Kinda missed Michael Ledeen, good to see he's still sharp.

Gleen, could you invite Ledeen, Kristol and Friedman onto your radio interview and ask them when we can expect to bomb Iran, please? The Democrats having been emasculated entirely by yesterday's overwhelming conservative reinvigoration at the polls, my inquiring mind wants to know.

As far as Washington journalists go, look how far Jeff Gannon got. Look at the credentials he was "given" before he was ran out of town.

There are reports of an abnormal atmosphere which probably means more security which may mean someone died who could conceivably be Khomeini? HELL YEAH PRINT THAT SHIT!

It won't be long until it's normal to hear these so-called experts speaking on air like this:

Ledeen: Sitting here right now, George, I feel like saying something about how President Obama was overheard last night proclaiming he was a secret socialist.

Stephanopoulos: You are saying that President Obama has been heard proclaiming he is a secret socialist?

Ledeen: Yes, that is what I feel like saying. And I can even report hearing Obama say that in my head.

Stephanopoulos: This is a huge breaking story. For those of you just tuning in, we are receiving reports from direct witnesses that President Obama is now declaring himself to be a secret socialist.

Jeez.

It's what you get when buffoons are presented (and, apparently, widely accepted) as serious.

On a semi-related note, did anyone catch The Daily Show's panel discussion during last night's show - the one where the pundits on the panel predicted what they were going to be saying tomorrow (today)?

I brought this to the attention of Ledeen at his blog several times, especially in the context of his spreading the rumor about Obama's thesis in the same week. I gave him the links to several sources that had photos and stories of Khamenei meeting others and asked him to take responsibility for his part in spreading two rumors in a week. But he wouldn't; he's since deleted anything that mentioned the Khamenei rumor, and has actually removed the link to the Obama Thesis article from his home page on Pajamas Media. You can still see that here:

http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2009/10/21/obama-and-the-constitution-he-has-his-doubts/

From any perspective, its absurd that this person is considered authoritative to comment on the freshness of bagels, much less issues of national importance.

and then he wasn't. It's a Shi'ite thing, they can come back.

he's since deleted anything that mentioned the Khamenei rumor

I meant the comments that I wrote on his blog concerning Khamanei

But Glenn, Stephanopoulos passed on the rumor on his blog -- the place for all non-Serious stuff.

Your problem is that you believe stuff on blogs rather than discounting it immediately like all Serious people do. Just get with the program, instead of being such a shrill reactionary.

(And don't even countenance this as an example of MSMers poisoning the blogger pot. If you don't think it's always been a chamber pot you'll never be Serious.)

Neither a CEO of a company that has screwed up his corporation nor a WS trader who has screwed up the world economy, loses any prestige or credibility or money. Still being in the third lowest integrity profession, Beltway "journalism," should have some cost. Actually it does thanks to bloggers like you Glenn. Eventually these sorry Serious Experts will become irrelevant even in broadcast because other than the sheep idiots, thinking people will depend on the Internet provided the corporations don't take control of free Internet access.

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"...by me. Story at eleven."

I hope we all learned an important lesson from this debacle. If you're going to post unsubstantiated garbage, a minimum of three Drudge sirens is required for credibility.

The bazaar will apparently be closed tomorrow, and perhaps Friday as well, pending developments.

Ledeen has his thumb on the pulse of Iran. The bazaar.

How exotic!

as the most reliable source for information!

(or are you just jealous that they don't have one in Washington?)

I was just talking about Satan...:) nice one NadarPaulKucinich etc..

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/world/middleeast/04iran.html

Iran’s Leader Faults U.S. ‘Arrogance’ in Nuclear Talks

By ROBERT F. WORTH

Published: November 3, 2009

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, lashed out at the United States in a speech on Tuesday, criticizing what he called an arrogant American attitude toward nuclear talks and saying the Obama administration had not followed through on its promises of change.

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