Posted on February 18th, 2009 by Michael Stickings
With investigations underway in Illinois, an ethics probe launched in the Senate, and more and more evidence that he’s a lying, corrupt scoundrel, it is indeed time for Roland Burris to resign.
The Washington Post
From the moment that Mr. Burris was selected, he strove to portray himself as a blameless public servant. The sad pictures of [...]
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Posted on January 13th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
The confirmation hearing for Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State is under way today.
The WaPo reports, “Kerry said he expects Clinton to face some tough questioning from committee members today, with one likely subject her husband’s business dealings, but said he expected the atmosphere to remain deferential and serious.”
The NY Times reports that John Kerry, [...]
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Filed under: Afghanistan, Bush Admin, Democrats, Foreign Policy, In The News, International, Iran, Iraq, Israel, John Kerry, Obama Administration, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Republicans, Sen. Hillary Clinton
Posted on November 8th, 2008 by The Country Doc
Leaks on the Internet and a New York Times article yesterday report that President-elect Obama is considering former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to be his health care czar. While I have much respect for the contributions of the long time public servant and have no doubt that he has knowledge on health care, Daschle represents Washington’s business [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2008 by Alegre
I worked all day and then went in to make phone calls as part of a Women For Hillary phone bank this evening. I just got home and I’m zonked, and since I’ve been thinking of this old diary of mine from Feb. over the past few days, I thought this was a good time [...]
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Posted on March 19th, 2007 by BobHiggins
Larry Small’s excellent castle where he works as a servant of the people.
Larry Small has a most excellent job, he runs the Smithsonian Institute, a job for which he gets paid more than the president of the United States, over $600,000 a year in salary, plus a housing allowance of $193,000 plus other stuff. He [...]
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