05/Jul 2008 | Obama gets touchy about appeasement | Opinion Editorials Letters to the Editor Blog: Orange Punch Blog: Horserace '08 Daily Cartoon Mark Steyn. Letters: Love the sinner not the sin of gay marriage. John Stossel: Huffington isa big fan of ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Democracies In Trouble | It would seem that our democracies in Canada and the U. are not the only ones ailing - especially with regards to the increasing - and successful - assaults on our privacy and civil liberties. Indeed ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | "Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain?!" | For those who missed it, the UK House of Commons passed a bill only a fortnight ago which caused a massive rift in British politics. I wanted to provide some baackground to the remarkable events that ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Understanding the Far Right by Studying Senator "NO" | Jesse Helms 1921-2008: The man who gave the Karl Rove types the blueprint on how to divide and conquer the United States of America. Practically the entire Section A of the Charlotte Observer is dedic... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama Birth Certificate TOTAL FORGERY FAKE FRAUD; Kos Kaught in Krime! | An exhaustive in-depth investigation conducted by right wing citizen journalists, digital imaging experts, and Google users has established convincingly that Barack Hussein Obama's alleged "birth cert... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | "a man who never bothered | London-based broadsheet the Financial Times spilled vials of poisonous ink in a July 5 obituary marking the death of former North Carolina senator Jesse Helms, going strong out the gate by charging th... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | "Suzie, what does Dan | In his first Sunday as interim host of "Meet the Press," retired NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw suggested he would lean strongly to the left this year. He lamented the presence of "scurrilous things about B... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | So Who Listens to Brian, Katie or Charlie Anyway? | Well, it s not American voters, and in ever increasing numbers, it seems. Several days ago I wrote an article for the Internet news sites I sometimes write for. It was a piece about the 2008 president... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Social conservatives warming to McCain | Sen. John McCain is making surprising headway with religious conservatives - that part of the Republican electoral coalition he was expected to find the most resistant. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMA... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | How Pelosi might work with a President Obama | 07-05) 04:00 PDT Washington - -- It is a prospect that thrills liberals and terrifies many Republicans: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi working hand-in-glove with a President Barack Obama. If a Democratic ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Calif. GOP cool to youth-voting bills | Outdoors: Smoke Watch. A pair of Assembly bills designed to bring more young people into the voting booths are being fought by Republicans who worry that too many of those new voters will be liberal D... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | D.C.'s Next Power Duo? | 07-05) 04:00 PDT Washington - -- It is a prospect that thrills liberals and terrifies many Republicans: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi working hand-in-glove with a President Barack Obama. If a Democratic ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama backtracks on late-term abortions | Does he think we won't notice? First, he limited the health exception to "serious physical" things: Now, I don't think that "mental distress" qualifies as the health of the mother. a serious physical ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Matt, I don't think the democrats should be patting themselves on | A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. - The Elder Life Specialists Your "Peace of Mind Solutions". Providi... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | JT natural and organic, cept the houses of course | For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: should President Bush attend the RNC in September ? What if your family was planning a big end-of-summer bash (a Grand Old Party, you might c... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | While I do SO like the | This week radio host Mark Levin suggested that Westernized culture is collapsing in Great Britain with a story about how Islamic sensitivities are beginning to dominate the culture. From the Fox News ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Just Once Would Be Too Many | There's been a minor kerfuffle in the news over Republican claims that Obama voted to raise taxes 94 times. The McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee both claim that Obama has voted 94... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Can we still believe in Obama? | I ll vote for him - I d vote for practically any Democrat over the Maverick (who I once kind of respected until he showed sings of being Bush III). But all progressives with even a minimal portion o... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Your essential question, I | One of the more astounding post-9/11 liberal media affectations has been the extraordinary concern press members have for how terrorists looking to kill innocent Americans are treated at detention cen... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | CLOSE GITMO, MR. PRESIDENT! | I think just about anybody who is informed understands the far-reaching ramifications of the recent ruling by SCOTUS that any of the terrorists currently being coddled in Gitmo are to be tried in Amer... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Economist Criticizes McCain for Move to the Right | Those who believe Obama has been changing his views since winning the nomination accuse him of moving towards the center. I tend to agree more with Ed Kilgore that what we are seeing is more a case of... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Barack, You Had Me At Hello, Even Now While You Say Goodbye | Posted by: Todd Epp - 07/05/2008 8:49 PM (2008 Election, Democracy, Political Thought, RSS Feed, Sen. He knows he s still going to have me. He knows that liberals like me are not going to vote for Jo... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | OBNIBENE: Expect controversy over court s ruling | OBNIBENE: Expect controversy over court s ruling By Joe Ognibene Now that the U. constitution s second amendment affirms individuals have the right to bear arms, expect a slew of attempts to overturn ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | On my own blog, I described it as the "Lazy | Last Thursday , I noted comments Barack Obama made to the Christian magazine Relevant regarding whether or not he believed it was ok for a woman to have a late-term abortion due to mental distress.... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Zach, I didn't see much of a controversy in the | CNN reports : WASHINGTON (CNN) Former U. Jesse Helms, a North Carolina Republican who became an icon to conservatives, died Friday at the age of 86, a senior congressional source said. The Heritage ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama staffers join convention planning | Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barrack Obama (D-IL) speaks at the 25th annual conference of National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) in Washington on ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | In his last campaign, he | On Independence Day, CNN anchor Don Lemon reported the death of former Senator Jesse Helms. LEMON: Conservatives are mourning the death of an icon. Former Senator Jesse Helms has died at the age of 86... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Saul Friedman: The spirit of America's independence lives on today | We have a new reason to celebrate this Independence Day . For if you take the long view of history, as I do, you could say that the events on another Fourth of July, in 1863, saved the America that wa... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Americans favor drilling in ANWR | The Pew Research Center poll finds : More adults in the United States want to allow oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, according to a poll by the Pew Research Cente... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | KCRW's To the Point | Hosted by Warren Olney, "To the Point" is a fast-paced, news based one-hour daily national program that focuses on the hot-button issues of the day, co-produced by KCRW and Public Radio International.... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Dispatches from the Culture Wars | Hat tip to Sandefur for catching this. President Bush was at Monticello for a 4th of July celebration and he delivered an address. But it's quite telling that his speechwriters, in quoting Jefferson, ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Hillary Will Testify In Fraud Case Against Bill Clinton | Hillary Will Testify In Fraud Case Against Bill Clinton .. Christopher on Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round-Up .. bosskitty on House Committee Hears Transgender Issues .. proudprogressive on Hou... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama "Puzzled" By | Barack Obama is puzzled : Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement this week th... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | CV, Hawaiian humidity, plays with cooking fires | I thought I was the only one up this late/early in the AM. Hehe! I think I'm about celebrated out for now (if that's possible). The Birch comes outta my "yard" here in the woods of Alaska and the Mesq... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Doing a dance: Obama continues flops toward the center | WASHINGTON You ll notice Barack Obama is now wearing a flag pin. During the primary campaign, he refused to, explaining that he d worn one after 9/11 but then stopped because it became a substitute... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | McCain Threatens Bombing China Over U.S. Flag Sales (satire) | Posted by Brad Jacobson On the heels of news that millions of American flags are actually imported from China, Republican presidential nominee John McCain addressed the issue this Fourth of July morni... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Candidates Vie For Hispanic Voters | July 6, 2008 There is little doubt that Hispanics will play a significant role in this year's presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain. The Census Bureau reports an 18 percent jump in... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Clank | Charlie Crist, potential John McCain running mate, to marry. Barbara Boxer serves as a fundraising foil for a GOP colleague . Power is perishable, and when politicians exit the stage, it often does... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Voting rights are restored | Good eats, for cheap. 'Winner Takes All' profiles the major players in Las Vegas. Column: The lottery has been good so Powerball must be better. Florida restored civil rights to Coleman Felts, 67, of... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Bill Clinton's challenge: Back to stat | Despite his widely panned performance on his wife s behalf in the Democratic primary campaign, public relations experts say that if he moves quickly, former President Bill Clinton should be able to av... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Sylvester | January/February 2004 Dobbs' Choice CNN host picks immigration as his ax to grind By Peter Hart With all the attention paid to the near-overt partisanship of the Fox News Channel, it's important to ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Britcom, Great Video. first heard of sunspots VS weather | While guest hosting Wednesday s "Morning Joe", former General Electric CEO Jack Welch condemned global warming, the very theory MSNBC has been peddling for years. GE, of course, owns MSNBC; the rebuke... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | GOP Cool To Youth-Voting Bills | A pair of Assembly bills designed to bring more young people into the voting booths are being fought by Republicans who worry that too many of those new voters will be liberal Democrats. One of the me... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Patriotism last refuge of scoundrels, and undoing of Democratic candidates | Declaring their love of the US is one of the most powerful weapons in the Republicans' arsenal and it's forcing Obama on to the centre ground Sunday, 6 July 2008 . On Independence Day weekends in p... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | I had fun at the Brooklyn International African Arts Festival, until | This weekend is the Brooklyn International Arts Festival. If you have the desire to see beautiful African art including paintings, sculptures, and clothing, I suggest you make the trip to downtown BK ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | HomObamaPhobia Tour | Well, that seals it. Believe it or not, some of us most appalled by Barack Obama s refusal to dump Donnie McClurkin (not to mention all the other homophobes) from his gospel concert tour really did ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | If Obama won't do what the voters want in an election year | ."Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance. Legalities Post - So here are some questions for the Obama campaign: Does Obama still support the Freedom of Choice Act? The Freedom of Choice... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Talk to Iran | Markets have been watching every move of President Bush and the Israeli government to decipher whether war with Iran is in the making. Few expected, however, that the equivalent of a green light for w... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Hillary Clinton (Democrat, New York) | Alternative / Indie Rock Musicians & Groups. Foods you love passionately by DynaSword11252 ( 19 ). What would you like to accomplish before you die? by lmorovan ( 10 ). Poor Hillary thought that she h... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The US Election and the Changing Face of | 06:35 pm. add comment As the second term of President George W. Bush comes to an end, the majority of Americans are unhappy with the job he has done and that of Congress and the Supreme Court. Fuelled... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Bob Marshall s bills | The man who should be Speaker had this to say about the transportation session (including the abomination known as HB6055 ): . Can Virginia fix transportation without raising taxes? Yes, but unless y... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Money for Nothing or Gifts for the Anointed? | Michael Sneed is something of a guilty pleasure. Sneed s column is one part gossip, one part political intrigue and one part scandal mongering. Journalistic accuracy, however, is not necessarily a pre... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Chilling, scuba diving and final thoughts | 5, 2008 2:59 PM Filed at 11:04 p. July 4th, Cairns time The time has come for my final blog and I am happy to say that we are all excited to get back to America on Saturday morning. On Thursday, Jul... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Kierra Bell Video Taken Down From Youtube | Add Monica Conyers's name to that list of Dems run afoul of the law whose party affiliation the MSM fails to mention. Conyers, the Detroit City Council President Pro Tem, a Democrat and an Obama suppo... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Poll: Bill Clinton's popularity down from last year | Story Highlights. New CNN/Opinion Research poll on Clinton supporters released Friday . Poll: 43 percent of Dems still say they want Clinton as the party's nominee . Number of Clinton supporters who p... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama: I've 'been very consistent' on Iraq | Story Highlights. NEW : McCain's campaign responds Saturday to Obama's Iraq statements . Obama questions media's parsing of statements on Iraq . I'm surprised at how finely calibrated every single wor... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama says he's 'been very consistent' on Iraq | Story Highlights. NEW : McCain's campaign responds Saturday to Obama's Iraq statements. Obama questions media's parsing of statements on Iraq . I'm surprised at how finely calibrated every single word... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Thank You, Sport | You're SUPPOSED to vote for who speaks for you; well D. I did not let the corporate media lead me down the path of: "Do as we want" like most of the rest of the American electorate. (carrot-and-stick)... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Bill Clinton's challenge: Back to statesman | Despite his widely panned performance on his wife s behalf in the Democratic primary campaign, public relations experts say that if he moves quickly, former President Bill Clinton should be able to av... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama holds war stance | Barack Obama denied Saturday that he intends to do anything but end the war if he wins the White House, attempting to put an end to speculation that he is inching away from a promise to withdraw comba... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama To Hold New York Fundraisers With Hillary Clinton | Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama is campaigning through the holiday weekend, as he prepares for a series of New York fundraisers next week. An Obama spokesman said that New York Senator Hil... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama says he is 'puzzled' by Iraq comment frenzy | Source: Reuters By John Whitesides , Political Correspondent ST. LOUIS, July 5 ( Reuters ) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Is Obama Dragging Down Stock Prices? | Is Obama Dragging Down the Stock Market? Obama Pledges Doubled Funding for Product Safety Agency . As Wall Street pundits search for villains in the current economic meltdown, some have suggested ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | To Go | CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands whic... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Peace Activist Hayden | 5, 2008 - 09:58 ET More anti-war figures are voicing their opinions about contradictory and confusing statements regarding Iraq made Thursday by presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama,... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | I can only compare | NewsBusters readers are likely aware of my frequent appeal for civility in our comments sections due to my unwavering belief that despite political differences, when the sun sets, we're all Americans.... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | 66 Followers | Are religious beliefs vital to society? .. Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, was it justified? .. Based on the information available now, was the invasion of Iraq... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama's Media `Body Watch' Get the Scoop on Candidate's Haircuts, Workouts | Barack Obama 's ascension to presumed Democratic presidential nominee means the press can now get more information on the nation's next potential commander in chief, including such critical items as w... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama Says He'll Be `Greedy' as He Seeks to Break Republican Grip on South | Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he will be ``greedy'' in his quest to break the Republican Party's decades-long hold on the South. ``I can't guarantee we are going to win any South... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | FDL Book Salon Welcomes Lowell Feld and Nate Wilcox: Netroots Rising: How a Citizen Army of Bloggers and Online Activists Is Changing American Politic | FDL Book Salon Welcomes Lowell Feld and Nate Wilcox: Netroots Rising: How a Citizen Army of Bloggers and Online Activists Is Changing American Politics . Stop me if you've heard this one A lesser-k... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | "Michelle Obama ties black, white women?" | Amanda Erickson Gina McCauley's blog on African-American women in pop culture has never attracted this kind of attention. The 3-year-old site has a mostly African-American audience. But she launched a... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | "Obama backs late, mental-health abortion" | Frank James Sen. Barack Obama clarified his position today on mental-health exceptions to late-term abortions, saying he supports such exceptions and that comments he made during a recent magazine int... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Racism and Sexism: time for change | I recently found myself explaining the U. presidential race to a friend visiting from Great Britain. It seemed like a good opportunity to impress her with my knowledge of the candidates and their poli... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Clinton to aid Obama fundraising | U., will help presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama with his fundraising efforts, an Obama official says. An unidentified Obama spokeswoman said Clinton, who dropped out of the ra... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Update: Obama co-sponsored Freedom of Choice Act, which enshrines mental health exceptions | Clear Channel, Limbaugh, FBI & Race profiling: the net is set? ( 6 ) . Jill Miller Zimon : Joe, Thanks for leaving a comment about your observations. Jill Miller Zimon : Mark, Thanks for leaving a com... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Why is Okaloosa County so Republican? | Members of the Republican Women of Okaloosa County, Federated and guests recite the Pledge of Allegiance during a recent meeting at Two Trees Restaurant.. Wife arrested for grabbing, pulling man's gen... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama Change We Can Believe In ? Seriously Senator, What Can We Believe About You Now? | I think the big question this election year is whether Obama will be tagged with the flip-flop sandal image or the flip-flop fish out of water image. Personally, I am of the opinion Obama the neophy... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Sen. Obama To Attend Powder Springs Town Hall Meeting | Sen. Barack Obama's campaign said he will visit Georgia on Tuesday for a town hall meeting to discuss the effects of the economy on families. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee will atten... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama-Clinton ticket gives a chance to stop racism, sexism | As Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton campaign together in Unity, N., don t be surprised if he chooses her as his running mate. Competing against her, made me a better candidate , said presumptiv... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Smartpatrol | Shade Tail on Race-baiting former senator Jesse Helms has died. Smartpatrol on Race-baiting former senator Jesse Helms has died. One of America's most notorious race-baiters has died. Former North Car... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | McDonald, Davis help make 18th 4th on Broadway concert memorable | Mac Davis found it easy to be humble even before singing It s Hard to Be Humble, and Richie McDonald reported that he wound up fighting back tears after his performance. Those reactions from each Lu... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | "Obama for weakening Roe v Wade?" | Frank James Jan Crawford Greenburg, our former Chicago Tribune colleague, now legal correspondent at ABC News, has a very valuable posting on her Legalities blog that should be causing teeth-gnashing ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Maybe we ll learn our energy lesson now | The sound and fury over the provincial carbon tax, which kicked in on Tuesday as we were celebrating Canada Day, is surprising but not all that unexpected. The idea behind the carbon tax getting peo... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The B-word | WAIT for the Obama bump , a colleague of mine said to me after Hillary Clinton conceded last month. With a little time for Barack Obama to consolidate his support among Democrats and look like a big w... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Barack Obama To Visit Georgia Tuesday | Sen. Barack Obama's campaign said Saturday that he will visit Georgia on Tuesday for a town hall meeting to discuss the effects of the economy on families. The presumptive Democratic presidential nomi... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Americans for Ryan: Independence from Exxon Eddie! | Happy Independence Day everyone!! Today our nation celebrates it's Declaration of Independence from the British Empire. After much sacrifice from that generation, our nation would go on to become the ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Republican in the Donkey Suit | I've had enough. No, I'm not talking about George Bush but the governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich. Today's Animal Farm observes: Reading it over, I was stunned by this passage: "I think there's gre... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | 2008's Grand Masters of GOP Dirty Tricks | The de facto reality is, this cycle, the GOP is reverting to media and robo-calling campaigns produced and implemented by a group of folks with known connections to, among other things: 1.) convicted ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama for weakening Roe v Wade? | Frank James Jan Crawford Greenburg, our former Chicago Tribune colleague, now legal correspondent at ABC News, has a very valuable posting on her Legalities blog that should be causing teeth-gnashing ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Sen. Obama to visit Ga. for town hall meeting | Sen. Barack Obama's campaign says he will visit Georgia on Tuesday for a town hall meeting to discuss the effects of the economy on families. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee will atten... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Jeddah Energy Meeting - King Abdullah | At the invitation of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, government, business and other leaders from oil consuming and producing nations and energy sector businesses and organizations met earlier this week... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Jeddah Energy Meeting - American Perspective | U. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman Remarks June 22, 2008 Jeddah Energy Meeting Remarks as Prepared for Secretary Bodman Thank you, Minister Naimi.and my sincere thanks to King Abdullah and the Saudi go... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama Plot EXPOSED! | ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Nearly A Third of Hillary Supporters Will Stay Hom | A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll finds that almost one third of Hillary supporters say they will not vote in November. That startling number has actually risen since early June when only 22 percent o... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama News Bites | Obama campaign news Obama, Clinton To Hold Joint Fundraisers In NY Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will help each other raise money in a series of fundraisers in New York next week. Obama camp... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Candidate News | Obama campaign news Obama, Clinton To Hold Joint Fundraisers In NY Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will help each other raise money in a series of fundraisers in New York next week. Obama camp... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | RNC: This Week In Change IV | In A Recent Interview With Relevant Magazine, Obama Said That He Did Not Believe "Mental Distress" Should Qualify Under The Health Of The Mother Exception In Late-Term Abortion Bans: . Obama: "I have ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Che Cafe | Sorry about your weather Dan!! Hope you will still be able to whip up some tasty vittals on the BBQ. Enjoy whatever way you all choose to spend the day one and all. btw if you don't like FISA then you... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Democrats and immigration | There's been some rumblings lately in political circles and on local blogs that a Democratic mailer critical of U. Sam Graves' record on immigration may backfire on his Democratic challenger, Kay Barn... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | While the cat's away | Heh! The boss is at an airshow or so he tells us , so I can do another one of "a great American dies" that so. Senator Jesse Helms, one of the great anti-Communist fighters of the Cold War died yester... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Ex-Sen. Helms Was Conservative Purist | Then-Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) speaks January 31, 2002, at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Arlington, Va. Helms endorsed Elizabeth Dole to succeed him as he retired from the Senate in 20... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Love your links, Rogue! | FARGO, N. Barack Obama said Thursday the United States cannot sustain a long-term military presence in Iraq, but added that he would be open to refine my policies about a timeline for withdrawing tr... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Latino rally planned | Area Latino activists have launched plans for a massive nationwide Latino mobilization and political rally in support of immigration reform this summer. The group is part of the "Somos America" (We Ar... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | White Protestant Nation: The Rise of the American Conservative Movement | The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington. Spanning nearly one hundred years of American political history, and abounding with outsize characters--fr... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Iran's Great Game | The Other Contest: Who Will Be Iran s Next President? . King Abdullah: A Need for Wins on The Ground . Q&A: Iranian Diplomat on Tehran s Role in Iraq. Israel at 60: Will It Hit Iran Before Bush Leav... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Iran Responds To Incentives But Nuclear Position Remains 'Unchanged' | Donald Macintyre, Anne Penketh & Kim Sengupta Jerusalem/London, July 4: Iran has handed over its long-awaited response to the West's offer of incentives to halt. Iran warns of sharp increase in oi... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Analysts Consider Obama on Iraq, Legacy of Jesse Helms | Columnist Mark Shields and Ramesh Ponnuru debate the potential impact of presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama's statements on Iraq and other news, including the death of former senator Jesse Helms. ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Bam, Hil unite to raise NY cash | BUTTE, Mont. - Now that they're allies, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will help each other raise money in a series of fundraisers in New York next week. Obama campaign spokesman Je... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Paul Jenkins: Top GOP VP Choices: Failed Business Leaders, Former Dems, Confirmed Bachelors and Creationists | Paul Jenkins: Top GOP VP Choices: Failed Business Leaders, Former Dems, Confirmed Bachelors and Creationists . If you thought the Republican primary field was a bit of a joke, wait until you get a cl... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama Praised Wright, Criticized Traditional Black Churches (Says These Churches Are "Homophobic" | In an Apr.) said "homophobic" messages are coming from the pulpits of black churches because "most African-American churches are still fairly traditional in their interpretations of Scripture." In the... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Moutains out of molehills | Religion. It s not hard to understand why faith-based organizations need to discriminate on the basis of religion to maintain their essentially religious character, Mr. A Jewish organization forced ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Is Barack Obama Patriotic? Is Any Politician? | Article:Obama-Barack(1376)Politics(1136)Barack Obama(767)Montana(74)OBAMA DEMOCRATIC FUND RAISI(23)Patriotism(22)Independence(17) . Barack Obama ; Independence ; Montana ; OBAMA DEMOCRATIC FUND RAISI ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Polar Bear Family | There is new information pertaining to this story. I said that I expected criticism for the content from right-wing elements of the American politcal spectrum. The picture of the Polar Bear family tha... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | GOP's conundrum: Bush's role at convention | 07-05) 04:00 PDT Washington -- What if your family was planning a big end-of-summer bash (a Grand Old Party, you might call it) but preferred that you not be seen - or heard? That is the question hang... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Conservatism in the wake of Jesse Helms | 2 hours ago Yesterday I posted my initial impressions about the passing of Jesse Helms ("Bye, Jesse, you left quite a legacy"), today I wanted to put up a post to discuss what the end of this chapter ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Jesse Helms: 'Senator No' helped lead conservative comeback | RALEIGH, N. -- His opponents called him "Senator No," a title that Jesse Helms relished. In his long political career, the combative conservative icon fought everything liberal, from increased governm... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Dick Morris Baselessly Alleges Obama Wants To Provide Health Insurance For Illegal Immigrants In Order To Win Hispanic Vote | Dick Morris Baselessly Alleges Obama Wants To Provide Health Insurance For Illegal Immigrants In Order To Win Hispanic Vote . For at least the third time on Hannity & Colmes, Dick Morris baselessly a... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Christians Decry Congressional 'Fairness Doctrine' | Christian and pro-family groups are up in arms over recent efforts by the Democrat-led Congress to re-instate a Fairness Doctrine that would require conservative and Christian radio talk stations to... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Nice Note | Dear Mr. Bothwell, I had been reading The Examiner off and on for a couple of months when one day I saw a headline which captured my attention: "The Logic of the State." I thought to myself, "This wri... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | On Flip Flops And Contrast | A critical look at the criminal justice system. through an unusual jail meditation program and a tragic story of cruel. Both Barack Obama and John McCain have a closetful of flip flops on issues. What... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Bye, Jesse, you left quite a legacy | Jesse Helms has died . As a native and current resident of North Carolina, even today many people I run into outside of this state who know little about it -- recognize the name Jesse Helms. He leaves... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Jason and the Carbonauts | As executive director of the National Commission on Energy Policy , a bipartisan group of 20 energy experts created in 2002, Jason Grumet has come in for some flack from environmentalists. NCEP's infl... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | "Holding Muslims at Arm's Length" | Media(2715)Democratic(1488)Obama-Barack(1375)Politics(1134)Faith(308)Minnesota(128)American Muslims(59)Christian(30)Indonesia(21)Keith . American Muslims ; Christian ; Democratic ; Faith ; Indonesia ;... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Likewise, anyone who supports abortion should SHUTUP 4peace | 09:45. Obama: Mental distress can't justify late abortion By JIM KUHNHENN | MyWay.com Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says "mental distress" should not qualify as a health exception for... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Path To Success In Education | As the Republican National Committee steps up the drumbeat against Eric Holder, a former Deputy U. Senator Barach Obama, a key question arises? Has the party of Abraham Lincoln gone off the rails? The... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Missing Obama's Vulnerability | By Steven Stark So far, Fox's Sean Hannity and many of Barack Obama's conservative critics have gone after the presumptive Democratic nominee for his "judgment" in surrounding himself throughout his c... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Krauthammer: Will the real Obama please stand up? | Comments | Opinion Columnists. Sowell: Court cases show coming election's stakes . Elias: It's time for an initiative to fix initiatives . You'll notice Barack Obama is now wearing a flag pin. During the primary... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Jesse Helms: Pundit to Pol | Upon hearing the news July 4th that Jesse Helms had passed away, conservatives remembered and hailed the former senator from North Carolina. Certainly, HUMAN EVENTS readers felt that they had shared H... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Jindal to challenge US SC ru | Washington, July 05: Indian-American governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal is hogging US media headlines as he mulls challenging a recent controversial supreme court ruling forbidding the death penalty i... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Letter: A list of reasons not to vote for Barack Obama | Here is the dirty dozen list of issues that have convinced me that I could never vote for Barack Hussein Obama. Some of them are based on direct quotations that I ve heard him say, and some are base... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | I realized my mistake last | As reported by CBS and the Associated Press moments ago: Jesse Helms, the five-term Republican Senator from North Carolina, has died, CBS News has confirmed. Helms died at 1:15 this morning, according... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Tombstone, Wyatt Earp & America | Tombstone is America in microcosm. In order to understand the heart and soul of America you need to understand two things baseball and Tombstone. More than a mining town, dirty and small minded, Tombs... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Barbara Boxer serves as a fundraising foil for a GOP colleague | Sen. Gordon Smith of Oregon, a potentially endangered Republican in November's election, raised many an eyebrow recently with an ad that included an unexpected cameo. "Who says Gordon Smith helped lea... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Britain marks 60 years of the NHS | Gordon Brown is trying to burnish his record on the 60th anniversary of Britain's National Health Service Saturday, but experts say the ploy could misfire as both he and it struggle to get off the sic... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Dependence on foreign oil hurts rural families | On July 4, 1776, our Founding Fathers announced to the world the creation of a new country, independent from the control of Great Britain.The United States was born from the commitment to secure life,... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Wesley Clark ?moving on' | Wesley Clark, the former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and 2004 Democratic primary candidate is moving on, a close aide said, who added that Clark can now devote his time to the business affairs wh... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Donald Kochan: On the Future of the Supreme Court | Hugh's Column. This week's edition of The Weekly Standard has an article criticizing Justice Anthony Kennedy and warning about the impact of our presidential choice on the future of the Supreme Court.... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | VP picks: Gore, or somebody like him | Paul West Before he reinvented government, Al Gore revolutionized the way vice presidents are made. When he joined Bill Clinton's ticket, it violated the old rules. Regional diversity? Not with two so... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Inside Report: Gen. Clark's Attack | By Robert Novak WASHINGTON, D. Barack Obama's possible vice presidential running mate had been rising, may have ruined his chances with his belittling attack on Sen. Clark, along with other Obama surr... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Wesley Clark moving on' | Wesley Clark, the former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and 2004 Democratic primary candidate is moving on, a close aide said, who added that Clark can now devote his time to the business affairs wh... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | McCain mulling over a one-term campaign? | Perspectives Columns. How bad is it for John McCain? Some supporters keep suggesting he would have a better shot at the White House if he promised to serve only one term. Cue the old joke about the co... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Drilling off coast of Florida meets less opposition | 8:34PM Drilling off coast of Florida meets less opposition Coastal states may take cues from what's allowed By MELISSA NELSON Associated Press. Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep water... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Meet the new Obama, master of the U-turn | Dominic Lawson The Independent Tuesday, 1 July 2008. Some of those most captivated by the Democrat candidate are now feeling distinctly queasy `I find comfort in the fact that the longer I`m in politi... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Military Attack | Gunmen on a motorcycle assassinated an official of Iraq's biggest Shiite party Friday in the southern city of Basra, police said. Sheikh Salim al-Dirraji was shot dead in the Hayania district, which h... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | "John McCain isn't a scoundrel, but in a presidential race in which he now trails Barack Obama, patriotism is shaping up as his last refuge." | Waving the Flag How the "patriotism" debate might actually help Obama. After the Assassination How Gene McCarthy's response to Bobby Kennedy's murder crippled the Democrats. The Greatest Manhunt of Wo... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Graham's role growing as McCain political confidant | Brown bears close, elusive. If Andrew Jackson created the notion of a president's "Kitchen Cabinet," Sen. John McCain is reinventing it months before his possible election to the White House. Lindsey ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Collectivist Barack gets CPUSA nod | Barack Obama s patriotic tour has run into a snag. More evidence of communist backing for the candidate has surfaced. The latest to emerge publicly in Obama s camp is Joelle Fishman, the chairman of ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Opinion: 'I Thought It Was One of Ours' | Ingrid Betancourt, a Colombian politician, is free after more than six years as a captive of the communist group FARC. Fourteen other hostages, including three Americans, were also freed in what the A... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Authority: 341 | Stop The ACLU Suitably Flip The Superficial - Because You're Ugly Tax Foundation - Tax Foundation's "Tax Policy Blog" TFS Magnum This Blog Is Full Of Crap TigerHawk Tim BlairTKS The Truth Laid Bear Va... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Cureboy | John McCain has many, many, many faults -chief among them that he is at best a lukewarm conservative- but whatever his shortcomings the Vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war is not in the habit o... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Graham's role growing as McCain traveling buddy and surrogate | Bush's final G-8 appearance starts Sunday in Tokyo . Graham's role growing as McCain traveling buddy and surrogate . Colombia rescue video caught hostages' first moment of joy. military in Iraq celebr... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Gen. Clark's Attack on John McCain Hurts VP Prospects | WASHINGTON, D. Barack Obama's possible vice presidential running mate had been rising, may have ruined his chances with his belittling attack on Sen. Clark, along with other Obama surrogates, followed... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Letters: Love the sinner not the sin of gay marriage | Although I have never before written to a newspaper, I find the need to after reading the article written by Elaine Meigs "Love and Marriage," June 29th. Each of us make choices everyday; the choice w... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Top McCain adviser: offshore drilling will have no immediate effect on gas prices | Americans who are struggling right now to pay for gasoline . But McCain s message was contradicted yesterday by his top economic adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who told reporters that new offshore dri... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Barack Obama & Patriotism News | Barack Obama & Patriotism News. Americans celebrate Independence Day 5 Jul 2008 08:28 GMT. celebrated Independence Day as White House hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain geared up for new. distribu... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Jesse Helms, conservative Senate icon, is dead at 86 | Jesse Helms, the former North Carolina senator whose courtly manner and mossy drawl barely masked a hard-edged conservatism that opposed civil rights, gay rights, foreign aid and modern art, died earl... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Tour de France starts without stars | BREST, France - Here's what victory will look like for Tour de France organizers: The riders reach the finish line in three weeks with no doping scandals. Cycling's most prestigious race begins Saturd... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Companies Begin Quest for Oil, Gas Off Florida's Coastlines | PENSACOLA | Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide. Record crude oil price... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Pajamas Media Don t Hammer Obama for Refining Iraq Stance | It is getting to the point where it appears that some in the media are going out of their way to try to fabricate examples of Obama changing his position. I suspect that this is because lazy journalis... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Authority: 93 | Case s Bowie knives follow the basic known designs of Jim Bowie and James Black. Trackposted to Stop the ACLU, Perri Nelson s Website , Maggie s Notebook, Shadowscope, Big Dog s Weblog, The Amboy Time... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Perri Nelson's Website | A place where I comment on politics and the news of the day, as well as try out new software gimmicks. A little over a year ago I ran across and blogged about the Speedtest. This site has a cool littl... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Harry Shearer: Bobby Jindal, the Ball is In Your Courts | NEW ORLEANS--Aside from his recent 180 on the recent legislative pay raise bill (which spawned recall petitions against, among others, him), Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's honeymoon period has been... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | If the church of Jesus Christ will not lead the way to liberty and justice, who will? | When the California Supreme Court declared in a 4 to 3 ruling in May that California must allow homosexuals to marry under the same terms and conditions as heterosexuals, they caricatured the argument... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Perhaps Obama should be allowed to speak for himself | A lot of interpretation of What Obama Plans has been offered in this thread, absent much in the way of link and firm text. I ve read a fair amount of Obama s own words, and I fail to find support for ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | He stood against history's tide | Jesse Helms was perhaps the most influential North Carolina politician of the 20th century. North Carolina was a one-party state when Helms was growing up, and he helped transform it by making it acce... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | McCain campaign accuses Obama of flip-flop on Iraq | REPUBLICANS HAVE accused Barack Obama of making his most dramatic flip-flop yet after the Democratic presidential candidate said he would "continue to refine" his position on a 16-month timetable for ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Xcel Energy Incorporated | Colorado's largest utility says the price of natural gas used to fire up many of its power plants has gone up, causing residential electric bills to rise about 10 percent this summer. In a filing this... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | An Unrepentant Proud American | Happy Birthday to the greatest nation on this earth. After seeing the Capitol s 4th Celebration on PBS, NASCAR on ESPN2, and watching fireworks off of my patio, I was so truly proud to be an American ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Can Liberty Survive When the People Choose Entertainers, Not Leaders? | Banner of Liberty (www.com) July 4, 2008 Today is supposed to be a day set aside to celebrate, and remember, the signing of the Declaration of Independence. What we seem to have instead is a holiday s... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Politics of Oil | Oil and gasoline are on everybody's minds as Americans take to the roads for the July Fourth holiday weekend. John McCain has taken the subject head-on with his proposal to allow individual states to ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | N.J. Senate race heating up for summer | Dick Zimmer is starting "as early as we can" against Frank Lautenberg. There have been fireworks for weeks in the race between Democratic U. Frank Lautenberg and his Republican challenger, former U. W... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The war of the Web worlds | 03:37 amPrintThis The war of the Web worlds By COKIE ROBERTS AND STEVEN V. ROBERTS The Internet was a critical factor in Barack Obama's defeat of Hillary Clinton. But it could also jeopardize his c... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Riley pushes offshore drilling | Gov. Bob Riley has joined Republican presidential candidate John McCain and President Bush in calling for more domestic oil exploration, including on Alaska's federal lands, as a way to cut the price ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Jindal to defy new SC ruling on child-rape death penalty | Houston, July 05: Indian-American Governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, is hogging United Sates media headlines as he mulls challenging a recent controversial Supreme Court ruling forbidding the death ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Black Gold Quest in Florida | PENSACOLA, Fla. Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide. Record crude oil... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Jesse Helms dies on 4th | Former Sen. Jesse Helms , an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Commu... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | PIN O ON THE DONKEY | Last updated: 3:53 am July 5, 2008 Posted: 3:10 am July 5, 2008 HOPING that the third time really is the charm, the McCain campaign has had yet another staff shakeup. As befits a press corps and GOP p... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Archdiocese warns priests on political activity | Denver -- As clergy involvement in politics stirs debate, Roman Catholic priests and deacons in the Denver Archdiocese are being instructed not to endorse or donate money to political candidates. The... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | LOWRY . YOU ARE A JOKE . I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU .YOU ARE SUCH A SAD MISERABLE PERSON .FULL OF ENVY AND MALICE . A REAL SMALL MAN | Few things are sadder than former greats past their prime. A bloated Elvis Presley in a sequined suit; a diminished Michael Jordan making one last comeback with the Washington Wizards; and, we can add... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Donnie Darko - Mad World | I like this song, too. To me, it s the CSI and Law and Order song because I have only heard it on both shows. The thing is the Gary Jules or whatever his name is version gets confused with the Tears f... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Agenda: And The Agenda Setters | THE AGENDA: AND THE AGENDA SETTERS By Fahim A. Knight-EL The writer perhaps like most Americans grew-up a bit naive about how this system functioned and believed that there was no other form of gover... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama courts evangelical Christian vote | Tropical Storm Bertha churns in the Atlantic. Fear turns to joy in Colombian hostage rescue video. Joel Hunter , pastor of a Florida mega-church and a Republican who voted twice for George W. Bush , w... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Jesse Helms, 86, champion of right-wing politics | Jesse Helms, the former North Carolina senator whose courtly manner and mossy drawl barely masked a hard-edged conservatism that opposed. Jesse Helms, R-NC, borrows a sousaphone from high-school band ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Tiptoeing on Bush and convention | What if your family was planning a big end-of-summer bash but preferred that you not be seen or heard? That is the question hanging. John McCain, left, campaigned with then-presidential nominee Geor... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Bayh a popular pick for veep short list | If Sen. But pundits and politicians agree that whether a political marriage will happen between Bayh and Obama on the Democratic presidential ticket is anybody's guess. "Anybody who knows isn't talki... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Jesse Helms, conservative icon, dies at 86 | In a 1979 photo, from left: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) stand at the podium during an anti-Equal Rights Amendment dinner in Washington. Bono (left) of the Irish rock band U2 and former North Carolina Se... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Politicians Tell Big Oil How to Make Billions | Saturday, July 5, 2008 When it comes to vilifying big evil corporations, the accusations made about oil companies never disappoint. The latest controversy centers on whether the government should allo... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Florida coastal drilling to begin | PENSACOLA, Fla. - Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide. Record crude oil... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Amanda Justice... That | MsUnderestimated). Happy Birthday to the greatest nation on this earth. After seeing the Capitol's 4th Celebration on PBS, NASCAR on ESPN2, and watching fireworks off of my patio, I was so truly proud... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Liberal Retard: If Obama Wins, Right Wing "Crazies" Will Take up Arms, Civil War Possible | UK: Report Says "Honor" Violence Cost Government $50 Million. This isn't an obscure left-wing blog, it's from Firedoglake, where Hillary Clinton once posted. Little Timmys: The Violent Crazies Gear Up... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Letters to the editor gas prices | Current 'crisis' is just a ploy to boost oil industry profits Americans seem to be willing to "buy" anything. Bush and Cheney "sold" the Iraq War with considerable help from a media that pursues headl... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Latino activists preparing for rally | Resolution aims to halt dumping of criminals. By Stephen Wall Staff Writer Area Latino activists have launched plans for a massive nationwide Latino mobilization and political rally in support of imm... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Supreme Court's Group Hug | The biggest surprise from the Supreme Court term that just ended: Barack Obama hearts the Roberts Court. At the end of June, the Democratic candidate praised Justice Antonin Scalia's 5-4 decision stri... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Sick of Election Talk | To the editor: I don t know about others out there but I am so tired of the so-called news programs that have nothing better to talk about than the upcoming election. For 68 years, I have listened to ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Unocal | In 1995, the city - using bond money - spent $9 million to buy the land from Chevron and Unocal . With new oil drilling technology , Henderson said it may be. In the US , these concerns were blamed fo... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Offshore oil search resumes off Florida | PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide. Record crude oi... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | McCain, pro-war vets target N.M | 7/4/08New Mexico, considered a swing state in the presidential election this year, has been chosen for a new Spanish-language radio ad for Republican candidate John McCain and a television ad for a na... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama's first priority: End the war | Lost in a sea of supporters and Secret Service agents, Barack Obama worked the large crowd that lined Harrison Avenue at the end of the Butte Fourth of July parade. BUTTE - For his first task as pres... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama's Candidacy is a Test | They're going to try to make you afraid of me," Barack Obama told the audience at a Jacksonville fundraiser last month. "He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Why black | 2008 I don't necessarily like his policies; but history thrusts me to really seriously think about it [voting for Obama]. Black conservatives tell me privately it would be very hard to vote again... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | How McCain can win over Hispanics | Polling from Gallup out this week shows John McCain trailing Barack Obama 59 percent to 29 percent in support from Hispanic voters. Even among Hispanics that self-identify as conservatives, McCain and... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | J'accuse! | In October 2007, amid the controversy over search giant Google's redecorating its home-page logo for the 50th anniversary of the Soviet Union's launch of the Sputnik satellite, the Los Angeles Times n... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Thanks bigtimer! | You've heard of Bush Derangement Syndrome, now it seems as though McCain Derangement Syndrome is starting to appear. As you might expect, the first outbreak was on MSNBC where liberal commentator and ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Tonyaa Weathersbee: America's ideals inspire true love | Tonyaa Weathersbee is a columnist for The Times-Union. Her column usually appears on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. 11, 2001, bolstered a cottage industry of pundits who have dumbed down the defin... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Presidential Race: Graham soars as McCain s wingman | WASHINGTON If Andrew Jackson created the notion of a president s Kitchen Cabinet, Sen. John McCain is reinventing it months before his possible election to the White House. Lindsey Graham seems to... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Helms, McCain & the White Hands | Jesse Helms was a segregationist, and a nasty one at that. Long after his contemporaries abandoned old "Jim Crow," Helms kept playing the race card when it served him politically. And when he was not ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave | Little Green Footballs : More than 1,200 soldiers serving in Iraq gave America a precious gift today. With a photo at Gateway Pundit : The Largest Re-enlistment Ceremony in History More than 1200 s... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama's move to center irks left wing | In the midst of his heated primary battle with Sen. Barack Obama fully embraced red-meat liberal issues that he said offered Americans "change you can believe in. Clinton on every hot-button issue and... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Drilling for oil divides N.C. political leaders | As gas prices surge past $4 a gallon, politicians are exploring whether to allow offshore drilling in federal waters that are now off-limits. But like many issues, the fault line is largely falling al... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Chattanooga: Age dogs McCain on campaign trail, puts heavier focus on running mate | WASHINGTON Septuagenarian John McCain is hoping to become the oldest person elected to a first term in the White House. But the Republican presidential candidate s age he s 71 could be a liabili... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Morton Kondracke: Who s to blame for $4 gas? Both Democrats and GOP | More Sunday Perspective . Children of La Mosca: Fort Myers photo exhibit to benefit injured FGCU professor. Guest Commentary: Collier GOP is active and growing . What s the cause of $4 for a gallon ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obituary: Jesse Helms / A beacon for the right wing, a lightning rod for the left | Jesse Helms, the former North Carolina senator whose courtly manner and mossy drawl barely masked a hard-edged conservatism that opposed civil rights, gay rights, foreign aid and modern art, died earl... Read » |