I’m sure that’s true. Politics is a tough racket and personal insults are part of the deal. Nothing personal, just business as usual. Or so Kerrey says. Former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey has apologized to Barack Obama for any unintentional insult he committed by raising the Democratic presidential candidate’s Muslim heritage while endorsing rival candidate…
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Budget Passes Senate, Includes Iraq Funding
In what has to have left an extremely bitter taste in liberals’ mouths, the U.S. Senate approved a $556B spending bill that includes $70B for the war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. By a vote of 76-17, the Senate approved the $556 billion fiscal 2008 spending bill. Marking another defeat for Democrats trying to end nearly…
Republican Competition Helpful
Ed Morrissey’s post "The Two Words That Strike Fear Into The GOP" has an interesting premise, that the RNC is afraid of the competition that’s going on now between the major Republican contenders: Republican primary voters have sent a very clear message: they have not found their candidate. After a remarkable full-year, full-court press, the…
ex-Aide Backs Huckabee
The Huckabee camp is trying to do damage control re Wayne DuMond, as in this letter at Time in which Olan “Butch” Reeves attempts to clarify the Huffington Post’s interpretation of his statements: In fact, Mr. Reeves completely corrobates Mr. Huckabee’s account of the meeting. … “They are saying that the Governor was trying to…
Huckabee’s Horton
As Michael wrote earlier, Mike Huckabee has been taking a beating over the Wayne Dumond affair, not least at the Huffington Post. There, Arianna wrote: While on the campaign trail, Huckabee has claimed that he supported the 1999 release of Wayne Dumond because, at the time, he had no good reason to believe that the…
Joe Biden’s Chances
What can you say about a guy who has absolutely no chance whatsoever to win his party’s nomination for the presidency but who keeps fighting for respectability anyway? I’m torn between admiring Joe Biden’s spirit and wishing he’d just give up and I’m leaning toward the latter. Like Chris Dodd, Biden’s still out there swinging…
Huckabee’s Religious Roots Showing
Fred Barnes at the Weekly Standard says: The new 30-second ad that Mike Huckabee has put on the air in Iowa represents a quite remarkable step in presidential politics. Maybe my memory betrays me, but I don’t recall a major presidential candidate who made such an unabashed, unambiguous appeal for support on the basis of…
What a farce
I came across an article that just happen to discuss three of my favorite pet peeves (global warming, UN, and wealth distribution). How in the world could I NOT comment on it! The myway.com site was putting up an AP article (press to read) that, in a nutshell, says that the UN feels America should…
Mike Huckabee for President
Richard Cohen wants Mike Huckabee to bare his soul and "Tell us how your religious beliefs, your rejection of accepted scientific knowledge, will not impinge on your presidency." He makes an interesting point by contrasting Huckabee with Mitt Romney, the other "religious" candidate. To the many people, both domestic and foreign, who are asking…
Feinstein Caves on Telco Immunity
So, will the Democrats’ plan to hold out on this issue follow suit? Probably. Their resistance never did make any sense. Why hold corporations hostage over a Bush administration power play? Petulance? The news: Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Thursday that she favors legal immunity for telecommunications companies that allegedly shared millions of customers’ telephone and…