Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Despite claims to the contrary, Clinton donors gave Barack Obama $1.8 million in June:
Sen. Barack Obama has posted his first campaign report since the end of the contentious Democratic primary battle, and political reporters and bloggers are already trying to ferret out whether donors to Sen. Hillary Clinton have been helping her formal rival, now [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Hillary Clinton took on the Bush Administration’s plan to define birth control as abortion and undermine women’s rights, today in a press conference and the blogosphere. Here’s a clip from the press conference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA56Oz-t_rQ
In a blog post cross posted on the HuffPo and RhRealityCheck, Clinton said:
The Bush administration is up to its old tricks again, quietly [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
Some days, it sucks to read the news, because it’s a reminder that our country appears to be being run by a bunch of frat boys, out on a lark and hoping that a grown-up might come along and fix it (all the while forgiving and forgetting who was responsible for the bull$#!% in [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
These were written by Colin Powell. Before you go off the deep end, remember he got royally hosed by Bush, too. He stuck it out because, according to Bob Woodward’s book, he was afraid of what actions might be taken if he wasn’t at Bush’s side with his foot on the brake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-vve55FDaU
He’s well thought of [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
News Flash: Janet Jackson’s boob freed! Headlines like this are hard not to comment on…
A federal appeals court has in Philly “has thrown out the $550,000 fine the FCC imposed on CBS for airing Janet Jackson’s breast for nine-sixteenths of a second during the Super Bowl halftime show in February 2004.”
The decision to free CBS [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
I haven’t seen the new Batman movie yet, The Dark Knight. But, I just read that Senator Patrick Leahy has a brief part in the film and commented on it on The Hill Blog today:
This, more than any earlier film, explores the psychotic nature of the Joker, but also the psychological conflicts in the Batman. It [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
A quick thought on John McCain’s bad weekend… Let’s hope it’s a trend for McCain. Because John McCain doesn’t really know what Iraqi’s or American’s want. Barack Obama knows American’s want out of Iraq and he’s in Iraq scoping out the facts on the ground.
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