Posted on May 21st, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Last June, in his Rolling Stone article, about the ’04 election questioning whether the vote had been stolen, Robert Kennedy, Jr. quoted Howard Dean saying, “We know that there was substantial voter suppression, and the machines were not reliable. It should not be a surprise that the Republicans are willing to do things that are [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, Democrats, Elections, In The News, Politics, Republicans
Posted on May 21st, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
On Saturday, I reported here that the “Bush Administration won’t approve a pay raise for our military.” The simple reasoning is of course, Republicans don’t really support the troops. The piece I quoted Saturday from the Boston Globe noted that Kerry had sent a letter to Bush on Friday, saying that “he was “extremely disappointed” [...]
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Filed under: Afghanistan, Bush Admin, Democrats, In The News, Iraq, John Kerry, Politics, Republicans, Senate
Posted on May 21st, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson officially declared himself a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination today, and became the first Hispanic presidential candidate. Richardson’s announcement in Los Angeles came with the “rock star” fanfare and “status of some of his rivals.” The former congressman and Cabinet secretary said his track record makes him the right [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Politics
Posted on May 21st, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Harto wrote about the latest Bush “political theater of the absurd” below. Well, I just ran across this absurdity about the John Edwards haircut kerfluffle from a few weeks ago, you know the one that won’t seem to go away. it seems John Edwards was not even involved in his $400 haircut. Atleast that what [...]
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Posted on May 21st, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Yesterday, I wrote about a piece in the WaPo that described the mess parents are getting into with cell phones and their teens using them for text messaging. While some parents are bowing to the pressure of allowing their kids to text message and singing on to new text message packages that add more monthly [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Economy, In The News, Politics, Senate
Posted on May 21st, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Good for Harry Reid… Two can play at Bush’s game and this summer Bush may lose: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has a little trick up his sleeve that could spell an end to President Bush’s devilish recess appointments of controversial figures like former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton. We hear that over the long [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, Democrats, In The News, Politics, Republicans, Senate