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Tag Archives: Mickey Kaus
Mid-Level Players In MSM Touch John Edwards Love Child Story
Mickey Kaus writes: Rebellious nibbling from mid-rank players who are harder to coopt than the New York and Washington elites: North Carolina News & Oberver : "Facing Questions, Edwards Evades Reporters" … On Wednesday, Edwards apparently ducked out a side … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, John Edwards, Journalism, Mickey Kaus
Tagged goodness sakes, handicap ramp, jose mercury news, Mickey Kaus, newark star ledger, north carolina news
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More Layoffs, Please XVIII
Mickey Kaus writes: The Enquirer has indeed already moved on to the Edwards "coverup." Their latest issue alleges: John Edwards’ mistress, Rielle Hunter – the mother of his "love child" – has been secretly receiving $15,000 a month as part … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, John Edwards, Los Angeles Times, Mickey Kaus
Tagged John Edwards, love child, metro desk, Mickey Kaus, national enquirer, presidential contender
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More Layoffs, Please
The Los Angeles Times showed the same reluctance in covering the end of the mayor’s marriage. The National Enquirer for the past decade has been as accurate as the LA Times. I can’t believe that LAT blogging czar Tony Pierce … Continue reading
Posted in John Edwards, Journalism, Los Angeles Times, Rielle Hunter
Tagged gatekeeper model, little buzz, Mickey Kaus, national enquirer, political bloggers, vito fossella
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Why Is The MSM Ignoring The John Edwards Love Child Story?
Mickey Kaus blogs: Edwards, Rielle Hunter, Busted: HuffPo ‘s Sam Stein, who got the story rolling, appears to be vindicated. … P.S.: Always trust content from kausfiles! Never trust content from Jerome Armstrong. … P.P.S.: Will this be the first … Continue reading
Posted in John Edwards, Mickey Kaus, Rielle Hunter
Tagged jack shafer, mark halperin, Mickey Kaus, presidential contender, vp candidate, what chopped liver
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Joe Klein Apparently Unscathed By His Divided Loyalties Charge
Mickey Kaus writes: Klein Lives: Have the rules changed? Last Tuesday, Time‘s Joe Klein wrote: The fact that a great many Jewish neoconservatives–people like Joe Lieberman and the crowd over at Commentary–plumped for this war, and now for an even … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Politics
Tagged abraham foxman, anti defamation league, joe klein, joe lieberman, Mickey Kaus, s joe
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The New Case Against Immigration, Both Legal And Illegal
Mark Krikorian writes: My new book is being released this week: The New Case Against Immigration, Both Legal and Illegal, published by Sentinel, part of the Penguin Group. The central point of the book — the part of the ”Case” … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration
Tagged american enterprise institute, american immigration policy, david frum, Mickey Kaus, poverty debate, public policy books
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Your Moral Leader’s Backdoor Guide To Los Angeles: ‘You Haven’t Done L.A. Until You’ve Done Luke Ford!’
Joe emails: Another idea related to Delice a bit: LUKEAPALOOZA, the multi-media tour of Luke Ford’s LA! Beginning with lunch at Luke’s favorite French bistro, climb into the original LUKE FORD SERIAL KILLER VAN (TM) and watch Luke’s life come … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Personal
Tagged amy alkon, celebrities, daven, establishments, ford, french restaurant, hovel, kickback, luke ford, lunch, Mickey Kaus, moral leader, no doubt, rent party, s webcam, sandra, serial killer, sympathy, tour guests, wisdom
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For This, The MSM Ignored The Rielle Hunter Story?
More on the John Edwards – Rielle Hunter story here. Mickey Kaus writes: We Ignored the Rielle Hunter Scandal and All We Got Was This Lousy Op-Ed! Elizabeth Edwards has a bushelful of chutzpah chastising the mainstream campaign press for … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, Infidelity, John Edwards, Rielle Hunter
Tagged army mccarthy hearings, chutzpah, denials, edwards aide, elizabeth edwards, gary hart, genius, health plan, ill wife, joe biden, John Edwards, love child, mainstream, Mickey Kaus, mrs edwards, msm, paragraph, scandal
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I Wish I Could’ve Been There
Even after making four major corrections, Frank Girardot still has the most incoherent blog post I’ve ever linked to. Can anyone make sense of this sentence? "I like him because he’s admitted anonymous source and level-headed moderator, especially when the … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism
Tagged anonymous source, bellman, blogger, case law, conspiracy kooks, editorial writer, ethics rules, francke, girardot, kausfiles, kevin roderick, la times, lerner, Mickey Kaus, news staff, pulitzer prize winner, pulitzer prizes, respon, society of professional journalists, technology law, times news
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Democrats Vs. Republicans On Government Oversight Of Lending
Mickey Kaus writes: David Smith says scandal-scarred Fannie Mae and other "government sponsored enterprises" (GSEs) have successfully dodged the threat of stronger government oversight, thanks to the mortgage crisis–and the 2006 election. This appears to be a case where Republicans … Continue reading
Posted in Mickey Kaus, Politics
Tagged ceo, david smith, democrats vs republicans, fannie mae, franklin raines, government oversight, government sponsored enterprises, gses, Mickey Kaus, mortgage, omb director, president clinton, scandal, skeptics
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