{"id":343,"date":"2007-04-06T11:47:51","date_gmt":"2007-04-06T11:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/fp-wp\/?p=343"},"modified":"2007-04-06T11:47:51","modified_gmt":"2007-04-06T11:47:51","slug":"iokiyar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/?p=343","title":{"rendered":"IOKIYAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>It&#8217;s Okay If You&#8217;re a Republican.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talkingpointsmemo.com\/horsesmouth\/2007\/04\/flashback_pat_b.php\">It&#8217;s still true<\/a>.  Greenwald <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/opinion\/greenwald\/2007\/04\/05\/gingrich_china\/index.html\">lays out the story<\/a> of Gingrich&#8217;s trip to China, and asks where the outrage was then.  Oh, yeah, Gingrich <a href=\"http:\/\/electioncentral.tpmcafe.com\/blog\/electioncentral\/2007\/apr\/06\/flashback_gingrich_visited_israel_as_speaker_blasted_presidents_foreign_policy\">went to Israel too<\/a>.<br \/>\n<P>See! IOKIYAR.<\/p>\n<p>Not quite sure what&#8217;s up with CNN <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2007\/04\/06\/tell-cnn-to-get-its-facts-straight\/\">piling on Pelosi<\/a>. I caught Malveaux almost shouting over the Syrian ambassador on Situation Room the other day, and it definitely raised my eyebrows. The lady&#8217;s got a bug up her butt about Syria, and I have no idea why.<\/p>\n<p>And this whole issue <a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/items\/200704050012\">with the head scarf<\/a> is so trumped up and ridiculous.  The media is having <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/opinion\/greenwald\/2007\/04\/06\/pelosi_trip\/index.html?source=rss\">a serious case of the vapors<\/a> this week, even though from the actual news reports it sounds like Pelosi is being quite measured in her words, and hasn&#8217;t contradicted official policy in any way.  Not that you could tell that from listening to the talking heads in their distress at any supposed slight to President Pissypants.<\/p>\n<p>The only discussion of the issue I&#8217;ve heard on cable that was remotely reality-based was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/17982222\/\">last night on <em>Hardball<\/em><\/a>.  That was a pleasant break.<br \/>\n<P><br \/><b>UPDATE:<\/b>  Ah, the lovely folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talkingpointsmemo.com\/horsesmouth\/2007\/04\/washington_post_2.php\">Talking Points Memo<\/a> have put the Hardball footage up on YouTube. Here it is:<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/xGONn4pWOJY\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE:<\/b> Hmmm&#8230; that bit got pulled quick.  <b>UPDATE to the UPDATE:<\/b>  And it&#8217;s back. Mysterious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Okay If You&#8217;re a Republican. It&#8217;s still true. Greenwald lays out the story of Gingrich&#8217;s trip to China, and asks where the outrage was then. Oh, yeah, Gingrich went to Israel too. See! IOKIYAR. Not quite sure what&#8217;s up with CNN piling on Pelosi. I caught Malveaux almost shouting over the Syrian ambassador on Situation Room the other day, and it definitely raised my eyebrows. The lady&#8217;s got a bug up her butt about Syria, and I have no idea why. And this whole issue with the head scarf is so trumped up and ridiculous. 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