Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read on the sphere.. Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble

Friday!!!  TGIF! 

Last warm day of the year up here, most likely. We got to 65 or so today… that makes it nearly 5

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Eric Florack on November 7th, 2008

I’m struck by a column by Tim Ellsworth:

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)–An unusual obituary ran in a California newspaper in August.

It was an obit for 79-year-old JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)–An unusual obituary ran in a California newspaper in August.

It was

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Eric Florack on November 6th, 2008

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read on the ‘sphere.. BitsBlog’s Nightly Ramble

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davidl on November 6th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleYou have to wonder about the economic literacy of our nation when I can hear more economic sense in Greek dinner than I do coming from majority party.

The party of Mes. Pelosi is talking about yet another “economic stimulus

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You’re going to hear quite a bit from the left over ‘the death of conservatism’ over the next few weeks. But they’ve got it wrong. I say, what we’ve got is the death of compromised conservatism as espoused by George

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After a number of years of being Barack Obama’s enforcer, and years before that working at the Clinton White House, Rahm Emanuel has been named WH Chief of staff, and we find that John Podesta has been running things for

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on November 5th, 2008

Great news!  Books For Soldiers made their $70,000 Fund Raising goal and will NOT have to close!

BFS provides an awesome service to our deployed military members, and I hope we can continue to support this vital ministry for years

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davidl on November 5th, 2008

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A special Snark of the day for the constituents of the The 12th Pennsylvania congressional district from Blondie, b/k/a Ann Coulter:

This was such an enormous Democratic year that even John Murtha won his congressional seat in Pennsylvania after calling

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davidl on November 5th, 2008

DRJ Patterico’s Pontifications gets warm on why the McCain-Palin ticket lost to a leftist moron:

To many conservatives, McCain’s maverick strain was not a selling point and his pick of Palin was not enough to reassure them. I understand those

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Eric Florack on November 5th, 2008

The Wall Street Journal states the bloody obvious:

According to recent Gallup polls, the president’s average approval rating is below 30% — down from his 90% approval in the wake of 9/11. Mr. Bush has endured relentless attacks from

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Eric Florack on November 5th, 2008

Fox News is reporting:

“Jurassic Park” author and “ER” creator Michael Crichton died Tuesday at age 66, according to a statement from his family.

The novelist passed away in Los Angeles after a private battle with cancer. The family said

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Eric Florack on November 5th, 2008

Welcome, dear reader, to the most intense nightly read on the ‘sphere… The Nightly Ramble

  • First, read Derb.
  • Rita Watson some weeks ago, laid this out, this way, over at TPM…

    What if? Months ago, I expressed my greatest

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    Eric Florack on November 5th, 2008

    Jonah says:

    Quote of the Day, from a reader on Obama’s victory:

    It’s kind of like being diagnosed with testicular cancer.  You hope to live through the treatment, but you don’t look forward to what you’re about to lose.

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    davidl on November 5th, 2008

    My other title would have been Dewey wins.   This is simple.   Barack Obama would not keep his word as a candidate.  He will not keep his word as President.   As per Geraghty’s Law, all of BO’s statements come with

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    Eric Florack on November 4th, 2008

    Reynolds:

    We’ve had eight years of Bush Derangement Syndrome. Before that, we had eight years of Clinton Derangement Syndrome. And though people forget it now, President Reagan inspired a lot of anger and hatred, too. Can I ask that, regardless

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