davidl on April 15th, 2008

Do we know, as Rush Limbaugh, George Will and Bill Kristol argue that Barack Obama(BO) is a Marxist?   Not for one hundred percent dead certain.   What do we know one hundred percent dead certain about BO is that he has

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  • Scott Fybush over at NERW reports:
  • *Former MASSACHUSETTS governor Mitt Romney guest-hosted the Paul Harvey show on Thursday, the latest in a line of personalities helping out with the show in the absence of the ailing Harvey, who’s now 89.

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Eric Florack on April 14th, 2008

Bruce McQuain, last night on the BlogTalkRadio show he and Dale Franks do, made reference to a 2004 appearance on the ostensibly friendly confines of Charlie Rose’s show. Bruce makes the point that Obama here is expressing pretty much the

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davidl on April 14th, 2008

Barack Barack Obama took direct aim at Mrs. Clinton and promptly shot off his own toe,  On the campaign trail, BO invoked Annie Oakley.   In response, Jeralyn, Talk Left  suggested:

Obama doesn’t seem to know much about Annie Oakely:

True,

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Eric Florack on April 14th, 2008

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (CNN) – After a weekend spent making direct appeals to gun owners and church goers, Hillary Clinton said Sunday a query about the last time she fired a gun or attended church services “is not a relevant question

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Eric Florack on April 14th, 2008

Dan Drezner grew a bit, apparently, over the weekend. He’s still got a long way to go, in this, but the progress is notable.

Remember when I said earlier this week that, “Glenn Greenwald might be a good blogger/collumnist, but

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Eric Florack on April 14th, 2008

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s secret service has declined to assist U.S. agents guarding former U.S. President Jimmy Carter during a visit in which Israeli leaders have shunned him, U.S. sources close to the matter said on Monday.

 

Carter angered the

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Eric Florack on April 14th, 2008

Yeah, maybe.

I think I’ve found a theme that I like the look of, and at first blush doesn’t look like it’ll take forever to write our stuff to. The look is a little cleaner, though it’ll take some work

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davidl on April 13th, 2008

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[F]or all her claims of “experience” and leadership abilities, Hillary Clinton has now presided over two disastrous national enterprises, the most important professional undertakings of her adult life, both of which she began with ample wind at her back: the

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davidl on April 13th, 2008

My googling shows 642 bar & grills near Ann Arbor, Michigan.   So I find the amount of research required by E.M. to make this statement, staggering:

We noticed, quite casually, that the only place around us that actually uses Absolut

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Greg Sargent at TPM, yesterday:

Hillary chief strategist Geoffrey Garin dramatically raised the stakes in the battle over Barack Obama’s comments about small-town America, saying in an interview that they would be “damaging” to him in a general election, could

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Eric Florack on April 13th, 2008

Austin Bay, who I quote far too little:

Realclearpolitics.com featured last week’s Creators Syndicate newspaper column and the gents at Powerline commented. As the column attests, I saw the Basra and east Baghdad counter-militia operations very differently from the

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davidl on April 13th, 2008

Mrs. William ClintonIs Mrs. Clinton a staunch defender of individual freedom, or she merely a shriveling hoplophobe?    Well it depends on whose vote she is seeking.

In the previous century while seeking a Senate seat in hoplophobic New York State, Mrs. Clinton

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davidl on April 12th, 2008

OIl is at one hundred twelve dollars a barrel.   The democrats talk about energy independence, but refuse to anything to achieve it, Investor’s Business Daily:

Pennsylvania Democrats must choose between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, both of whom oppose

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davidl on April 12th, 2008

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Is Obama really trying to sell me that bullshit? That when he seemed to be denigrating small-town Americans as shoeless simpletons waving their guns and crosses in the air, as well as their “Mexicans, and Irish, Go Home!” placards, he

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