Posted on October 25th, 2008 by Hart Williams
McCain in Virginia — Getty Images
It is not, one supposes, egotistical to note that the story I told you here last Monday (“Holy You Betcha, Batman! It’s the Barracuda!” 20 Oct 2008.) is now confirmed on Saturday, after having become the subject of speculation throughout the bloviating class. To wit:
Palin allies report rising campaign tension
By: [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Gov. Sarah Palin, Hart Williams, In The News, Obama-Biden 08
Posted on August 27th, 2008 by Darrell Prows
The War on Terror has finally blended in to the War on Drugs to the extent that it is no longer possible to ignore the connection.
AFGHANISTAN: A DOWN YEAR FOR OPIUM PRODUCTION, BUT IS THE TRAFFICKING THREAT RECEDING?
Aunohita Mojumdar 8/27/08
A EurasiaNet Q&A with UNODC Afghanistan Country Chief Christina Oguz
Afghanistan experienced a 19 percent decrease in [...]
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Filed under: Afghanistan, Bush Admin, Darrell Prows, Foreign Policy, In The News, International
Posted on October 23rd, 2006 by Donnie McDaniel
It’s been a while since I did a highlight, and this blogger is a good one to get back into the groove with. PTCruiser is one of those famous people that you don’t really know about per se. Some might have seen his handy work on the freeways of California though. That’s right, he is [...]
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Filed under: Bush, In The Blogosphere, Iraq, Politics, Republicans, Veterans Issues
Posted on October 3rd, 2006 by John Kerry
So Bill Frist wants the Taliban to be a part of the government in Afghanistan? If we can’t beat them, join them?
Reading the coverage of Bill Frist’s trip to Afghanistan, there’s a lot to say.
I could say it’s Dr. Frist’s worst diagnosis since the public spectacle of his Terri Schiavo diagnosis on the Senate [...]
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Filed under: Afghanistan, Bush, National Security, Politics, Republicans, Senate, Terrorism
Posted on July 12th, 2006 by Nick
Deep South 1948-1960: Unlike the Outer South, the Deep South (Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and the Carolinas) actually took longer to move into the Republican column. Contrary to popular belief, they didn’t need the help of third party candidacies. While all the Deep South-except for North Carolina-voted for Strom Thurmond over Harry Truman, [...]
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Filed under: Politics, Republicans
Posted on April 5th, 2006 by Wade Sanders
John Kerry’s argument in today’s New York Times hits the nail on the head.
As someone who has known him since we both served on Swift Boats in Vietnam, I know that John at his best is a voice of reason and action and conscience.
Today he clearly understands that we have allowed ourselves to become [...]
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Filed under: Iraq, John Kerry, OP/ED's, Politics
Posted on September 20th, 2005 by Ben Mercadante
What has happened to Iraq’s missing $1billion? Could this be one of the problems Senator Kerry has pointed out when it comes to corruption and incompetence concerning the Bush Administration and the war in Iraq?
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Filed under: Bush, Iraq, John Kerry, Politics, Republicans
Posted on August 20th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
Is there no end to this madness… apparently not in the eyes of the Army or General Peter Schoomaker who said today in an AP interview that “the Army is prepared for the “worse case” in terms of the required level of troops in Iraq.”
Of course no doubt the Army must parrot what the big [...]
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Filed under: Iraq
Posted on August 14th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
Salon: What Would Kerry Do?
28 June 2005
From the Salon War Room:
What would Kerry do?
We have a pretty good sense now of what President Bush will say in his prime-time speech on Iraq tonight: The road is long, but there’s progress being made in the training of Iraqi security forces and in the building of a [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on August 14th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
John Kerry Speaks Out on Iraq, Details Concrete Steps President Must Take to Rescue the Mission
28 June 2005 – Floor Speech
“Mr. President, tonight President Bush will speak to the nation about the situation in Iraq. And I think we all have a sense of what he’ll say. He’ll talk about the march of democracy and [...]
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Filed under: In The News
