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Did President Obama Send Hillary to the Moon?

March 26th, 2009 · No Comments

One year ago today, then-Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee became the first to suggest putting Hillary Clinton on a rocket ship to the moon.  Now, it appears as if the statement made by the former Arkansas governor during a televised debate, captured in the video (below left), might have been prophetic. With the extremely low [...]

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‘Tuesday Evening Quarterback’ Critiques Election

November 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Call me a “Tuesday Evening Quarterback,” but a review of tonight’s election results show the Republican Party team entered its most-important contest ever with little fan support, a poor game plan and the wrong signal caller lined up behind center. Team GOP’s shortcomings began with the recruiting process.  When loyal fans on the right side [...]

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Links to RNC Speech Transcripts Offered

September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Below are links to transcripts of remarks as prepared for delivery by some of the most well-known speakers in tonight’s lineup at the 2008 Republican National Convention: Rudy Giuliani Carly Fiorina Meg Whitman Michael Steele Mitt Romney Mike Huckabee Norm Coleman Sarah Palin

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Huge Crowd Welcomes McCain-Palin to Missouri

August 31st, 2008 · 7 Comments

A crowd estimated at 17,000 welcomed John McCain and Sarah Palin to Missouri. An estimated 17,000 supporters turned out this afternoon at T.R. Hughes Ballpark, home of the River City Rascals minor league baseball team in O’Fallon, Mo., to welcome Republican presidential nominee-to-be John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, to the Show-Me State.  [...]

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Blogger Nominates Two for Inaugural Space Flight

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments

A California aerospace company plans to enter the space tourism industry with a two-seat rocket ship capable of suborbital flights to altitudes more than 37 miles above the Earth. That news, the lead in an Associated Press article linked on Drudge Report this morning, prompted me to want to nominate two individuals to occupy the [...]

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HUCK’S OUT!

March 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Fox News just broke the news that Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will announce — as in tonight! — his withdrawal from the 2008 race now that rival John McCain appears to have secured enough delegates to win the party’s nomination. Britt Hume also mentioned that the former Arkansas governor has already called McCain to [...]

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Dobson to Endorse Mike Huckabee

February 7th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Associated Press and Wall Street Journal are reporting this evening that Dr. James Dobson, evangelical leader and founder of Focus on the Family, has endorsed Republican Mike Huckabee in his bid to become president of the United States. The endorsement comes almost six months after I predicted it in a post, Laura, Mike Huckabee is [...]

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