“Obama’s Bowling-Gate Scandal Rocks America” and Hillary Clinton challenges Obama to a Bowl-Off: And could this be more April Fools Day tricks… “How Did Obama Hijack HillaryClinton.Com?“ Sphere: Related Content
Daily Archives: April 1, 2008 11:32 pm
Congress Questions Big Oil’s Big Profits
Big Oil’s record profits are no joke to Congress on April Fools Day: “When it comes to public opinion, Congress isn’t held in very high regard, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver reminded executives of the country’s biggest oil companies.” Then the Missouri Democrat added, “Your approval rating is lower than ours, and that means you’re down low.” So it went Tuesday as oil company chiefs defended their huge profits in the face of record gasoline prices — perhaps heading toward $4...
Fact Check: Obama’s Oil Spill
Obama would do well to think about OpenSecrets.org next time he makes a claim like “I don’t take money from oil companies.” FactCheck.org calls Obama to task on his misleading statement from his new ad: Sphere: Related Content
Hillary and Obama Supporters
Around the progressive blogosphere there’s a lot of discussion over the split of Democratic support for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. While women are turning out in droves for Hillary, some younger women lean towards Obama. Here’s a slice of humor from Ann Telnaes on that note: Hillary and Obama Supporters. Sphere: Related Content
Progressive Fundamentalism
I want to talk more about what I see as The Progressive’s Deal With The Devil, but one thing kept coming to mind. It’s a passage from a book review I wrote a couple years ago: The desire to purge ideas that are different is not monopolized by religion or the Right. One only has to browse liberal blogs—which contain a large number of self-described atheists—to see a similar sentiment. For many on the Left, the movement they pursue...
Clinton and Rocky: They Don’t Quit
From AP News in Philly: “Perhaps the analogy was inevitable: Hillary Rodham Clinton as Rocky Balboa the scrappy underdog boxer from Philadelphia memorably depicted in the 1976 Oscar-winning film. Even if Rocky did lose his first big fight.” Addressing a meeting of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Tuesday, the former first lady and New York senator said that she, like Rocky, wasn’t a quitter. Recalling a famous scene on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from the 1976 Oscar-winning film...
Breaking: Al Gore Will Run for President
A lot of Democrats still hold on to hope that Al Gore will run for president again. Well, hope no longer… Grist.org has the scoop, which just arrived in my email box: Al Gore Will Run for President: You might want to sit down for this: Al Gore will announce his candidacy for president this week, knowledgeable sources tell Grist. Now there’s an inconvenient truth for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Gore believes the two Democrats and Republican John...
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
No kidding, it’s April Fool’s Day and there are a whole lot of April Fools in the news and, alas, none of them are very funny. Just for fun, I thought you all would get a kick out of the footage of GWB getting booed: Bush booed at 2008 Nationals home opener There will probably be a few boos heard about today’s Ten Post Round-Up: 1: Lack of health care coverage is no joke, but the current initiatives in...
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