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Tag: republican presidential candidate

Jan 10
2012

What Ya Hiding Newt?

Misc

Last week Freddie Mac released Newt Gingrich from his non-disclosure agreement with them. Now Newt’s old firm is refusing to do the same: A lawyer for a consulting firm founded by former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said he was barring the release of a contract between the Republican presidential candidate and Freddie Mac. Gingrich […]

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May 2
2011

FLASHBACK: In 2008 John McCain Blasted Obama For Saying He Would Hunt Osama Into Pakistan

National Security

There is so much spin and rewriting of history this morning that my head is ready to explode. I think it’s time for a quick refresher on what lead us up to this victorious point today, including how the Republican presidential candidate in 2008 went after then candidate Obama when it came of Osama bin […]

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Jan 8
2010
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Sorry George – Not Buying It

Media

George Stephanopoulos has “corrected” Rudy Giuliani’s statement that ‘no domestic terrorist attacks happened under Bush’. The two key changes are as follows. First the title: Then: Rudy Giuliani: ‘No Domestic Attacks Under Bush…. One Under Obama’ Now: Rudy Giuliani Wrong in Saying ‘No Domestic Attacks Under Bush’ And then George added in a new paragraph. […]

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Jan 8
2010

Giuliani Claims We Had “No Domestic Terrorism Attacks” Under Bush

National Security

This has got me absolutely speechless: Mr. 9/11 himself, the man who was the mayor of the town that took the biggest hit on 9/11, is now denying it ever happened? “What [Obama] should be doing is following the right things Bush did. One of the right things he did was treat this as a […]

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Dec 7
2008
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Will McCain Share Now?

Misc

McCain is back to being a Senator and offering advice on Afghanistan: Sen. John McCain says the situation in Afghanistan will get more difficult before it gets easier — “just like the surge in Iraq was.” The former Republican presidential candidate visited the southern province of Helmand on Sunday, where he said NATO forces are […]

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Nov 16
2008
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Tuesday Is D-Day For Lieberman

Misc

This Tuesday is when Senate Democrats will vote on Lieberman’s fate, and that vote will be by secret ballot: Senate Democrats will decide by secret ballot Tuesday whether to take away Sen. Joe Lieberman‘s chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee — a post from which he oversees U.S. security issues, as well […]

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Sep 25
2008

The Evisceration Of McCain Hits The WSJ

Misc

I missed this article by Thomas Frank yesterday in the Wall Street Journal: Last week, Republican presidential candidate John McCain called for a commission to “find out what went wrong” on Wall Street. It was an excellent suggestion: Public inquiries into Wall Street practices served the country well in the 1930s. And Mr. McCain has […]

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Jul 18
2008

A Trial Seperation?

Misc

So you thought John McCain was done with Phil Gramm? Well you were wrong: After Sen. John McCain publicly repudiated his close friend and adviser Phil Gramm’s comments about a “nation of whiners” and a “mental recession,” the two old political comrades patched up their relationship. Gramm apologized to McCain for his remarks that gave […]

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Mar 14
2008

McCrazy Speaks!

Misc

This guy really is coo-coo for Coco Puffs: Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Friday he fears that anti-American extremists might attempt spectacular attacks in Iraq to try to tilt the U.S. election against him. We have been hearing the violence in Iraq is on the rise again. I guess this is McCain’s way of […]

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Mar 4
2008

The Bullshit Talk Express

Misc

For someone who sure hates lobbyists, he just loves surrounding himself by them: Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has engaged a leading GOP lobbyist to coordinate his message and travel schedule with congressional Republicans – the most concrete sign yet that the biggest battleground in the 2008 presidential race may not be Pennsylvania […]

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