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Jack Cafferty cracks me up sometimes- I like his no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners, politically incorrect appraisals of politics and the Presidential candidates in particular. I sometimes don’t agree with him, but I respect the fact that he speaks his mind. So yesterday I wrote in to the show and he read my comment about the [...]

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While the debate over what is and isn’t torture rages on in the U.S., our key ally in Europe, Great Britian, has no similar qualms about defining torture. A report issued from Parliament states it cannot trust the U.S. with regards to assurances about the use [or not] of torture or rendition.
Glen [...]

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Robert Novak started the speculation by writing in a column that McCain might announce his choice for VP this week and since then, the rumors have been swirling around the media:

Amid speculation that Sen. John McCain will announce his vice presidential running mate this week, the Arizona senator avoided answering any questions on a timetable [...]

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Or should I say, they grasp at straws a lot?
Political analysis is a good thing, but over at the PUMA (Party Unity My Ass) blog, No Quarter, they have turned it into a joke by finding very deep meaning in every one of Obama’s gestures facial expressions and probably even his passing wind, too.
You see, [...]

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Check out the Republican version of the Lincoln Bedroom scandal from the Clinton years, here.
So, who knew about this at the White House? Somebody gave the ok for access, right?

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Emptywheel has compiled her list of likely pardon winners as Bush enters the final stage of his monarchy, I mean, Presidency.
And while it is tempting, I am sure, for Bush apologists to bring up all the crappy Clinton pardons, please don’t bother because all it is a “hey, but what’s that over there” distraction. [...]

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So far, I think it’s fair to say that Obama’s trip to the Mid-East is going well and that he has been well-received, despite the efforts of McCain and Lieberman to try to rain on the parade.
As the campaign has progressed, Obama has been able to offer more specifics about his plan for Iraq [...]

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Since when has the sole proof of patriotism been nothing more than sticking a bumper-sticker on a car, unquestioning loyalty to everything the government does, or the image of an American flag on a campaign plane?
What about public service? Military service? Volunteering for a good cause? What about actions that speak louder [...]

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Blackwater, the private security/soldier-for-hire firm, have announced that they are moving away from their lucrative government contract work because the cost of doing business has become “too high” and because they are unfairly targeted by the mean liberals who oppose the war.
Yeah, whatever.
It couldn’t possibly have anything to do with evidence surfacing showing [...]

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The other title for this post which I was considering was ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’
John McCain sent the NYT a op-ed opinion that was essentially a response to Obama’s op-ed which appeared in last Sunday’s New York Times.
The NYT stated it would not print the op-ed as written but instead, wanted new information [...]

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