Ron Paul, as you may know…particularly if you’ve been reading here, was on Meet the Press yesterday. Now I doubtless will be getting reaction from the Paulettes, as I do every freakin’ time I bring the subject up…. reaction not

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davidl on December 24th, 2007

The Washington Post is questioning the moral underpinnings of Mrs. Clinton’s campaign, “Racial Undercurrent Is Seen in Clinton Campaign:”

Mrs. William ClintonIt has unfolded mostly under the radar. But an important development in the 2008 Democratic battle may be the

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Eric Florack on December 23rd, 2007

[sticky till 12/26]

Editor’s Note: This is a time of year when I don’t envy the position of members of the cloth.


Such men and women find themselves in the position of having to write a sermon on essentially the

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Eric Florack on December 22nd, 2007

Billy;

While I do understand your disconnect here, give Reynolds a little credit… he’s clearly pointing at the hypocrisy of the whole thing.  That’s a valid angle as far as I’m concerned.  It’s certainly a comparison we’ve used often enough

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Eric Florack on December 21st, 2007

Just weeks away from a possible surprise victory in the primaries, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz has been waging a ferocious behind the scenes battle with the NEW YORK TIMES, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned, and has hired

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davidl on December 19th, 2007

Fred explained Mike Huckabee if a few short words: He is not a consevative.   Paul Mirengoff, Powerline, is a wee bit more verbose:.

Paul Mirengoff Huckabee seems to believe he deserves a “pass” by virtue of his status as an evangelical

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Eric Florack on December 19th, 2007

Here we go again, with the nonsense about making religion, a public issue incidental to an election this time from John over at Powerline:

I’m getting really tired of the role that religion is playing in this year’s election campaign.

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Eric Florack on December 19th, 2007

James Joyner:

Robert Byrd has been in the United States Senate since 1959, well before I was born, and has paved over the state of West Virginia with federal highways and monuments to himself. Now, though, his colleagues are trying

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Eric Florack on December 18th, 2007

Word from Scott Fybush that the weather system that brought us all the snow David spoke of yesterday, brought down a bunch of TV and radio stations in the Scranton area.

Just before 7:00 Sunday morning, the 823-foot tower of

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Eric Florack on December 18th, 2007

(AP)- Ailing leader Fidel Castro said in a letter read on state television Monday that he does not intend to cling to power forever or stand in the way of a younger generation, but invoked the example of a renowned

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Eric Florack on December 17th, 2007

I must say that I am absolutely amazed that Glenn Greenwald could possibly be this stupid.

Russ Feingold, today, on the effects of Harry Reid’s pro-administration dirty work:

This morning, the Senate starts debating legislation to expand the government’s

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Eric Florack on December 17th, 2007

The Wall Street Journal:

Hillary Clinton’s commanding lead in the polls has diminished, and with Oprah Winfrey stumping for Barack Obama, she’s called increasingly on the “star power” of husband Bill. But the ubiquitous presence of the former president

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Eric Florack on December 16th, 2007

NEW YORK —AP- Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits “Leader of the Band” and “Same Old Lang Syne” helped define the soft-rock era, died Sunday at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer. He was 56.His

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Eric Florack on December 15th, 2007

Mike Pethar over at Jawa:

This week, a battle in the gender war was won by the women. The heraldic lion on the coat of arms of the Nordic Battlegroup has been castrated.

Ouch!

The armed forces agreed to

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Eric Florack on December 14th, 2007

Billy;

An enduring mystery to me: I do not understand why anyone in this country stacks so much as one brick on top of another. Observe:

“The Bush tax cuts, more than any other policy, are crippling the government financially.”

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