Strange Political Hook-ups

When a Republican-dominated Senate begins to stand up to White House policy, and when Arianna Huffington has a late-night "chillin' " dinner with Iraqi Ahmad Chalabi, you know strange hook-ups are happening on the political front. It's all captured in the blogosphere today.

Revisionist spin for all!
The current wave of paradigm shifting comes at a time when President Bush's approval ratings are at all-time lows (today's No. 2 top news story) and observers are questioning Bush's war policies and spin (today's 4th most-shared news story) and what one op-ed writer (No. 8 news story) calls "scare tactics." Slate examines the new "I was wrong but so were you" thinking (No. 9 top news story). Republicans are responding (today's No. 9 top link) with a new video of high-ranked Democrats vowing their 2002 support for toppling Saddam Hussein and some conservatively righteous indignation (no pun intended, really). Revisionist reactions abound. (Shouldn't the core question be about which commander-in-chief knew the entire truth about WMD and other Iraq issues and did/didn't share it in 2002 before asking for Congressional support?)

Should we stay in Iraq or start to figure out how to leave with honor (hmmm...when have I heard that phrase before)? A BlogPulse trend graph tracks buzz. Note: the August spike coincices with Marine mom and anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan's visit to the Bush vacation ranch in Texas.



Drink up, kids!
lf you thought the folks at Jones Soda couldn't top last year's turkey-and-dressing-flavored cola, you were wrong (today's No. 14 top link). Potential taste-tester reactions to salmon-flavored soda range from an understated "ewwww" to a slightly more gastronomic "my guts are lurching" (from the aptly named Crusty Stinkersquirt) to a heady "oh, the prescience!" headline at iracane.com. (Thanks, but I'll stick with RC Cola).

Explain, please?
I want no-tax-but-still-spend Republicans to explain this (really? a fiscal hurricane?) and I want intelligent design's proponents to explain this.