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Archive for May, 2008

Report: Obama Resigns From Trinity United Church

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Does it matter?
Veteran Chicago journalist Monroe Anderson reported on his blog Saturday that Barack Obama and his family have resigned from Trinity United Church.
In the wake of the Father Michael Pfleger controversial sermon last Sunday at Trinity United Church of Christ, Barack Obama sent a letter yesterday resigning from his place of worship for the [...]

GOP priest attacks Obama in invocation

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Does this help or hurt Obama?

New DNC Web Ad Uses McClellan To Blast McCain

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Does this hurt McCain?

NATO general sees long fight in Afghanistan

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Can we afford this fight and Iraq?
YAhoo-The outgoing American commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan said the insurgency there will last for years unless Pakistan shuts down safe havens where militants train and recruit.
Gen. Dan McNeill also blamed new peace agreements in Pakistan’s tribal areas for a spike in violence in eastern Afghanistan, where [...]

Grunge rockers for Bob Barr?

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Stay to the end.

Is there a rational, non-religious reason to oppose gay marriage?

Friday, May 30th, 2008

O’Reilly and his anti-gay-marriage guest can’t come up with one.

U.S. winning war against al-Qaeda

Friday, May 30th, 2008

It has been almost 7 years since America was attacked by islamic terrorists.  After that devastating attack, President Bush decided to go on the offensive against the organization responsible for killing over 3000 innocent people on 9/11/01.  Despite some mistakes, the effort to eliminate al-Qaeda strongholds in the Mid-East and around the world is working according [...]

Exclusive: McClellan whacks Bush, White House

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Bush out of control?
Politico-Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes in a surprisingly scathing memoir to be published next week that President Bush “veered terribly off course,” was not “open and forthright on Iraq,” and took a “permanent campaign approach” to governing at the expense of candor and competence.
Among the most explosive revelations in [...]

Candidates’ earmarkers

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Does it matter who wins?
THE HILL-Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) have taken strong stands against earmarks in an effort to portray themselves as fiscally responsible reformers, but they have also relied on fundraisers and advisers who have fueled the explosion in special spending projects.
At least 19 of McCain’s biggest fundraisers have [...]

At Obama’s Church, Chicago Minister Says Clinton Felt ‘White’ Entitlement

Friday, May 30th, 2008

WOW!
FOX-Another Chicago minister is causing headaches for Barack Obama after he told the Democratic candidate’s church congregation Sunday that Hillary Clinton felt entitled to the presidency because she’s white.
Catholic pastor Michael Pfleger, who is white, issued a formal apology for his sermon Thursday after Obama put out a statement saying he was “deeply disappointed” by [...]

Are you ready for Vice President Sarah Palin?

Friday, May 30th, 2008

This could be a smart move to gain the Hillary vote!
Hotair-Via the Standard, Wizbang’s got a hot tip that the head of McCain’s VP search team is on the ground in Juneau. If it’s true, though, then why not advertise that fact? It’d kick up some buzz … although maybe that’s the problem. If they [...]

Richard Clarke: ‘Government Failed You’ on Security

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Are we safe?
NPR-Counterterrorism expert Richard Clarke worked for the government for 30 years under several presidents, including Ronald Reagan, both George Bushes and Bill Clinton. And in a new book, he’s charging that the nation is unacceptably vulnerable to cyber-terrorism — a result of what he says is a culture of mediocrity in U.S. national-security [...]

“Young Hillary Clinton”

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

This is real funny enjoy!

How Barr hurts McCain in GA…

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

…even if McCain still wins GA.
Reason Magazine: But Barr doesn’t actually need to spoil Georgia, to use the state. He merely needs to force McCain to fight for the state. That, as much as Florida, was the effect of the 2000 Nader run. In the waning days of the race, Al Gore had to [...]

McCain breathtakingly out of touch

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

McCain recently provided the following explaination for why Americans are unhappy with Congress. How does McCain win given his positions on Iraq and trade and his general Bush-i-ness?
We have made progress toward this vision by expanding the benefits of free commerce, through … our free trade agreements… But the progress has stalled; our longstanding bipartisan [...]