Another rising star plummets back to earth: Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona was once seen as a rising star in state Republican politics and had been mentioned as a possible candidate for lieutenant governor. But the head of the nation’s fifth largest sheriff’s department has been indicted on federal corruption charges and is now …
Archives for October 2007
Outreach? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Outreach!
More Republican scheduling conflicts: In recent weeks, Republican presidential candidates have found time in their busy schedules to speak or debate before the Republican Jewish Coalition, “Value Voters,” conservative Floridians, even Wyoming Republicans, who hold virtually no sway in the primary race. They’ve also agreed to appear at the CNN/YouTube debate they at one point …
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Another Terrorist Captured
Fox news, during the California wildfires last week: Questionable 4-year-old FBI memo presented as new to stoke terror fears Did al Qaeda start the California wildfires? As more than a million people escaped the flames, Fox News anchors couldn’t help speculating about a terrorism link to the blazes ravaging southern California. “I’ve heard some people …
Ron Paul
I see that Andrew already has the Youtube of Ron Paul’s visit to Leno last night, which I saw live. Andrew quips: “Freedom: I wonder if today’s GOP leaders have heard of the idea?” There really is one thing I do not understand about Ron Paul- why do some unseemly types seem to be attracted …
Rats, Ship, Etc.
Karen Hughes edition: Karen Hughes, who led efforts to improve the U.S. image abroad and was one of President Bush’s last remaining advisers from the close circle of Texas aides, will leave the government at the end of the year. Hughes told The Associated Press that she plans to quit her job as undersecretary of …
Chris Dodd on Dope
Chris Dodd, in the debate last night discussing marijuana, medical or otherwise: “We’re locking up too many people in our system here today. We’ve got mandatory minimum sentences, they are filling our jails with people that don’t belong there. My idea is to decriminalize this, reduce that problem here. We’ve gone from 800,000 to 2 …
Things You Have to See to Believe
1.) There is a Klan rally in Alabama, to protest the Klan: Apparently not all Klans are created equal. Days after the Cullman City Council approved a permit request by the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan to assemble in front of the courthouse, members of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan announced their group’s …