davidl on January 31st, 2008

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It is time that a voice be raised on behalf of the 73 million, pointing out that profit, property rights, and freedom are inseparable and you cannot have the third unless you continue to be entitled to have the first

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Eric Florack on January 31st, 2008

As I was growing up, one of the lessons I learned from my folks was that if you don’t lie, you do’t have to worry about who you told what, later. That lesson seems to apply well to John McCain.

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Eric Florack on January 30th, 2008

James Joyner:

Ben Smith and David Paul Kuhn argue that poor showing in this campaign “seems also to mark the beginning of the end of a period in Republican politics that began on Sept. 11, 2001.”

“There’s a paradox for

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davidl on January 30th, 2008

There was a time not so long ago,when everybody in the Rochester area know when the Kodak bonuses came out.   The merchants heavily advertised the event.  In other words, you could not help but notice.    Now the  Kodak bonus on

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  • McQ puts up a few telling comments about Identity politics, in the context of the ever increasingly irrelevant “National Origination for (Leftist) Women. Not much of a shock that we both draw the same conclusion about NOW in particular… but

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davidl on January 30th, 2008

Hugh Hewitt says it not over and will not be over even after Super Tuesday.   Now it is clear that Mike Huckabee is running to spoil Mitt Romney’s chances and to garner a shot at Veep.  While the Huckster is

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davidl on January 30th, 2008

Wizard of Oz - twister

So uttered to me this morning.   The good news, is  that we don’t have Dorothy’s twister.   The bad news, it is far colder than a summer day in Kansas.   The morning fish wrapper said the peak wind speed should be

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Eric Florack on January 30th, 2008

And no, I’m not talking about Monica Lewinski, though I may get to that today.

No, I’m talking about the high wind conditions we were supposed to get yesterday… they didn’t develop until this morning, and when they did they

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davidl on January 30th, 2008

Mrs. William ClintonAs a candidate Mrs. Clinton has made a lot of promises   Can she be expected to keep any of them?   Remember that B.J. Clinton campaigned on the promise of a middle class tax cut but instead delivered a retroactive tax

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Eric Florack on January 29th, 2008

John Hawkins deals with a reader’s question about why the ‘sphere hasn’t been more effective in this campaign:

First of all, it is correct to say that the blogosphere’s two favorite candidates have been Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson, both

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  • Another Honorable Mention in the OTB Caption Contest.
  • The State of the Union was about as expected… as we discussed today….with Bush stating the truth, by and large and the Democrats with their fingers in their ears.
  • I find it

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davidl on January 29th, 2008

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At first thought the [Un]Ameican Civil Liberties Union seems to think the people of Cleveland are stupid:

The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge to block the March 4 presidential primary in Ohio’s most-populous county if it

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davidl on January 29th, 2008

Yesterday, I wrote about the New York State chapter of the NAG’s being pissed at Senator Oldsmobile.   I suppose giving a misogynic drunk a free pass on Chappaquiddick didn’t give the NAG’s the loyalty they thought their due.  The NAG’s

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Eric Florack on January 29th, 2008

A thought occurred to me as I was driving home froma  family event last evening… Is Bill Clinton really to blame for Hillary’s troubles in getting through the nomination process? Or are the Clintonistas offering him up as a target

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davidl on January 28th, 2008

Press release, in full, from the NAG-NY

ALBANY, NY (01/28/2008; 1101)(readMedia)– Women have just experienced the ultimate betrayal. Senator Kennedy’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton’s opponent in the Democratic presidential primary campaign has really hit women hard. Women have forgiven

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