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Category Archives: Politics
I’m Voting Republican
From a forum post: Okay, let’s work this out logically without a lot of emotion. If you vote for Obama…. You get this….. But if you vote for McCain…. You get this… I don’t know about you guys, but looking … Continue reading
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Tagged emotion, forum post, logical manner, mccain
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I’m Tired Of Republican Whining About The News Media
John McCain’s most important decision as the Republican nominee for president was his selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate. Palin is unknown nationally. She’s been a gift to the news media. As they look into her life, they … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged alaska national guard, larry king live, relentless refusal, republican presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, st paul minn
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Cigarettes Are Good For You
A carton of cigarettes that doubles as a Christmas card. From back when America was free. –Mary Q. Contrarian
Posted in Politics
Tagged carton, christmas, christmas card, cigarettes
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Obama’s Anti-Exceptionalism: “Their ports, their train systems, their airports are vastly the superior to us now.”
Hugh Hewitt writes: Powerline’s JohnHinderaker notes Obama’s pratfall on the Russian rape of Georgia –comparing it to our invasion of Iraq– is just the latest in a string of gaffes, and John didn’t even know when he wrote it that … Continue reading
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Tagged chinese building, Hugh Hewitt, invasion of iraq, moral equivalence, pollution controls, recent earthquake
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Joe Biden – Foreign Policy Expert?
I keep hearing the news media refer to Joe Biden as a foreign policy expert. That’s hilarious. The guy is an airhead. He can’t stop talking and saying stupid stuff. I remember Brit Hume wrote an article about him for … Continue reading
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Tagged antonio villariagosa, brit hume, joe biden, joseph r biden, la times, u s senate
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Sex Change Regret
The NJG: luke, check this out, people who regret having sex change therapy The NJG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyRQpIZFymc&feature=related The NJG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SCZpQUDiQ4&feature=related The NJG: really interesting stuff The NJG: I’m totally against sex changes, because it IS mutiliation, and, also, it is most … Continue reading
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Tagged la times, newsweek, newsweek article, NJG, sex change, sex changes
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The Sickening John Edwards Story
From the UK: Ken Layne, editor of the Washington DC gossip site Wonkette.com, argues on AOL’s Political Machine that what he calls "the respectable press" is avoiding the Edwards story not just because the "unseemly" National Enquirer is the main … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, John Edwards, Journalism, Politics
Tagged beverly hills hotel, hillary supporters, john and elizabeth edwards, national enquirer, senator john edwards, senator larry craig
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The More Religious The Jew, The More Pro-McCain
Shmuel Rosner blogs: For those who like to entertain themselves with questions of religion and politics, this new Gallup analysis is a blast. Although the bottom line is quite obvious – the more religious the voter the more likely he … Continue reading
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Tagged american jews, jewish voters, pew study, religion and politics, religious jews, shmuel rosner
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Joe Klein Apparently Unscathed By His Divided Loyalties Charge
Mickey Kaus writes: Klein Lives: Have the rules changed? Last Tuesday, Time‘s Joe Klein wrote: The fact that a great many Jewish neoconservatives–people like Joe Lieberman and the crowd over at Commentary–plumped for this war, and now for an even … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Politics
Tagged abraham foxman, anti defamation league, joe klein, joe lieberman, Mickey Kaus, s joe
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