Showing posts with label Fred Thompson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fred Thompson. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

What Fred did between naps today

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Fred Thompson is plum tuckered out of the race. So sad. I had planned to use the words “plum tuckered out” many more times about His Fredn...
Friday, January 11, 2008

Republican debate, wherein is revealed why marriage is an important institution

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Republican debate , South Carolina, this time Fox generously allowed Ron Paul to participate, though they spent the whole evening asking him...
Monday, January 07, 2008

Republican debate: If you tell a half-truth as if it is the full truth, then it can become an untruth

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Hillary’s new theme is the contrast between talkers (Obama) and doers. This seems a little dangerous, since Bill Clinton was very much a ta...
Sunday, January 06, 2008

Republican debate: Not subject to a bunker mentality

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First of three presidential debates this weekend. Kill me. Transcript . In the foreign policy segment, the candidates all praised George B...
Wednesday, December 26, 2007

The culture of being outdoors

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I’ve seen several headlines along the lines of “San Francisco Zoo Baffled by Tiger’s Escape.” Well, since they haven’t found any welding eq...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

Pity the poor photo-journalists

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A man arrested on suspicion of growing cannabis was fed lunch in the holding cell, including what turned out to be a nice hash cake for dess...
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

It’s a wonder what takes place here

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Today Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, because, he said , dependence on oil “contributes to greenhouse gas admi...
Friday, December 14, 2007

Stop the Hand Shows!

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I’ve just received an email from the Fred Thompson campaign with the above subject line (I added the exclamation point; obviously Fred Thomp...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Republican Debate: You can’t really respect ‘em if you’re killing ‘em in the womb

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I thought we were done, but today there was another tedious debate ( tedious transcript ), there’s always another tedious debate – indeed, i...
Monday, December 10, 2007

Republican debate, Hispanic-style: It’s no picnic to be living as an illegal immigrant

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At the Univision debate ( transcript ), which would have been a lot more fun if Tancredo had shown up, the Republican presidential candidat...
Thursday, November 29, 2007

Above the fray

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In re-runs of last night’s debate, CNN censored (without mentioning that they were doing it) the question posed by the gay retired brigadier...
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Republican debate: working in a small tight unit

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Transcript (somewhat faulty), part 1 , part 2 . Another YouTube debate and, oh good, the first video is a song. Romney says Giuliani had a “...
Sunday, November 25, 2007

Reject the extreme within them

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The Annapolis Conference (motto: “Lower Your Expectations... No, Lower Than That... Lower... Keep Going...”) is about to begin. George Bush...
Thursday, November 15, 2007

In my heart, I am not a dictator

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Musharraf explains : “In my heart, I am not a dictator... The day when there is no turmoil in Pakistan, I will step down.” See, and you th...
Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Thompson and McCain sound the alarm against the UN and hippies and bears (oh my)

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I just received yet another email from the McCain campaign on the major issue of our times: Hillary Clinton’s support for a subsidy to the W...
Monday, October 29, 2007

Political exchange of the day: Fred Thompson

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At a campaign event in New Hampshire: Q: I’m proud to say that in January 2008 New Hampshire has passed a law facilitating civil unions her...
Sunday, October 21, 2007

Republican debate: There’s nothing funny about Hillary Clinton being president

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Transcript . Today’s pictures once again illustrate the many hand gestures of the Republican Party. Thompson makes a fat joke about Ted Ken...