Eric Florack on January 4th, 2008

Was installing a new screen in my Palm Pilot, tonight. While working, I had a chance to mentally break down each candidate with respect to Iowa.

Some notes in no particular Order:

Mike Huckabee;

Huckabee did about as well as

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davidl on January 4th, 2008

Danger extreme  hatred for the human race on display.  From Times Online(UK):

legg_sharon.jpgA married mother of three has won thousands of pounds in compensation from a gay nightclub that discriminated against her because she is heterosexual.

Sharon Legg, 33,

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Just about everyone has weighed in on this one. AP’s Ron Fournier, for one:

DES MOINES, Iowa – Mike Huckabee may have finally gone too far.

After running an unconventional, surprisingly strong and sometimes strange race to the top tier

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It’s New Year’s Day, and I’ve got a day off.

I’m watching a huge orgasm in non-coverage occurring in the primary states this morning, particularly Iowa. in watching all of this nonsense the last couple of days I am reminded

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Eric Florack on December 31st, 2007

Here’s a few posts from BitsBlog that caught my eye and my immediate memory, as I scanned over the posts from the last year.

Harry Reid,man of the land…. deal.
Barbara Boxer back in CAIR’s good graces
Joe Biden: Barack

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davidl on December 29th, 2007

Mrs. William ClintonMrs. Clinton touts her experience, and the fact she thinks herself ready to lead our nation in a time of war.  Yet Mrs. Clinton said this, from AFP:

Hillary Clinton Friday called for an independent, international probe into Benazir

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davidl on December 25th, 2007

Ron Paul, grade A screwball

Is Ron Paul a nazi?   Well some of Paul’s well embraced supporters are.   Virginia Heffernan, New York Times,  describes Paul’s “nazi  troubles:

Ron Paul, our Internet president, seems to have Nazi troubles, as in they’re saying he’s

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Eric Florack on December 24th, 2007

I wanted to pass along a couple of pictures that were passed along to me by readers last year. I never got the chance to use them last season because I didn’t see them until well after new year’s. But

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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

Dan Solove over at Concurring Opinions:

Over at Civilities, Jon Garfunkel points out that many blogs that use Site Meter and other third-party visitor tracking services are publicly displaying a lot of information about their readers: IP addresses, domains,

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davidl on December 22nd, 2007

Mr. and Mrs. ClintonAnne E. Kornblut and Alec MacGillis, Washington Post, report Mrs.  Clinton is now claiming the legacy of the adminstration of her husband, B.J. Clinton.   By my reasoning, Mrs. Clinton has just claimed co-ownership of everything from the Gennifer Flowers’

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Eric Florack on December 22nd, 2007

CONCORD, N.H., Dec. 21 -Washington Post- After months of discussion within her campaign over how heavily she should draw on her husband’s legacy, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is closing out her Iowa and New Hampshire campaigns in a tight embrace

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Eric Florack on December 19th, 2007

  Jonathan Martin at the politico is reporting that Tom Tancredo is about ready to call it quits. Which, as it happens is approximately as important as announcing that the 17th St kazoo band is going to be playing in East

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Eric Florack on December 19th, 2007

I see Drudge teasing a National Enquirer headline about a supposed lovechild scandal involving “John Edward’s Love child”.

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Ummm guys? Let’s remember, first of all, that the National Enquirer is to honest news reporting what the New York Times is

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Eric Florack on December 18th, 2007

Noted over at LGF:

Here’s one of those emails that’s so insane I suspected it was a hoax; but the IP address traces to the Arabian peninsula state of Oman, so it’s probably the real deal. Our admirer found us

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