But not unexpected. This campaign has taken its toll.
Matt Phillips reports from Yankton, S.D. on the presidential race. A tireless campaigner who rarely trips over lines while mixing up and hammering on her well-worn talking points, Sen. Hillary Clinton’s voice gave out and she made a rare gaffe while introducing a local politician at a school in this small city in southeastern South Dakota. [...]
Categories: 2008 Election · Clinton
Tagged: Cliinton
Among his enemies? His former deputy. Talk about hard feelings!
Scott McClellan’s Former Deputy Calls Him Out As A Liar
From an open letter posted in the Washington Post: “Dear Scott, Since you’re not answering my e-mails anymore, I’m writing to pose a few questions that haven’t been asked on your truth, honesty and candor tour: · Was it the truth or a lie when you told me, during a series of personal discussions in your West Wing office in late 2005 and early 2006 (at the apex of what you now call [...]
Categories: Bush Administration
Tagged: Scott McClellan, Trent Duffy
So, Dick Cheney thinks incest is a joke. Nice.
Cheney Makes Incest Joke About West Virginians
Mary Ann Akers of the Washington Post asks if West Virginia was just handed to the Democrats when Dick Cheney made an incest joke at West Virginians’ expense: [..]
UPDATE: Oh, yes. There WAS an apology. Forced?
Cheney forced to apologize for incest joke about West Virginians.
Categories: Bush Administration · Cheney Impeachment
Tagged: Dick Cheney, Incest
It’s doing just fine. Really. They keep telling us it is, so it must be!
R-I-G-H-T
Demand spikes at pet food banks, discount vets
Diana Bardsley wiped tears from her eyes as she recalled taking food off her plate to feed her beloved spaniel Hunter and two Siamese cats. Her greatest fear: that she could be forced to surrender the animals as she struggled to stretch her food stamps and Social Security [...]
Even if you’re not a big sports fan, you need to read this story. I relate to it because of my Iowa background. But, it’s really a story about the NFL and a tragic tornado. It’s a real must-read and, heck, it’s not even about politics. It’s about being a compassionate human being.
A tornado struck northeast Iowa a week ago, and seven people were killed. About 220 homes were destroyed, and much of the downtown of Parkersburg, Iowa (pop.: 1,800) was leveled. We see these stories in the news an awful lot this time of year, and we feel sad for those who have been affected, but for the most part we move on. The one reason this one piqued my interest is because four NFL players — Green Bay defensive Aaron Kampman, Detroit defensive end Jared DeVries, Jacksonville center Brad Meester and Denver offensive lineman Casey Wiegmann — come from there, and I read where Kampman had sent out an urgent appeal for help. So I phoned him to hear his story, and it made me stop in my tracks [..]
Categories: Sports
For those of you trying to keep track of former CIA guy Larry Thompson’s chatter about a video tape of Michelle Obama saying something rather nasty racially. I’m beginning to wonder. Made a quick, noontime, check and it’s still just word of mouth. That’s not good sourcing!
This is THREAD #2 — comments in the previous thread will be closed shortly. FYI, for those expecting to SEE the tape, GET REAL. Read Larry Johnson’s description of what is ON the tape. That is the story. BELOW the fold, Larry Johnson’s full story: [..]
And, the allegations are beginning to strain some online friendships:
…I haven’t visited their site in four months because I found it too personally painful to read what they were writing and I did not want to be tempted to respond. I thought I owed them that. But loyalty can only go so far. If they publish this [..]
UPDATE: I didn’t take the time to read the video quotes outloud. Mahablog has the logical explanation.
For weeks some Clinton supporters on the Web have pushed rumors about a video in which Michelle Obama goes on a rampage against “whitey.” They’ve hung their hopes and faith on this video, certain it will be the salvation of the Clinton campaign, as soon as it gets out. I’ve [...]
UPDATE 2: Larry Johnson is not backing down:
Desperate Obama Disinformation Over Michelle “Whitey” Video
The Obama campaign is telling reporters from major news organizations that the videotape of Michelle Obama railing against “whitey” at a panel alongside Nation of Islam maximum leader Louis Farrakhan is nothing but a “scurrilous lie,” according to one of those reporters who called for an answer. But at the same time the Obama campaign [...]
Categories: 2008 Election · Obama
But, that doesn’t make it right. Does it?
Reprieve, a human rights organization (UK branch, US branch), claims that the United States is using prison ships to keep prisoners outside legal jurisdictions. They say that there have been more than 200 new cases of rendition since [...]
Categories: National Security · Torture
Huffington Post reports that the Clinton camp is dumping staffers who set up her appearances. Not a good sign for things moving forward…
Members of Hillary Clinton’s advance staff received calls and emails this evening from headquarters summoning them to New York City Tuesday night, and telling them their roles on the campaign are ending, two Clinton staffers tell my colleague Amie Parnes. The advance staffers — most of them now [...]
UPDATE: Hold your horses, bucko!
Hillary Spokesperson: She Is Not Conceding
Hillary spokesperson Mo Elleithee, on the campaign plane today, says she isn’t going anywhere, thank you very much: “I think its pretty clear that she is not conceding.” Elleithee said, “I think its pretty clear that she is staying in [...]
Categories: 2008 Election · Clinton
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