The Short List — Wed., July 23
It’s not so much that Bush says Wall Street got drunk and now has a hangover that stings. It’s that he brought the alcohol to the party in the first place.
- Obama gets a little face-time with both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- McCain makes stuff up about The Surge, CBS just edits it out without comment.
- At least he’s honest about it: Robert Novak gets duped by the McCain campaign.
- Wall Street expected WaMu to report a serious loss, but no one had that number a $3.3 billion.
- Oh, come on, the Taser’s a harmless, humane way to subdue a criminal. Unless you shock the poor bastard until his heart explodes. Then, not so gentle.
- A flight carrying Ron Paul makes an emergency landing after losing cabin pressure, thereby negating the wealth of conspiracy theories that would have followed a crash.
- The new owners of the Lightning bought more than just a hockey team.
- Kevin Smith reviews The Dark Knight.
