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Iowa Voice (Private Pigg) Al Gore: “If the crib’s on fire, you don’t speculate the baby is flame retardant.”

Global warming is not like a doctor telling us we have a fever. Global warming is like one doctor telling us we have a fever, and another, more convincing doctor, simply telling us the first doctor forgot to use a thermometer and is simply guessing about our temp.

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Democrats Undone Over Iraq

The Democrats thought they rode to power on a wave of anti-war sentiment, but they have discovered that their victory had much more to do with Republican failures than with Democratic platforms. Most of their new members come from center-right districts where Democratic messages about corruption and abuses resonated — but where they see Congress’ role in Iraq as limited at best.

Gina Cobb The Partisan Game Called “Let’s Destroy the Entire White House!”

While I’m not actually keen on seeing the Democratic Party-controlled Congress “get some work done” — since the results of their best efforts are likely to be expensive, painful to economic and personal freedom, and destructive to our national security — I certainly agree that manufacturing pretended scandals in an effort to destroy the entire White House is deeply wrong.