Archive for February 22nd, 2008

McCain Controversy Grows Legs: Huckabee Seeing Daylight, Works for Deadlocked Convention

Filed in National by on February 22, 2008 15 Comments

Mocking the prayers of the right-wing’s insiders, shills, and party hacks the John McCain influence peddling story is not going away. To the contrary, it picked up a lot of steam today as McCain’s defense (that he never spoke to Vicki Iseman’s clients) was exposed as an outright lie. Newsweek is reporting that McCain testified […]

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I Hate The BBC

Filed in National by on February 22, 2008 13 Comments
I Hate The BBC

Always reporting on news and stuff… Turkish troops enter north Iraq The Turkish military has not said how many troops are involved Turkish ground forces have crossed the border into northern Iraq to target Kurdish rebels said to be sheltering there, Ankara has said. It said the raid began late on Thursday after an air […]

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John Still Quits – Former Mayor James Hutchison To Run

Filed in National by on February 22, 2008 14 Comments

Told Ya!

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Around The Horn Friday: Last of the Red-Hot Posters

Filed in Uncategorized by on February 22, 2008 16 Comments

I’d like to start this post with an announcement, of sorts. This will be the last Around the Horn Friday that will be in this exact format. I started doing ATHF over a year ago when Jason took his leave of this place for a few months. It is taxing and rewarding at the same […]

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Selander Watchers Wanted

Filed in National by on February 22, 2008 21 Comments

I think we all know the dangers of allowing right-wing disinformation and lies to go out through the media unchallenged especially in an election year. I think we also know that Brian Selander is a nice guy.  But do we know if he is tough enough? Is he letting Rick Jensen get away with parroting […]

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Comment Rescue: “Why can’t Mike Castle talk to them to help us?”

Filed in National by on February 22, 2008 4 Comments

Make no mistake; Mike Castle is the leader of the Delaware GOP. Now his greedy, self-satisfied chickens seem to be coming home to roost. Dana Garrett // Feb 22, 2008 at 12:27 am Great event tonight. I was there. Most of them in the room said they were Repubs. Some said they were switching parties […]

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