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Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
The Democrats are holding their elections for House leadership positions tomorrow, and John Murtha seems to be the front-runner for the Majority Leader slot. I thought it would be a good time to post this little nugget from the past, from June of this year.
Okinawa is 4,900 miles from ...
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Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
There are forty-nine Republican Senators, and this is the best they can do?
Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott, ousted from the top Senate Republican leadership job four years ago because of remarks considered racially insensitive, won election to the chamber's No. 2 GOP post Wednesday.
Trent Lott?! The man who killed ...
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Saturday, November 11th, 2006
Chafee, now that he has safely lost his seat and can speak truthfully, doesn't want to be a Republican anymore.
"I haven't made any decisions. I just haven't even thought about where my place is," Chafee said at a news conference. When pressed on whether his comments indicated he might leave ...
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Friday, November 10th, 2006
Fascinating to see what passes for news in Africa.
In typical “domestic abuse” fashion, President of the United States, George W. Bush, has already instilled fear in Nancy Pelosi, and she has promised not to impeach Bush.
What CIA facts he has on Pelosi will never be known, but this is ...
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Friday, November 10th, 2006
Well, this looks like backwards thinking.
George McGovern, the former senator and Democratic presidential candidate, said Thursday that he will meet with more than 60 members of Congress next week to recommend a strategy to remove U.S. troops from Iraq by June.
If Democrats don't take steps to end the war ...
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Friday, November 10th, 2006
Lincoln Chafee, spineless to the end.
But Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who was defeated in this week's election, said he would block Bolton's nomination.
Chafee, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters that he did not believe Bolton's nomination would move forward without his support.
"The American people have spoken out ...
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