Bithead’s Greatest Hits: John Edwards; 1-11-03

I’ve gotten some good responses from these repostings… particularly if they have a tie-in to today.  I think you’ll agree, this one does indeed, have such a tie-in.

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1-11-03, Rochester NY… It’s snowing tonight in Rochester. About everything is

Former Time magazine reporter and self-described liberal Matt Cooper is sticking up for rumored attorney general candidate Ted Olson, who has drawn criticism from Democrats even though he has not yet been nominated.Cooper writes on CondeNast Portfolio.com that Olson, “is

September 9 of 1957… A date which, apparently, will live in anonymity.

That was the date that president Eisenhower signed into effect the 1957 civil rights act.  Given that most of you are graduates of government schools, you’ve probably never

Tony Leys at the DesMoins Register says, in part:

 MoveOn.org should not have labeled Gen. David Petraeus “General Betray Us” in a controversial newspaper ad, Elizabeth Edwards said in Des Moines Friday.

“Someone who’s spent their life in the military

 It appears BlackFive has decided to fight fire with fire…

 Guess what I did at lunch? That’s right, I petitioned my government for redress of grievances, specifically illegal political advertising practices by the New York Times and MoveOn.org. We are

The Wall Street Journal,  on Dirty Harry Reid’s threat to Bork Ted Olson:

Is Mr. Reid saying that a Republican President can’t nominate any Republican as Attorney General? Or does he mean that President Bush can only nominate a

Dennis Kucinich travels to Syria to trash President Bush and laud Basser Assad.   See the YouTube video.

Syria has built nuclear installations,  according to Ynet News:

Washington official says Israeli surveillance shows possible Syrian nuclear installation stocked by

The Boston Globe this morning reports:As fog shrouded the State House steps, Governor Deval Patrick led a solemn ceremony this morning to mark the sixth anniversary of Sept. 11, calling the terrorist attacks of 2001 “a failure of human understanding.””We

Oh, goodie….

In a concession to Republicans, House Oversight Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) has promised to ask the National Archives for documents relating to President Bill Clinton’s Office of Political Affairs.

As a result, a Democratic push to

WorldNet Daily, who has been hittin’ them outta the park lately, has an interesting one:

Kathleen Willey, the woman who says Bill Clinton groped her in the Oval Office, claims she was the target of an unusual house burglary over

Speaking of corruption and the Democrats, I see The New Republic has taken it in the ear again.  and the denizens of The New Republic are well into their “duck and cover” routines.  I’m guessing that they are hitting the

I wrote last week about that political event in New Jersey were eleven Democrats got themselves busted corruption charges… Well, now the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey has  made the criminal complaints available online. It’s a fascinating read, though

The AP wire moved a story as of last night that has me only slightly puzzled :

  WASHINGTON -(AP) Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign said Monday it will return $850,000 in donations raised by Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu, who

In the New York Post,
Ralph Peters asks, “Listen to the General:”

Politically terrified by positive developments in Iraq, Democrats are trying to explain them away preemptively. Premature Iraqulator Sen. Charles Schumer even resorted to outright lies

I’ve spent the day, reading over some of the reaction to the testimony of General Petraeus, after listening to the testimony itself, once they figured out how to get the mikes working again.  (I’ll bet there hangs a tale.  )