Eric Florack on April 23rd, 2008

Victor Davis Hanson pretty much agrees with my read of Clinton’s PA win last night:

Hillary won just enough to show that it is ludicrous to oust a 10-point winner at this late junction, but not quite the blow-out that

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Eric Florack on April 23rd, 2008

Interesting bit in NewsBusters, this morning…. By the way, NewsBusters is a regular read here, and soon as I geta  few seconds I’ll add it to the list…. anyway… It seems that, despite unemployment edging up everywhere else in the

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Eric Florack on April 23rd, 2008

Sorry, but I’m not impressed with Hillary Clinton’s showing, last night. On that point let me stress that it doesn’t change much, in terms of the nomination and who gets it. She’s kept herself afloat, but that’s about it. 

Lest

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Eric Florack on April 23rd, 2008

It’s a famous scene from a great movie… Mel Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles”… where Slim Pickens and his band rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers,

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Eric Florack on April 22nd, 2008

You’ll forgive me if don’t bust a gut getting every breath of info out about the Clinton victory in PA tonight, given it was a done deal a week ago. The question becomes, though, by how much? And that question,

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  • Look, Billy, I’m somewhat sympathetic to the argument, but let’s not lose sight of the fact that they went to this place with the specific goal in mind of pissing off the constabulary. To what end? Don’t tell me

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Eric Florack on April 22nd, 2008

Seen on the back of a Kia Mom Van…

Don’t treat me any differently than you would the Queen.

 Wasn’t until I pulled alongside, I noticed there was a GUY driving the thing.

There’s all KINDS of possible vectors, here,

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davidl on April 22nd, 2008

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The feminist movement, it seems, has not just brought women opportunities to live more like men, but also to die like them

Mother Jones.

Bonus.  Original story: David Brown, Washington Post. Sober albeit a wee bit wry commentary,

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Eric Florack on April 22nd, 2008

JERUSALEM —Washington Times-  Hamas said yesterday it was prepared to accept a Palestinian state within 1967 borders, but contradicted a statement by former President Jimmy Carter that it would accept Israel’s right to exist if that was the will of

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davidl on April 22nd, 2008

Mr. and  Mrs. CliintonMrs. Clinton appeared on Poutdown with Keith Olberman.  So question, which one, the interviewer or the interviewee, was the sane one?   Allah Pundit, Hot Air, links to the video.   Ben Smith has a partial transcript.

The problem for

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Eric Florack on April 22nd, 2008

Quick, name me a terrorist who isn’t Islamic

You can’t.

Nor can I.

But check Hume, last night:

A coalition of American Muslim groups is demanding that presumptive Republican nominee John McCain stop using the word “Islamic” to describe terrorists.

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Eric Florack on April 22nd, 2008

As you may or may not know, today is officially “Earth Day”.

What you likley don’t know is that NBC and the WSJ sponsored a poll, the results of which are encouraging; Only around 4% of Americans think that “Global

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Eric Florack on April 22nd, 2008

James Joyner, this morning:

Glenn Reynolds links, with praise, to an article about Hillary Clinton claiming that she would go to war with Iran if they attacked Israel.

Clinton further displayed tough talk in an interview airing on “Good

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  • Yeah, full moon, tonight. And no, I don’t mean the guy with his butt hanging out the window of the Yugo to your left.  It’s been a weird day, already.
  • Your first clue, Billy, should have been when the two

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Eric Florack on April 21st, 2008

Remember: Traffic lights that are timed for 35MPH work just as well at 70

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