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1. #1
   On August 15th, 2007 at 11:01 am, Sir Loin said:

   Shocka! I have a feeling that sort of thing happened in quite a few newsrooms.

2. #2
   On August 15th, 2007 at 11:09 am, rbb said:

   A fitting quote from Casablanca:

   Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
   Captain Renault: I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
   [a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]
   Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
   Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.
   [aloud]
   Captain Renault: Everybody out at once!

3. #3
   On August 15th, 2007 at 11:09 am, planetgeo said:

   If that’s what went on at the Times, one can only imagine what went on at the (Dumb-as-a) Post-Intelligencer. More like Times Square in NY on V-E Day. Confetti. “The Kiss”. etc.

4. #4
   On August 15th, 2007 at 11:10 am, On-my-soap-box said:

   Now, if we could just get them to cheer for the idea that women and children (female) are free in Iraq because of the USA…

5. #5
   On August 15th, 2007 at 11:15 am, jrlingreenbay said:

   On-my-soap-box, you beat me to it…

   I wonder if there were any cheers at the news that the surge is working….

6. #6
   On August 15th, 2007 at 11:15 am, Michelle Malkin said:

   “Free?” Better take the rose-colored glasses off. Things are better than when Saddam ruled.
   
   But they are not “free.”

7. #7
   On August 15th, 2007 at 11:18 am, Milwaukee Mike said:

   Hmmm….Unemployment is down, economy is strong, surge is working, W’s pop #’s are rising. They probably couldn’t help themselves. This is the only “good news” that has come for weeks!

8. #8
   On August 15th, 2007 at 11:22 am, wolverine20 said:

   Over at Power Line (http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2007/08/018200.php) yesterday, they note that Bill Plante of CBS bellowed to Bush during the farewell announcement on the South Lawn of the WH, “If he’s so smart, how come you lost Congress?”
   When did it become acceptable for members of the press pool to make cat calls during WH events?? It’s one thing for Helen Thomas and others to impose their lberal bias during Q&A sessions, but to just yell out something . . . ??

9. #9
   On August 15th, 2007 at 11:25 am, Alphonse said:

   I’m no great fan of Karl Rove, but that’s not where the buck stops.

10. #10
    On August 15th, 2007 at 11:25 am, BadIdeaGuy said:

    I’m utterly shocked… that this event was allowed to be documented.

11. #11
    On August 15th, 2007 at 11:38 am, On-my-soap-box said:

    On August 15th, 2007 at 11:15 am, Michelle Malkin said:
    “Free?” Better take the rose-colored glasses off. Things are better than when Saddam ruled.

    But they are not “free.”

    Well maybe “free” is not the right word (compared to what we have in the good ol’ USA) but compared to where they were, I would use free. My glasses are not rose colored; I would say I am not wearing blinders like most of the MSM. I happen to be proud of the work the USA is doing in Iraq to improve conditions – epically for women.

    My point is, where is the cheering for the work our troops are doing for the least of these in Iraq? Shoot, where is the cheering for anything concerning even the smallest of victories? Where is the roaring from the N.O.W.?

    Still listening to the silence.

12. #12
    On August 15th, 2007 at 11:40 am, eeyore said:

    If that was Seattle, I suspect at the Gray Lady it looked a lot like activities which have been banned in end zones after touchdowns.

13. #13
    On August 15th, 2007 at 11:47 am, On-my-soap-box said:

    Do you think there will be cheering by the MSM if we get OBL before the election? Let me answer that. Nope. The MSM will spin it as:

    We could have had OBL any time. The Bush Administration waited until the elections were near in order to boost the republican hopeful.

    I wish I had my rose colored glasses on now. LOL

14. #14
    On August 15th, 2007 at 11:54 am, Seabecker said:

    Seattle is in a poor condition regarding newspapers; Michelle, you are missed.

    The Seattle Times is not the most liberal paper around, but they are bent on destroying the locals by continuously digging dirt (usually unfairly or unfounded) on the great institutions of the PNW such as Boeing, the Univeristy of WA, Starbucks and Microsoft. They even had a reporter get a Pulitzer for a series on the Boeing and the 737 that was filled with errors and outright lies.

    The only non-liberal paper in the area recently ceased publication (King County Journal – which included Michelle’s columns), and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is as bad as any paper anywhere.

15. #15
    On August 15th, 2007 at 1:19 pm, SirKnob said:

    Rove is not dead, Rove is not done.

    While our President’s term is coming to a close, a new election is on the horizon. With his ability and influence, conservative candidates will be beating down his door.

    Let the left celebrate all they want. After a short break, Rove will be leading another candidate down the dusty, musty trail.

    The question is not when, but who?

    I am curious, does anyone here read print media these days? I mean, other than the links from websites, I haven’t seriously read a newspaper in years.

    I do subscribe to the Sunday Compost, but that is only for the ads and bird cage liners:-)

16. #16
    On August 15th, 2007 at 1:30 pm, Regulus said:

    It’d be a tonic for American journalism to just drop the “Don’t try this at home, folks; we’re objective journalists” schtick and adopt the British model of transparent advocacy one way or the other.

    I’d have more respect (albeit still not much) for a reporter or editor who wore a Che T-shirt and proudly flaunted his or her leftism than for the current crop who, like Dan Rather, doggedly persist in fostering the illusion that rags like the Seattle Times, the Portland Oregonian or the New York Times are “middle of the road.”

    We demand truth-in-advertising from those who sell us products; why not from those who purport to inform us?

17. #17
    On August 15th, 2007 at 2:19 pm, jeffshultz said:

    Has anyone else noticed that Rove’s resignation goes into effect… a few days prior to the next guess when Fred Thompson will officially declare?

18. #18
    On August 15th, 2007 at 3:59 pm, twoninerkilo said:

    I think they may not be cheering so loudly when they realize Carl is free to advise other Republicans running for President now.Not that I’m a fan of Open Borders Rove, but I’ve gotta laugh.

19. #19
    On August 15th, 2007 at 6:31 pm, John Ansell said:

    http://www.sj-r.com/Opinion/stories/14179.asp

    That’s nothing. Look at this editorial piece regarding Rove. Liberal Media???? Yep, you betcha

20. #20
    On August 16th, 2007 at 1:57 pm, USMCgramma said:

    Our editorial page printed Robert Robb/ Arizona Republic (hey, we live in NC – the state that did not re-elect John Edwards to the Senate). Its title: “The colossal failure of Karl Rove”. The political cartoon is equally absurd. This could get interesting….!