Bob McCarty Writes

Barry Ritholtz, author of the soon-to-be-published book, “Bailout Nation,” might have summed up the nation’s financial crisis and subsequent government bailout efforts best when he wrote, “Go figure: WWII was a relative bargain.”

In a post published yesterday on his blog, The Big Picture, Ritholtz reveals research findings that show the government’s $7.75 trillion in bailout [...]

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Rush Limbaugh mentioned the video below on his show today. “Dear Mr. Obama” features an Iraq War vet — I’m told his name is Joe Cook — giving Barack Obama a lesson in freedom and what it means to him and to the Iraqi people.
He begins by saying, “Having spent 12 months in the [...]

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Moments ago, I watched with interest as Republican politico Karl Rove offered his assessment of Joe Biden as Barack Obama’s running mate to Fox News Channel’s Chris Wallace.
A longtime campaign strategist and former deputy chief of staff for President George W. Bush, Rove said Biden’s weaknesses include the following:

Biden tends to exaggerate;

Biden has a tendency [...]

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As a full-time blogger, I check Drudge Report headlines several times daily. While many of them inspire me to write new blog posts, others simply inspire brief reactions that don’t necessarily have anything to do with the articles to which the headlines link. Below are some examples:
NOONAN: Republicans ‘falling apart… dying’ — [...]

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While many African-Americans plan to observe Black History Month for the 32nd time, Hillary Clinton hopes to celebrate “Barack History Month” in February.

Tired of encountering stronger-than-expected resistance from rival Barack Obama, the former first lady has resorted to some of the mudslinging, hardball tactics that helped her husband Bill Clinton win election — and re-election [...]

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