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Wow, Bill O'Reilly goes where the Baucus Dogs fail to go. In a place far, far away to explore strange, new worlds, and to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no ConservaDem has gone before."

The Public Option!

Bill O'Reilly backed the public option on the Factor even though he pronounced it dead. His friend Glenn Beck and the rest of FOX News must still have their mouths wide open and drool running down their chins.

Is he truly serious or was it a calculated move to shake up the debate on FOX?

O'REILLY: The public option now is done. We discussed this, it's not going to happen. But you say that this little marketplace that they're going to set up, whereby the federal government would subsidize insurance for some Americans, that is, in your opinion, a public option?

OWCHARENKO: Well, it has massive new federal regulation. So you don't necessarily need a public option if the federal government is going to control and regulate the type of health insurance that Americans can buy.

O'REILLY: But you know, I want that, Ms. Owcharenko. I want that. I want, not for personally for me, but for working Americans, to have a option, that if they don't like their health insurance, if it's too expensive, they can't afford it, if the government can cobble together a cheaper insurance policy that gives the same benefits, I see that as a plus for the folks.

O'Reilly is a socialist now. And backing the public option is going to freak FOX News out. Last week he was on with David Axlerod and was for having the Feds override states' rights.

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Via The Chicago Sun-Times, Is Obama the modern-day Mr. Spock? Open thread below.

Ah, the smell of a good White House scandal in the morning! Welcome back, friends of democracy and logic. Brad Jacobson of MediaBloodhound in for your a.m.-linked drive-by. Buckle up, stop signs will not be observed:

The CIA tapes scandal beats on: Laura Rozen thinks former CIA interrogator John Kiriakou is likely a Hayden surrogate, Spencer Ackerman explores how classified letters get classified and Larry Johnson queries former intelligence officers.

Pierre Tristam: “Peace isn’t breaking out in Iraq. A colder, longer war is.”

After a vigorous workout on the elliptical, what would Jesus drink? Holy Drinking Water, of course.

Will Bunch pinpoints Giuliani’s solution to problems involving people: No people, no problem. But the trains always run on time.

John Cole’s twist on The Most Vulgar, Disgusting, Foul Joke in the Word (h/t skippy). Never heard the original? Whether you have or not, this is considered one of the best versions among comedy intelligentsia (warning: not intended for office, children or foes of dark hyperbole). But for my money, this might top it.

Greg Sargent catches WashPo with two separate allusions to John Edwards’ $400 haircut in one day, then retraces the newspaper’s longtime addiction. (Plus, Rudy Giggliani!)

Speaking of skippy, experience the picket line at Paramount Studios on “Star Trek Day.” Live long and prosper get your residuals.

OK, that’s a wrap. Tomorrow is ours. Send those post suggestions to mediabloodhound (at) yahoo (dot) com.

TDS on Delay's ACU Tribute

Blast form the Past

I'm digging in the vault to see what I come up with and this is a winner. The American Conservative Union sponsored a big party in honor of Tom Delay back in June. As usual-they all blamed the media for his troubles and Phyllis Schlafly hit the high point with her Star Trek reference.

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Roy Blunt makes a cameo appearance too.

Blunt: When I became the WHIP, he gave me a velvet coded hammer

Jon: "You never hear about the laws Tom Delay doesn't break."

The segment wrapped up with a tribute to "The Hammer" by playing Pete Seeger's song called " If I Had a Hammer"

Jon: If Tom Delay actually had a hammer, he'd bludgeon Pete Seeger to death...