davidl on December 30th, 2007

Mike HuckabeeMaybe it something in the water in Arkansas.  I dunno, but Mike Huckabee and Mrs. Clinton share something in common besides their both from Arkansas.  While Mrs. Clinton is shrill liar.  Huckabee is just a calm and smooth liar.

John

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Eric Florack on December 30th, 2007

James Joyner, under a banner Fred Thompson: Not Interested in Running for President, writes today:

There’s a minor blogstorm developing around a report from Bill Theobald in USA Today about Fred Thompson’s answer to a question as to how badly

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Eric Florack on December 30th, 2007

I no more than get the WordPress software update completed, yesterday… I swear… no more than 10 minutes, and the next update comes in, and it’s an urgent one. Some kind of security bug has been discovered on the version

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davidl on December 30th, 2007

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Captain Ed, Captain’s Quarters, weighs in one left’s hysteria over the New York Times’ hiring of Bill Kristol:

I have to admit that I find the controversy refreshing. It’s good to see the progressives admit that a half of

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davidl on December 30th, 2007

Mr.and Mrs.William Cinton ABC News, Political Radar,  is reporting, “[B.J.] Clinton Won’t Attend NSC Meetings in a [Mrs. Clinton’s] White House:”

ABC News’ Jonathan Greenberger reports: If she makes it to the White House, Sen. Hillary Clinton said today her husband will

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davidl on December 30th, 2007

Mike Huckabee

  1. Did Marc Ambinder, Atlantic, really mean to write “If Huckabee only had a brain?”

INDIANOLA, IOWA — A string of foreign policy gaffes has made it clear to the national political press corps that Mike Huckabee is manifestly unqualified

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davidl on December 30th, 2007

Recently the Puffington Post published this item:

Wiliam KristolThe Huffington Post has learned that, in a move bound to create controversy, the New York Times is set to announce that Bill Kristol will become a weekly columnist in 2008. Kristol, a

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Eric Florack on December 29th, 2007

Scott Ott is formidable when he decides to get serious in his writing, as he does here.

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto has put on notice the leaders of every European nation.

Your secularism, your democracy will not stand. The

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Eric Florack on December 29th, 2007

I finally got ticked enough at the nag screens I installed a month ago, to go ahead and upgrade WordPress to 2.3.1.

Seems to work, but as always, report to feedback any problems.

I’m seeing some screwups with the advertisers…

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davidl on December 29th, 2007

Mrs. William ClintonMrs. Clinton touts her experience, and the fact she thinks herself ready to lead our nation in a time of war.  Yet Mrs. Clinton said this, from AFP:

Hillary Clinton Friday called for an independent, international probe into Benazir

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davidl on December 29th, 2007

Buried deep within the bowls of the  National Defense Authorization Act for 2008, was a provision to allow trial lawyers to loot funds intended to reconstruction of Iraq.    Don Surber calls this “Sue the victims.”    I just call

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davidl on December 29th, 2007

Speaker PelosiUtter and total green-eyed jealousy prevents me from posting Bryan’s, Hot Air, video tribute to Mrs. Pelosi’s Swamp,    Byran examines Mrs. Pelosi’s promises and provides a video score card, and does find one promise Mrs. Pelosi did keep. 

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davidl on December 28th, 2007

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I have directly observed how more and more Iraqis have grown to hate al Qaeda as much as Americans do. Al Qaeda has lost all credibility there, both from a religious standpoint as well as strategically

Michael Yon.

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davidl on December 28th, 2007

One person,  Benazir Bhutto, one death, two Posts, Washington and New York  and two completely different takes.  

David Ignatius, Washington Post, came to laud the late Benazir Bhutto, via RCP:

Try to imagine a young Pakistani woman bounding

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Eric Florack on December 28th, 2007

Ah, yes, Ron Paul. Never have so many braincells been inactive for so long.

James at OTB:

The top story on Memeorandum this morning is a piece from Little Green Footballs entitled “Ron Paul Blames US Policy for Bhutto Killing.”

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