Week in Review: Media Ignores GOP Scandals; Dean Comments Deemed More Worthy of Coverage

Best Thing I’ve Read On Dean’s Controversial Comments. JMHO
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As for some of the responses from other Dems re: Dean’s comments, I think Harry Reid and Bob Shrum managed to give the best ones. (Yeah, I actually complimented Bob Shrum. I’ll never get a job with anyone who is best friends with Bob Shrum, but I’ll still give credit where credit is due.)

Hells yeah! The difference between the two parties
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Q. What has contributed the most to declining approval of Congress in recent public opinion polls?

A. According to the National Journal’s Congressional Insiders Poll, the answer depends on your party affiliation. Republicans blame “partisan bickering,” while Democrats say the “failure to address the everyday concerns of average Americans.”

Democratic Officeholder(s) of the Week!
Blue Ribbon:
* Rep. Miller: Tell the Truth about Pensions – No More Double Books, by shirah

Runner-Ups:

• Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) gave the Democrats’ Radio Address on 6/4/05
• Feingold press coverage You’ll want to read this
• On the Downing Street Minutes, by Sen Edward M Kennedy
• Carter Calls on U.S. to Shut Down Gitmo, by Stand Strong

From elsewhere around the blogosphere. Items (copied, pasted or reworded) from various sources or compiled by me; some commentary is mine.
Overshadowed News & Outrage(s) of the Week

• Bush nominee, Henrietta Holsman Fore… is she a bigot? Sen. Obama wants to know.
• Two Years Before 9/11, Candidate Bush was Already Talking Privately About Attacking Iraq, According to His Former Ghost Writer
• K Street lobbyists tire of Republican demands. Paris Hilton-like, the lot of those Republicans.  Can’t even pay for their own dinners. Sheesh. You’ll want to read this.
• The Bush White House Abuses the Friday Night Dump
• Missouri Governor Matt Blunt honors the Confederacy Father is the third ranking Republican member of Congress, and would likely take over as Majority Leader if DeLay is ousted.
• Bull Moose on the coming summer offensive Dubya only knows how to pick fights, so it looks like it’ll be a busy summer. Break out your research gear, freshen up your popcorn making skills, and get together a handy list of national and local media contacts.  Bookmark Media Matters and Rapid Response Network for future reference. Stockpile aspirin and heart medication, if you need it.
• The Current State of the K Street Project
• A note about Right-winger Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC)

More outrages & news:

• linkity link Ooh, look! I though I saw another DeLay crony!
• Texas Business Association and TX GOP shenanigans
• Republican Scandals for the Week Up through Thursday at least. More here.
• Rep. Doc Hastings (WA). Another Abramoff crony
• Abramoff helped Indian leaders meet Bush
• Ex-George H.W. Bush aide was once key player in firm tied to Ohio scandal
• OH Gov. Knew About Missing $225 million just prior to the 2004 election
• 6/6/05 Coingate roundup
• Ohio Coingate keeps coming back to the election, by Pounder
• Coingate: Fund Facts to Know and Tell, by ePluribus Media
• Arnold caves and returns Noe money
• Right-Wing Congressman’s Shocking Embrace of Extremists Dana Rohrabacher
• Family Research Council & Its ties to the KKK
• Sensenbrenner goes nuts
• Bolton wants info on former Asst. SoS For all things Bolton, go to The Washington Note.
• Saipan worker exposes DeLay’s lies
• GOP: No pro-choice women need apply to our party
• Religious Groups want your long-distance business
• Privatization Astroturfers
• Family Research Council urges Africans to starve rather than accept money from pro-gay churches
• Ethics committee stalled again
• Frist, His Authority Questioned, Says He’ll Prevail in the Long Run
• Sam Brownback, Obstructionist
• Sean Hannity hearts neo-Nazis
• Ben Stein is a liar
• Reliving History: From David Rosen to Mark Felt to Pol Pot, the right can’t handle the truth., by Michael Tomasky
• Watergate apologists are trying to re-write history.
• NC GOP must repay donations
• (WakeupCall) Donors to CA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) get a “secret telephone number that grants them access” twice a month to “conference calls featuring information about Schwarzenegger campaign strategy” (Los Angeles Times).
• Sen. Brownback flip flops on filibusters
• Surprise! The right lies about Hillary Clinton. Sen. Clinton isn’t one of my faves, but no one deserves to be attacked with bullshit that is so easily refuted.
• New anti-Hillary book probably plagiarized from another book
• Hillary smacks Bush and GOP

More blogs that frequently have posts that deal with this topic:

• DNC’s Case File. Scandal Man: A Guide to the Ethics Violations, Abuses of Power, and Corruption of DeLay
• Tom DeLay’s House of Scandal
• Jack Abramoff and Friends
• Drop the Hammer on DeLay
• Republican Noise Machine from MyDD
• DCCC blog: The Stakeholder
• First Draft
• For video on the worst of the phony Republicans, visit Crooks & Liars.
• The Daily DeLay is updated regularly & has action items.
• TAPPED from The American Prospect.
• The Fly Trap at The Gadflyer

From elsewhere around the blogosphere.

• Bush FINALLY names Civil Liberties board
• The US is beyond hegemony AND exceptionalism–it must choose one
• Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) has some secret Iranian source for his new book. War & Piece gets to the bottom of it.
• DSM: What did Bush decide and when did he decide it?
• Gold Star Families’ Cindy Sheehan on MSNBC’s “Connected”
• Bush Admin. Backs off on terrorists in Palestinian elections (Where’s the chorus of right-wingers screaming about how “soft on terror” BushCo is being?)
• Iraq War creating…terrorists
• Boycott Bali Until Corby is Freed Indonesians March For Corby to Die. Absolutely disgusting stuff from Indonesia.
• Amnesty International’s critics Does BushCo really want to be aligned with the critics?
• Malnourished African children don’t qualify for a spot on Bush’s “compassion agenda”
• Newsweek former Baghdad chief says Iraq invasion went wrong
• $455 billion in military expenditures
• Many Iraq and Afghanistan vets return and become homeless
• Keep giving contracts to SAIC and keep watching them screw up and waste my tax dollars
• Former Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Reads Daily Kos, by catnip
• Albright Slams Bush on Family Planning

For more on these issues, check these out:
PDBs from Soj Fantastic daily resource. Subscribe to Soj!
Daily War News from a veteran
Laura Rozen’s blog War and Piece
Juan Cole’s Informed Comment
The Washington Note
Flogging the Simian by Soj

From elsewhere around the blogosphere.

• 61% of Americans say religious leaders should NOT try to influence elected officials.
• Tobacco Witnesses Were Told To Ease Up: Justice Dept. Sought Softened Sanctions
• Nancy Reagan gets on the phone to lobby Congress re: stem cell research. Most of the time GOP news gets put in another section, but Mrs. Reagan is doing a good thing here.
• Parents and moral decay concerns IA with the assessment at the end.
• DCCC’s Stem Cell Primer
• Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) on Amending the Patriot Act
• Racism in TX involving a mentally retarded African American
• RIP Civil Rights Activist Jean O’Leary
• VIDEO: Clinton interview on MSNBC
• VIDEO: Jimmy Carter & Southern rock during his Presidential campaign

Series & Roundups

• Supreme Court Roundup, by hoyapaul
• Sunday Talk Roundups & Poll Screencaps, by Al Rodgers
• Jerome a Paris economic & international events diaries
• Investment Club, by CA Pol Junkie Link to first diary on this, titled “The Basics.”
• Healthcare News Round-ups by the holy handgrenade
• Daily Pulse, by dhonig Roundup of smaller newspapers.
• Reasonable Conservative bloggers
• CrooksandLiars’ blog roundup
• Basie’s interviews with prominent Democrats.
• DKos Diary Series: A Compilation
• NYers United to Portect Social Security
• DCCC: Privatize This! Anti SS Privatization website
• AARP Social Security Blog
• For the latest on Wal-Mart’s crimes, click here for JR Monsterfodder’s diaries.
• For the day’s Greatest Hits, Progressive Pundit Picks from baldandy
• For your LGBT news, please read pamindurham’s LGBT news roundups.
• For all your economy news, please read bonddad’s diaries and economic news roundups.
• For all your religious news, please read PastorDan’s religious news roundups. You can also check out his blog, Faith Forward
• Other meta-diaries:  Tomtech’s this week in facism, SeattleLiberal’s Nerd Network News (Science Diaries), and jotter’s jotter’s Most Recommended Diaries.