MONDAY’S MINI-REPORT…. Today’s edition of quick hits:
* A very unpleasant day on Wall Street: “The Dow Jones industrial average lost 500 points, or 4.4%, according to early tallies. It was the biggest one-day point decline for the Dow since Sept. 17, 2001, when the market reopened for trading after having been closed in the aftermath of 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index lost 4.5% and the Nasdaq composite lost 3.6%.”
* Former Alaskan Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan is quite sure that Sarah Palin lied to ABC News about the “troopergate” scandal.
* Palin’s email use as governor continues to be a lingering source of controversy.
* A number of readers have asked if I might consider pulling together a single document that details the McCain campaign’s documented lies. It looks like the DNC is already on the case.
* On a related note, Tom Toles gets it.
* Now there’s a good headline I didn’t expect to see in U.S. News: “John McCain’s Journey From Maverick to Liar.”
* Unemployment is hitting American women especially hard.
* Americans remain skeptical about vesting too much power in the hands of the Executive Branch.
* A funny thing happens to conservatives when they’re confronted with facts that correct their mistaken impressions — they’re more likely to believe what’s been proven false.
* That’s quite an operation Cheney has run.
* Joe Klein explains the wingnut canon: “[T]hey are, at base, ideologues not intellectuals, propagandists not journalists, thugs not thinkers.”
* Todd Palin’s first chat will be with Fox News.
* The more Obama says this, the better: “If you believe (fill in the blank from McCain), I’ve got a bridge to sell you in Alaska.”
* Charlie Rangel’s troubles get a little worse.
* And finally, in his most unintentionally hilarious column ever, Bill Kristol rails against the political establishment — without a hint of irony.
Anything to add? Consider this an open thread.
