Sunday, February 20, 2005

In Secretly Taped Conversations, Glimpses of the Future President. By David D. Kirkpatrick / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 - As George W. Bush was first moving onto the national political stage, he often turned for advice to an old friend who secretly taped some of their private conversations, creating a rare record of the future president as a politician and a personality. Read remarks from Spoons, Jack Cluth, Orrin Judd, Lorie Byrd, and Orin Kerr. [memeorandum] 9:41:42 AM    comment [] Daily Show segment on blogging. Hey they like us. ";->" [Scripting News] Jon Stewart at at his finest on a stupid and yet timely topic… http://homepage.mac.com/onegoodmove/movies/ds021605bloggers.html So, I guess next week we will see the mainstream/legitimate media channels referring to THIS to get their news and update on the story…  A doubleback version of art following art at least one step removed from the question that is begging to be answered.  Was Jordon what’s his name tipping his hat on something that should be investigated?  Al Jezerra says yes, but, we of course wouldn’t pay any attention to them. If one Jeff Gannon exists on top of the other things that are coming out of how this administration is overtly using the media, I’m beginning to think we are just in the space we used to be in when no one would publish the story of Roosevelts polio or Kennedy’s illnesses, behavioral and otherwise.   9:34:17 AM    comment []

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