usatoday.com - 10/28/2008
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Cooper said he voted for George W. Bush in 2000, having voted in past elections for every Republican presidential nominee back to Richard Nixon. In October 1992, he presented a specially made rifle to the first President. Bush during a Billings campaign event. This year, Cooper has given $3,300 ...
marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 11/1/2008
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marcambinder.theatlantic.com —
The last thing the McCain campaign needs on
election day is demoralized Republicans. Hence this memo, which...
recapitulates what Davis and co. said on a conference call with reporters this morning. From: Rick Davis, McCain-Palin Campaign ...
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A McCain Campaign Memo
article.nationalreview.com - 10/27/2008
fivethirtyeight.com - 10/27/2008
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fivethirtyeight.com —
In 2004, Ashley Faulkner looked into the camera
and said of George W. Bush, "He's the most...
powerful man in the world, and all he wants to do is make sure I'm safe, that I'm OK." It was powerful. It was an emotional, affirmative argument to vote for ...
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The Three Ashleys
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Obama gets the business
Daimnation! —
... The "socialist" candidate is getting quite a bit if corporate support, especially compared to Kerry and Gore. (Of course, if you believe "corporate" is a synonym for "free market," ...
Crony Capitalists For Obama
Say Anything —
... Despite the GOP supposedly being the party of big business, Obama has been raking in far more corporate money than McCain. The question is: Why? ...
Your Politics Or Your Job
Winds of Change.NET —
So here's something that caught my eye.
Dan Cooper makes beautiful hunting rifles in Montana. Like most gun people, he's been a Republican most of his life, but in 2004 he became enamored with Barack Obama, after his Democratic Convention speech, and donated to his Senatorial campaign. He maxed out donating to Obama's presidential campaign.
When a story about this appeared in USA Today, the gun folks were - unhappy.
In response, he appears to have been fired from his own company.
When I heard about ...
On The Positive Side, .005% Of Unemployed Plumbers Will Support Them To The End
Balloon Juice —
... Money from rich people. Other movements have come and gone, but since FDR established the middle class and poor as the Democrats’ base Republicanism’s beating heart has been the interests of wealthy established interests in America. Too bad for them business executives are often greedy but rarely stupid. ...
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