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Steve Schmidt, Former McCain Campaign Chief, On Mehlman Fundraiser: Same-Sex Marriage Becoming Conservative Cause
Post Date: 2010-08-31 14:51:33 by Skip Intro
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Steve Schmidt, Former McCain Campaign Chief, On Mehlman Fundraiser: Same-Sex Marriage Becoming Conservative Cause A major same-sex marriage fundraiser hosted by former RNC chairman Ken Mehlman and other Republicans provides one of the sharpest illustrations of how gay rights is becoming a cause among more elite, establishment members of the GOP. In addition to Mehlman, who recently announced that he was gay, the list of attendees includes several surprises, such as Ben Ginsburg, one of the Republican Party's top lawyers, and Henry Kravis and Paul Singer, two of the biggest donors to the GOP. According to one gay-rights activist involved in similar efforts, the fundraising pool goes ...
More Iraqis Approved of U.S Leadership Under Bush Than Obama, Says Gallup Poll
Post Date: 2010-08-31 13:32:22 by no gnu taxes
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With President Barack Obama preparing to give a speech tonight from the Oval Office announcing the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, recently released polling data from Gallup indicates that the Iraqi people approved of the job performance of the American leadership more under President George W. Bush, who invaded their country and overthrew the dictatorial regime of Saddam Hussein, than they do under Obama, who opposed the invasion of Iraq and has repeatedly vowed to have all U.S. troop out of that country by the end of 2011. From March 5 to June 14, 2008, when Bush was still in office, Gallup asked 1,000 Iraqi adults this question: "Do you approve or disapprove of the job ...
One can debate whether Obama is a terrible President–I think he is–but I don’t think anyone can deny that he is an unmanly jerk.
Post Date: 2010-08-31 13:05:56 by no gnu taxes
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Why can’t Obama be a man and admit that his predecessor, George Bush, deserves credit for the surge that has made possible the troop withdrawal for which Obama desperately takes credit? Byron York documents the Obama administration’s contortions on Iraq: At Monday’s White House briefing, spokesman Robert Gibbs gave reporters a preview of President Obama’s speech on Iraq. Obama will apparently take credit for withdrawing U.S. troops — “We are completing a drawdown of almost 100,000 troops that…many did not think was possible,” Gibbs said — but is unlikely to acknowledge any special role played by George W. Bush’s troop surge. … ...
Homeowner’s Fight Involves Gadsden Flag Tied to Tea Party [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-08-31 12:40:27 by Brian S
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LAVEEN, Ariz. — Don’t tread on Andy C. McDonel. This year, Mr. McDonel began flying a yellow “Don’t Tread on Me” flag on his roof in this unincorporated area just outside Phoenix. The historic banner — which dates to 1775, when it was hoisted aboard ships during the initial days of the Revolutionary War — has been adopted by the Tea Party movement. But Mr. McDonel said that he had unfurled the flag for its historical significance and nothing else. He notes that the banner, the Gadsden flag, has been widely used over the years and was even featured on the cover of a rock album. “Am I a Metallica fan because I’m using the flag?” he asked. ...
Washington Whispers: Ted Kennedy an Innocent Chappaquiddick Victim
Post Date: 2010-08-31 12:36:04 by no gnu taxes
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This is one story that U.S. News & World Report's Washington Whispers might want to keep to a low whisper or risk even more ridicule than what they are already receiving. Paul Bedard, writing in Washington Whispers, quotes Kennedy's biographer and former girlfriend who claim that Ted was really an innocent victim of the Chappaquiddick accident. Here is Kennedy biographer Burton Hersh making the case for Kennedy as merely a lousy driver: Now, a year after Kennedy died, his lifelong biographer Burton Hersh, armed with fresh interviews with Kennedy's mistress at the time, tells Whispers that the whole July 1969 episode should have been handled as a simple crash, leaving the ...
Oval Office Makeover To Debut In Iraq Speech
Post Date: 2010-08-31 11:39:50 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- When President Barack Obama addresses the nation on Iraq Tuesday night, his Oval Office setting will be sporting a new look - and one that pays homage to Martin Luther King Jr. and four previous presidents. While the president and his family were away on vacation in Martha's Vineyard, workers installed new wallpaper, a new rug, new sofas, lamps and a coffee table. Officials gave photographers a look hours before the speech was to be delivered at 8 p.m. EST. The rug - an oval-shaped wheat, cream and blue carpet woven by the Scott Group of Grand Rapids, Mich. - was made with 25 percent recycled wool, the White House said. Officials said it was donated by the ...
Sixty Three Days!!!
Post Date: 2010-08-31 11:17:47 by Skip MacLure
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In the five day news cycle of politics, that’s the blink of an eye. Liberals got a good look at the real America when Glenn Beck’s call to God and country caused a mere 600,000 or so of you to pay your own way to travel to Washington DC. I wrote in February 2009 that there was a ‘different’ feel out here… people were visibly, and more importantly audibly, upset at Barack Hussein Obama’s abrupt shift to the left. I said, that in this day and age of instant communication, he wouldn’t be able to hide who he really is for long. I was gratified to be right, as layer after layer of spin, cover and distortion were stripped from Obama’s public persona, and ...
It should be obvious to even the worst Obma ass suckers how he is destroying the economy
Post Date: 2010-08-31 11:04:10 by no gnu taxes
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Businesses cannot make long term plans because because this asshole kenyan has put so many dumbass ideas forward that just destroy US competetiveness: 1. Obamacrapcare aka The Insurance Company Bill - Massive increases in insurance premiums and requirements to cover many extra employees. 2. Tax increases - these "rich" that make over $250,000 that the Kenyan wants to raise taxes on are mostly small business owners who file individual tax returns for their small business. Obama is taxing away jobs these businesses might provide. 3. Cap and tax - Obama has put forth multiple schemes which are driving energy costs higher. Cap and tax is a WMD hanging over the heads of business ...
Mike Savage October Surprise Prediction
Post Date: 2010-08-30 22:33:16 by A K A Stone
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Mike Savage was talking about approval for massive sales of gasoline and Diesel fuel to Israel. He says that he thinks that Israel has been given the green light to attack Iran. That it is the October surprise and democrats will not be swept out of power because they will not be seen as the weeklings that Obama looks like riding his bicycle around.
Gay Republicans Rising [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-08-30 19:53:38 by Skip Intro
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Gay Republicans Rising NEW YORK – Will the Republican Party follow Ken Mehlman’s lead and step out on gay rights? Historian Timothy McCarthy imagines a future where the GOP starts talking like Harvey Milk. Every queer knows that some of the biggest homophobes are closet cases. Simply recall the names of Mark Foley, Ted Haggard, Larry Craig, or George “rent-boy” Rekers. The latest Republican to move from the closet to the Log Cabin is Ken Mehlman, the architect of George W. Bush’s successful 2004 reelection campaign and former chairman of the Republican National Committee. Judging by the current political climate, Mehlman’s coming out may not be an ...
Hurricane Earl Hits Category 4, 130 Mph Winds; On Track To Brush U.S. This Week
Post Date: 2010-08-30 18:59:10 by Brian S
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Hurricane Earl has churned into a big Category 4 storm as Puerto Rico braces for winds, rain, heavy sea. Winds from a category 4 storm can range from 131-155 miles per hour. Earlier Monday Hurricane Earl lashed the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rains and sustained winds of 125 mph while moving on a course that could threaten the eastern United States later this week. A hurricane watch has been issued for Puerto Rico. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Earl, which formed yesterday, is likely to keep growing. Earl is expected to brush the Mid-Atlantic coast of the U.S. in midweek, with its closest approach to North Carolina on Thursday, reports CBS News correspondent Don ...
House Democratic Campaign Arm Goes Negative
Post Date: 2010-08-30 18:58:49 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats' House campaign committee is starting its first advertising blitz of the fall election cycle Tuesday with a TV spot hammering Wisconsin GOP candidate Sean Duffy, one of several Republicans who are threatening to wrest an open Democratic seat. The ad charges that Duffy, running for the Republican nomination to succeed retiring Rep. David Obey, favors privatizing Social Security. It's the first salvo in what promises to be a series of highly negative ads by Democrats as they fight an uphill battle to keep control of the House in a toxic political environment. The party's decision to air it before Labor Day reflects what strategists say privately is a ...
Republican Infighting Intensifies As Tea Party Notches Wins
Post Date: 2010-08-30 18:47:53 by Brian S
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Bruising Republican primary battles, many involving Tea Party candidates, have led to intense Republican infighting that has left GOP officials worried they could end up squandering big opportunities to pick up seats in the House, Senate and governor's mansions in November. The GOP's worries were fully articulated in a plea from New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman John Sununu, who wrote an op-ed piece in Granite State papers pleading with GOP candidates to curb the negative attacks on each other. It ran under the headline, "Republican Fratricide Makes Winning Easier for Democrats." In Alaska, Republicans may knock each other out on the November ballot and allow a ...
Ron Paul’s Shocking Message To The Tea Party
Post Date: 2010-08-30 18:07:02 by Capitalist Eric
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Ron Paul has some surprising news for the Tea Party: You’re being taken for a ride. At least this is what many libertarians like Ron Paul believe when they see someone like Glenn Beck or Sarah Palin trying to lead the Tea Party at the “restoring honor” rally this weekend. In fact, Ron Paul believes, if you’re looking for real freedom, you should really go back to the core of the constitution and the bill of rights, which Beck and Palin do not fully endorse when you really look at their beliefs. Whether it be Palin’s support for starting more wars or Beck’s beliefs on paying the private Federal Reserve MORE interest on our money by means of a VAT tax. Ron ...
CBO says stimulus may have added 3.3 million jobs [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-08-30 15:54:08 by go65
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President Obama's much-maligned economic stimulus package added as many as 3.3 million jobs to the economy during the second quarter of this year, and may have prevented the nation from lapsing back into recession, according to a report released Tuesday by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. In its latest quarterly assessment of the act, the CBO said the stimulus lowered the unemployment rate by between 0.7 and 1.8 percentage points during the quarter ending in June and increased the number of people employed by between 1.4 million and 3.3 million. The higher figure would come close to making good on Obama's pledge that the act would save or create as many as 3.5 million ...
DOJ Guide For Investigators Of Criminal And Extremist Groups Lists “Constitutionalists”, “Survivalists” Alongside Orgs. Like Al-Qaeda And The Aryan Brotherhood [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-08-30 14:16:11 by Brian S
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A recent Department of Justice guide for investigators of criminal and extremist groups lists “constitutionalists” and “survivalists” alongside organizations like Al-Qaeda and the Aryan Brotherhood. The 120-page, “Law Enforcement Sensitive” guide to “Investigating Terrorism and Criminal Extremism – Terms and Concepts” describes itself as “a glossary designed primarily as a tool for criminal justice professionals to enhance their understanding of words relating to extremist terminology, phrases, activities, symbols, organizations, and selected names that they may encounter while conducting criminal investigations or prosecutions of ...
Standoff Continues After Two Police Officers Were Killed During ‘Ambush’ In Hoonah, Alaska [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-08-30 14:05:05 by Brian S
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If you live in the Southeast Alaska town of Hoonah, you're advised to stay away from Front Street. As of 7 p.m. Sunday, authorities were engaged in a standoff with John Marvin Jr., the suspect in the alleged ambush and killing of Hoonah police officers Matthew Tokuoka and Anthony Wallace Saturday night. Here's the updated press release: Troopers Continue Efforts to Arrest Man Allegedly Responsible for Ambush(HOONAH, Alaska)- Troopers and other law enforcement entities on scene are continuing their efforts to peacefully resolve the situation."My deepest condolences go out to the officer's families, to the Hoonah Police Department and to the community of Hoonah," said ...
Louisiana Voters: Obama sucked in his oil spill response
Post Date: 2010-08-30 12:10:10 by no gnu taxes
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The oil spill in the Gulf may be mostly out of the headlines now but Louisiana voters aren't getting any less mad at Barack Obama about his handling of it. Only 32% give Obama good marks for his actions in the aftermath of the spill, while 61% disapprove. Louisianans are feeling more and more that George W. Bush's leadership on Katrina was better than Obama's on the spill. 54% think Bush did the superior job of helping the state through a crisis to 33% who pick Obama. That 21 point margin represents a widening since PPP asked the same question in June and found Bush ahead by a 15 point margin. Bush beats Obama 87-2 on that score with Republicans and 42-30 with independents, ...
Earl Now Major Hurricane, Headed Toward East Coast
Post Date: 2010-08-30 11:41:50 by Brian S
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Hurricane Earl has strengthened into a major Category 3 storm Monday and could arrive off the East Coast of the U.S. by the end of this week. It is currently rocking the Caribbean's Northern Leeward Islands. The National Hurricane Center said Earl is now the second major hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic season, with winds up to 120 miles per hour . Hurricane warnings are in effect for Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, Anguilla, St. Martin and St. Barthelemy, St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius, the British and the U.S. Virgin islands. A hurricane watch is also in effect for Puerto Rico. Hurricane Danielle has moved into the North Atlantic and is now more of a ...
How Bad Is It For Obama? Look How He's Completely Lost The New York Times Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-bad-is-it-for-obama-look-how-hes-completely-lost-the-new-york-times-2010-8#ixzz0y6Gbkc8q
Post Date: 2010-08-30 10:41:23 by no gnu taxes
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The big political event of the weekend was Glenn Beck getting at least 100,000 to hear him talk about faith and restoring America, and all that stuff. And yes, the level of motivation on the right is bad news for the Democrats. But it's not just that the right is uber-motivated. One of Obama's key bases -- the NYT and its readers -- is throwing in the towel. Check out this Krugman post where he wonders when Obama is finally going to do something bold on the economy... and then check out the dispirited comments. Here's one of the top-rated ones: I don't understand the inaction (both legislatively and use of his bully pulpit) either.... I can only HOPE, that the President ...
Michigan Republican Convention Erupts In Anger; Rick Snyder Calls For Unity
Post Date: 2010-08-29 18:42:28 by Brian S
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EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan Republican convention erupted into anger Saturday as tea party activists fought with party regulars over candidates and convention rules. Gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder appealed for unity, but the moderate Ann Arbor businessman got only a tepid response from conservatives in the crowd. Snyder spokesman Bill Nowling said much of the disgruntlement stemmed from activists' anger at a bottleneck over getting credentials as they tried to get into Michigan State University's sprawling basketball arena, the Breslin Center. Candidates nominated The statewide candidates nominated Saturday at the Michigan Republican Party convention: * Governor: ...
Palin in Ascendance, Liberals Admit Defeat
Post Date: 2010-08-29 17:41:27 by no gnu taxes
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She certainly has them on the run. At the National Mall rally on Saturday, Sarah Palin delivered an eloquent and moving tribute to servicemen and a nonpartisan call to restore — not transform — America. The complete text should be read in full. (If you are not moved to tears by the stories of three heroic military men, you have a heart of stone.) I admit that I had some serious reservations about the Glenn Beck rally. To put it mildly, I’m no fan of Beck’s, and his rhetoric has given liberals plenty of fodder to paint the right as extreme and incendiary. But both he and certainly Palin conducted themselves well — sticking to general themes of faith and service. ...
I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I drink this
Post Date: 2010-08-29 14:43:30 by no gnu taxes
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Stay thirsty my friends
In Pictures: Washington Conservative Rally- BBC PICS of BECK RALLY
Post Date: 2010-08-29 14:31:39 by Murron
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In Pictures: Washington Conservative Rally- BBC PICS of BECK RALLY National Mall Left Spotless After Beck Rally (Video)
Poster Comment:By contrast, here are the pics from the Obummer Rally
New Ballots Could Boost Murkowski
Post Date: 2010-08-29 13:48:03 by Brian S
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Joe Miller's lead over incumbent Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's U.S. Senate race continues to shock the state and the nation. Miller, backed by the Tea Party Express and Sarah Palin, enjoys a nearly 2-percent edge of election-day votes, and all precincts have reported. However, more than 23,000 ballots remain to be counted. Saturday, state elections officials released the amount, along with a detailed breakdown of the ballots yet to be counted. Most of those 23,472 ballots are absentee votes, but also yet to be counted are questioned ballots, as well as a few remaining early votes and those from touch-screen voting machines designed for the disabled. Miller currently holds a ...
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