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  • Plus--New York Times in ruins

    03/02/2006 8:59:32 AM PST · by pissant · 13 replies · 812+ views
    Kausfiles/Slate ^ | 3/2/06 | Mickey Kaus
    Excitable Times in Ruins! Did the New York Times really run a story last week headlined: More Clashes Shake Iraq; Political Talks Are in Ruins "Ruins"? Wow. That is embarrassing. ... The hed was repeated in the story's lede, which said that "political negotiations over a new government" were "in ruins." Funny thing, though--in today's NYT, negotiations seem to be going on again. Those Iraqi "ruins" get picked up pretty quickly. ... P.S.: I'm not saying Bill Keller's** headline and lede writers were amping up the Iraq hysteria in order to manufacture another Tet. Maybe they just have no judgment...
  • Mondale: "It's time for new people"

    10/28/2002 11:28:00 AM PST · by Dems_R_Losers · 33 replies · 206+ views
    Fox News ^ | October 28, 2002 | Fritz Mondale
    Did anyone see the report earlier today on Fox News when they replayed a March 2002 interview with Fritz Mondale? This is dynamite! He said "my public service career is over"..."I thought about running for the Senate this year if Paul Wellstone stepped down [recall that Wellstone had term-limited himself and then welshed on the pledge], and Joan and I talked about it, and we decided that it's time for new people to step up and lead"..."I do not desire to have any leadership role in the national Democratic Party"....etc. etc. He was VERY emphatic (and also looked VERY old...