Fiery but what was it really about? Tom Watson wonders if it was a race to prove who was the King of Torture.

And Speaking Of The Debate… Controversy Continues Over GOPer Ron Paul, his pronouncements…and even what some pronounced about him. See Michell Malkin HERE. Prediction: The controversies won’t go away. In every campaign there’s someone who’s unique enough to generate a lot of buzz and it’s usually because their comments or attitude doesn’t fit into the cookie-cutter conventional wisdom mode of other candidates in their party. GOP debate viewership will likely be up next time around due to people tuning in who support and can’t stand Paul…but they’ll tune in because of the press coverage and blog controversies that have been raging about him. This IS 21st century America, you know…

5 Responses to “Around The Sphere May 20, 2007”

1. Rudi says:

   May 20, 2007 at 11:15 am

   Michele “Internment” Malkin wants to attack Paul, but what about Trancredo and Duncan. Paul isn’t the craziest fruitcake in the Republican primary.
2. Tully says:

   May 20, 2007 at 11:25 am

   My favorite outfall from the GOP debate was the internet poll that had Fred Thompson winning it.
3. George Sorwell says:

   May 20, 2007 at 2:17 pm

   Reading the “War Nerd” may have been a life-transforming event for me!

   Archive available.
4. Dave Schuler says:

   May 20, 2007 at 2:21 pm

   Don’t know if you’ve noticed, Joe, but I’ve been posting daily updates on the pet food recall every day (or nearly so) since the thing began two months ago.

   I’ve been calling for country-of-origin labelling down to the ingredient level nearly the entire time.
5. nicrivera says:

   May 20, 2007 at 3:14 pm

   It’s good to see Malkin issuing a correction after she slandered Ron Paul on Fox News. David Wiegel has provided a transcript of the conversation between Michelle Malkin and John Gibson on Fox New’s “The Big Story” in which both Malkin and Gibson distorted Ron Paul’s position on 9/11:

   GIBSON: According to a recent Rasmussen Report poll, 35 percent of Democrats think President Bush knew about the 9/11 attacks beforehand. The so-called 9/11 Truth Movement has already infected people like Rosie O’Donnell and one in three Democrats, and many other people, Americans evidently, including Congressman Ron Paul. With me now is FOX News contributor and syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin.

   So, Michelle, this stuns me. It wouldn’t have stunned me had it come up in the Democratic debate, but it’s a jaw-dropper to see it in the Republican debate.

   MICHELLE MALKIN: It is and it doesn’t belong here. And I’m glad that this moment provided great TV for FOX News — it was a very instructive exchange — but Ron Paul really has no business being on stage as a legitimate representative of Republicans, because the 9/11 truth virus is something that infects only a very small proportion of people that would identify themselves as conservative or Republican. And as you say, John, this is far more prevalent, this strain of 9/11 truth virus, on the left, and in much of the mainstream of the Democratic Party as that Rasmussen poll showed.

   You know, I try not to spend too much time in these cesspools, but it is worth taking a visit to places like, you know, these WTC7 sites and Students and Scholars for Truth, and I note that Ron Paul has basically allied himself with these people. He appears with Students for Truth on campus and he’s appeared on radio shows like 9/11 conspiracy nut Alex Jones.

   Andrew Sullivan also has written about how Malkin and Gibson distorted Ron Paul’s position. He writes, “This dialogue between John Gibson and Michelle Malkin actually takes it as a premise that Ron Paul stated that Bush knew about 9/11 in advance.” Then after providing a transcript of the conservation between Malkin and Gibson, he concludes, “Gibson and Malkin owe Paul an apology. They are knowingly smearing under the guise of journalism.”

   The pro-war attacks dogs, having had their fun slandering the positions of anti-war liberals, have now set their sights on Republican Congressman Ron Paul, who has been be the most consistently outspoken critic of the Iraq War since its inception.