-The New Republic: The Jokester
A unique profile of Senator Ben Nelson. Discusses in detail some of his funnier pranks, as well as his odd position within the Democratic Party.
-Politico (Glenn Thrush): 58% of GOP not sure/doubt Obama born in US
What do we take from this?
-Politico: Birchers to birthers: a GOP quandary
I discussed this yesterday here, [...]
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July 31, 2009
Morning Reads- July 31, 2009
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July 30, 2009
Morning Reads- July 30, 2009
-Politico: Pete Sessions’s blimp flies into storm
Pete Sessions, earmark hater, just loves those blimps….This could potentially throw Republicans off their stride on bashing Obama’s economic plan for vast overspending…for about 3 seconds.
-Providence Journal: Republicans Looking Crazy on Health Care
Another look at the so-called Deathers.
-The American Prospect: The 10 Dumbest Arguments Against Health-Care Reform
-WSJ: Obama’s Great [...]
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July 29, 2009
Deathers: The New Birthers
Christopher Beam writes on Slate.com:
First came the “birthers.” Now, as President Obama makes a final push for health care reform, we have the deathers.
Many senior citizens are concerned that health care reform would mean cuts to Medicare. That much was clear at a town-hall meeting hosted Tuesday by the American Association of Retired Persons at [...]
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July 29, 2009
National Review Online Editorial Board Debunks the Birther Claims
This article by the editorial board at NRO is absolutely worth reading. It simultaneously bashes Obama and liberals while doing a great job of trying to put the Birthers to rest. NRO has spoken: Obama was born in the U.S.A.
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July 29, 2009
Maddow and O’Reilly Agree on Birthers!?
You know what they say about politics and bedfellows (VIDEOS)…
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July 29, 2009
Stephen Colbert on the Birthers!- Pt. 2 (ORLY TAITZ IS ON THE SHOW!!)
Orly Taitz actually comes on the show to be interviewed!
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July 29, 2009
Stephen Colbert on the Birthers!- Pt. 1
Colbert is on his game.
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July 29, 2009
Morning Reads- July 29, 2009
I spend a couple of hours each morning reading through the papers, blogs, online news or political sites, etc, and then emailing links to these articles to the few friends who still indulge me. Now I’m simply going to post them on here.
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Elizabeth Kaplan
