Monday link dump: Folksy smashing
A Twitter foreign policy debate, Rand Paul threatens to sue, Charlie Crist's newest fan, and Mitt's new truck
By Alex PareeneTopics: War Room, 2010 Elections, Charlie Crist, Michael F. Bennet, D-Colo., Mitt Romney, Rand Paul, Politics News
- Rand Paul and his advisers “are investigating all [their] options — including legal ones” in response to the GQ story about Paul’s hilarious prankster college days. They have not yet actually denied the truth of anything GQ published. (NB: Tying up and blindfolding Jason Zengerle and forcing him to get high and worship Aqua Buddha is not a “legal option.”)
- The awful Mark Penn is now raising money for Charlie Crist.
- The GOP has erased “Passed the 14th Amendment” from their list of accomplishments.
- Colorado’s primary election is tomorrow — has the Romanoff/Bennet race excited Democrats?
- New Republic publisher Marty Peretz invested money with a short-selling hedge funder. Then he introduced the fund manager to people who could help launch investigations into a firm that he was shorting.
- Jason Linkins is shocked to find Washington press corps “Dean” David Broder finding fault with one political party without also finding equal and opposite fault with the other party.
- Mitt Romney bought a pick-up truck.
- The CEO of Target is sorry he donated to anti-gay politicians. But is Target’s senior management just anti-gay?
- Oh look, Jeff Greene was involved in a shady real estate deal.
- An important foreign policy debate between FolksyWarAddict and GlobalistHulk.
Alex Pareene writes about politics for Salon and is the author of "The Rude Guide to Mitt." Email him at apareene@salon.com and follow him on Twitter @pareene More Alex Pareene.
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