article.nationalreview.com - 1/5/2009
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Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Blago -- these men make be proud to be a Democrat!
article.nationalreview.com - 1/6/2009
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an you believe it? Barack Hussein Obama II
hasn t even been inaugurated yet and he s
already been interviewed by federal prosecutors in the ongoing Blago mess; he s seen Bill Richardson immolate himself rather than stand the federal grand-jury ...
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... David Kahane breaks out the clown cars for the ‘Rats. Again, just because I can, that calls for another song… ...
Dissecting Leftism —
... Life in the clown-car fast lane: "Can you believe it? Barack Hussein Obama II hasn't even been inaugurated yet and he's already been interviewed by federal prosecutors in the ongoing Blago mess; he's seen Bill Richardson immolate himself rather than stand the federal grand-jury scrutiny that would have come with his appointment as Commerce Secretary; his boy Rahm Emanuel is both en pointe, having resigned the House seat that was previously warmed by Hot Rod and Dan Rostenkowski, and, apparently, on Patrick Fitzgerald's tapes too; and he's facing the prospect of the Senate ...
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