In Brief - July 3rd, 2006
Here is today's quick news digest:
- So Joe Lieberman has announced his plans to run in the general election regardless of whether he wins the Democratic primary in Connecticut. Apparently he has lost faith in his ability to compete in the primary. Is it just my imagination, or does Joe have fewer and fewer friends these days? What a tool. David Sirota is asking activists to tell the DSCC not to put up with this nonsense.
- The right wing bloggers who went nuts about Rumsfeld and Cheney's vacation homes being pictured in the New York Times Travel section are really starting to look like complete crackpots. Not only did a Rumsfeld spokesperson say the paper had permission to photograph the house, but now the Secret Service is coming out and saying the story is "not a threat".
- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens last week made a complete and utter fool of himself attempting to explain how the Internet works - and failing miserably. (Stevens was trying to make it clear why he voted against the Net Neutrality amendment). While Stevens is an expert at pork barrel politics and parliamentary procedure, he apparently knows nothing about technology. He should ask his esteemed colleague from the Evergreen State, Sen. Maria Cantwell, to enlighten him.
- Tom Tomorrow has a new cartoon up at Salon which neatly captures right wing hatred of the traditional media, which they are constantly trying to portray as liberal (and biased). Media Matters' Paul Waldman says the right has declared war not just on the traditional media, but on the very notion of an independent press.
