Daily Archives: March 17th, 2008 «

 

He cheated multiple times on his wife, sold secrets to China for campaign cash …

Posted by: ST on March 17, 2008 at 9:00 pm » 6 Comments

… and, among other thigns, was a miserable failure in the counterterrorism department, but the only thing that can apparently hurt Bubba’s image is … his active role in his wife’s campaign: Bill Clinton’s reentry into the political arena appears to have come at some cost to his legacy. New polling now suggests that Clinton’s [...]

 

Desperate for failure in Iraq

Posted by: ST on March 17, 2008 at 7:25 pm » 1 Comment

The Washington Post reported last Friday that General David Petraeus asserted that Iraqi leaders had failed to take advantage of the success of the surge in seeking political reconciliation. Only problem is that once you get beyond the first paragraph, you’ll see that Petraeus didn’t quite say what the WaPo claimed he did: BAGHDAD, March [...]

 

Florida Dems won’t hold a re-vote

Posted by: ST on March 17, 2008 at 6:15 pm » 3 Comments

Via TPM Election Central: In a statement, Florida Dem party chair Karen Thurman has just made it official: Florida state officials have nixed the possibility of a revote altogether: “Last week, the Florida Democratic Party laid out the only existing way that we can comply with DNC Rules – a statewide revote run by the [...]

 

Hillary Clinton misrepresents McCain’s “100 years in Iraq” comment

Posted by: ST on March 17, 2008 at 3:08 pm » 1 Comment

Looks like “the Messiah” isn’t the only one who’ll misrepresent/lie about the comment in order to gain political traction. Jim Geraghty has the story and the McCain response. In related news, thanks in part to the Rev. Wright dustup, and new poll figures released today showing what may be the start of a sustained downward [...]

 

Kristol/Newsmax claim on BO disputed (MULTIPLE UPDATES)

Posted by: ST on March 17, 2008 at 11:41 am » 19 Comments

Over the weekend, Rocco di Pippo at the Autonomist blog did some digging and found a Newsmax piece written in August 2007 by Jim Davis, in which Davis asserted that Obama was in attendance at a Trinity United Church of Christ service on July 22nd of that same year. Davis also reported that Obama allegedly [...]

 

Democrats and Florida

Posted by: ST on March 17, 2008 at 9:38 am » 5 Comments

The Miami Herald reports that Democrats are nowhere close to resolving the dilemma on what to do about having Florida’s votes count in the nomination process: As the Florida Democratic Party gets ready to decide Monday whether to pull the plug on a long-shot bid to restage the state’s presidential primary by mail, it faces [...]