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‘Obama Taxes 3.0′ Subject of Journal Editorial

September 9th, 2008 · No Comments

The following editorial from The Wall Street Journal was issued today by the Republican National Committee:
The good news is that Barack Obama said on ABC Sunday that he might not go through with his plans to increase taxes.
The bad news is that the economy has to be mired in recession to avoid the largest tax [...]

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John McCain’s Top 12 Acceptance Speech Lines

September 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Below are the Top 12 Lines from John McCain’s nomination acceptance speech delivered tonight at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn:

To Americans who have yet to decide who to vote for, thank you for your consideration and the opportunity to win your trust. I intend to earn it.
And after we’ve won, we’re going [...]

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Obama Spending Proposals Costly, Lacking Details

August 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The first few paragraphs of a New York Times article yesterday detail the experiences of some customers of FreeCreditReport.com. In short, according to the Times, people are being fooled by the company’s jingle lyrics (see video below) into thinking the company’s services are free. Only later do they learn the services are not [...]

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Obama Willing to Meet With Iran, Not Troops

May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to discuss questions of foreign policy with a former U.S. ambassador to Israel when I appeared as a guest on BBC Radio (see this post for details). Today, I’m interested in a rather simple question the folks at Vets For Freedom pose to Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama in [...]

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Petraeus to Suffer Through Second Day on Hill

April 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. Forces in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker will soon begin their second day of testimony before members of the U.S. Senate. Below are images from his testimony on Capitol Hill yesterday.

Image details: Petraeus And Crocker Testify Before Senate On State Of Iraq War served [...]

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