Feeling a Draft?

Power Line's John Hinderaker shows pictures of Indonesian Muslim protesters with such signs as "We (Heart) Bush Dead," and then makes this bizarre leap:

"You can say, of course, that this is no worse than what American liberals say all the time. And it does seem likely that Muslim radicals are encouraged by the abuse that American Democrats hurl at our president. Nevertheless, assassination threats coming from fringe Muslim groups in Indonesia need to be taken a great deal more seriously than those coming from American liberals or warmed-over anti-globalization hippies."

American Prospect's Greg Sargent finds this rather offensive:

"Needless to say, none of these 'American liberals' who are threatening the assassination of Bush are named -- because there aren't any, of course."

First Daughter Barbara, robbed in Argentina, says ABC News.

Dick Polman does a little truth-squading on John McCain after his Sunday appearance on ABC's "This Week":

"He basically stated that it would be fine with him if the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and thereby erased the 33-year-old federal right to an abortion. McCain said: 'I do believe that it's very likely or possible that the Supreme Court should -- could overturn Roe v. Wade, which would then return these decisions to the states, which I support . . . I do believe that we would be better off by having Roe v. Wade return to the states. And I don't believe the Supreme Court should be legislating in the way that they did on Roe v. Wade.'

"Oh really? Here's what McCain told the San Francisco Chronicle in 1999: 'Certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations.' He then reiterated this argument on CNN: 'We all know, and it's obvious, that if we repeal Roe v. Wade tomorrow, thousands of young American women would be performing illegal and dangerous operations.'

"In other words, McCain was for it before he was against it. In politics (or at least when someone like John Kerry acts this way), this is known as a flip flop."

Carpetbagger Report says the current batch of 2008 polls don't mean squat:

"The bottomline is this: these polls are all but meaningless. Perhaps nothing illustrates this point better than looking back at polls from this point in the last election cycle. For example, a Fox News poll conducted in January of 2003 (which was closer to the election than we are now) reported the following results:

"Joe Lieberman, 29%