Eric Florack on March 1st, 2008

McGehee:

Back in the days before the Civil War (according to James Michener), people emigrating to Texas would sometimes paint the letters “GTT” on their wagons: “Gone to Texas.”

Heh. And here, I thought it was because they wanted their

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Eric Florack on February 28th, 2008

Barack Obama has ratcheted up his attacks on NAFTA, but a senior member of his campaign team told a Canadian official not to take his criticisms seriously, CTV News has learned.

So says CTV this morning. 

Yeah, well, no shock

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davidl on February 28th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleMaybe it was the fault of the building?

(CNN) — The building where a gunman killed five people at Northern Illinois University two weeks ago will be demolished, state officials said Wednesday

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s office confirmed

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Eric Florack on February 27th, 2008

Let’s take a little trip back in time…  I recognize many of my readers were not even alive back then, but… let’s try.
Mike Dukakis, trying to look presidentialThink back to the election… the general, back 1989…when Bush41 was running against Mike Dukakas. Remember the

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Eric Florack on February 25th, 2008

 I note with some amusement, our fellow SwampStomper, Gaius over at Blue Crab:

I have not bothered to comment on that picture of Barack Obama wearing the garb of a Somali elder that was circulated over the weekend. I’m glad

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I note Patrick Healy giving some notice to the building falling down around Hillary Clinton.

Morale is low. After 13 months of dawn-to-dark seven-day weeks, the staff is exhausted. Some have taken to going home early – 9 p.m. –

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davidl on February 25th, 2008

Michelle Malkin announces major changes at Hot Air.  Byran Preston is out.  Ed Morrissey is in.   Laura Ingraham has a new producter and Captain’s Quarters is going TUDD.  

Ed Morrissey is a great writer.   However Michelle’s new line-up

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Eric Florack on February 24th, 2008

By way of fellow Swamp Stomper, the Dread Pundit Bluto, And Breitbart, we see AFP offering up:

Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain Friday said he hoped Fidel Castro’s resignation would be followed by his speedy demise, and rapped

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  • I’m going to have to post a really good quip someday. Meanwhile, your humble webmaster got himself another Honorable Mention at the OTB Caption Contest.
  • I said it last night; I had my doubts that Sadr was going to break

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  • James Joyner notes the passage of another milestone… 24 million. He’s up to a million hits per month, now. I suppose this to be a good bench test for WordPress. Congrats from here, James.
  • With the new job, my posting

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  • http://bitsblog.theconservativereader.com/files/2006/12/bnr.jpgSo, now we see that Mike Huckabee has been eliminated from the race, numerically. The result of the Patomic Runoffs is exactly that; Huckabee has no chance.  Byron York wrote about this yesterday at NRO:

    The time is coming

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Eric Florack on February 13th, 2008
  • So what happens if/when Barrack Obama gets into office? Are we going to see the race hucksters coming out of the oval office woodwork every time someone questions an action by Obama, and charging racism? Will we in fact see

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Eric Florack on February 13th, 2008

“Hillary Clinton! You’ve lost the last six primaries in a row, and now Obama is beating you even when your ace in the hole, the Superdelegates are counted. You’ve already blown out your campaign manager, and your asst campaign manager

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davidl on January 9th, 2008

Chris Matthew describes himself as brutal on Mrs. Clinton:

“I think the Hillary appeal has always been about the mix of toughness and sympathy. Let’s not forget, and I’ll be brutal, the reason she’s a US Senator, the reason she’s

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Eric Florack on January 3rd, 2008

Said Yaser, murderer of his own Children Have you seen this walking garbage pile? If so, contact police.

IRVING, Texas —AP- Police continued searching for a man suspected of shooting his two teenage daughters, including one who called 911 about an hour before officers found them dead

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