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Don’t Worry, We’ll Always Have Joe Biden
Mickey Kaus writes: "Mr. Gravitas: What was troubling about Biden’s loin-girding gaffe, as Ace of Spades notes, wasn’t the idea that Obama would be tested. It was the notion that we shouldn’t worry because he has Joe Biden as his backup! ("I’ve forgotten … Continue reading
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Tagged ace of spades, gaffe, gravitas, joe biden, Mickey Kaus
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Joe Biden Says Electing Barack Obama Will Precipitate A World Crisis Within Six Months
Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, says that by electing an inexperienced untested candidate in Obama, the world will immediately test America. What a gift to the Republicans! Which tough guys will fear Obama? Not many. The world will want to … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Krauthammer, inauguration day, joe biden, nikita kruschev, ronald reagen, untested candidate
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Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?
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Tagged chicken john, dick cheney, Hillary Clinton, joe biden, john mc cain, Sarah Palin
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Prager Panicked?
Pascal writes: I just heard Dennis Prager ("I am not among the panicking types as you well know") say (10:40 AM PST) that conservatives must allow the bailout because "the last depression brought us gentlemen named Hitler and Mussolini — … Continue reading
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Tagged crash of 1929, Dennis Prager, great depression, hitler and mussolini, joe biden, s joe
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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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For This, The MSM Ignored The Rielle Hunter Story?
More on the John Edwards – Rielle Hunter story here. Mickey Kaus writes: We Ignored the Rielle Hunter Scandal and All We Got Was This Lousy Op-Ed! Elizabeth Edwards has a bushelful of chutzpah chastising the mainstream campaign press for … Continue reading
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Tagged army mccarthy hearings, chutzpah, denials, edwards aide, elizabeth edwards, gary hart, genius, health plan, ill wife, joe biden, John Edwards, love child, mainstream, Mickey Kaus, mrs edwards, msm, paragraph, scandal
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