davidl on December 16th, 2006

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The San Francisco Chronicle reports on a “4-day fete set for Pelosi’s historic swearing-in:”

12-16) 04:00 PST Washington — Tony Bennett is coming, of course, to croon his trademark “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.”

Carole King

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Eric Florack on December 16th, 2006

Carl Cameron over at Fox is reporting:

WASHINGTON — Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh will not seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2008, FOX News has learned.  Bayh made the decision depsite having made several visits to test states like

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Eric Florack on December 16th, 2006

valor1sm.jpgToday’s Project Hero is written to recognize the efforts of PFC Ross McGinnis.

Go and read….… and wonder.

BBCT also goes to BlackFive, who also does an extensive writeup on PFC McGinnis.

I am struck by one comment at

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davidl on December 16th, 2006

s-bust.jpgPam M, at Blogmeister, issues a dire warning, “Hillary Making the Rounds:”

Gak! Just when you thought it was safe to turn on your television again, Hillary Clinton is getting ready to do the talkshow circus —

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Eric Florack on December 15th, 2006

This evening I’m going to take the time did you do this year to one of seven animal co-inhabitants of Casa De Bit.  Ray.

Ray belongs to Donna, my wife.  Wait, scratch that.

Donna belongs to Ray the cat, who,

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Eric Florack on December 15th, 2006

No arguments, Billy, with any of it.

But I really have to say once again that the only time you ever see Democrats talking about “bipartisanship” is when they realize they’re vulnerable.  One health problem, and that newfound strength

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davidl on December 15th, 2006

carter-peanut2.jpg The Associated Press is reporting that, “Carter Nixes Debate With Outspoken Prof Dec:

Former President Carter turned down a request to debate Alan Dershowitz about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the outspoken Harvard law professor “knows nothing about the

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Eric Florack on December 15th, 2006

Limbaugh makes an interesting point, yesterday, along the same lines as the “Welcome to the Bigtime” post, as regards the Webb campaign and bloggers, below…

 

RUSH: Here we go with Barack Obama. As you know, he was up in New

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Eric Florack on December 15th, 2006

Shaun Kenny:

 

If you are a Virginia blogger, chances are that the Webb campaign has an opposition research book on you. Bloggers that made the cut include Chad Dotson, Jim Hoeft, Ben Tribbett, Waldo Jaquith, Josh

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Eric Florack on December 15th, 2006

Well it seems apparent that the accuser in the Duke faux rape case did have sex with at least one yet to be identifed male.    David Scott of the Associated Press is reporting that the accuser has given birth.

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Eric Florack on December 15th, 2006

Hume:

The head of the National Federation of the Blind says the federal judge who ordered that U.S. paper currency be changed to accommodate the blind was wrong. Marc Maurer writes in USA Today that Judge James Robertson’s ruling that

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Eric Florack on December 14th, 2006

Tomorrow’s the company Christmas party…. the internal one. Everyone in this small company is being asked to being a dish to pass, and it ends up being an all-day nibble festival. It’ll be a fine day.

Time was, years ago,

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Eric Florack on December 14th, 2006

Right Wing News has interviewed Congressman Duncan Hunter, a former Chairman of the Armed Services Committee and a former ranger in Vietnam, who is one of the Republican contenders vying for the presidency in 2008.

The interview was wide ranging

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davidl on December 14th, 2006

Now I can see why Mrs. Clinton is scared.   Barack Obama offers Mrs. Clinton’s standard liberal litany, but with a darker complextion and with passion.   See the video, here.

Then like Mrs. Clinton, Obama’s politics is stuck in the

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davidl on December 14th, 2006

getimage.gif In the Washington Post, Anne Plummer Flaherty reports that Senator Bill Nelson(D-FL), pictured seating on the right, “Senator Defies Bush:”

Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, a member of the Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees, met with

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