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If AIG Officials Take Senator Grassley’s Advice…

March 17th, 2009 · No Comments

It’s all over the news in what could be described as the 21st-century equivalent of an angry torch-bearing mob marching toward Dr. Frankenstein’s castle.  It’s the saga of “AIG Bailout Bucks Gone Bad.” In this saga, the Frankenstein castle has been replaced by AIG headquarters in New York City and the new mob is being [...]

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Democratic Leadership Yields Poverty

September 17th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Question: What do the top ten cities with the highest poverty rate “all” have in common?  Answer: Democrat leadership. That question and answer were supplied by a reader in the form of a comment below Chris Cillizza’s article, Drudge-ology 101: McCain, Obama and Media Bias, published this morning in The Washington Post’s The Fix blog.  [...]

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Barack Obama E-mail Reeks of Fear, Desperation

September 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments

After reading the text of an e-mail (Message from David Plouffe: ‘What you just saw’) sent to supporters of Barack Obama by his campaign manager David Plouffe at 2:44 a.m. Eastern today, I must conclude that Sarah Palin‘s nomination acceptance speech last night left those in the Democratic Party presidential nominee’s campaign afraid and desperate. [...]

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Sarah Palin’s Top 20 Jabs at the Democrats

September 3rd, 2008 · 15 Comments

I used a headline to describe the address tonight by John McCain’s running mate to delegates at the Republican National Convention:  Sarah Palin Nails Speech at Republican Convention.  Below are “Sarah Palin’s Top 20 Jabs at the Democrats” from that speech: “I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,’ except that [...]

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