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Category Archives: Politics
Why Do We Expect Presidential Candidates To Be Nice?
Anne Applebaum writes: But in order to become the candidate, both also had to make a series of utterly ruthless decisions, decisions that most nice guys would find unpalatable. I don’t care what a helpful father Michelle says he is, … Continue reading
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Tagged anne applebaum, cindy mccain, decisions decisions, golden retirement, presidential selection, ronald reagan
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How Would God Vote?
Joseph Farrah writes: In this presidential election year, many Americans are wondering how to vote – or even if they should vote. Into this quandary enters a new book by David Klinghoffer of the Discovery Institute with the audacious title … Continue reading
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Tagged amnesty for illegal aliens, comprehensive immigration reform, David Klinghoffer, joseph farrah, personal weapons, u s constitution
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Will the Democrats cave on telecom immunity?
Sometimes I’ll feel like I’ve been unfair to political scientist Raphael J. Sonenshein and I’ll try reading him again, only to discover why I loathe the man’s thinking. In this article, he blasts the Democrats for caving in to the … Continue reading
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Tagged bush administration officials, compromise measure, convincing demonstration, legal immunity, nancy pelosi, speaker nancy pelosi
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Emma Opposes Irish Ratification Of The New European Union Treaty
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) — Ireland’s citizens voted Thursday on whether to accept or reject the European Union’s new reform treaty, a painstakingly negotiated pact that would be damaged or destroyed by an Irish ”No.” The Lisbon Treaty seeks to reshape … Continue reading
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Republicans Are The Pity Party
Peggy Noonan writes in the WSJ: Could the party pivot from the president? I spoke this week to Clarke Reed of Mississippi, one of the great architects of resurgent Republicanism in the South. When he started out, in the 1950s, … Continue reading
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Tagged breast pocket, civil rights legislation, conservative principles, county organizations, disenchantment, election loss, good housekeeping, great architects, housekeeping seal, military state, mississippi one, mr bush, mr reed, peggy noonan, pity party, poor candidate, republican chairman, republicanism, s cafe, southern republican
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