Monday, January 21, 2008

McCain’s high regard for his supporters

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The NYT Saturday quoted McCain saying he would do well among South Carolina’s social conservative voters “because of their fear of radical ...
Sunday, January 20, 2008

Some Martin Luther King Jr Day thoughts

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From Newt Gingrich, at the Republican Party National Convention, August, 13, 1996: A mere 40 years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning...
Saturday, January 19, 2008

Huckabee’s action steps; Giuliani’s secret weapon is revealed

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Rudy is fighting back against the Chuck Norris Factor by finding his own celebrity endorser. I got an email today from the Giuliani campaig...
Friday, January 18, 2008

It’s really to prove for peace

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Bush was interviewed in Saudi Arabia earlier this week by Nightline . He admitted that he had something to prove on his Middle East trip, “b...

Flocke: quod erat demonstrandum

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Bush’s Interior Dept is claiming that oil and gas drilling off Alaska couldn’t possibly threaten polar bears. Unless there’s an oil spill, ...
Thursday, January 17, 2008

Very sincere

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The film “The Kiterunner” has been banned in Afghanistan, I assume by the Department of Irony. In an interview on Fox, Bush says of the Ira...

The Bible was not written to be amended. The Constitution was.

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In an interview with Beliefnet.com, Mike Huckabee tries to re-spin his view that we need to “amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s stand...

Once you label it “genocide” you obviously have to do something about it

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Bush met with the Special Envoy for Sudan Rich Williamson because the people of Sudan “suffer deprivation and rape. My administration call...

CONTEST: Name the followers

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Supporters of presidential candidates are called, by themselves or others, such things as McCainiacs, Fred Heads, Paultards, Romulans etc. ...

Trends

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Last year the US had the lowest number of abortions since 1976, but greatly increased the number of air strikes in Iraq. Coincidence? Di...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

A wonder

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Huckabee says he can appeal to South Carolina voters because when he was in college, he used to fry squirrels in his dorm room (was that at...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Democratic debate: Is America ready for a president with a messy desk?

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Democratic debate, in Nevada, with poor Dennis Kucinich losing a court case to force MSNBC to let him in, not 90 minutes before the start ti...

Amending the Constitution so it’s in Huckabee’s God’s standards

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Mike Huckabee: “I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. But I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Con...

Chimpy of Arabia II: When I said optimistic about a state being defined, why

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Yesterday Bush met with some Saudi entrepreneurs, because “It’s important for the president to hear thoughts, hopes, dreams, aspirations, c...
Monday, January 14, 2008

Chimpy of Arabia

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Bush is now in Saudi Arabia. He brought a present : $9 billion in arms deals ($20b for his Arab allies in the region as a whole). They gave...

Understanding the UAE

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Bush in the UAE: “I don’t think most Americans understand the UAE.” My brain isn’t working this morning. I’m gonna declare a special Bush-...
Sunday, January 13, 2008

I sure hope it’s not about race

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In my last post, I should probably have mentioned that Bush’s speech in the UAE also included a fierce attack on Iran, which he called “the ...

Bush in the UAE

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Bush went to the United Arab Emirates today and gave a speech . He told the Emirati they should get one a those democracies, because “democ...
Saturday, January 12, 2008

Bush in the Middle East: People say, what are you talking about, hateful vision?

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Bush continues to tour the Middle East. This morning he was in Kuwait, where he met with Petraeus and Crocker and with American soldiers. “...

Incidental torture: Rasul v. Myers

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The D.C. Circuit Court ruled yesterday in Rasul v. Myers (click here for the ruling, pdf) that four former Guantanamo prisoners (the ones t...