Tuesday link dump: Chicago tribulations

• Charlie Crist uses magic letters to explain that he will get things done, with independence.
• Conservatives are only problem with the Koran-burning idea "is that its unrestrained hostility toward Muslims gives genteel Islamophobia a bad name."
• Esquire has a "California-based empath" create "Celestial Soul Portraits" of GOP politicians.
• Obama will spend 9/11 at the Pentagon. They're making Joe Biden deal with the insanity at Ground Zero.
• The story of the Lebanese Ground Zero Synagogue.
• A Ron Paul staffer has been pretending to be a liberal over at Kos, to disparage Jack Conway.
• And the DSCC's website broke today.
• Rahm Emanuel may run into some trouble from progressives, once he runs for mayor of Chicago.
• Chuck Todd and The Atlantic ask professional liar Ari Fleischer to explain journalism ethics.

By Alex Pareene

Alex Pareene writes about politics for Salon and is the author of "The Rude Guide to Mitt." Email him at apareene@salon.com and follow him on Twitter @pareene

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