An Unfortunate Outburst of Intense Patriotism

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Monday, October 30, 2006

Democrats Love God More than Republicans Do?

Has it gotten this silly and childish? Senatorial candidate Harold Ford (D-Tennessee) made the following astoundingly dumb claim day before yesterday: “ My friend Lincoln Davis, who chairs our campaign, says there are -- there’s one big difference between us and misfortunate Republicans when it... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Dean: No Immediate Change in Iraq if Democrats Win Congress?

As strange as that looks, that's exactly that Screamin' Howard said on Face the Nation this morning. Here's how Newsmax reports it at http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/10/29/153709.shtml?s=lh: "Countering Republican campaign charges that Democrats would 'cut and run' from Iraq, chairman Howard... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Democrat Senate Candidate’s Misogynistic Writings Ignored by Media?

After gaining cheap political points by accusing his opponent, Senator George Allen (R-Virginia) of using the "n-word" and the news media stampede over the “macaca” fiasco, Democrat senatorial candidate Jim Webb just had a monster of an October Surprise pulled on him. (A stray thought: If “macaca”... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Republicans the Party of Dirty Ads?

So claims Chris Matthews of MSNBC's Hardball. Commenting on a Republican ad depicting Harold Ford attending a Playboy party: “It's not that the Democrats don't know how to make these ads, they just feel they have gotten above it, that this is really bad stuff. It's like they are like Michael... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 23, 2006

Words that Should Scare the Bejabbers Out of Every American

On Sixty Minutes last night, Speaker of the House wanna-be Nancy Pelosi was subjected to an unbelievably tough, harsh, bare-knuckles grilling.... yeah, right. More accurately, she got a free ad courtesy of Lesley Stahl. While lavishing fluff and puff and fawning over Nancy P., Ms. Stahl managed to... Sign in to see full entry.

Democrats Will Not Take Stands on Issues, Nor be Challenged to Do So

What Stahl said next, and Nancy P.’s response, exemplified how brutal and nasty and confrontational this interview was: Stahl: “[Nancy P.] didn't run for Congress 'til she was 46. And now, at 66, as she's poised to go down in the history books, what Nancy Pelosi wants you to know is that when it... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 20, 2006

CNN Airs Footage of Snipers Shooting American Servicemen

Remember how CNN was so adamant about refusing to show footage of the September 11 th attacks as soon as it stopped being news? Too horrifying, too graphic, we’re not ready to see this again, and all that sissified rot. Remember how they refused to call terrorists terrorists? Too offensive, too... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Judge Orders Cheney Visitor Logs Opened

The Drudge website has an AP story that a U. S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina has ruled in favor of the Washington Post’s request that the Bush administration to release visitor logs for Vice President Cheney’s office and personal residence. This is highly suspect – not the logs, but the intent... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

1992: It’s the Economy, Stupid! 2006: It’s Not the Economy!

What a difference a few years makes in a political party’s campaign strategy. Bubba Clinton won election in 1992 in part thanks to this catch phrase. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_the_economy,_stupid, the phrase came from a sign composed and hung in Bubba’s Little Rock campaign... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Conservative Talk Radio Support for Republicans Wavering Before Election?

A fascinating story is available on the New York Times site at http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/us/politics/17radio.html?ex=1161748800&en=c4f7c6b1b6deeff0&ei=5065&partner=MYWAY. The story discusses the frustration of conservative talk show hosts with President Bush and Congressional Republicans,... Sign in to see full entry.

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