Posted on June 28th, 2008 by Walter Brasch
Dave Comroe stepped to the firing line, raised his 12-gauge Browning over and under shotgun, aimed and fired. Before him, a pigeon fell, moments after being released from a box less than 20 yards away. About 25 times that day Comroe fired, hitting about three-fourths of the birds. He was 16 at the time.
“It’s not […]
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Posted on June 21st, 2008 by Walter Brasch
There should have been absolutely no controversy in a resolution presented in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives this past week.
Speaker Dennis O’Brien, a Republican from Philadelphia, wanted to honor the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, which was holding its 60th annual national convention in Harrisburg. These resolutions are routine and almost always noncontroversial. The resolution pointed out […]
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Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Blackwater is in the news again with a very interesting twist that should put the wingnuts in a tizzy:
The private military company Blackwater has cultivated a patriotic reputation, with its staff of retired military and former police officers, and the requirement that most of its workers swear an oath to support and defend the U.S. […]
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Posted on June 11th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
More John Kerry in the news today… Incase you missed the news a few days ago, John Kerry has a Democratic challenger on the Massachusetts primary ballot: Ed O’Reilly. Today Ed O’ found himself a new friend in Howie Carr, the Boston Herald’s version of Rush Limbaugh.
Mind you Howie Carr doesn’t really think Ed O’ […]
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Posted on June 6th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
It’s been an incredible journey, readers, being here in the blogosphere supporting Hillary Clinton and I have to say although I’ve vowed to jump in and work towards defeating John McCain, the sadness of what could have been with Hillary Clinton as our next president will take a little time to mend.
I know that’s something […]
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Posted on June 6th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
I’m pleased to report that Jim Ogonowski, who was the Republican’s “leading recruit to challenge” John Kerry, dropped out the race today.
Ogonowski came 30 valid signatures short of the 10,000 signatures necessary at the Tuesday deadline to qualify for the September 16 primary ballot. Ogonowski could have mounted a legal challenge or launched a write-in […]
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Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
AP News is all about jumping the gun today. First they broke with a story that Hillary would concede tonight (see below), and that was wrong. Now they are claiming that by their tally, “Obama effectively clinches nomination.”
The AP tally was based on public commitments from delegates as well as more than a dozen private […]
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Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Here we go again… Yesterday the media was abuzz that Hillary was set to concede but, as I reported here, her campaign denied the rumors. So again, this morning AP News broke a story that Clinton was “set to concede delegate race to Obama” tonight.
I emailed Clinton’s Internet Communications Director for clarification. Not so, I was told […]
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Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
If you scan through the headlines today you’ll find a wealth of confusion as the last primaries are getting under way in South Dakota and Montana. Obama is pushing to claim victory, and AP News reported that Clinton is set to concede (more on that to come).
Chris Cillizza notes that “American Research Group released surveys yesterday […]
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Posted on June 2nd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
As I reported here earlier today, the Clinton campaign pushed back on the buzz that Hillary was readying to concede in New York tomorrow night with a strong message that she is not conceding. However, Marc Ambinder notes, while there are no plans for a concession tomorrow night, the Clinton campaign projects “that Clinton will […]
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Posted on June 2nd, 2008 by Alegre
EBW and MBW of the highly respected Wampum blog have got their hands on the incident report summary referred to in Pacific John’s widely-read Texas caucus report.
As one of the only remaining highly respected neutral voices in the liberal netroots, EBW says,
“[…] I have the original [incident report summary], and the affidavits in my possession, […]
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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by Alegre
Well as you might have guessed, I was at the protest in DC today as the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) met to decide what to do with the votes my family all cast back in Michigan, and those in Florida.
We turned up to make our voices heard in the hopes that the RBC […]
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