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No Reagan, Barack Obama is ‘Great Exaggerator’

October 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Many on the left want to compare Barack Obama to Ronald Reagan (a.k.a., “The Great Communicator).  In reality,  this year’s Democratic Party presidential nominee is making a name for himself as “The Great Exaggerator.”
Newsweek reports that, during the last presidential debate, Obama exaggerated the angry outbursts again him at McCain-Palin campaign rallies, citing reports the [...]

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Semtex Theft in France Goes Unreported in U.S.

July 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Today, I recognized an instance of life imitating art in my corner of the world and thought it worth sharing with a world engaged in a Global War on Terror.
I was one-third of the way through ACT OF TREASON, the latest terror-action novel by Vince Flynn, when I came across a BBC News article about [...]

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Secret Service Protection Authorized for Obama

May 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

We learned today that a bipartisan Congressional committee has authorized, for undisclosed reasons, Secret Service protection for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). It stands as the earliest such authorization in U.S. history.
Here’s what this news means from a purely partisan political angle: Senator Obama is costing the American taxpayer more than his counterparts already [...]

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Is Secret Service Protecting Edwards? If so, why?

April 12th, 2007 · 6 Comments

In a post yesterday, Elizabeth Edwards’ New Neighbor Gaining Fame, this blogger cited a News & Observer article that provided continuing coverage of the feud involving the family of Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards and neighbor Monty Johnson who became the target of Elizabeth Edwards’ scorn for having, as she put it, a “slummy” property. [...]

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