Bob McCarty Writes

Recently (here and here), I’ve noted President Barack Obama inclination toward dropping the names of some of his predecessors — including Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan — into interviews with members of the news media. Because I fully expect the president to continue this practice until his [...]

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Sen. Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy (D-Mass.), the super-liberal regarded by many as the “Lion of the Senate”, passed away at approximately 12:30 a.m. Central today.
Senator Kennedy died at his home in Hyannisport after a long battle with brain cancer, according to a statement issued by the Kennedy family which appears below:
“Edward M. Kennedy — the [...]

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Albeit late and in a far-too-abbreviated manner, at least one member of the mainstream news media has finally admitted that he and his brethren in the Fourth Estate failed to properly vet President-elect Barack Obama when he was a mere candidate for the highest office in the land.
In an otherwise left-leaning commentary published Thanksgiving Day, [...]

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During his speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver tonight, the ailing Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) said two things that sounded odd to me.
First, he bellowed about the Democratic mantra of “affordable health care for all” as if Republicans are against it.  Doesn’t he realize that, until ordinary Americans can access health care [...]

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Many in the news media want to compare Mitt Romney’s upcoming speech about his faith to the one John F. Kennedy delivered to a group of Houston ministers in 1960. While Kennedy hoped to calm concerns about his Catholic faith, Romney feels he must overcome negative public opinion about his membership in the Church [...]

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