The Short List — Thurs., July 24
July 24, 2008 at 9:00 am by Joe BardiMcCain insists he was right when he said The Surge led to the Anbar Awakening, despite the fact that the Awakening happened in 2006 and The Surge happened in 2007.
- Poor John McCain, he just can’t catch a break. (This is possibly the most ridiculous story ever published by the Washington Post.)
- Obama gets double the airtime of McCain, and double the tough questions.
- “If somebody told me that I would save the people on the airplane by taking my pants off out in public out there, I wouldn’t mind doing it, but this was not necessary.”
- The director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Center warns his employees to limit their cell phone use to avoid tumors. Ah, what does he know?
- Jewelry stores and investment banking firms prepare for the rush of new customers as the U.S. minimum wage jumps to just $6.55 an hour.
- Headline of the week: “Motor racing chief wins ‘Nazi’ orgy lawsuit.”
- The Bucs on the verge of landing Brett Favre? Just what they need, another really old QB.
- The Bruce B. Downs “flyover” opens, traffic remains somewhat snarled.
