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Right Wing Round-Up

  • It's no wonder that Bill O'Reilly hates Media Matters - after all, they keep catching(link is external) him lying(link is external).
  • Steve Benen comments(link is external) on the straight party-line vote on David Hamilton in the Senate Judiciary Committee, saying "there's no real reward for nominating moderates. If the president selects obvious centrists" so "Obama might as well pick the best available people for the federal bench, without regard for the GOP reaction, because it's likely to be the same, no matter who he chooses."
  • Crooks and Liars posts video(link is external) of Manuel Miranda and Andrea Lafferty having some trouble explaining their call for a filibuster against Sonia Sotomayor.
  • Think Progress reports(link is external) that Rep. Lamar Smith has launched the Media Fairness Caucus aiming “to fight liberal media bias.”
  • Jeremy wants to know(link is external) why GOProud signed onto the anti-Sotomayor letter along with a bunch of the right-wing's most anti-gay zealots. I'd suggest its because GOPround isn't really interested(link is external) in gay rights anyway.