I had to cheat, steal, beg, borrow and lie. Exxon’s happy. BP’s happy. I’ll sell my soul to the devil. — Pete Kott, the former Republican speaker of the Alaska House of […]
CNN's Sanchez manufactures issue over McCain 'bitch' flap
A supporter of Sen. John McCain, a Republican presidential candidate, asked him at a Monday campaign event: How do we beat the bitch? By “bitch,” the supporter mean Sen. Hillary Clinton, a […]
John McCain and our Christian Nation
John McCain is at it again. This time out he’s arguing, in an interview with Beliefnet, that the Constitution established the US as a “Christian nation” and he comes dangerously close to […]
Hillary, John, Rudy, et al., we (the people) hardly knew ye …
If I’d had $1,000 to spare, the freedom to blow off a day of work and the cost of plane fare from Buffalo, N.Y., to Washington, D.C., I could have met presidential […]
Ignore politicians who don’t play nice with the other children
First, MoveOn.org, a liberal political action group, uses a full-page New York Times ad to attack the character of an American commander, calling him “Gen. Betray Us” and accusing him of “cooking […]
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I am intently focused on this matter and will make it a priority to correct the errors and minimize them in the future. — Kerry Weems, acting administrator of the Centers for […]
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I’ve got God’s shoulder to cry on. And I cry a lot. I do a lot of crying in this job. I’ll bet I’ve shed more tears than you can count, as […]
Presidential candidates raise big cash fast — but from whom? And why?
A magician who seeks to retain his (or her) illusion for — and thus control over — the audience uses sleight of hand and misdirection. In the modern political era that began […]
This is one progressive who is dissatisfied with the Democratic Party, its leadership, and its candidates
I’m a card-carrying Democrat, and I have been since I first registered to vote when I turned 18, back in those heady days of 1991. But I’ve never felt particularly comfortable voting […]
Iraq claims highest profile victim yet: John McCain
First the suggestion that Ron Paul had more money than McCain, and now this: McCain loses top advisers by Mike DorningRepublican presidential candidate John McCain’s two top campaign advisers departed today, a […]
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