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Posted at 9:13am on May 13, 2008 Washington Post: Indiana and Pennsylvania Full of Racists

By patriotroom

Promoted to the front by Erick.

The Washington Post today has really outdone itself. Did you know that Indianans and Pennsylvanians are racists? And if you live in Munice or Kokomo, Indiana or Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, you are a particularly vile strain.

Listen to the broad brush the Post uses to slander people. Note the neat trick in a lot of these examples: Use a term describing several or many people, then cite an example of one person uttering a racial slur. All emphasis mine.

First it is Indiana's turn. . . .

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Posted at 9:04am on May 13, 2008 Hillary, give Eleanor some credit please

By dorothyonthehill

Mrs. Clinton has been quoted as recently stating "A woman is like a tea bag, you never know how strong she is until shes in hot water". Now either the press has omitted her giving any credit to Mrs. Roosevelt, or she omitted such credit herself. I'm getting so sick of this.....at least offer the context if you want to bolster support for your cause.

It's not like its an obscure quote, I have greeting cards with this quote and "-Eleanor Roosevelt" printed on the front for pete's sake! If anything you would think she would be wise enough to place herself amongst other leading lady's by offering credit where credit is due.

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Posted at 9:02am on May 13, 2008 Michigan! Want to see Obama? Better go to Florida.

By RightMichigan.com

Cross-posted on Right Michigan at www.RightMichigan.com.

Even when we get a little attention we're treated like red-headed step children.  What gives?

By now you've probably heard the news that Barack Obama is finally planning to visit what the Associated Press refers to as the "politically neglected"states of Michigan and Florida.  He'll be here on Wednesday, May 14th.  In case you're not in front of a calendar, that's tomorrow.  

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Posted at 9:02am on May 13, 2008 Free Trade versus Fair Trade

By TXPoet

I recently wrote an article on corporate and individual responsibility to America rather than to larger profits. This bought out some rather strong comments and some indication that readers either failed to read or failed to understand. Most comments seemed to confuse “free trade” with globalization.

Some terms mean different things to different people. So I am providing a guide.

Conservatism in the United States comprises a constellation of political ideologies including fiscal conservatism, supply-side economics and both support and opposition to large subsidies to private industry, social conservatism, libertarianism.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionay defines conservatism as:

a: disposition in politics to preserve what is established

b: a political philosophy based on tradition and social stability, stressing established institutions, and preferring gradual development to abrupt change; specifically : such a philosophy calling for lower taxes, limited government regulation of business and investing, a strong national defense, and individual financial responsibility for personal needs (as retirement income or health-care coverage)

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Posted at 8:26am on May 13, 2008 The Obamacan Can

By absentee

The Political hacks at MoveOn.org recently teamed up with other hacks from a variety of disciplines, such as Ben Affleck ("acting"), Markos Moulitsas ("blogging"), Oliver Stone ("directing") and Eddie Vedder ("thinking") among others, to run a contest designed to get regular people to create their advertising for them. The contest, Obama in 30 Seconds, was judged by the above and other entertainment and media has-beens and also-rans, and was designed to find "really creative ads that will engage and enlighten viewers and help them understand the grassroots energy that's driving Barack Obama's campaign." MoveOn and I agree that, if anything in the political world requires explanation to be understood, it's the Obamanauts.

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Posted at 8:09am on May 13, 2008 MI MORNING UPDATE: House Republicans Propose Gas Tax Holiday-Hoogendyk Files Petitions-McCain Policy Speech

By saul anuzis

175 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

LOWERING GAS PRICES… With gas prices inching toward the $4 a gallon mark, House Republicans announced Monday that they are backing legislation that would suspend the 6 percent sales tax on gas purchases through Labor Day in an effort to boost the state’s tourism market.

HOOGENDYK FILES 30,000…Jack Hoogendyk filed over 30,000 signatures yesterday to put his name on the ballot to run for the United State Senate as our Republican nominee. Congratulations to Jack and thanks to all that helped.

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Posted at 8:02am on May 13, 2008 Obama "understands" why Hamas endorsed him

By Soren Dayton

From the NY Daily News:

While maintaining an ironclad commitment to Israel's security, Barack Obama says he understood why a top Hamas adviser voiced support for his presidential bid.

"It's conceivable that there are those in the Arab world who say to themselves, 'This is a guy who spent some time in the Muslim world, has a middle name of Hussein and appears more worldly and has called for talks with people, and so he's not going to be engaging in the same sort of cowboy diplomacy as George Bush,'" Obama said in an interview with The Atlantic.
"That's a perfectly legitimate perception as long as they're not confused about my unyielding support for Israel's security," Obama said.

I remind you of the statements of an Obama support from Chicago who runs the website Electronic Intifada:

The last time I spoke to Obama was in the winter of 2004 at a gathering in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. He was in the midst of a primary campaign to secure the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat he now occupies. ... As he came in from the cold and took off his coat, I went up to greet him. He responded warmly, and volunteered, "Hey, I'm sorry I haven't said more about Palestine right now, but we are in a tough primary race. I'm hoping when things calm down I can be more up front." He referred to my activism, including columns I was contributing to the The Chicago Tribune critical of Israeli and US policy, "Keep up the good work!"

Or to quote the LA Times story entitled "Allies of Palestinians see a friend in Barack Obama":

And yet the warm embrace Obama gave to Khalidi, and words like those at the professor's going-away party, have left some Palestinian American leaders believing that Obama is more receptive to their viewpoint than he is willing to say.

Maybe the answer is just that where there is smoke, there is fire. Any maybe his long-time supporters know him better than the reporters infatuated with him.

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Posted at 2:30am on May 13, 2008 ELECTION PROJECTION- 5/13: Mac 301 Obummer 237 (with bonus!)

By theoneandonlyfinn

First the projections, and then...what EXACTLY are the swing states?

SCENERIO ONE- McCAIN V OBAMA

SCENERIO TWO- McCAIN V CLINTON

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Posted at 1:55am on May 13, 2008 This is my stop Johnny Mac, y'all go on without me...Rebuilding the Movement and the New Contract for America

By BlackRepub

So today, we learned that John McCain does not intend to pander to full blooded conservatives; rather he intends to continue to harness his Maverick, BiPartisan, NewTone image to convince his friends in the media that he's really not one of "those" Republicans. The effect of this of course may be that he does indeed get elected to the White House, but by distancing himself from mainstream Republicans as he intends to do, he is going to kill the GOP's prospects downticket. Where has he strayed off of the reservation this time, you ask? What has he done to warrant an entire blog? What he has done today is saw off another leg of the already shaky stool he was one. Today McCain's violations were threefold. The first two go hand in hand: McCain decided to bury his credentials as a conservative, by supporting signing the Kyoto treaty as well as supporting a carbon cap and trade deal. Now here's the problem with this, other than the fact that it is taking money out of American's pockets and allowing Europe to police the American economy. We know McCain is not a full blooded conservative, but unlike Rudy Giuliani, who sought to downplay his differences with full spectrum conservatives, McCain seems anxious to run to his friends in the New York Times and give them more evidence of how he's not such a bad guy, after all, he worships at Al Gore's church of Global Warming, which has about as much credibility as Ron L Hubbard's Church of Scientology. This decision by the McCain campaign to once again run to the media to beef up his Maverick credentials is another move by McCain to show off his great BiPartisan power, because this of course is legislation that he sponsored with the only sensible Democrat, Joe Lieberman, the last of the Scoop Jackson Democrats who is right on the GWOT and wrong on everything else. Unfortunately, Joe isn't running for President, McCain is, and this was another middle finger to the base and to the American people who in a time of economic distress, don't need politicians making up more regulations and taxes to hit them in the pocketbook. However, it did bolster McCain's earlier statement that he doesn't really know anything about the economy. Further boosting that claim was McCain's third faux pas in today's NewTone trio, that sources have leaked America's Snake Oil Pastor, Mike Huckabee is in line to hitch his trailer onto the back of the Straight Talk Express. I don't need to go into every single reason why Mike Huckabee is bad for this job, I think I've been pretty clear in the past. Suffice it to say that McCain achieved the one two knockout punch for flushing his economic credentials down the toilet as well as his pledge to pick someone who knows national security. Huckabee wouldn't know national security if it appeared personified, sat down in his double wide and ate a plate of fried squirrel with him. The vice President is poised to be the future leader of the party, a heartbeat away from the Presidency. McCain was supposed to assure his party and the American people that they can trust that America will survive if something happens-with his Huckalove, the only thing that we can be assured of is that there will be plenty of class warfare and Kool-Aid to go around. And this is only the beginning-if you liked McCain-Feingold, McCain-Lieberman, and McCain-Kennedy, wait until you see what he gets going when he has an even weaker GOP minority in the fall. Thusly, I have decided to get off the Straight Talk Express, and I am no longer voting for John McCain, nor will I treat him with the kid gloves I had been as a good little Republican, getting in line no matter how I had to grit me teeth through the knives he put in the heart of every conservative.

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Posted at 12:51am on May 13, 2008 I'm naive, so clue me in....

By kowalski

Tonight I'm clicking through and reading about a half-dozen pages on the Internet and one of them was the story about the woman who inadvertently showed up for an Obama rally and after being jilted, ran smack dab into Hillary Clinton: [h/t: Drudge]

Disappointed, she decided instead to go for breakfast - and walked right into Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign stop.

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Posted at 12:35am on May 13, 2008 MS Special Election Today (We could lose it)

By dld1717

Any MS posters and can u tell us what the feeling of this race is? The election is Tuesday and should be very close.

Davis had Cheney come in today. Was this a good move?

Any MS posters I have a bad feeling.

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Posted at 12:10am on May 13, 2008 California tax targets beer-lovers...or...Liberalism Cali style

By speciallist

Democratic lawmakers search far and wide for new revenue to balance the state budget, though Republicans have vowed to stop any tax hikes.

By Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times (...I love living in a blue state...not...parentheses are mine.)

SACRAMENTO -- As state leaders hunt for politically palatable solutions to the swelling budget shortfall, some Democrats are proposing unorthodox ways to generate cash.

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Posted at 11:17pm on May 12, 2008 A Question for Senator McCain About Cap-and-Trade

By blackhedd

Senator, I'm a businessman, and your cap-and-trade proposal will have a direct impact on my businesses, which in turn affects the livelihood of the people I employ, and their families.

So this question is not merely of academic interest.

You've proposed, as a matter of moral and scientific urgency, to cap total emissions of carbon dioxide by business operations.

Here's what I need to know: does your plan cap emissions only on the US operations of American companies, or on their emissions from all operations worldwide?

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Posted at 8:52pm on May 12, 2008 Wrightheadedness

By Joe Schmo

Just because I keep reading a friction going on here that I don’t see any need for.

To those that are offended that the Fredheads are relating Conservatism to Fredheadedness, I’d like to give you my view from way out in right field. I think EPU covered this very well in all of his explanations, and I certainly do not speak for him or any other Fredhead, but I’d like for you to see one reason I think you shouldn’t be offended by this.

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Posted at 6:48pm on May 12, 2008 Lew Rockwell: US to Invade Burma for "EMPIRE"

By jpniner

More proof that Lew Rockwell(and by extension the Paultards) are morally in the toilet and gullible idiots at the same time.

Recent blog post of Rockwell's:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/020936.html
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May 11, 2008
Why the Campaign Against the Burmese Junta?
Posted by Lew Rockwell at May 11, 2008 11:31 AM

So the US empire can once again use a humanitarian crisis to take over another country, of course. (Thanks to Sean Corrigan.)

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