dailykos.com - 11/13/2008
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Rich Lowry in a WaPo op-ed engages in one of the more thoughtful examples of Republican and conservative wishful thinking about the election, Sarah Palin and the future of the electorate. Most of the wishful thinking by other conservatives is just nonsense. The recognition of the electoral vote ...
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article.nationalreview.com - 11/19/2008
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article.nationalreview.com —
T hat didn t take long. As we
observed throughout the campaign, Barack Obama gave indications that
his election would mean a return to the September 10 mentality, a national-security outlook marked prominently by its lack of seriousness about the ...
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time.com - 11/18/2008
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time.com —
President Clinton's eleventh-hour pardon of fugitive financier Marc
Rich has sparked a firestorm of controversy, launching investigations
in both houses of Congress and igniting fierce protest from both Democrats and Republicans. The U.S. House and ...
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The Marc Rich Case: A Primer
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Oh, NOW He's a Conservative
Shadow of the Hegemon —
... And then there's the more people self-identify as conservatives than liberals thing. Yeah, you've heard THAT one before. And there's some quote about how ""government is the problem and not the solution" is apparently popular with Americans. Which might be convincing, if that poll weren't a month old and if the exit polls didn't scream the opposite. He's hardly alone in this. Practically all of Official Washington is bleating about a "center-right nation" that doesn't exist. ...
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Frank Rich on the election that was
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Soak the Rich!
powerlineblog.com 2/27/2009 — Barack Obama ran for President on a "spread the wealth around" platform, and we're now seeing that this was no empty campaign promise. The Obama administration proposes to expand the wealth and power of the federal government beyond anything ...
Using children as weapons
iraqnow.blogspot.com 7/14/2009 — Frank Rich, in a stupid column for the New York Times, can't resist throwing an elbow at a politician's child. The essence of Palinism is emotional, not ideological. Yes, she is of the religious right, even if she winks literally and figuratively at ...
Who's to blame for Sarah Palin?
corner.nationalreview.com 10/19/2008 — We are! According to The New Yorker, you can track the conspiracy by the NR cruise itinerary. Rich Lowry seems pleasant enough on dry land, but cross a boyband talent scout with the shark from Jaws, and that's our Rich prowling up and down the ...
Can Eric Holder's role in the Rich pardon be defended?
powerlineblog.com 12/8/2008 — Can Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich be defended on the merits? Seth Lipsky is a journalist whom I greatly respect, and he thinks that it can. In today's New York Times Seth makes the case for the pardon. Seth also thinks that the pardon should be ...
Prosecutor in Marc Rich Case Endorses Holder
legaltimes.typepad.com 12/23/2008 — One of the prosecutors in the criminal case against commodities trader Marc Rich says that Eric Holder Jr. shouldn’t be disqualified from the job of attorney general because of his involvement in Rich’s pardon. In a letter released today by...
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