Beggars Can Be Choosers: Vitter? Family Values? Yep.

Post Tenebras Lux: A cheap holiday in other people's misery.

Happy Jihad's House of Pancakes: Bad poetry. Reeally bad poetry.

David Rees: Democratic! Congress! Jokes!

Guest post by Blue Gal. Catch the weekly podcast with Driftglass, which this week mentions the round up but somehow forgot to mention MIKE!!! Here's hoping Mike is enjoying his cruise.

Blue Mass. Group: A typically classy Rethug, Scott Brown thought maybe Obama was born out of wedlock

Blue Gal is joined by Driftglass for a podcast on politics

Mario Piperni: TeaParty-ism

Submitted to a Candid World: Twits

They gave us a republic: The Nightowl Newswrap

OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Working Life, Third Party and Independent Daily, Evil Slutopia, Reader Supported News

crossposted from Driftglass at the request of Crooks and Liars editors

Once upon a time, there was a President named Bill Clinton, who was, by most historical standards, a typical Centrist Republican, although by a fluke of geography and circumstances he ran for public office with a "(D)" after his name.

Under his Administration, many Conservative ideas which had long gathered dust on the shelf -- ideas such as welfare reform, a balanced budget, debt reduction, a strict “Pay as You Go” fiscal regime, a boom in technology jobs, budget surpluses, NAFTA, GATT, official bans on gay marriage, etc. -- were finally realized.

And for all of his good work on behalf of their ideology, Conservatives spent eight, long years treating Bill Clinton -- a Southern, White, Christian man -- as if he were a case of flesh eating nuclear syphilis.

Because he did not run for office with an "(R)" after his name.

And because he did not run for office with an "(R)" after his name, according to the leading voices in the Republican Party and the Conservative Movement, Bill Clinton was, in no particular order, Hitler, a Socialist, a rapist, a warmonger, a serial murderer, and a drug dealer, whose Presidency was somehow vaguely illegitimate.

And counterpointing the 24/7 slime campaign, there were those endless, endless hearings. Whitewater. Travel office. Christmas Card lists. Lincoln bedroom. Etc ad nauseum.

Or don’t you remember?

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Rawrahs: Here in Opposite World...

Illiterate Electorate: Palin is the Anti-Putin! Or maybe, she's a fellow traveller...

But why do we keep talking about Palin when, darnit, Joe Biden is so hawt. (and I mean that in the "intelligence is an aphrodisac" way, sorry Sarah).

Jesus General: Who do you trust? Also, beware of this suspicious email making the rounds. (h/t Driftglass)

guest posted by Blue Gal (Mike is having internet woes this am).

What else do Bush and McCain have in common? A hidden vice. (rimshot)

Fake bumpersticker by Ripley at Zencabin. (Update: Driftglass had some fun with it, why not you?)

Open thread below...

Yikes! - In Memoriam, Del Martin

Driftglass - In order to survive and grow, our nation's Racism Virus has mutated.

Figleaf (not work safe) - Why is it whenever a woman achieves anything, it is perceived as having an effect only on women? [from a post by Twisty, goddess]

Comrade Kevin: The briefest (yet all too true) thought on the convention thus far...

The Black Snob: winner of the "most pictures of Michelle Obama in one post" contest!

Guest posted by Blue Gal, who in spite of yesterday's post did save a Cheeto for Joe Scarborough...

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Here's the schedule, let us know if you see something worth a share...

ABC's "This Week"-- Hillary Clinton, John McCain

NBC's "Meet the Press" -- Huckabee, Obama

CBS's "Face the Nation" -- John Edwards

"Fox News Sunday" -- Fred Thompson and The Des Moines Register's David Yepsen (who has endorsed Clinton)

CNN's "Late Edition" --Dodd, Biden ; Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) and former Defense Secretary William Cohen on Pakistan

Click for larger. Our friend Driftglass is doing some filling in for Howie Klein on the Late Night Music Clubs, and I didn't want the brilliant photoshopping at his own fine blog to fall below the fold before everyone got a chance to see it. Get Smirk and The Cone of Dissemblance.

Open thread below...

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We got our wish... Larry Craig has decided to stick around a little longer. More from Driftglass (who made the GOP men's room sign above...love the machine gun, Drifty honey), Winds of Change, and Idahofallz.

Josh Marshall blogs on Militarism and Anti-Democracy...coming to a country near you! And in related news, George W Bush hitches his wagon to revisionist dreams of Vietnam? Um, Driftglass offers him a refresher course in reality.

The White House decides that the Office of Administration is exempt from FOIA, since they might just know the disposition of those missing millions of federal prosecutor scandal emails. And speaking of secrecy, turns out you can't even get a straight answer from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Halfway There exposes Paul Greenberg's exposure of the Evil ! Atheist ! Agenda ! in the tragic story of Erasmus.

Agents provocateurs in Canada, helping Bush smooth the way for the Security and Prosperity Partnership? Sure looks that way...

Atrios tries to gag Tom Friedman (with a spoon) and all he gets is this lousy t-shirt.

And finally, the best little [fake] Brownback blog on the web. Hat tip to BG.

Guest blogged by Mark Hoback. Send tips to mhoback AT verizon Dot net.