Eric Florack on August 18th, 2008

I’ll open this by saying that by rights, and in a sane world, Paul Krugman should be hammered flat on economics, and drummed from his perch at the New York Times. However, let’s admit this isn’t a sane world, and 

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Dan Riehl:

Via NewsBusters today it’s Andrea Mitchell hinting that Senator John McCain may have “cheated” at the Saddleback Civil Forum.

MS. ANDREA MITCHELL: Oh, absolutely. And, you know, there was the crisp, immediate, forceful response by John McCain, clearly

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davidl on August 17th, 2008

Barack Obama is out and out liar.  Amanda Carpenter, Townhall:

The AP story proves Obama is the one who is lying, not the NRLC.

Obama’s position is not merely pro-choice.   Obama’s position on abortion is pro-infanticide.   It is understandable

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Eric Florack on August 16th, 2008

Ben Smith over at The Politco writes:

The executives of a gay sex site are apparently more concerned about the perception that they’re associated with John McCain than McCain is about the association with them.

The chairman of the board

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davidl on August 16th, 2008

Say what you will about the Barack Obama campaign, neither the canidate nor his campaign is grounded in reason.   Jeff Emanuel, Red State,  notes that the BO campaign has taken to calling a Nine Eleven Truther part of the

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Eric Florack on August 15th, 2008

Noted in the Wa Po:

Rep. John P. Murtha, the Pennsylvania Democrat known for delivering federal money to defense contractors in his district, is now going to bat for a constituent’s company that was convicted last year of illegally exporting

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Eric Florack on August 15th, 2008

Neal Boortz this morning:

So Hillary Clinton will get her way … sort of. She wanted a roll call vote at the Democrat convention and she got one. Now her “historic achievement” will be acknowledged.

Wouldn’t it be fun …

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davidl on August 15th, 2008

Barack Obama dopeIf there is one thing that Barack Obama has demonstrated it is that he can not handle “distractions.”    Well as Jim Gerhaghty, National Review, demonsrates, the real world is full of distractions:

We may be on the verge of

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Eric Florack on August 13th, 2008

James at OTB this morning examines an issue which the price of oil has been bringing to the fore, called “The Future of Suburbia”.   Now, look; I admit I pushed this one a bit off James’ intended thrust. I

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Eric Florack on August 13th, 2008

From the Business and Media institute:

There’s a huge concern among conservative talk radio hosts that reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine would all-but destroy the industry due to equal time constraints. But speech limits might not stop at radio. They

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Eric Florack on August 13th, 2008

Lots of comment this morning, centered on the Washington Post Op-Ed of yesterday, which spends it’s time destroying three basic arguments of those against offshore drilling.

However, it propagates a couple barrels of snake oil. The most offensive of the

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YetAnotherJohn on August 11th, 2008

Through the end of July this year, unions have contributed over $40 million to PACs for federal candidates (91% to democrats) and over $34 million to 527s (and guess which party will benefit from that money). But that is just

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Eric Florack on August 11th, 2008

A site called The Dude Abides:

At 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 27, 2004, when I was the religion reporter (I am now its religion columnist) at the Chicago Sun-Times, I met then-State Sen. Barack Obama at Café Baci, a

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davidl on August 11th, 2008

What is the the only aspect of the legendary Camelot?   Well that is was a legend.   The Kennedy adminstration, which in the real world is remembered for the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis and American combat forces in

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Eric Florack on August 11th, 2008

I think we now have a working definition of the word “arrogance”.  Barack Obama, it seems, is off on vacation. To my memory this has always been at least risky, and in reality, deadly to presidential candidates.  To my

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