Archive for July, 2007
Posted in July 20th, 2007
Mitt Romney backed age appropriate sex education in 2002. Former Gov. Mitt Romney attacked Sen. Barack Obama yesterday for purportedly wanting sex education in kindergarten. It turns out, Romney himself once indicated support for the same sort of sex-ed approach — “age-appropriate” — that Obama backs. In a Planned Parenthood questionnaire he filled out during […]
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Posted in July 20th, 2007
The only way to solve this is for Congress to enforce it’s own subpoenas. This is truly a stunning level of arrogance and overreach.That said, expect to see the a very busy Sergeant at Arms frogmarching people before Congress for a trial. The founders had one other tool for when the Executive tried to […]
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Posted in July 20th, 2007
Wingnuts squeal July 20 (Bloomberg) — Patrick Fitzgerald won the convictions of four Osama bin Laden associates in May 2001. In March, he got Lewis “Scooter” Libby. Last week, he nailed Conrad Black. Fitzgerald, 46, isn’t saying what he’ll do next in his career. Friends and colleagues say he probably will remain a prosecutor rather […]
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Posted in July 20th, 2007
While most of the George Ryan indictments were not terribly surprising, one of the areas Ryan excelled in was prison reform. Remember that Richard Speck videotape? Remember how the Lege lost interest real quick? The prisons were a complete mess before Snyder with gangs essentially running much of the inside of the prisons. Snyder, though […]
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Posted in July 19th, 2007
It’s like groundhog day Of all people, CBN’s Brody File At first the headline was shocking. ABC News ran a story with the headline “Sex Ed for Kindergarteners ‘Right Thing to Do,’ Says Obama.” You can read the story here and watch his comments here. The key excerpt is below: “Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told […]
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Posted in July 19th, 2007
IL-17 State House Seat (Coulson incumbent $69,136.42 raised $5,420.08 spent $63,716.34 on hand That’s a very good start. You can donate at Act Blue
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Posted in July 18th, 2007
Via Rich I’ve never fully understood Madigan’s reluctance to doing media. He’s actually pretty good at making his case. The mistake was trying to force these all or nothing solutions in one session. You have to pull legislators along to get them to understand, and their constituents to understand, the wisdom of the policy. The […]
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Posted in July 17th, 2007
Diane Sawyer ROBIN ROBERTS (co-host): It’s going to be a long day on Capitol Hill. SAWYER: It certainly is. Senators facing an all-nighter now as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid vows to filibuster, talking all night to close out all topics besides a vote on Iraqi troop withdrawals. ROBERTS: And of course, as they continue […]
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Posted in July 17th, 2007
Charles Franklin asks if Guiliani is the next McCain. I wouldn’t bet against Charles, except perhaps on forecasting the baseball season.
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Posted in July 17th, 2007
The level of utter vapidness concerning several issues over the last week is staggering. First, a private citizen of the United States refuses to appear before the House of Representatives after being subpoenaed. Some seem to be buying some story that asserting a privilege doesn’t mean you don’t have to have your ass in the […]
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Posted in July 17th, 2007
In gentlemanly terms [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/ZKOAnrobCws” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] And he’s right.
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Posted in July 15th, 2007
I had a quick discussion with Jay Footlik on the phone today and he clarified his position fairly well. I’ll take it from the letter to the editor he sent to the Daily Herald: Footlik: I’ve been misquoted on Iraq I am writing to correct the record. A July 11 article, “Kirk gives surge credit,” […]
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Posted in July 15th, 2007
Not very honest [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/qEVilhoFdnI” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] The original video: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/UEfGmOWqHqA” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Iraq summer deserves credit for their video and they don’t support any particular candidate. Incorporating it into the Footlik supporter video is obnoxious. Doing it without attribution is doubly wrong. Now, the other thing is I’m getting […]
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Posted in July 13th, 2007
Mark Kirk “I think we should look to winding up the mission.” [Chicago Daily Herald, 3/19/07] “If the report comes back bad we need to make changes, we need to adjust the strategy, absolutely.” [Chicago Daily Herald, 7/11/07] You see, Concerned Kirk is concerned, but not enough to actually do something to stop […]
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Posted in July 13th, 2007
Jay Footlik Didn’t take long for 10th Congressional District Democrat Jay Footlik to alter his position on the Iraq war. Last month, as he got into the race, I asked Footlik a couple questions about his position on the Iraq war, sure to be a key issue in the primary against Democrat Dan Seals. Here’s […]
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