Daily Archives: February 8th, 2008 «

 

Keith Olbermann’s (hopeful) understudy suspended from MSNBC

Posted by: ST on February 8, 2008 at 6:53 pm » 13 Comments

The MSNBC gasbag who occassionally fills in for Keith Olbermann has been suspended following controversial remarks he made about Chelsea and Hillary Clinton (h/t: ST reader sanity): SEATTLE (AP) – A distasteful comment about Chelsea Clinton by an MSNBC anchor Thursday could imperil Hillary Rodham Clinton’s participation in future presidential debates on the network, a [...]

 

Joel Stein on the Obamacraze

Posted by: ST on February 8, 2008 at 3:46 pm » 4 Comments

A couple of years ago, I wrote about LA Times columnist Joel Stein’s candor about how he openly admitted that he did not support the troops, and how he encouraged others like him who did not support the war in Iraq to do the same. As you can see from the comments to that thread, [...]

 

Who will be the Mc’s veep choice?

Posted by: ST on February 8, 2008 at 1:15 pm » 12 Comments

With the Republican nomination race effectively decided after Mitt Romney’s departure from it yesterday, talk today has turned to who McCain should select for his VP running mate. Club for Growth president and former Congressman Pat Toomey (R-PA), a great conservative who I hope runs for Senate again one day, has an opinion piece in [...]

 

Berkeley City Council maroons back off dissing the Marines

Posted by: ST on February 8, 2008 at 10:25 am » 3 Comments

A week ago, I wrote about Berkeley’s latest anti-military antics, and I was by far not the only one. Apparently the outrage generated by blogs, as well as the threat to cut off Berkeley funding by Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) has them backtracking big time (h/t: BCB): BERKELEY, Calif. — As six Republican senators devised [...]