A Night of Touch Football

Obama is now blaming the media, according to Politico:

"When Obama's big terrorism speech last week made headlines for its threat of military action in Pakistan, and won plaudits for its meatiness and detail, I wondered whether the main impression America would get from it would be that he's a fresh voice on foreign policy; or that he wants to invade Pakistan.

"Judging from two appearances in Western Iowa yesterday, the latter seems to have come across pretty clearly. Obama responded with criticism of the media, and an extended restatement of his five-part plan, after the second question, in Sioux City 'in regards to the invasion of Afghanistan and Pakistan.'

" 'The misreporting that was done needs to be cleared up,' Obama said. 'I never called for an invasion of Pakistan.' "

I sure didn't see anyone reporting that Obama wanted to invade Pakistan. I read that he would be willing to conduct raids against al-Qaeda without necessarily getting permission from Pakistan's sovereign government. Mitt Romney did say, with great hyperbole, at Sunday's Republican debate that Obama was going to "bomb our allies," but I don't think you can blame that on the press.

If you are at all curious about the Washington reporter who worked with Larry Flynt to expose David Vitter on the D.C. madam story, check out my profile of Dan Moldea.

Think the media went overboard on Hillary's cleavage? Colleen Werthmann critiques Hillary's outfit--from 1969. (Hint: She calls Hill a "young dork.")

In the same vein, the Chicago Sun-Times asks: How dare Michelle Obama not wear much makeup?

" 'I love girly makeup and stuff, but my view is that's a lot of work,' she said, explaining her decision to routinely skip the makeup chair. 'I want people to get used to my face more naturally so that I don't have to do that every day. Who's got time to put eyelashes on and all that?' "

The controversy over the New Republic's Baghdad diarist is far from over. Here's my report:

Army investigators have concluded that the private whose dispatches for the New Republic accused his fellow soldiers of petty cruelties in Iraq was not telling the truth.

The finding, disclosed yesterday, came days after the Washington-based magazine announced that it had corroborated the claims of the private, Scott Thomas Beauchamp, except for one significant error.