davidl on January 12th, 2009

You don’t have to agree with Ann Coulter, but you admire her willingness to take on a hostile interviewer, or in this case, four hostile interviewers.

Hat tip and more:  Gateway Pundit

[The View] jumped on Coulter like a pack

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davidl on January 12th, 2009

Jim GeraghtyCNN discovers Geraghty’s Law, National Review, 4 August last:

All Barack Obama statements come with an expiration date. All of them.

Jim Acosta et al, CNN:

During the campaign, Obama also told voters, “I don’t believe in running

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Eric Florack on January 12th, 2009

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

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Another Monday. (Shrug). Let’s go…

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Eric Florack on January 12th, 2009

Near the end of Q&O’s weekly podcast this week, Dale makes the point that FDR was able to get us out of the depression only by means of turning the entire country, essentially, over to war production.

He’s quite

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Eric Florack on January 12th, 2009

I’ve been telling you all along that Obama will govern from the extreme left. Another example comes from the Washington Post, this morning:

Until last week, Carol M. Browner, President-elect Barack Obama’s pick as global warming czar, was listed

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Eric Florack on January 12th, 2009

Forwarded to Feedback by a reader:

To All My Valued Employees,

There have been some rumblings around the office about the future of this company, and more specifically, your job. As you know, the economy has changed for the worse

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Eric Florack on January 12th, 2009

Anyone who is naive enough claim that Iran is not at the opposite end of the Palestinian puppet strings (Are you listening, Alex?) ought to check this article out in the Jerusalem Post this morning.

Iran is exerting heavy

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davidl on January 11th, 2009

The Bits Blog Blog of the Day is Dumpchrisdodd.com.

Chris Dodd h/T Dumpchrisdodd.comWe are a grass roots group of independent Connecticut residents intent on removing Chris Dodd from the US Senate in 2010.

Hat tip and more:  Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit.

With

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Eric Florack on January 11th, 2009

A funny post happened over at the Opinion Forum:

Imagine reading this headline: “German People Vote Adolf Hitler Third Most Popular German Historical Figure.”

Can you really imagine that? The international condemnation against such an act would be immediate,

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Eric Florack on January 10th, 2009

Sigh…..

“Then win it back, or do you think that the other side is forever?

{cold stare} It’s close enough, mate, for the purposes of my life, which is all that I’ve ever been interested in.

Perhaps, Billy, that’s

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Eric Florack on January 10th, 2009

It’s occurs to me in looking around this morning at the news and commentary that Send to be Ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich would’ve made an ideal candidate to run Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

It also occurs to me, that

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Eric Florack on January 9th, 2009

We’ve recently watched as Israel and Hamas have slugged it out.  As always, when Israel seeks to defend itself, there have been many saying Israel’s response to Hamas has not been “proportional”. 

What is, in fact, a proportional response?.  Any

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Eric Florack on January 9th, 2009

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

Disgusted, would be the word of the day. Grab your ankles, America, here it comes.

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davidl on January 9th, 2009

From the too little, too late department, the Associated Press  is reporting:

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Driven by anger and politics, the Illinois House has voted to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

The unprecedented action sets the stage for a Senate trial

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Eric Florack on January 9th, 2009

Here’s David Freddoso at The Corner, upon hearing Kit Bond (R) Missouri is retiring at the end of his term:

That will open up a tough seat for Republicans to defend. They have had a bad streak in Missouri statewide

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