This past week Barack Obama, in unprecedented fashion, strongly suggested to David Paterson that he should not run for reelection as the Democrat candidate for Governor of New York. Obama’s people then leaked the story to the press. The President wants Andrew Cuomo to be his party’s nominee, since Paterson seems sure to lose the general election.
Here is a [...]
Obama’s List of Friends Thrown Under the Bus Grows
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Open Thread
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Today’s Open Thread was submitted by Julie Trevor.
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
This one is a little different….
Two Different Versions! …………….. Two Different Morals!
OLD VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and [...]
A Spoonful of Saccharine: American People Support Obamacare (If You Define “American People” to Mean “Mostly Leftists”)
September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Lat night, Rachel Maddow had another one of her “TRUTH about the LIES about ACORN” segments, but it was not worth dwelling on. Most of the segment was a rehash of what Maddow has been saying for the past week—ACORN is essentially good, the right wing is out to smear this organization unjustly, yada, yada, [...]
Top US general in Iraq calls it a key partner
September 30, 2009 By
Sep 30, 12:40 PM EDT
Top US general in Iraq calls it a key partner
By LARA JAKES
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top American commander in Iraq on Wednesday warned Congress against losing sight of that nation as a key Mideast ally, even as safer conditions have let him send home more U.S. troops faster than expected.
Army Gen. [...]
Ron Radosh: What Conservatives Need to Know About Joe McCarthy
September 30, 2009 By 2 Comments
A Guest Blog By RONALD RADOSH
I noticed the controversy over the late Senator McCarthy in the comments column at NewsReal. It is a mistake for conservatives to think that just because McCarthy’s targets were real, the Senator did no harm. Stan Evans has contributed mightily to this confusion in his [...]
High court to look at local gun control laws-AP
September 30, 2009 By
Sep 30, 2:13 PM EDT
High court to look at local gun control laws
By MARK SHERMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether strict local and state gun control laws violate the Second Amendment, ensuring another high-profile battle over the rights of gun owners.
The court said it will review a lower court ruling [...]
Lawmakers worry about losing Internet influence in new deal – TheHill.com
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Lawmakers worry about losing Internet influence in new deal
By Kim Hart – 09/30/09 06:15 AM ET
The U.S. will lose influence over the Internet due to a new agreement expected to take effect Wednesday.
The deal, which appears to give foreign governments more say in how the global network is run, has come under criticism from lobbyists [...]
Lunch Break
September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Today’s Lunch Break was submitted by Sara
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Lunch Break is NewsReal’s daily apolitical post. (We all need a break from this political stuff every now and then!) If you would like to submit a video (humorous/music/film trailer/intriguing/etc.), image, or poem for this feature then please email it to DavidSwindle {@} Gmail.com. (Sunday Lunch Breaks are often [...]
Liberals count Dem votes for public option – TheHill.com
September 30, 2009 By
Liberals count Dem votes for public option
By Mike Soraghan – 09/30/09 11:03 AM ET
House liberals, challenged by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to prove they can pass their preferred public option, are surveying the rest of the Democratic caucus Wednesday.
In doing so, they may settle the key question facing House Democrats — whether there are enough [...]
Media Matters accepts “senior moment” excuse from ACORN’s Rathke
September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Here’s the “gotcha” Media Matters is highlighting on its web site today: “Latest fact-check fail: Fox News runs with claim that White House official worked for ACORN”:
After Matthew Vadum wrote in The American Spectator that “[e]vidence shows that years before he joined the Obama administration,” White House political affairs director Patrick Gaspard [who now holds [...]
