Eric Florack on January 16th, 2004

CNN is saying:

“WASHINGTON (AP) –President Bush bypassed Congress and installed Charles Pickering on the federal appeals court Friday in an election-year slap at Democrats who had blocked the nomination for more than two years.”

Well, that, and because it

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My Way News:

“NEW YORK (AP) – The Dow Jones industrial average reached its highest level since mid-2002 Friday as investors greeted strong earnings from General Electric Co. (GE) and the technology sector. The market’s major indexes were all

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Eric Florack on January 16th, 2004

FOXNews.com is reporting today that:

“A recycling company found uranium oxide — a radioactive material also known as yellowcake (search) — in a shipment of scrap steel it believes originally came from Iraq (search), the company said Thursday.

Paul de

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Eric Florack on January 16th, 2004

ROY BLUNT the Majority Whip had a refreshing response to Al Gore’s Enviro-wacko love fest in NYC yesterday. Gore, as you may know, decided to pick the coldest day in 40 years to address the issue of ‘global warming’.

WASHINGTON—House

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Eric Florack on January 15th, 2004

Anyone who thinks Clark won’t be easier to take out of the running in the general election than Howard the Duck is, had better consider the following.

DRUDGE reports Weasely Clark saying:

“‘I’ve been very consistent… I’ve been against this

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Eric Florack on January 15th, 2004

I usually don’t bother posting E-mails to this page. This, however is an exception. I consider that exception worth it, because it rather clearly demonstrates something I’ve written about before.

Be warned… it’s about what you’d expect from High-minded Democrats.

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ABCNEWS asks the question:: “Dean’s Trooper
What Did He Know About Abuse Allegations; When Did He Know It?”

Interestingly, Drudge is reporting:

Dean’s campaign managers threatened to kick ABC-TV off the Dean Campaign plane if ABCNEWS ran the affidavit

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Eric Florack on January 14th, 2004

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Eric Florack on January 14th, 2004

Kennedy Says Bush Broke Faith on Iraq:

“WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Bush (news – web sites) marketed the war with Iraq as a ‘political product’ and broke faith with the American people by forcing them into an unnecessary conflict,

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Eric Florack on January 14th, 2004

Think President Howard Dean can’t push through his massive tax hikes because of a Republican Congress? Think again. Most of the Bush tax cuts expire in 2006 and Dean will veto any attempt to extend them.

Here’s a calculator that

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USATODAY sayts of Dean in Todayt’s editions:

“‘I think getting rid of Saddam Hussein is a wonderful thing,’ he saidlast month. ‘But the question is, is it a good idea to send 135,000 troops unilaterally to do it?’

However….

“In

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Eric Florack on January 14th, 2004

Joho the Blog: Let’s not retire the Hitler comparisons: ”

What an idiot.

He defends the use of Hitler against Bush.  The arguments I’ve made here in the past about this nonsense being part and parcel of the Democrats

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Eric Florack on January 14th, 2004

Bush Seeks $1B for Moon, Mars Missions

President Bush had that announcement as I mentioned earlier today. Here it is as covered by the AP.

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Eric Florack on January 14th, 2004

OUCH!!!!

(Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr)

Global warming at it’s finest.

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ABCNEWS reports:

“SAMARRA, Iraq Jan. 14 U.S. forces moved a step closer to the most wanted man in Saddam Hussein’s regime Wednesday, detaining his four nephews in a pre-dawn raid and capturing another top fugitive thought to be a

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