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Roy Edroso states the long since obvious...

American conservatism is turning into one big conspiracy theory.

Labels: Conservatives, Conspiracy, Roy Edroso

…to Rep. Adam Smith (WA-9), who says in a statement...

"I have decided not to go to Langley to view the bin Laden photographs myself at CIA Headquarters. I support the President’s decision not to release the photographs. These images are not necessary to confirm that the mission to eliminate bin Laden was a success.”

The right decision for the right reasons. Applause from here, Congressman!

This is reposted from Thursday, Blogger's hiccup seeming to have lost it and Michael Moore post. Since then, I've heard of people seeing the photos and saying they should be released and people seeing the photos and saying they shouldn't. I haven't heard anyone else taking Smith's principled stand - refusing the invitation to see them, endorsing the decision to withhold them and denying the conspiratorial claims that seeing them is somehow necessary.

The ovation continues, standing now...

Labels: Adam Smith, Conspiracy, Osama bin Laden, Photography, President Obama

From Jessica Hagy at Indexed…

Labels: Chart of the day, Conspiracy, Indexed

…before the kickoff? This is kinda fun...

The Glenn Beck Conspiracy Theory Generator
Hat tip to Larry Gross.

Labels: Conspiracy, Glenn Beck, Internet Toys, Right Wing Extremism

The Moonie Times wants to know...

Could it be that President Obama's legal team is imploding due to a voter intimidation case involving the New Black Panther Party?

Since you asked, no, it couldn't.

Labels: Black Panthers, Conspiracy, Justice Department, Since You Asked, Voting, Washington Times

Melissa McEwan on Secretary of State Clinton's "broken elbow" (slightly bowdlerized as is my wont)...

The fall is just a cover story. It's really a repetitive strain injury sustained from four decades of nudging dudez in the ribs to get sh*t done or get the hell out of her way. Feminist elbow.

Heh™.

And get wells to the Secretary from here, too.

Labels: Conspiracy, Feminism, Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State

...it's right here...

(Click for legibility.)

It's just a quick search away, as it turns out. I mean, jeebus...Oh well, as John Cole says…

...every dollar spent on this is a dollar not spent doing something harmful, like funding Republicans in races.

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Labels: Citizenship, Conspiracy, President Obama

Senator Clinton...

“I don’t want to show up and give one of these whoop-de-do speeches and, you know, and just kind of get everybody whipped up," she said, "and those [of you who are for me] feel great and, you know, try to convince some of you to be for me.”

Why, I wonder? I mean, assuming a political candidate could make such a speech (and many can't), why wouldn't you want to to make your supporters feel great and convince others to come aboard? What else is a stump speech for, anyway? Or is every Clinton appearance supposed to be a policy address?

I know it's intended as a slap at Obama, reinforcing the "he's just a speech" meme, but in fact it's either just silly or a tacit admission that she can neither encourage her supporters nor attract support on the stump. Leaves me wondering why she would show up at all.

If that comment prompts a "Why?", then this observation certainly merits a "Why not?"...

Clinton refrained from criticizing the Republican frontrunner John McCain, and instead shared a story about their accommodations when they traveled overseas together.

I'll leave it to the Conspiracy theorists to sift the tea leaves for evidence of a new unity ticket.

Labels: Barack Obama, Conspiracy, Hillary Clinton, Oratory

And finally, Bill Clinton was confronted by a group of Ron Paul supporters in New Hampshire yesterday, which insisted that 9/11 was an “inside job.” The former president responded, “You wanna know what I think? You guys who think 9/11 was an inside job are crazy as hell. My wife was the senator from New York when that happened. I was down at Ground Zero. I saw the victims’ families. You’re nuts.”

Sic 'em, Bill!

Labels: 9/11, Bill Clinton, Conspiracy, Ron Paul