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A cartoon via USAToday depicting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as “The New Father” while cradling an infant suicide bomber.

Via USA Today – President Bush has chosen federal appeals court judge Michael Chertoff to be his new Homeland Security chief, turning to a former federal prosecutor who helped craft the early war on terror strategy.

Dick Morris continues to push the “Hillary=Goliath” bit and this time even cites a survey he’s taken. A poll out this early means squat, and no matter how many nice things people have to say about Mrs. Clinton, nothing guarantees that they’ll actually go out and vote for her. Sorry Dick. You’re attempt to create “Hillary-Fear” is boring.

UPDATE: This Morris piece is a bit more interesting.

The blogosphere is boiling over in a big tub o’ RATHERGATE.

• Download the report and read it for yourself. (PDF format)

Now read the commentary…

• Rathergate.com
• Ratherbiased has info.
• Jeff Jarvis reacts.
• TVNewser digests, and has an exclusive interview with a CBS VP.
• Geraghty too.
• And Instapundit.
• INDC
• Michelle Malkin
• The Captain has comments.
• Hugh Hewitt
• Dan Gillmor

CBS Producer Mary Mapes (now unemployed) released a statement today. (PDF format) Powerline analyzes.

Ace highlights a CBS smear on Mapes.

Wizbang lists the 10 most serious defects found in the preparation and reporting of the story.

Scylla & Charybdis – “Whitewash!”

Howie Kurtz/Dana Milbank: “President Bush was reelected, and Dan Rather wasn’t.” (WaPo reg required)

Drudge: “CBS News could be out of business in five years.”

Illustrative commentary from Cox and Forkum.

Little Green Footballs: The DNC Connection.

Goldstein: Mary Mapes spotted in Arby’s.

BREAKING: March 28, 2005 – New Southeast Asia Quake, 8.2 Mag. Tsunami Threat, Evacuations.

New videos here.

The Biblical Curse Generator.

Being from Washington State, I’m particularly fond of this one.

“Dems prove again they’re out of touch” – Michael Goodwin of the New York Daily News.

America is not worth defending.

So says Howard Zinn, during an appearance on The Daily Show w/Jon Stewart. Awptimus has taken the time to watch the show segment and provide commentary. He also links to the video so you can see (and hear) it for yourself.

Via AP:

Former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry met Saturday with Syria’s president and said he was hopeful that strained U.S.-Syrian relations could be improved, provided Washington seized “a moment of opportunity” currently available in the Middle East.

So, Kerry is conducting his “summit” after all. This is why we didn’t elect him. He could have chosen to be in Southeast Asia touring the country pledging US aid or something. But no, he shows up in  the Middle East to cavort with a nation that harbors terrorists. Since when did he become a member of the State Department anyway?

Kerry out meeting with enemies of the US. Habits are hard to break.