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White House spokeswoman Dana Perino on Rush Limbaugh’s recent defamation of American soldiers who oppose the Iraq war:
From a Fox News poll:
When a presidential candidate is in the middle of giving a campaign speech, do you think he or she should interrupt the speech to take a cell phone call from their spouse, or should the call be ignored until after the speech?
Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
A little while ago, everybody watched a video of Dick Cheney in 1994 saying that taking out Saddam Hussein wasn’t worth it. Now we learn more about Cheney’s prior views, in this video from 1992 when Cheney was the Secretary of Defense:
In this Q&A session when he was Secretary of Defense, Cheney said that a […]
Today’s quote of the day goes to Sam Brownback, who said, noting the absense of the GOP frontrunners at last night’s African-American-centered Republican debate hosted by Tavis Smiley:
“I think this is a disgrace that they are not here. I think it’s a disgrace to our country. I think it’s bad for our party, and I […]
Big props to Tavis Smiley for having the guts to line up empty podiums at the GOP debate tonight to represent where Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson would have stood if they cared about the concerns of African Americans. Also, yes. That’s Alan Keyes on the far right (pun intended).
What a surprise:
The American security contractor Blackwater USA has been involved in a far higher rate of shootings while guarding American diplomats in Iraq than other security firms providing similar services to the State Department, according to Bush administration officials and industry officials.
Blackwater is now the focus of investigations in both Baghdad and Washington […]
Me on Monday:
You know what I find really, really obnoxious? When Hillary Clinton laughs at something that’s not in the least bit funny. It’s a politician’s trick, to laugh at criticism in a way that suggests they’re not concerned about it or that it’s shallow criticism, but one thing I’ve noticed recently is that she […]
Today’s quote of the day goes to Rush Limbaugh, in the following on-air discussion about troop withdrawal:
CALLER: No, it’s not, and what’s really funny is, they never talk to real soldiers. They like to pull these soldiers that come up out of the blue and talk to the media.
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It’s been almost a decade after Matthew Sheperd was brutally beaten to death simply because he was gay. His killers served only a short time in prison because of loopholes in existing laws and the glaring lack of hate crimes legislation to protect gays and lesbians, just as hate crimes legislation exists to protect others […]
Good news! No sooner did the NYT report on it, Verizon has reversed their earlier decision to bar NARAL Pro-Choice America from using their network for text messaging:
“The decision to not allow text messaging on an important, though sensitive, public policy issue was incorrect, and we have fixed the process that led to this isolated […]
Mayor Bloomberg wades into dangerous water:
In his most detailed comments on the Iraq war, Mayor Bloomberg last night suggested the United States was in the same difficult position as the British in the Revolutionary War - facing a determined band of insurgents.
Bloomberg said the comparison occurred to him when he visited his mother recently and […]
Apparently women’s rights are far too “controversial or unsavory” for Verizon to be associated with.
I didn’t have a chance to watch the debate live (I had a class), and I’m working on homework right now, but did anybody watch it? Who stood out? Was there a clear winner? What will we be reading in the headlines tomorrow? Were there any YouTube moments?
Via an emailer, here are several exclusive photos from the pre-debate sign wars in Hanover, New Hampshire. Just for reference, Paul Hodes is the Congressman from New Hampshire’s second district, and he’s endorsed Obama, which explains why there are Obama supporters holding up his signs. Also, John Sununu is one of NH’s Republican senators who […]
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Above is part one of the recent hip hop hearing on the Hill. It includes the opening statements of witnesses David Banner (rapper), Master P (former rapper) and Michael Dyson (professor). It’s really, really worth a listen if you’re inclined to buy into the demonization and scapegoating of rap put forth by such […]
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