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Category Archives: Politics
Liberal Thugs
Michael Barone writes: "I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors," Barack Obama told a crowd in Elko, Nev. "I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged alien and sedition acts, chicago annenberg challenge, elko nev, milt rosenberg, stanley kurtz, wgn radio
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Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?
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Posted in Politics
Tagged chicken john, dick cheney, Hillary Clinton, joe biden, john mc cain, Sarah Palin
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Rescuing McCain/Palin
The NJG: Luke, I think the McCain/Palin people need your help Luzdedos1: how? The NJG: try to dig dig dig up things on Bill Ayers The NJG: You have the ability to make it readable The NJG: I’m voting for … Continue reading
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Tagged bill ayers, journo, NJG, palin, real clear politics, youtube videos
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‘Munich’ Should Not Be A Dirty Word
Britain was not prepared for war in 1938. Neville Chamberlain had no illusions about Hitler. He did the right thing in Munich. From the Washington Post: Some other words of Churchill’s are too rarely quoted. They are from one of … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged human heart, magnanimity, neville chamberlain, preemptive war, utter disdain, wicked man
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613 Store Offering McCain/Palin Kipot
Joe emails: "Interesting anecdote – the 613 Mitzvah Store has a nice stack of McCain-Palin kippahs – none for Obama-Biden. If the issue is one of biography, McCain wins. No one with a brain and who goes to a church … Continue reading
Saving America’s Real Estate Market
From the Irish Times: The sweeping plan, which marks the biggest US government intervention in the financial system since the Great Depression, will bring the total cost of its market initiatives in the past fortnight close to $1 trillion. US … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged federal reserve chairman, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke, henry paulson, insurer aig, treasury secretary henry paulson, us treasury secretary
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Race & Politics
Dennis Prager says on his radio show: Who are these racists who won’t vote for Obama? Republicans wouldn’t vote Obama, or any Democrat, so the racists must be Democrats. What do the ten American cities with the highest poverty rates … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Politics
Tagged Dennis Prager, obama, race politics, racists, radio show
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Patriotism as the Defining Issue of the Campaign
Charedi Jew Jonathan Rosenblum writes: Patriotism is an issue, perhaps the defining issue. There is something very different between the visceral love of country that McCain discovered while imprisoned and tortured in another country and the “patriotism” of Obama, defined … Continue reading
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Tagged anti americanism, Jonathan Rosenblum, michelle obama, paragons, rsquo, tour of europe
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