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9 days ago |
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The Vichy Republicans: Striving for mediocrity ... - The New York Times's venomous and possibly deranged Frank Rich, who associated Sarah Palin with terrorism in his Sunday column this week, borrows from his previous archrival George Will in the claim that the White She Devil is a critter from hell and anyway, she will never be elected. |
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20 days ago |
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Speaking of senators from Indiana, what ever happened to Dan Quayle? - — The surprise retirement of Evan Bayh on Monday got me thinking about the man who humiliated Bayh's father, Birch Bayh, by beating the three-term incumbent in the 1980 election for the U.S. Senate in Indiana. |
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20 days ago |
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Obama's blind side on healthcare - — Why is President Barack Obama still willing to expend more wasted time and capital on trying to revive an already dead and buried healthcare bill? — His convening a live television summit on Feb. 25 where he has invited Republican leaders to join … |
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31 days ago |
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John Murtha - John Murtha was one of those guys whose influence ... - — John Murtha was one of those guys whose influence didn't really translate that well in today's media culture. — He was a rock-ribbed former Marine who had two key objectives in his congressional career: support the troops and take care of his district. |
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34 days ago |
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Sarah Palin takes $100,000 for populist Tea Party speech - — When Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense, it was one of the great best-sellers in history and made a ton of money by 1776 standards. Paine donated all of the money, every penny of it, for the troops of the continental army. |
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41 days ago |
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Obama speaking to House GOP - — President Barack Obama took questions from House Republicans at a conference in Baltimore today, in an event that looked like something out of British Parliament. One by one, the president was able to address and refute the Republican talking points. |
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57 days ago |
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Paula Nowakowski - As I drove my wife back to her office ... - — As I drove my wife back to her office after the funeral of my good friend Jeff Becker, a bumper sticker on the car in front of me caught my attention. “What if the hokey-pokey is what it is all about?” — The thought made me laugh, which is nice, because on Friday … |
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57 days ago |
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Time to dump Pelosi and Reid - — The White House is carefully plotting when it wants President Barack Obama to give his State of the Union address. This is a critical decision of national importance, for it can't take place on the same night as the season premiere of ABC's flagship show, “Lost.” |
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57 days ago |
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'Ted Kennedy's seat'? Scott Brown v. Kennedy II - — The Chicago Gang's strategy of taxing the unborn of future generations is a clever variation of the old-school tactic of reaching out to the dead when getting out the vote. It was standard practice generations back in Southie, where half of my family is from. |
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58 days ago |
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Palin positioning herself for presidential bid? - — Sarah Palin's agreement to deliver the keynote address at the first-ever National Tea Party Convention next month is sending shockwaves throughout the Republican Party. It appears that Palin is positioning herself as a 2012 presidential candidate. |
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