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Elect me and oil prices instantly drop, says Hillary Clinton in Iowa
Post Date: 2007-12-24 01:06:39 by Horse
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MANCHESTER, N.H. - Hillary Clinton predicted Saturday that just electing her President will cut the price of oil. When the world hears her commitment at her inauguration about ending American dependence on foreign fuel, Clinton says, oil-pumping countries will lower prices to stifle America's incentive to develop alternative energy. "I predict to you, the oil-producing countries will drop the price of oil," Clinton said, speaking at the Manchester YWCA. "They will once again assume, once the cost pressure is off, Americans and our political process will recede." Clinton argued that former President Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s actually started moving in the ...
Giuliani Snuck 2,000 Boxes of Records Out of New York's City Hall
Post Date: 2007-12-23 17:43:42 by robin
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Giuliani Snuck 2,000 Boxes of Records Out of New York's City Hall By Pam Spaulding, Pam's House BlendPosted on December 21, 2007, Printed on December 23, 2007 http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/http://www.pamshouseblend.com//71355/ Let's see how his campaign responds to this. The AP reports that, while NY government only allows a former mayor to keep a few token gifts when they clean out their desks, Rudy Giuliani would have needed several U-Hauls to remove all the paperwork he whisked out of City Hall, Gracie Mansion and other offices. That doesn't square with his claim that he believes in "open government." Or maybe it depends on the meaning of the word ...
Bye, Bye Tora Bora; Hello Subprime Mortgages
Post Date: 2007-12-22 21:59:07 by Brian S
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The conventional wisdom de jour in Washington, DC, can be summed up in a catchphrase popularized by Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign: "It's the economy, stupid!" The former Arkansas governor was challenging then-President George H.W. Bush, who had led the United States into a military victory against Saddam Hussein during the first Gulf War, criticizing Bush Senior for focusing too much attention on foreign policy as opposed to dealing with the economic recession of the early 1990s. Clinton and his aides were suggesting that American voters were sick and tired of Iraq, the Middle East, and other global policy issues and wanted the election campaign to concentrate ...
Presidential campaign refocuses on Iraq
Post Date: 2007-12-22 10:53:40 by richard9151
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Sat Dec 22, 3:17 AM ET JOHNSTON, Iowa (Reuters) - The Iraq war dominated the presidential campaign on Friday, with Hillary Clinton facing charges she flip-flopped on withdrawing forces and the White House rebuffing Mike Huckabee's criticism of its foreign policy. As the violence in Iraq has fallen in recent months in response to the deployment of additional U.S. troops, the war has become less of a daily issue among candidates for the November 2008 election. But less than two weeks before Iowa kicks off the state-by-state party nomination contests, Democrats seized on the former first lady's suggestion on Wednesday that U.S. troops could come home within a year. Previously she ...
Repukes REALLY hate Huckabee
Post Date: 2007-12-22 02:47:41 by Mekons4
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Mike Huckabee's insurrectionist presidential campaign is defying the determination of the Republican establishment to restrict the selection of the party's nominee to pre-approved candidates. At the same time that the ordained Baptist minister has surged to the forefront of the field not only in Iowa but in South Carolina and Florida, powerful conservative players -- from Bob Novak to the National Review to the Wall Street Journal -- are voicing outrage. "A comprehensive apostasy against core Republican beliefs," fumed George Will, so infuriated that on December 20 the normally impeccable stylist used the same phrase twice in one paragraph: "Huckabee's radical ...
Diebold Now Also Under DoJ Investigation as Stock Price Hits FIVE-YEAR Low!
Post Date: 2007-12-22 01:42:13 by robin
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BLOGGED BY Brad Friedman ON 12/21/2007 11:27AM Diebold Now Also Under DoJ Investigation as Stock Price Hits FIVE-YEAR Low!Once-Great, Now-Disgraced American Company Also Facing SEC Probe, Lawsuits, Upcoming 2008 Election MeltdownsNot to Say We Told Ya So, Diebold Shareholders... The death spiral for the 131 year-old company, once respectfully known as Diebold, continues, as its stock price falls to a 5-year low today, near year's end (currently $29.23/share and still sinking, from a 52-week high of $54.50/share), along with the additional news that the U.S. Department of Justice has now joined the SEC in an investigation concerning the company's "Enron-like" ...
Timeline: Romney's MLK Confusion
Post Date: 2007-12-21 21:12:26 by Brian S
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It's becoming increasingly hard to follow the various explanations and accounts of Mitt Romney's father, George, "marching" (so it is claimed) alongside Martin Luther King Jr. At first the former Massachusetts governor said that he saw the two walk together through the streets of Michigan. Now? Well, it depends what your definition of "saw" is. Here is a timeline of this confusing political saga. June 23, 1963 - Then Michigan Gov. George Romney issues a proclamation in support of Martin Luther King Jr.'s march in Detroit but declines to attend, according to Susan Englander, assistant editor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University. ...
The Butcher's Apron
Post Date: 2007-12-21 19:30:21 by richard9151
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12/21/07 "ICH" -- -- Every four years the country is swept up in the pomp and pageantry of presidential elections. And every four years loyal Americans flock to the voting booths to select the candidate of their choice. Elections--we are told---are supposed to be the true expression of democratic government. But they aren't. They're a sham and most people know it. The balloting creates the illusion of choice where there is none. It's become a meaningless ritual that has nothing to do with representative government. The 2008 elections have already been marred by a number of controversies, the worst of which is the report that was published last Friday by Ohio’s ...
Possible DeListing? (OF RUDY CANDIDACY)
Post Date: 2007-12-21 19:10:22 by aristeides
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Possible DeListing? 12.20.07 -- 5:42PMBy Josh Marshall Earlier this afternoon, I pointed out the beginning of the run on the Rudy contract at the key political betting/prediction sites. That was a bit after noon. He's fallen like another five points since that post. Current price is 27.3. To give a little perspective, at the Intrade site, Rudy's seldom traded under 35 since June. He's almost never gone below 40 since September. And he peaked at around 49 on the last day before the Shag Fund story broke. And then in the last three weeks or so his contract has lost almost half its value. And in just the last day his contract has lost almost ten points.
Say Anything, Starring Multiple Choice Mitt (JOHN COLE)
Post Date: 2007-12-21 15:16:03 by aristeides
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Say Anything, Starring Multiple Choice Mitt By: John Cole December 21, 2007 at 1:05 pm I really can not believe this is the guy the establishment is pinning their hopes on: Mitt Romney has been forced to get into some serious verbal gymnastics over his previous declaration about seeing his father, the late Michigan Gov. George Romney, marching with Martin Luther King. A close examination of the historical records shows that the elder Romney, while he was a strong support of civil rights, never actually appeared with King. “I’ve tried to be as accurate as I can be,” Romney told reporters. “If you look at the literature or look at the dictionary, the term ...
Buchanan: Is It Down to Mitt and Mike?
Post Date: 2007-12-21 14:13:32 by Brian S
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Not since 1952 has the nation entered a presidential year with greater seeming uncertainty as to who will face off in November. Early that year, Tennessee Sen. Ernest Kefauver upset Harry Truman in New Hampshire, relieving the nation by dashing Harry's hopes for another four years. The Republican race would be a titanic struggle between the Eastern Establishment's Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and "Mr. Republican," Ohio Sen. Robert Taft, the conservative paragon. Splitting the primaries between them, Ike and Taft fought all the way to the convention, where Ike's Texas delegates were seated and Bob Taft's booted. How important was that race? Ike would win and serve two ...
Was Rudy the Real Debate Winner?
Post Date: 2007-12-21 10:55:24 by richard9151
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He was nowhere to be found on stage, but Rudy Giuliani's campaign shrewdly rushed to declare victory after Tuesday night's Democratic debate in Philadelphia — chiefly because the former New York mayor emerged as the preferred whipping boy among the seven Democratic rivals. Giuliani's name came up a few times, most notably when Sen. Joseph Biden called Giuliani the "most under-qualified man since George Bush to seek the presidency... I mean, think about it. Rudy Giuliani. There's... there's only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun, a verb and 9/11." Those lines played to laughs, and a member of Giuliani's team fired back quickly Tuesday ...
Is Giuliani Facing Free Fall?
Post Date: 2007-12-21 10:48:06 by richard9151
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Thu Dec 20, 11:50 AM ET Campaign restarts are popular items this season, and last Saturday, in case you missed it, Rudy Giuliani tried to restart his unconventional presidential campaign with an inspirational speech in Florida about overcoming adversity. "I've met adversity before," Giuliani said. "I've led in situations that seemed hopeless and dire, in need of a miracle. I don't just hope for miracles. I expect miracles." Giuliani doesn't need a miracle just yet, but a little good news might be nice. Yesterday in Missouri, mechanical problems left Giuliani without an airplane, forcing him to cancel a rally and embark instead on a seven-hour drive ...
In a Rare Move, Kissinger Endorses McCain
Post Date: 2007-12-20 23:52:51 by Brian S
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BOSTON — Making a rare foray into primary politics, Henry Kissinger, 84, who served as secretary of state under Presidents Ford and Nixon, is saying Senator McCain is the best person to serve as president at a dangerous time for America and the world. Mr. McCain stood with Mr. Kissinger and R. James Woolsey, who was the director of central intelligence during the first two years of the Clinton administration, in the historic hall of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts. Flags, sabers, and portraits commemorating the Revolutionary and Civil wars adorned the location in the fourth floor of Boston's Faneuil Hall. (The venue also just happens to lie less than ...
Which Republican is Bush Secretly Dissing?
Post Date: 2007-12-20 19:40:57 by Zipporah
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Which Republican is Bush Secretly Dissing? newVideoPlayer("Bush_PC_Snapper.flv", 475, 376); In this clip from Bush’s year-end press conference this morning, he gives his “advice” for the candidates running for president: BE STUBBORNZ LIKE MEEEE, effectively. Indeed, all this talk about convictions and “ignoring polls and focus groups”… sounds like someone’s not voting for Mitt Romney. Also: OMG, Helen Thomas!
Romney Will Save Your Children
Post Date: 2007-12-20 19:38:35 by Zipporah
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Romney Will Save Your Children newVideoPlayer("Mitt_Ad_Snapper.flv", 475, 376); Let’s just get it out of the way: The guy in Mitt Romney’s new ad has the last name of “Gay.” Romney supports the Gays, hates Jesus, v. v. bad. But let’s move on to the, ahem, thrust of my reaction to this 30-second spot: Is this the best shit Romney can think of now? He somehow — because it goes unexplained — saved this dude’s daughter in Manhattan? Running around with a flashlight or some such? Totally Gay. [MittRomney.com]
Bloomberg And Hagel Holding Regular Calls
Post Date: 2007-12-20 19:00:17 by aristeides
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Bloomberg And Hagel Holding Regular Calls December 20, 2007 04:07 PM New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel have been conducting regular, private phone conversations over the past few months in an effort to "feel each other out" for a possible presidential run, sources have told the Huffington Post. It has been widely speculated that the two men could mount a third-party White House ticket. And while the maverick Republican and the independent mayor have met in the past, the private phone calls provide the clearest indication yet that they are considering such a move. Sources with knowledge of the conversations say they usually occur every few ...
Authoritarian Temptation: Can we trust the the presidency to a mayor like Giuliani? (GLENN GREENWALD)
Post Date: 2007-12-20 17:10:03 by aristeides
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Authoritarian Temptation Can we trust the the presidency to a mayor like Giuliani? By Glenn Greenwald One of the most under-discussed aspects of Rudy Giuliani’s quest for the presidency is how politically shrewd he is. Giuliani was elected mayor of one of the great bastions of American liberalism despite being a former Reagan DOJ official and Republican prosecutor renowned for his merciless, at times humiliating, treatment of criminal defendants. And after four years of living under his rule, New Yorkers re-elected Giuliani in a landslide victory against an icon of traditional Big Apple liberalism, Manhattan borough president Ruth Messinger. Giuliani never disguised himself. While ...
Tom Tancredo running for Senate seat?
Post Date: 2007-12-20 01:17:31 by _______
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Amid a report that he plans to drop out of the presidential race, Republican Tom Tancredo said he'll make a "major announcement" Thursday about his long-shot campaign. Although Tancredo did not shed any light on what that announcement may be, NBC News reported Wednesday that he intends to drop out of the race. Tancredo, a Colorado congressman, has scheduled a Thursday news conference in Des Moines, Iowa. He has consistently polled at the back of the seven-person GOP field. Tancredo has based his campaign on opposition to illegal immigration, running television ads that link lax border security to terrorist attacks, rape and other crimes. Tancredo announced in October he ...
Romney aligns himself with Bush in Iowa
Post Date: 2007-12-19 18:41:22 by richard9151
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18 minutes ago DAVENPORT, Iowa - Republican Mitt Romney aligned himself squarely with President Bush and his national security policies Wednesday, reaching out to GOP loyalists who hold the president in high regard, back the Iraq war and could sway the high-stakes nomination race. "I support our troops, and I support what our troops are doing. I also support our president. I believe that the president has acted in good faith and out of a desire to protect this country to do everything in his power to keep America safe," the Republican presidential candidate said. He spoke after touring the Army's Rock Island Arsenal near this eastern Iowa river city. Romney staunchly ...
Tom Tancredo to Drop Out of Presidential Race
Post Date: 2007-12-19 17:48:32 by Brian S
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Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo plans to drop out of the race during an announcement Thursday afternoon in Des Moines, Iowa, GOP sources close to the campaign have told FOX News. Tancredo, who has aggressively pushed his anti-illegal immigration message throughout the GOP primary race, has not been able to break through in the polls against his better known competitors. He and California Rep. Duncan Hunter typically poll in the single digits behind Texas Rep. Ron Paul in national surveys. Tancredo would not personally confirm whether he will pull out of the race. “I will neither confirm nor deny that report,” Tancredo told FOX News. The five-term Colorado ...
Giuliani faces 9/11 backlash - Some New York firefighters who lost sons in the attack plan to take on the former mayor in GOP primary states
Post Date: 2007-12-19 16:08:14 by robin
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Giuliani faces 9/11 backlash template_bas template_bas Some New York firefighters who lost sons in the attack plan to take on the former mayor in GOP primary states By Stephen Braun, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer December 19, 2007 WASHINGTON -- In an effort reminiscent of the bitter "Swift Boat" campaign during the 2004 presidential race, a group of New York firefighters who lost sons in the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attacks is organizing a political committee to take on former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani in Republican primary states. A leader of the 9/11 Firefighters and Families group met Tuesday with union leaders and political consultants, readying plans to set up a ...
Lott Officially Resigns, All Eyes Now on Barbour
Post Date: 2007-12-19 14:04:01 by aristeides
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Lott Officially Resigns, All Eyes Now on Barbour By Rachel Kapochunas, CQ Staff Republican Trent Lott of Mississippi resigned at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, bringing more than 30 years of congressional service to a close and creating an instant vacancy in the Senate. The Republican Whip’s resignation letter was announced on the Senate floor just after midnight Wednesday. Now, Gov. Haley Barbour has 10 days to replace him, at least for the time being. And all signs point to either Rep. Charles W. “Chip” Pickering Jr. or Republican Rep. Roger Wicker. Barbour declared that the election to choose a permanent successor will occur on Nov. 4, 2008, but Democrats and legal analysts have ...
MSNBC: 'Surreal' Giuliani holiday ad has to be spoof
Post Date: 2007-12-19 12:23:49 by robin
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MSNBC: 'Surreal' Giuliani holiday ad has to be spoof12/19/2007 @ 7:45 am Filed by David Edwards and Muriel Kane Rudy Giuliani's new campaign ad features the candidate attempting to soften his tough-guy image by wearing a fuzzy red sweater vest while sitting in front of a Christmas tree. Speaking in jovial tones, he confides to the viewer, "I'll be working to get everyone the same gift: a safer America, lower taxes, secure borders, job growth, fiscal discipline, strict constructionist judges -- and probably a fruitcake or something." Joe Scarborough and his co-hosts reacted to the ad with incredulity. "Ohhh. He did not do that," moaned Mika ...
Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton : Two Families, Three Decades In The White House, The Very Best Of Friends
Post Date: 2007-12-19 01:47:43 by TwentyTwelve
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007 The Big Con : Bill Clinton Wants To Tour The World With Pappa Bush To Undo Damage Of George W. Bush's Presidency Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton : Two Families, Three Decades In The White House, The Very Best Of Friends Hillary Clinton likes to give the impression that she stands utterly opposed to President George W. Bush, and that she believes he has ruined the United States during his seven years in power. But it's all a lie. The Clintons and the Bushes are really the best of friends, as we pointed out on this blog almost two years ago. Such good friends in fact, that Bill Clinton has announced that his wife's "number one priority" on ...
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