Posted in Astonishing, Campaigns & Elections, Caught, Communication, Family, Government, In Their Own Words, Morons, Political, Ranting, Relationships, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Thursday, 17 July, 2008 | No Comments »
WASHINGTON — What gets under Barack Obama’s skin? Criticism of his wife, Michelle Obama.
In an interview with Glamour magazine, Obama said attacks on his wife are “infuriating.” The likely Democratic presidential nominee blamed the conservative press for going after his wife as if she were the candidate.
“If they have a difference with me on policy, [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Breaking News, Celebrities, Life & Death, Lost & Found, Political, Shocking, Terrible, To Ponder, Wellness, You've GOT to be Kidding on Saturday, 12 July, 2008 | No Comments »
WASHINGTON — Tony Snow, a conservative writer and commentator who cheerfully sparred with reporters in the White House briefing room during a stint as President Bush’s press secretary, died Saturday of colon cancer. He was 53.
“America has lost a devoted public servant and a man of character,” President Bush said in a statement from Camp [...]
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Posted in Business, Capitol Hill, Caught, Communication, Government, In Their Own Words, Oil & Gas, Political, Ranting, Signs of the Times, To Ponder, Wow on Friday, 11 July, 2008 | No Comments »
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush has prodded Congress to allow oil drilling in offshore waters and in the Alaskan wildlife refuge, citing “tough economic times” for the American people.
Bush went to the Energy Department Friday, where he met with his senior economic advisers to discuss soaring prices for gasoline and crude oil. Bush said one [...]
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MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) — John McCain met Sunday with evangelist Billy Graham and his son, Franklin, at the family’s mountaintop retreat.
The Republican presidential candidate, who is actively courting religious voters and trying to reassure skeptical conservatives, visited privately with the Grahams on the grounds of Little Piney Cove in the Blue Ridge Mountains in western [...]
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Posted in Alert, Asia, Astonishing, Caught, Decision, Dictators, Government, International, Morons, Political, Relationships, Shocking, Terrible, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Thursday, 26 June, 2008 | No Comments »
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush on Thursday lifted trade sanctions against North Korea and moved to remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist, a remarkable turnaround in policy toward the communist regime he once branded as part of an “axis of evil.”
The announcement at the White House came after North Korea handed over a long-awaited [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Business, Decision, Government, Impressive, Inspiring, Legislation, Oil & Gas, Political, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Wednesday, 4 June, 2008 | 1 Comment »
ELK POINT, S.D. — Flashing a smile, Joyce Bortscheller briefly hugged Hyperion Energy Center executive Preston Phillips as she greeted him in the backyard of her home here.
Bortscheller, president of the Elk Point City Council, had invited about 250 supporters to an outdoor barbecue Tuesday to await the returns for arguably the most important [...]
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Posted in Advertising, Anti-Americanism, Astonishing, Bad Cops, Business, Campaigns & Elections, Caught, Decision, Entertainment, Hypocrisy, In Their Own Words, Investigation, Law Enforcement, Morons, Political, Ranting, To Ponder, Wow, Writings, You've GOT to be Kidding on Wednesday, 4 June, 2008 | 1 Comment »
NEW YORK CITY (NY Times) Updated, 2:07 p.m. | This morning, a Boston-born performance artist, Yazmany Arboleda, tried to set up a provocative art exhibition in a vacant storefront on West 40th Street in Midtown Manhattan with the title, “The Assassination of Hillary Clinton/The Assassination of Barack Obama,” in neatly stenciled letters on the [...]
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Posted in Bad Clergy, Campaigns & Elections, Caught, Communication, Decision, Entertainment, Hypocrisy, In Their Own Words, Investigation, Morons, Political, Ranting, Religious, Wow on Tuesday, 3 June, 2008 | No Comments »
CHICAGO (AP) — Cardinal Francis George asked a Chicago priest on Tuesday to temporarily step down from his post to “reflect on his recent statements” regarding Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and her bid for the White House.
Last week, the Rev. Michael Pfleger mocked Clinton at Sen. Barack Obama’s former church, saying the New York senator [...]
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois sealed the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation’s first black president. A vanquished Hillary Rodham Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket.
Obama’s victory set up a five-month campaign with Republican Sen. John [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Bad Reporters, Caught, Decision, Entertainment, Flip-Flop, Government, History, In Their Own Words, Media, Money, Morons, Political, Ranting, Relationships, Shocking, Terrible, Wow, Writings, You've GOT to be Kidding on Wednesday, 28 May, 2008 | No Comments »
WASHINGTON (Politico) - Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes in a surprisingly scathing memoir to be published next week that President Bush “veered terribly off course,” was not “open and forthright on Iraq,” and took a “permanent campaign approach” to governing at the expense of candor and competence.
Among the most explosive revelations in [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Bad Politicians, Campaigns & Elections, Caught, Communication, Decision, Flip-Flop, In Their Own Words, Morons, Political, Relationships, Religious, Terrible, To Ponder on Friday, 23 May, 2008 | No Comments »
UNION CITY, Calif. (AP) - Republican John McCain rejected the months-old endorsement of an influential Texas televangelist after an audio recording surfaced in which the preacher said God sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land.”
Obviously, I find these remarks and others deeply offensive and indefensible, and I repudiate them. I did not [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Campaigns & Elections, Caught, Funny, Government, Impressive, Oddly, Political, Shocking, Students, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Wednesday, 14 May, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — A 19-year-old freshman at the University of Oklahoma was elected mayor Tuesday of Muskogee, a city of 38,000 in the northeastern part of the state.
With all precincts reporting, John Tyler Hammons won with 70 percent of the vote over former Mayor Hershel Ray McBride, said Muskogee County Election Board Secretary Bill [...]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid daily bipartisan sniping over high gas prices, Democrats and Republicans appear to agree on at least one thing: With oil over $120 a barrel, President Bush ought to stop buying crude for the government emergency reserve.
Both the House and Senate are expected to approve, with bipartisan support, legislation Tuesday directing Bush [...]
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Posted in Campaigns & Elections, Caught, Communication, Flip-Flop, Funny, Hypocrisy, In Their Own Words, Morons, Political, Ranting, Relationships, Shocking, Wow on Tuesday, 29 April, 2008 | 2 Comments »
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Barack Obama angrily denounced his former pastor for “divisive and destructive” remarks on race, seeking to divorce himself from the incendiary speaker and a fury that threatens to engulf his front-running Democratic presidential campaign.
Obama is trying to tamp down the uproar over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright at a tough time in his [...]
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Posted in Anti-Americanism, Astonishing, Bad Politicians, Caught, Communication, Decision, Hypocrisy, Islam, Middle East, Morons, Political, Relationships, Shocking, Terrible, Terrorism, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 18 April, 2008 | No Comments »
CAIRO (AP) - Former President Carter is meeting with a Hamas delegation from Gaza, part of a series of talks with the Islamic militant group that has drawn sharp criticism from U.S. and Israeli officials.
An Associated Press reporter saw the Hamas delegation going into the meeting Thursday at a Cairo hotel and a Hamas coordinator [...]
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain runs even with Democratic rival Barack Obama and narrowly leads Hillary Clinton in potential match-ups in November, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
McCain was seen as a better steward of the economy than either Democrat despite their repeated criticism of his economic credentials. He led [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Bad Politicians, Campaigns & Elections, Caught, Communication, Flip-Flop, In Their Own Words, Liberalism, Money, Morons, Political, Ranting, Recordings, Shocking, Terrible, To Ponder, You've GOT to be Kidding on Saturday, 12 April, 2008 | No Comments »
TERRE HAUTE, Indiana (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama came under fire on Friday for saying small-town Pennsylvania residents were “bitter” and “cling to guns or religion,” in comments his rivals said showed an elitist view of the middle class.
Obama’s Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, and presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain both pounced [...]
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Posted in Advertising, Astonishing, Beauty & Fashion, Campaigns & Elections, Caught, Celebrities, Decision, Entertainment, Funny, Nude, Oddly, Political, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Saturday, 12 April, 2008 | No Comments »
ROME (Reuters) - She had no desire to be just another smiling face in Italian politics. So when porn star Milly D’Abbraccio designed her campaign posters, it was obvious she was going to show off her bottom.
Targeting her male fan base, the veteran of Italy’s adult entertainment industry has plastered images of her derriere all [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Bad Politicians, Caught, Decision, Investigation, Law Enforcement, Liberalism, Media, Morons, Oddly, Political, Ranting, Weird, Wellness on Friday, 4 April, 2008 | No Comments »
LOS ANGELES (Politico) - My colleague Jeffrey Ressner was at Hillary’s fundraiser last night at the Wilshire Theater in Los Angeles, and captured the audio (.wma) of a really jarring scene: a woman dragged out in handcuffs, screaming that she was the only black supporter of Hillary there. (She wasn’t.)
Secret Service, Ressner e-mails, declined to [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Bad Politicians, Banking & Finance, Campaigns & Elections, Caught, Government, History, Hypocrisy, Marriage & Divorce, Money, Morons, Oddly, Political, Relationships, Shocking, To Ponder, Wealth, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 4 April, 2008 | 1 Comment »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have made $109 million since leaving the White House, including $51 million in speech income for Bill Clinton, according to eight years of tax records released on Friday.
The couple paid taxes of more than $33 million and gave more than $10 million [...]
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Posted in Alert, Bad Politicians, Campaigns & Elections, Caught, Communication, Decision, Government, Hypocrisy, In Their Own Words, Liberalism, Money, Political, Ranting, Relationships on Thursday, 27 March, 2008 | 2 Comments »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of prominent Hillary Clinton donors sent a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday asking her to retract her comments on superdelegates and stay out of the Democratic fight over their role in the presidential race.
The 20 prominent Clinton supporters told Pelosi she should “clarify” recent statements [...]
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Posted in Alert, Astonishing, Bad Politicians, Breaking News, Caught, Communication, Computers & Technology, Crime, Government, Hypocrisy, In Their Own Words, Investigation, Law Enforcement, Legal, Media, Morons, Political, Recordings, Relationships, Terrible, Time, You've GOT to be Kidding on Monday, 24 March, 2008 | No Comments »
Detroit (WWJ) — Criminal charges were filed today against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty in connection with the “text message scandal” that has enveloped the Mayor’s office.
There are 12 criminal counts in all, including obstruction of justice, conspiracy, misconduct in office and perjury.
“It is perjury if there is lying, [...]
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Posted in Alert, Astonishing, Bad Politicians, Campaigns & Elections, Caught, Decision, Hypocrisy, In Their Own Words, Liberalism, Morons, Political, Ranting, Shocking on Friday, 21 March, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Poll: Divisive Dem Contest Could Boost McCain
(CNSNews.com) - The lengthy Democratic primary contest bodes well for Republican chances of holding the White House, a new poll suggests.
As Democratic Senators Barack Obama of Illinois and Hillary Clinton of New York slug it out for the nomination, many of their supporters — at least in Pennsylvania, site [...]
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Posted in Alert, Astonishing, Bad Politicians, Caught, Communication, Government, Hypocrisy, In Their Own Words, Legislation, Money, Morons, Oil & Gas, Political, Ranting, Scams & Scandals, Shocking, Terrible, To Ponder, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Thursday, 20 March, 2008 | No Comments »
And the idiot award goes to….
A Michigan congressman wants to put a 50-cent tax on every gallon of gasoline to try to cut back on Americans’ consumption.
Polls show that a majority of Americans support policies that would reduce greenhouse gases. But when it comes to paying for it, it’s a different story.
Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., [...]
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Posted in Alert, Anti-Americanism, Astonishing, Bad Clergy, Bad Politicians, Campaigns & Elections, Caught, Communication, Flip-Flop, Hypocrisy, In Their Own Words, Liberalism, Lost & Found, Morons, Political, Political Correctness, Racial, Ranting, Relationships, Religious, Shocking, Terrible, To Ponder, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 14 March, 2008 | No Comments »
In a sermon delivered at Howard University, Barack Obama’s longtime minister, friend and adviser blamed America for starting the AIDS virus, training professional killers, importing drugs and creating a racist society that would never elect a black candidate president.
The Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., pastor of Mr. Obama’s Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, [...]
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