Today’s edition of quick hits.<\/p>\n
* The United Nations has heard the Bush administration’s evidence against a Middle Eastern foe, and finds it unpersuasive<\/a>. If this sounds familiar, it’s because it’s happened twice — now and four years ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n * TP<\/a>: “When Senate leaders first announced their intention to revoke the 2002 Iraq war authorization, they said they planned to attach their legislation to a homeland security bill being debated this week. Thanks to Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), who is the chairman of the homeland security committee, that apparently won’t be happening.”<\/p>\n * Strom Thurmond’s family owned Al Sharpton’s family<\/a>. “I couldn’t describe the emotions that I’ve had over the last two or three days thinking about this,” Sharpton said at a news conference. “Everything from anger and outrage to reflection, and to some pride and glory.”<\/p>\n * The White House press operation apparently doesn’t remember 2002, so it has no idea that the U.N. did not authorize<\/a> the Bush administration to invade Iraq. How sad.<\/p>\n * Gen. Peter Schoomaker<\/a>, the Army chief of staff, on Osama bin Laden: “I don’t know whether we’ll find him. I don’t know that it’s all that important, frankly…. So we get him, and then what? There’s a temporary feeling of goodness, but in the long run, we may make him bigger than he is today.” No wonder Schoomaker enjoys such strong support from the president.<\/p>\n * Senate Dems picked up seven GOP votes on anti-escalation resolution two weeks ago, but some — including Chuck Hagel — won’t back<\/a> a Dem effort to revisit the 2002 war authorization resolution.<\/p>\n * To hear Fox News’ John Gibson tell it, reporters who believe the war in Iraq deserves more media attention than Anna Nicole Smith are “snobs<\/a>.” I don’t think he was kidding. * John Solomon continues his misleading ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n * Mockery of Falwell and Robertson is always good. Mockery of Falwell and Robertson on Family Guy is even better<\/a>.<\/p>\n * Greatest Headline Ever<\/a>: “Librarian Censorship of Scrotum is Just Nuts.”<\/p>\n * Follow this one: the WaPo slammed Murtha’s “readiness strategy,” then polled on it, then found that most Americans support it, and then neglected to mention the poll results<\/a>. Got it.<\/p>\n * On Fox News, pollster Pat Caddell, a critic of Democrats, declared<\/a>, “If [Sen.] Barack Obama [D-IL] was out there saying, ‘Vote for me because I’m black,’ or … [Gov.] Bill Richardson [D-NM] said, ‘Vote for me because I’m a Hispanic,’ people would hang them high.” Note to Fox News guests: talk of racial minorities and “hangings” don’t mix.<\/p>\n
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\n* Iraqi President Jalal Talabani fell ill on Sunday and was flown to Jordan<\/a> for medical attention. If Iraq is doing so well, why did its president have to leave the country to receive care?<\/p>\n