Bob McCarty Writes

Forgive me for the colorful language in this post, but I must divert your attention from the crap going on in the nation’s capitol to another form of back-door politicking going on in Iowa’s Des Moines County.  Today’s news in the Des Moines Register proves the old Tip O’Neil saying, “All politics is local”:
County budgets [...]

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Aware of breaking news from Russia and Georgia and of the fact that Republican presidential candidate John McCain is making a stop today at the Iowa State Fair, I think an Iowa-related flashback is in order.
Travel back in your mind to Oct. 24, 2007, when John McCain met with members of The Des Moines Register’s [...]

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Travel back in time with me to Jan. 30 and a post in which I advised readers of this blog to take a look at a photo that had accompanied a New York Post article under the headline, GAZE IN THE MILITARY, the same day. Though the photo no longer appears with the article, [...]

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Romney under pressure
That headline appeared inside an article published today in the Deseret News (see graphic below) and offered readers of Salt Lake City’s major daily newspaper a direct link to Iowa Radio Host Gets Under Mitt Romney’s Skin, a Bob McCarty Writes post published Saturday.

Written by The Des Moines Register’s Jason Clayworth for both [...]

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