Since when are education and eloquence liabilities in a president?
Sunday, September 7th, 2008Isn’t it ludicrous even to ask such a question? Apparently not, in the presidential race of 2008…
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GOP ought to declare War on Error
Friday, September 5th, 2008
It no jocke! Despite the hapless Republicans being roused these last few days by the fiery speeches of Sarah Palin and John McCain, the GOP still finds ways to embarrass itself at its own convention to the delight of the world…
Sphere: Related ContentClinton invokes RFK assassination in summer 1968 among reasons to stay in race
Friday, May 23rd, 2008Sen. Hillary Clinton, in defending her decision to continue running for the Democratic nomination that almost certainly will go to rival Sen. Barack Obama, invoked the shooting death of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in the summer of 1968…
Sphere: Related ContentDid Karl Rove try to oust Plamegate nemesis from Rezko trial?
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
A potential witness in the federal trial of Democratic fundraiser Tony Rezko is prepared to testify that former Bush aide Karl Rove worked behind the scenes with Illinois political insiders to oust U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald from the growing case against Rezko, trial prosecutors said today…
Sphere: Related ContentHillary told Bill Richardson that Obama can not win
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008ABC News reports that Sen. Clinton told Gov. Richardson during his call to break the news to her that he was endorsing the Illinois senator, "Barack Obama can not win."
Sphere: Related ContentI am data; politicians micro-target me to get elected
Thursday, January 31st, 2008To our presidential candidates, I am not a human being: I am a set of data points, one of about 168 million sets of data points collected by both the Democratic and Republican national committees. Presidential candidates will base their direct-mail, push-poll, robo-call and volunteers-knocking-on-my-door messages on computerized analyses of me as data. I will be micro-targeted by candidates’ campaign organizations for the sole purpose of producing a vote…
Sphere: Related ContentObama: History will not be kind to Bush
Monday, January 28th, 2008In a post-State of the Union response, White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama pans President Bush’s “empty rhetoric” and says “I do not believe history will judge his administration kindly…”
Sphere: Related ContentDennis Kucinich to exit the ‘08 race
Thursday, January 24th, 2008Word is that Dennis Kucinich will drop out of the race, per the Cleveland Plain Dealer…
Human Events Thompson nod a non-event
Saturday, January 19th, 2008
News that Human Events endorsed Fred Thompson barely made a ripple. That’s probably because Thompson has barely made a ripple himself. He might get a boost in SC, where his demonizing brand of swagger seems to resonate. Is that what Human Events is banking on?
Sphere: Related ContentI-35W bridge downed by design flaw; infrastructure issues fade from headlines
Friday, January 18th, 2008
The flaw: Undersized gusset plates. So, case closed? It wasn’t a portentous sign of a failing national infrastructure after all? Just a sad, tragic miscalculation by an engineer four decades ago? Nope…
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