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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 Pareene

Published August 9, 2010 11:15PM (EDT)

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  • 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.

By Alex Pareene

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

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