Category Archives: Politics

John Edwards Love Child Scandal – A Year Ago This Woman Told Newsweek ‘She Sees The Untucked John Edwards Coming More And More To The Fore’

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Luke Ford

Daniel Radosh beat Drudge by a couple of hours Tuesday, Dec. 18: Remember those rumors a couple of months ago that John Edwards had had an affair with a campaign volunteer named Rielle Hunter? When I posted about them at … Continue reading →

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Congress Guts The Fence

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Luke Ford

Mickey Kaus writes: Congress’ Fence-Gutting: Get the old gang back together one more time? Provisions buried in the huge omnibus spending bill about to pass Congress gut the program to build a border fence, according to Republicans–and they appear to … Continue reading →

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Debate Disasters

Posted on December 16, 2007 by Luke Ford

WP’s Dana Milbank nails it: JOHNSTON, Iowa — A third of the way through Thursday’s final presidential debate before the Iowa caucuses, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson made a plaintive plea to moderator Carolyn Washburn: Can’t we please talk about … Continue reading →

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Richard Perle Bio

Posted on December 15, 2007 by Luke Ford

James Traub writes in the NYT: Neoconservative foreign policy — which is to say bellicose nationalism crossed with an idealistic faith in America’s capacity to transform the world for the better — is dead. Iraq was its Frankenstein’s monster, and … Continue reading →

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Des Moines Register Editor Carolyn Washburn’s Pathetic Debate Moderation

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Luke Ford

She clearly loathed the Republicans and enjoyed the Democrats. She asked the Democrats nothing about Iraq and terrorism. It was as though 9/11 never happened, noted Nina Easton. Jim Geraghty writes for National Review: Saying I hated this debate is … Continue reading →

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