Filed at 1:42 pm, Sunday December 30th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Obama was on Meet The Press this morning. Here’s the tail end of his appearance. Transcript:
MR. RUSSERT: Before you go, you related a conversation that you had with your wife, Michelle, that if you didn’t run–win this time for president, you wouldn’t run again.
SEN. OBAMA: Well, no, what my wife said is, “We’re […]
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Filed at 1:42 pm, Sunday December 30th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
NYT: 2007 in photos.
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Filed at 12:41 pm, Sunday December 30th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
It’s not just the neo-nazis over at Stormfront.org that love Ron Paul– Hutter Gibson, the notorious anti-semitic conspiracy theorist Holocaust denier (and Mel Gibson’s dad) just endorsed him as well. Let’s get to know the elder Gibson, shall we?
Gibson vigorously denies that the Holocaust took place (”They claimed that there were 6.2 million in Poland […]
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Filed at 12:22 pm, Sunday December 30th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Edwards drops anti-Mellon family reference from speech, after getting almost $500,000 of their money
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Filed at 12:05 pm, Sunday December 30th 2007
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Fred Thompson admits: “I’m not particularly interested in running for president”
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Filed at 11:53 am, Sunday December 30th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Hillary’s Final Strategy: Be Afraid
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Filed at 11:52 am, Sunday December 30th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
What is torture good for?
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Filed at 9:43 am, Sunday December 30th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
In February, John Edwards was for sitting down and bringing corporations to the table to bargain about health care. Now he says he’s against it. Check out the change in his rhetoric.
John Edwards on sitting down and talking with special interests and corporations over health care, February 2007:
Edwards was asked whether he would bring in […]
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Filed at 10:33 pm, Saturday December 29th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
AFSCME has a new misleading negative direct mail piece out in New Hampshire, once again criticizing Barack Obama’s health care plan as a “band aid solution” to America’s health care crisis.
This, after two Harvard professors slammed AFSCME for spreading “factually inaccurate information” about Obama’s plan.
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“Obama is too timid to lead the way […]
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Filed at 4:25 pm, Saturday December 29th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Obama tries to combat negative AFSCME attacks with an Iowa robocall.
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Filed at 4:23 pm, Saturday December 29th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Some people, including esteemed commenters on this very site, don’t seem to understand what primaries are all about. If you criticize Hillary Clinton, inevitable nominee that she apparently is, you are not “keeping your eye on the ball” (the ball being Republicans).
Hey, I’ve got a great idea: how about we sink the ship? I […]
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Filed at 2:39 pm, Saturday December 29th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Bush signs the SCHIP extension (but not expansion) bill, funding the program until 2009.
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Filed at 2:00 pm, Saturday December 29th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Ron Paul and Hillary Clinton use the same cliche stock images for their ads.
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Filed at 12:01 pm, Saturday December 29th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
A joint statement from two Harvard professors, one of economics, the other of public health policy:
“The AFSCME website contains factually inaccurate information concerning Barack Obama’s health care proposal and misrepresents the likely effects of his plan to provide health care coverage for all Americans. Obama’s proposal is the most comprehensive and aggressive of any candidate […]
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Filed at 9:52 am, Saturday December 29th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
An anonymous donor, who funneled their money first through their lawyer, then through a front business has singlehandedly dropped almost half a million dollars into the dirty 527 group supporting John Edwards in Iowa and New Hampshire.
After investigative reporters discovered a mysterious $495,000 donation to the slush fund running inaccurate ads against Barack Obama in […]
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