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“We pledge to make this the most honest, ethical, and open Congress in history.” said Nancy Pelosi
Linda Chavez watched her nomination for Secretary of Labor go down the drain because she had employed an illegal immigrant to work in her home. What a difference 6 years and a political party make…Nancy Pelosi will become …

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Think twice!
If Mr. Rubin wants to help reduce the future entitlement benefits he frets so much about, he could always support reforming those programs. Yet when President Bush invited him to participate in a bipartisan entitlement commission last year, Mr. Rubin refused.
Which is why we suspect that Mr. Rubin’s real game here is politics. …

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Auto industry leaders plan to stress in a White House meeting that they are not seeking any federal bailout, but want support on health care and trade issues that affect large manufacturers. Keep in mind that both GM and Ford have manufacturing plants in China, and I as I pointed out, China and other …

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Two days ago, America woke up to the news that the Democrats had won control of the Congress and we were hours away from learning that they had also won the Senate. What a difference 2 days makes in politics. George McGovern is being reintroduced to the Democratic party. Next week, he …

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Recent News Headlines:
Kerry’s Remark: Right either way
So now who’s joking?
How Low Will Bush Go?
Insulting Our Troops, and Our Intelligence
The Great Divider
Recent Video:
Keith Olbermann comments on President Bush and John Kerry’s remarks on “Countdown with Keith Olbermann”
Know what all these Recent headlines and videos have in common? …

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Let’s take a closer look at ACORN
Acorn workers have been convicted in Wisconsin and Colorado, and investigations are still under way in Ohio, Tennessee and Pennsylvania.
Acorn officials bill themselves as nonpartisan community organizers merely interested in giving a voice to minorities and the poor. In reality, Acorn is a union-backed, multimillion-dollar outfit that uses intimidation …

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According to Keith Olbermann, they were! Thank you Allahpundit for pointing that out!
True domestic terror:
Critics of your administration in the media receive letters filled with fake anthrax…
Of course, Mr. President, you did none of these things.
You instructed no one to mail the fake anthrax, nor undermine the FBI’s case, nor call for …

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It’s certainly true that voters like no-excuses absentee voting for its convenience. “Forcing voters to go to the polls to cast their ballots is an antiquated, outdated, absurd practice,” says Oren Spiegler, a Pennsylvania voter. But it comes at a price. Simply put, absentee voting makes it easier to commit election fraud, because the ballots …

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Dead voters continue to cast ballots in New York
Among the Journal’s findings:
- There were dead people on the voter rolls in all of New York’s 62 counties and people in as many as 45 counties who had votes recorded after they had died.
- One Bronx address was listed as the home for as many …

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A line spoken by Bea Arthur in History Of The World Part I….but could easily be used to describe Howard Dean after this laughable excuse for why he will not debate Ken Mehlman. Dean pulled out of a Meet The Press engagement last year at this time. (H/T to Ian) Here is …

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In search of a “Prescription for Change” for “fixing American health care,” anchor Dan Harris of ABC’s “World News Sunday” promised viewers a weeklong look at “one of the most urgent and expensive issues facing this country.” But the medicine the Disney-owned (NYSE: DIS) network seems to be ordering so far is more government control …

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Sen. John Kerry says he deserves a second chance if he decides to take another crack at becoming president.
The Massachusetts Democrat, who lost to President Bush in 2004, said it is a basic principle that “Americans give people a second chance. And if you learn something and prove you’ve learned something, maybe even more …

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An anonymous attack by a Clinton advisor on John McCain in the New York Times today has triggered what may be the sharpest exchange so far between the 2008 frontrunners.
This line, from Maureen Dowd’s column today , drew an outraged response from McCain’s side:
Privately, Hillary’s camp was not overly upset by the McCain swipe because …

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With the Democrats’ full-throated moralizing of late, I’m almost tempted to vote for them – although perhaps “full-throated” is the wrong phrase to use with regard to Democrats and sex scandals. The sudden emergence of the Swift Butt Veterans for Truth demonstrates that the Democrats would prefer to talk about anything other than national security. …

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“He has just decided this is not the right time of life,” one source said. “He has been running 1,000 miles an hour for 10 years.”
Warner, a moderate Democrat who enjoyed high approval ratings in the southern state of Virginia during his stint as governor, was considered a strong potential alternative to New York Sen. …

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Here is an excerpt from from Thomas Sowell’s column Frivolous politics: Part III. the premise for the piece is “Nowhere is political frivolity more in evidence than in issues involving racial and ethnic groups. Disagree with some policies or demands and you become an instant “racist.” “
All the most powerful groups within the Democratic Party …

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The left just might succeed in getting the Federal Marriage Amendment passed. The American Thinker cited Lawrence O’Donnell hinting in the Huffington Post that Hastert and his chief of staff, Palmer, may be more than housemates.
There are plenty of odd couple Congressmen who have roomed together on Capitol Hill, but I have …

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No, this did not go away
He was forced to resign his post as ranking member of the House ethics committee, threatening — at least temporarily — his party’s plans to make the “culture of corruption” a major campaign issue for next month’s midterm elections.
Mollohan, 63, was forced in April to respond to allegations that he …

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UNBELIEVABLE!!!! From Michelle Malkin:
Thought you might be interested in posting this. The DNC website has a page called Veterans and Military Families where they purpo[r]t to care about the welfare of US troops. Unfortunately they couldn’t even find a picture of a US soldier to post on the page. The picture in the Get …

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Cry me a river! The WaPo is saying that the farmers are frustrated by the delay in the “agriculture legislation”, therefore, because of the delay, they don’t have enough workers to do the job. Forgive me for not being too sympathetic on this, especially when this is the quote of the farm owner: …

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