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Archive for July, 2008

Ron Paul followers pose danger for McCain in West

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

The snubbing of Ron Paul will be a big mistake by the GOP!
TH-Dueling delegations pitting Ron Paul’s Nevada supporters against those of John McCain vow to take their fight to the Republican National Convention.
That’s just one sign that the outsider, Internet-fueled movement led by the feisty Republican congressman from Texas remains afloat in the wake […]

Barack Hits Back: Ad Says McCain Taking Low Road

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Good idea?
HP-Responding to a harsh personal attack from John McCain, Barack Obama released a television ad late Wednesday evening accusing the the Arizona Republican’s campaign of dirty, superficial politics.
The spot, titled “The Low Road,” witnesses the Illinois Democrat playing his trump card: tying McCain to George W. Bush, both in politics and in policy.
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Obama says he’ll order review of executive orders

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

I agree with this idea!
NPR-Barack Obama told House Democrats on Tuesday that as president he would order his attorney general to scour White House executive orders and expunge any that “trample on liberty,” several lawmakers said.
Presidents, as head of the executive branch of government, issue such orders to direct operations of executive branch agencies, like […]

ABC: McCain “now seriously considering” Lieberman for VP

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Good idea?
HOTAIR-He’s going to transform the party — by turning us into hawkish Democrats? Nuance.
There’s a bigger point — and this initial volley, they say, lays the groundwork for it. They will be sharpening McCain’s message that he, not Obama, is the true change agent, a man who’s repeatedly taken unpopular stands, made the […]

Daily Show Asks “Rappers Or Republicans?”

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

This is funny!

Energy Debate!

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Who is right?
FROM USATODAY
Our view on campaign fairness: McCain attack ad cheapens campaign. More to come?
Blaming Obama for energy crisis is just silly. Focus on solutions.
Ever since gasoline prices crossed most people’s pain threshold earlier this year, the hunt for scapegoats has been in full swing. First it was oil executives, who were hauled before […]

Iraq for Sale Banned Excerpts

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Who was the biggest winner in Iraq?

Bush on Contractors in Iraq

Will You Watch This Movie?

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

New Viral Video Gives McCain The ‘Commander In Chief Test’

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Tough video!

McCain backs off his no-new-tax pledge

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

McCain Flip Flops on taxes?
NPR-Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s signal that he may be open to a higher payroll tax for Social Security, despite previous vows not to raise taxes of any kind, is drawing sharp rebukes from conservatives.
McCain’s shift has come in stages, catching some Republicans by surprise. Speaking with reporters on his […]

Mitt Romney: McCain’s Vice President?

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Will Evagelicals block Romney?
HP-Evangelicals Warn Against Romney For VP: Huckabee supporters in particular balk at the idea.
Prominent evangelical leaders are warning Sen. John McCain against picking former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as his running mate, saying their troops will abandon the Republican ticket on Election Day if that happens.
They say Mr. Romney lacks trust […]

Most incoherent answer ever given by a presidential candidate?

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

McCain is on fire!

Gallup: McCain Up By Four Points

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

What happened?
TH-Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s weeklong trip abroad doesn’t have a happy ending. The latest USA Today/Gallup poll gives GOP candidate John McCain a 6 point-edge over Obama among likely voters, 49 percent to 45 percent.
The poll was released Monday, a day after Obama returned to the United States from spending a week […]

State delegation split over ‘no-pork’ pledge

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Does not the attitude by Rep Jack Kingston represent the problem with out of control spending not the solution!
AJC-—- Georgia is heading for a diet of less federal pork, now that five of the state’s seven Republican House representatives have sworn off “earmarking” federal dollars for their home districts.
“We’re going to get less than last […]

The Taliban’s Baghdad Strategy

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

What is the solution for AFGHANISTAN?
Newsweek-The insurgents are closing in on Kabul, not in order to overrun the capital but to terrorize its residents and drive away investors. It’s working.
Faridoon stares in alarm at the two NEWSWEEK reporters who just walked into his shop. “You guys better get out of town fast,” the 21-year-old Afghan […]