Today’s quote of the day goes to GOP presidential hopeful Fred Thompson, who said regarding FEC rules:
“I wasn’t around when they made those rules, and I’m not abiding by them.”
Jon Porter (R-NY)… apparently not a big fan of bloggers or independent journalism.
Asked if he supports a federal shield law for the press, he said he did. However, the problem is how to protect legitimate reporters when there are web logs, “blogs,†whose authors can defame and lie with impunity because they can be […]
Here’s Larry Craig’s much-awaited statement that is supposed to explain everything:
BOISE, ID - Idaho Senator Larry Craig made the following statement in response to the Roll Call story this afternoon:
“At the time of this incident, I complained to the police that they were misconstruing my actions. I was not involved in any inappropriate conduct.
“I should […]
Earlier, I told you about how Mitt Romney’s campaign was trying to distance themselves from GOP Senator Larry Craig (Idaho), who it was revealed Monday, had plead guilty to lewd behavior in a public bathroom. I noted: “Mitt Romney’s campaign quickly took down a video of Larry Craig endorsing him from their YouTube account.” Well, […]
So apparently (who saw this coming?) “red states” tend to be fatter than “blue states.” Chris Bowers over at Open Left did an analysis and discovered that of the states that Bush carried twice (listed below in bold), there’s an almost perfect correlation with the fattest states in the nation:
Obesity Rankings Of Non-Mountain West States
1. Mississippi
2. West […]
Heh, heh, heh, Mitt Romney’s campaign quickly took down a video of Larry Craig endorsing him from their YouTube account. Looks like they forgot about this press release which is still on their website though:
Governor Mitt Romney today announced the first 25 members of the Romney for President Idaho Leadership Team, a group of leading […]
Flashback, Larry Craig, 1982.
Flashback… Larry Craig in 1999 on Meet The Press:
MR. RUSSERT: Larry Craig, would you want the last word from the Senate be an acquittal of the president and no censure?
SEN. CRAIG: Well, I don’t know where the Senate’s going to be on that issue of an up or down vote on impeachment, but I will […]
Okay, so remember when Bob Allen, the Florida state lawmaker who is a state co-chair for John McCain’s presidential bid, got arrested in a bathroom for offering oral sex to an undercover police officer for money?
Yeah, well another Republican is in trouble for something similar, it appears. Sorta, kinda, maybe. Roll Call:
Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) […]
Boy, Gonzales sure left Bush true to form. Lying up until the very end:
The New York Times, which first carried the scoop, reports: “As recently as Sunday afternoon, Mr. Gonzales was denying through his press spokesman, Brian Roehrkasse, that he intended to leave. Mr. Roehrkasse said Sunday afternoon that he had telephoned Mr. Gonzales about […]
Obviously, as everyone knows by now, Gonzales has resigned, effective September 17th. I’ll have thoughts on this in a while… Is his resignation coming because of White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten’s decree that everybody who hasn’t left by Labor Day (September 3rd) has to stay until the end of Bush’s term? Will Chertoff […]
In America, we often pride ourselves as being the first to revisit the idea of democracy since Rome. But now American democracy is ailing, and many other developed countries are kicking our butts in terms of turnout rates and general engagement in the democratic process. So how do we fix it? This is kind of […]
Here’s a question that’s been on my mind lately. How much is the Obama campaign spending (wasting?) on online advertisements?
Think about it- they’re practically everywhere. And full-flash ads of the type they use don’t come cheap. Whether via Google Adsense (they’re often on this site for instance), or via mainstream media site’s in-house advertising programs, […]
Well, I’m back in Chicago now. The flight went was fine, and I’m over at the house of some relatives. During the flight however, I started listening to an audiobook about Wal-Mart titled The Wal-Mart Effect.
Here’s an interesting fact I learned: Wal-Mart is so stingy that they require all their suppliers to either have a […]
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