Daily Archives: April 9th, 2007 «

 

Elizabeth Edwards’ “rabid, rabid Republican” neighbor

Posted by: ST on April 9, 2007 at 9:38 pm » 16 Comments

Mary Katharine Ham has the 411 on some recent comments Senator John Edwads wife Elizabeth made about a neighbor to their 28,000 sq. foot estate. The Associated Press headline read “Elizabeth Edwards afraid of neighbor – She has never met `rabid Republican,’ but wouldn’t be nice” and here’s why: RALEIGH –Elizabeth Edwards says she is [...]

 

24/Monday/Tuesday open thread

Posted by: ST on April 9, 2007 at 9:02 pm » 4 Comments

Has President Palmer lost it? What will Jack do to Assad?

 

Conservatives w/ Attitude podcast

Posted by: ST on April 9, 2007 at 8:41 pm » Comments Off

Saturday, I had the pleasure of participating in a podcast with GOPUSANJ‘s Michael Illions and RightWingNews‘ John Hawkins. Topics discussed were Pelosi’s Big Adventure, the capture of the 15 British sailors, Fred Thompson, 1st quarter fundraising from Dem and Republican hopefuls for president, and ‘who’s hot and who’s not.’ You can listen to it by [...]

 

Weird: Don Imus on Al Sharpton’s show (MORE: IMUS’ MSNBC SIMULCASTS SUSPENDED 2 WKS.)

Posted by: ST on April 9, 2007 at 4:40 pm » 21 Comments

Is it just me or does anyone else out there feel a bit surreal about MSNBC’s Don Imus apologizing for racially insensitive comments on Al Sharpton’s radio show? Yes, this is the same “Reverend” Al Sharpton, the notoriously racist Democrat from who the Democratic party refuses to distance itself because they desperately need the black [...]

 

Has Obama dropped out of CBC/Fox News September debate?

Posted by: ST on April 9, 2007 at 4:01 pm » 1 Comment

Ben Smith at The Politico is reporting that he has: Barack Obama has chosen not to attend September’s Democratic presidential primary debate co-sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Institute and Fox News, an aide said, effectively dooming the event. Obama is the only member of the Congressional Black Caucus running for President, and his decision [...]

 

Why are certain folks opposing a statue of a Navy SEAL in Littleton, Colorado?

Posted by: ST on April 9, 2007 at 3:46 pm » 1 Comment

W. Thomas Smith, Jr. has the details. In a nutshell, some folks are viewing the proposed statue as ‘too violent’ – because the statue is of fallen Navy SEAL Danny Dietz holding a rifle. There was a suggestion by one resident that instead of a statue, Dietz’s sacrifice deserved a ‘peace dove.’ David Harsanyi responds [...]

 

The Rightosphere on the issues

Posted by: ST on April 9, 2007 at 2:40 pm » 9 Comments

John Hawkins recently surveyed several right wing bloggers, including yours truly, on their opinions on various hot button issues that are being debated today. The questions were: 1) If Scooter Libby loses his appeal and goes to jail, do you think George Bush, before he leaves office, should pardon him? 2) Should George Bush ask [...]

 

Ahmeanie and co.: 3,000 centrifuges have been installed at Natanz nuclear facility

Posted by: ST on April 9, 2007 at 12:28 pm » 4 Comments

MSNBC is reporting that Ahmeanie is declaring that Iran can make nuclear fuel “on an industrial scale”: WASHINGTON – Iran’s latest statements on its nuclear program were “another signal” that Tehran was defying the international community’s call to give up uranium enrichment activities, the United States said Monday. “It’s a missed opportunity,” State Department spokesman [...]

 

Senate Dems will ‘not’ cut off funding for troops, and are prepared to drop timetable demand

Posted by: ST on April 9, 2007 at 9:14 am » 4 Comments

The Nutroots are already going wild over this news: For the second straight weekend, top Senate Democrats shrunk further away from core principles they had set out in the Iraq war debate, signaling Sunday that they were prepared to drop a timetable mandating the withdrawal of U.S. troops, should President Bush fulfill his vow to [...]