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Barack Obama’s having a rough week.
First, he did the very odd thing of stating very publicly he liked President Bush’s Faith Based Initiative so much he wanted to expand it.  That drew the ire of the Reverend Jesse Jackson:
“See, Barack’s been talking down to black people on this faith-based—,” Jackson says during a break in [...]

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There’s a lot of talk about John McCain’s presidential bid implosion. Some are saying it’s because he’s not liberal enough, citing his ties to Bush a few years ago. Others, in the same thread, are claiming he’s not conservative enough, citing his failure to support a lot of Bush’s agenda. I think [...]

Tags: 2008 Presidential Race, 527's, conservatives, implosion, joe-gandelman, john-mccain, liberals, russ-feingold, ted-kennedy

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A lot of people are reading things into this week’s elections. Some people claimed these elections are nothing but a national referendum on Bush and/or the Republicans. As such, I posted my “anticipated results” from the elections a few days ago. I’m still sticking with those “predictions” post-election. Now, here’s what [...]

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Was reading a trashy New York gossip rag that was talking about Rush attacking Michael J. Fox for over-acting his Parkinson’s symptoms for political gain.  Well, here is the video in question via Claire McCaskill:

Here’s Fox circa June 2006:

The problem Rush has is just making the allegation is distasteful to just about anyone with [...]

Tags: candidates, clinic, conservative, conservatives, gossip, it, movie, owned, People, polarization, polarized, Politics, poll, Polls, race, Senate, voter, women

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Powerline points to a book by Douglas Murray called:

Now, the premise here is that the country NEEDS Neoconservatism.  I don’t particularly think that’s true.  That’s about like saying the country NEEDS to grow older.  Sounds kinda harsh I know, but this is why I think this is true.  It’s pretty simple really:  In 1990, [...]

Tags: age, bush, candidates, change, conservative, conservatives, democrat, democrats, economic, economics, Government, iraq, it, john, liberal, liberals, minorities, minority, moderate, party, People, Politics, race, radical, republican, republicans, security, socialism, time, Trends, unpopular, vote, voter, voting

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"The War on drugs" has taken a lot of flack from the liberal left of late. While most of them are more than happy to prosecute the hell out of anyone that smokes tobacco, the efforts to combat the hardest drugs has been met with a lot of resistance of late.  A lot of people [...]

Tags: addiction, ban, conservative, conservatives, crazy, day, dead, drugs, forces, gun, guns, hell, iowa, it, liberal, liberals, marriage, murder, People, prison, sex, smoking, time, war

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