From the Boston Globe: “Kerry loss wasn’t over money”: Tax-exempt pro-Democratic groups raising big checks for this year's election collected almost twice as much money as their Republican rivals in the presidential race, a study suggests. The financial advantage was in addition to record fund-raising by Kerry and the Democratic...
Well, they can just cry me a river... A Democratic city councilman has demanded that a baker remove photos of President Bush from his stand in Lancaster's venerable farmers' market, saying the city needs a "healing period" following the bitterly contested presidential election. City Council member Nelson Polite approached David...
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Is Lieberman Back In The Running?
By Matt Margolis at
04:59 PM
Now that Kerik is out, Joe Lieberman's name is again being tossed around as a possible replacement for Tom Ridge to head the Homeland Security Department: The Connecticut Democrat's status is this: He's not denying sources' reports that he's been approached to join the Bush team. And while it's a...
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Minnesota Elector Votes For Edwards, Not Kerry
By Matt Margolis at
03:00 PM
I wonder if the Kerry Campaign is going to put money into a recount for this one. One of Minnesota's 10 presidential electors broke from the pack and cast a vote Monday for John Edwards, the Democratic vice presidential running mate for John Kerry. The other nine Minnesota members of...
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Votes Bits & Bytes, Panel III: Affecting the Outcome I
By Matt Margolis at
02:39 PM
According to the conference program for Votes Bits & Bytes, South Korea "was the first country on the planet where the Internet had a serious impact on the outcome of electoral politics." Oh Yeon-ho of OhMyNews.com which rose as an online alternative to the county's media establishment. It is a...
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Leftist Media (And Bloggers) Still Campaigning For Kerry
By Guest Blogger at
10:43 AM
Written by guest blogger La Shawn Barber of La Shawn Barber's Corner. Sorry. I just don't see what the big deal is about Bernard Kerik. Since George Bush's re-election, the pressure to be mistake-free is off. When he was running for office, every little thing that happened was blown up...
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The Next Phase of the War on Terror
By Mark Noonan at
02:00 AM
All eyes have been on Iraq for the past month as we fought the terrorists in Fallujah and elsewhere; our MSM, as usual, has played it up as a widespread and growing resistence to the US military and Iraqi government - the truth isn't quite like that. As the ever-dilligent...
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December 12, 2004
McCain Pumping Up For 2008?
By Matt Margolis at
08:45 PM
Is John McCain using steroids in baseball as his champion issue to put himself at the front of the line for a 2008 presidential bid? Amid revelations about baseball's biggest names, McCain has threatened to push legislation early next year if Major League Baseball and the players do not clean...
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One Last Push
By Matt Margolis at
07:36 PM
We are in still second place in the 2004 Weblog Award under the category "Best Group Blog." Voting ends at 10:00 PM EDT... So please vote for us one last time before the contest is over... Click here to vote for us for Best Group Blog of 2004. You may...
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Votes, Bits & Bytes: Keynote
By Matt Margolis at
06:18 PM
Scott Heiferman, CEO of Meetup.com gave the Keynote address Friday afternoon at Votes, Bits & Bytes. He had a lot of energy and incorporated humor into his speech. He spoke about the genesis of Meetup, which came from reading Robert Putnam's book Bowling Alone. He spoke about a new "poeople-powered...
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Bush and the Bloggers...
By Matt Margolis at
01:29 PM
...Iraqi bloggers that is... Jeff Jarvis reports that the bloggers behind Iraq The Model met George W. Bush last week... They said President Bush assured them that we would finish the job this time. They told the President that they were grateful for their liberation and that the coalition did...
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Karzai: Bin Laden Is Nearby
By Matt Margolis at
12:42 PM
Recently sworn in Afghan President Hamid Karzai says that bin Laden will definitely be caught.: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that Osama bin Laden is "definitely" in the region and eventually will be caught, even though American and Pakistani generals admit the trail is cold. Speculation on bin Laden's...
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Votes, Bits & Bytes, Panel II: Business
By Matt Margolis at
12:38 PM
The second panel of the conference on Friday started around 10:45 a.m. and was on business and the Internet. How has the internet enabled new business models to be created, what we can learn from these and how we can apply them to politics. Ester Dyson of CNET Networks spoke...
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Votes, Bits & Bytes, Panel I: Citizenship
By Matt Margolis at
09:48 AM
As I said before, I was going give you all more details about the conference I attended this weekend, Votes, Bits & Bytes after it was over. Unfortunately, I did not live blog the conference — as some people in attendence did, but I did take notes, and will try...
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Winds of Change in the Gay Rights Movement?
By Mark Noonan at
12:29 AM
La Shawn Barber bring to our attention this New York Times article (registration required) regarding the gay rights movement and gay marriage: The leadership of the Human Rights Campaign, at a meeting last weekend in Las Vegas, concluded that the group must bow to political reality and moderate its message...
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December 11, 2004
Teen Sexual Activity Declines
By Mark Noonan at
02:02 PM
For years now we've had the debate about what is best for the kids - to teach them how to have sex and use contraception, or whether to teach them not to have sex at all until they are mature enough to handle the consequences. For the former, the mantra...
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Just Because You're Paranoid Doesn't Mean We Have To Take You Seriously
By Matt Margolis at
06:33 AM
How decisive a victory does Bush have to win in order for these losers to shut up? As the Electoral College prepares to certify President Bush's re-election on Monday, concerns persist about the integrity of the nation's voting system - particularly in Ohio, where details continue to emerge of technology...
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Note About The Blogroll
By Matt Margolis at
03:30 AM
Lots and lots of requests have been coming in since the election. No blogs have been added yet, but they will be soon. Several people have submitted multiple requests — don't worry, your site hasn't been ignored... I've just not gotten around to adding new blogs yet....
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December 10, 2004
This surprised a lot of us... In a surprise move, former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik abruptly withdrew his nomination as President Bush's choice to be homeland security secretary Friday night, saying questions have arisen about the immigration status of a housekeeper and nanny he employed. The decision caught...
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We seem to be living in extraordinary times. Never before in history have so many people lived under democracy or been so tantalizingly close to realizing democratic dreams. Despite some nations notably sliding backwards against this trend, such as Russia and Venezuela, it certainly seems inexorable. As Dan Henninger writes...
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What the Democrats are Doing in Ohio
By Mark Noonan at
03:17 PM
T. Bevan over at Real Clear Politics gives us an excellent run-down on the activities of Democrats in Ohio over the past few days. Essentially, lunatic-leftists like John Conyers, Jesse Jackson and Sheila Jackson Lee are charging that the election in Ohio was stolen and that John Kerry should have...
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Sorry Joe, Nothing Personal
By Matt Margolis at
12:03 AM
Thursday night was the start of a 3 day conference being held at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. The conference, Internet + Society 2004: Votes, Bits & Bytes, tonight was a forum with Joe Trippi (Dean's campaign manager) and Michael Turk (eCampaign director for Bush-Cheney '04)... The forum was quite...
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December 09, 2004
Republican jumps out to lead in Washington governor’s race
By Eric Lindholm at
10:19 PM
They’re counting votes again in Washington state: Most of Washington's counties began their third and final tally of the governor's race on Thursday, checking stacks of ballots by hand to see if any mistakes were made in the machine recount of some 2.9 million ballots. With 10 of the state's...
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Kerry To Visit The "Wrong War In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time"
By Matt Margolis at
01:09 PM
How's this for irony... Former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry will travel to Iraq next month as the war-torn country prepares for elections. The Massachusetts senator, who lost his bid for the presidency in November, is expected to visit several Middle East countries, with the focus on the situation in...
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The Dem's Strategy? Be more like Republicans
By Daniel Moore at
08:59 AM
In The Road Back, by Al From and Bruce Reed, the DLC provides a blueprint for moving the Democratic party back from their near disgraceful position (Yes, I read this regularly. Call it "opposition research"). It's good to see some of the Donks finally accepting the defeat. Point number 1...
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Sharpton Got Paid To Aide Kerry Campaign
By Matt Margolis at
04:12 AM
$86,715... All of John Kerry's one-time rivals in the Democratic presidential primary eventually lined up to support him as the nominee, but only one got paid for it - Al Sharpton. The Democratic National Committee paid Sharpton $86,715 in travel and consulting fees to compensate for his campaigning for Kerry...
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Well it isn't fair!, Unless of course the Democrats are in charge!
By Paul Lewis at
03:06 AM
Heh! The Republicans want control over two-thirds of each committee’s resources, but Democrats have called that unacceptable. They want a 50-50 split in the 109th Congress. Then there is this little bit of information: "Democrats instituted the 66-33-percent division of resources favoring the majority party, Lott said. “That was in...
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Don't Have Good Ideas? Then Get Better Slogans!
By Mark Noonan at
02:12 AM
That, at least, seems to be the main point of Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate by George Lakoff, professor of linguistics and cognitive sciences at UC Berkeley. The crux of the argument seems to be that our Democrats lose because they just can't...
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December 08, 2004
Advocating for A.G. Nominee: Alberto Gonzales
By Jason Smith at
04:58 PM
If you're an attorney in the U.S. and willing to advocate (e.g., by telephone call or letter to your Senator) for the confirmation of Attorney General Nominee Alberto Gonzales, please email me your contact information for inclusion on the list....
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Snow to Remain Treasury Secretary
Dow Jones is reporting that President Bush has asked John Snow to remain as Secretary of the Treasury....
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Democratic Lawlessness
By Mark Noonan at
01:39 PM
The first duty of a free person is to obey the laws - the laws, in a free society, being the freely expressed will of the people, they must be obeyed; to not obey the laws is to negate freedom entirely. The law is our protection against the jungle -...
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Kerry Campers Didn't Get Paid
By Matt Margolis at
10:38 AM
According to The Washington Post, some who were on the Kerry campaign advance team have not been paid. There are rumblings that, despite a recent discovery of $15 million in leftover campaign money, some of the Kerry campaign advance team are having trouble getting paid for the last several weeks...
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Wictory Wednesday
By PoliPundit at
08:44 AM
In a desperate attempt to steal another election, Democrats have pushed for a statewide hand recount of the governor's race in Washington state, where Republican Dino Rossi has a 42-vote lead in the final count. The Washington state GOP needs volunteers to observe the recount so that Democrats don't steal...
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What is Really At Stake in the Court Battle
By Mark Noonan at
05:53 AM
Thomas Sowell does his usual bit and identifies the actual central issue involved in our coming fights over judicial nominees: The highest stakes are democratic self-governance versus judicial fiats that threaten to make a mockery of the American system of government by elected officials. We hold it a self-evident truth,...
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Bipartisan Support For Fixing Social Security...
By Matt Margolis at
12:42 AM
Well, it's only one so far... President Bush's call for private accounts within Social Security drew an early expression of bipartisan support Tuesday when Florida Rep. Allen Boyd stepped forward to the disappointment of Democratic leaders. "There are some of us who are willing to work across party lines" on...
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December 07, 2004
Moore denies he hurt Kerry’s campaign
By Paul Lewis at
06:36 PM
That Mr. Moore, would be like President Clinton denying he had “sex with that woman” or Richard Nixon denying "I am not a crook" The filmmaker thinks the Democrats should embrace Hollywood because "this is where they need to come to learn how to tell a story." How quaint. If...
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Bush To Light Menorah At White House
By Matt Margolis at
06:32 PM
Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah, and a special Hanukkah menorah is to be lit tonight at the White House by President Bush - at his request. The menorah was built by a Florida congregation in memory of Noam Apter, a 23-year-old student at the Otniel Yeshiva in the...
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Muslim Activist: Censor Critics of Islam to Stop Terror
In an otherwise unremarkable ABC News article titled "Is Islam Endangering 'Europeanness?'," there are a couple of items that merit note for the light they shed on various actors in this War on Terror. The article opens with a story about Salma Yaqoob:As chairwoman of the Stop the War Coalition...
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Who's Really Putting Politics Before Security?
By Matt Margolis at
04:21 PM
The Washington Times reports that the disgraced chairman of the DNC has used Pearl Harbor to slam Republicans... Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe, in a special Pearl Harbor Day statement, said national unity 63 years ago enabled Americans to go forward and defeat the country's enemies, but the same...
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The Left's Last Resort... The Recount
By Guest Blogger at
01:31 PM
Written by guest blogger Willis Cheng of Young Pundits. No margin is too great for the Dems to demand a recount when they've lost. The funniest part is that the electoral voters are casting their ballots in less than a week, yet the guy who ran against Bush is going...
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DLC Joins Anti-Kofi Chorus
The Democratic Leadership Council is now calling for Kofi Annan to resign as Secretary General of the UN.Annan's intransigence should not deter the Senate subcommittee on investigations or other congressional investigations. Volcker can hardly be expected to conduct a thorough and unbiased inquiry into a scandal in which the U.N....
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Professor Urges Therapy for Pro-American Arab
This story is so absurd, it is nearly impossible to believe:Yesterday, Foothill College Political-Science Professor Joseph Woolcock tried to intimidate student Ahmad Al-Qloushi into seeing a therapist because of a Pro-American essay he wrote in Woolcock's class. The thesis of Al-Qloushi's essay is that the US constitution was a very...
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Giuliani on the Mind
By Mark Noonan at
03:14 AM
It's, of course, way too early to think about 2008 - but we're all thinking about it anyways. I think part of this is the fact that in 2008 we'll have no clear "successor" to the current President - perhaps over the next four years President Bush will groom someone...
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December 06, 2004
Ohio: Certified
By Matt Margolis at
07:11 PM
Bush has officially won the state of Ohio. Bush's official lead in Ohio stands at 118,775 - outside the margin of recount. Feel good? I do. Even the head of America Coming Together (ACT), Steven Rosenthal has conceded Ohio. When it came to getting out the Democratic vote in Ohio...
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We Got The Silver, Let's Go For The Gold
By Matt Margolis at
06:05 PM
As of this posting, we are in second place in the 2004 Weblog Award under the category "Best Group Blog." I am glad so many people out there think so highly of what we've done here. I hope you'll continue to vote for us once daily and perhaps help bring...
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Put Parsons on the List for Treasury
Richard Parsons, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner, served as Co-Chairman with former New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of the Presidential Commission for Social Security Reform. Although he has not been mentioned anywhere as a candidate for Treasury Secretary, given his role in what is likely to be the...
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President Bush to Name New Treasury Secretary
The New York Times is reporting that President Bush will replace John Snow as Secretary of the Treasury. Because Social Security reform and tax reform are critical issues at the top of the second term agenda, it would come as no surprise that the President would seek to shore up...
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Canadian Newspaper Calls for Annan's Resignation
Canada's National Post, formerly a Conrad Black publication but now drifting leftward under new leadership, calls for Kofi Annan to resign:Last Wednesday, Norm Coleman, a Republican from Minnesota and co-chairman of the U.S. Senate subcommittee investigating the United Nations oil-for-food program in Iraq, called on UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to...
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Don't Hold Your Breath Reid
By Matt Margolis at
09:56 AM
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, is repeating an old calling of Senator Patrick Leahy, in suggesting that Bush consult with Senate Democrats on Supreme Court nominees to "to ensure a smooth path to Senate confirmation." Claiming historical precedent, Reid noted that Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah noted in...
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What Usually Goes Unreported
By Matt Margolis at
09:49 AM
Blogger Arthur Chrenkoff gives us his latest installment of good news from Iraq, including continuing poll preparations, their growing economy, more electricity, and more progress of the reconstruction. A lot more here....
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The Difference Between Republicans and Democrats
By Mark Noonan at
12:24 AM
Lousiana had its run-off votes for two House seats today - it was a wash; the GOP picked up a Democratic seat and the Democrats picked up a GOP seat; that is not the important thing. The important thing is this bit: Farther south, Billy Tauzin III narrowly lost a...
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December 05, 2004
More On Hugh Hewitt's Forethcoming Book, "Blog"
By Matt Margolis at
09:48 PM
Out of curiosity, I visited Amazon.com to see if there was any new information on Hugh Hewitt's upcoming book, Blog. Indeed, there was. According to Amazon, the full title is Blog: Understanding the Information Reformation That's Changing Your World Besides the updated title and description, the cover was revealed: Click...
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Suddenly, Rushing Is Okay
By Matt Margolis at
05:54 PM
The whole "controversy" over the 9/11 Intel Reform Bill is starting to get on my nerves. Not because it hasn't gone to a vote yet, but because of all the complaining about it. I happen to recall huge bipartisan support for the PATRIOT Act. Both parties acting together, crafting this...
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Looks like John Kerry is taking some of his leftover cash from the election and putting it into the recount effort in Washington state and the runoffs in Louisiana. To accomplish this, he's going to form his own political action committee. John Kerry is giving $250,000 to support Democrats in...
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Connect The Dollars
By Sue Strong at
01:35 PM
It appears there is no end to the revelations from the Oil For Food scandal rocking the U.N. According to NewsMax. In what may be the most shocking news to emerge from the already stunning Oil-for-Food scandal, investigators say that Saddam Hussein bankrolled key al-Qaida players in the late 1990s...
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Thompson Resigns as Head of Health and Human Services
By Mark Noonan at
09:29 AM
Tommy Thompson has resigned his position as Secretary of Health and Human Services. The rumor mill has it that Mark McClellan, brother of Press Secretary Scott McClellan, is in line to take the position - but other names have been floated - including that of former Speaker Newt Gingrich. Now,...
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It Must Suck To Lose All The Time
By Paul Lewis at
01:50 AM
Once a loser, always a loser as the merry band of thugs at Daily Kos have been caught cheating in the 2004 Weblog Awards. Those "adults" can't seem to do one single thing right, like when all 15 congressional candidates that the Daily Kos "sponsored" lost. It must suck to...
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Democrats To Pay for Washington State Recount
By Mark Noonan at
12:20 AM
I guess we can at least be happy that they aren't demanding a special governmental appropriation for it: Democrats today delivered a $730,000 check to the Secretary of State's office, pushing Washington into an unprecedented statewide hand recount of nearly 3 million ballots in the governor's race. Of course, our...
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December 04, 2004
BBC To Profile "A Typical Republican Family"
By Matt Margolis at
02:00 PM
The BBC is on a mission to solve the puzzle about the presidential election. So they've picked a Republican family in Ohio and are following them around to see what makes them tick. The goal is to help explain to people who live outside the United States why people voted...
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Iraqi Police, Multi-National Forces Foil Insurgent Attacks
By Matt Margolis at
10:35 AM
But don't expect the mainstream media to report this... Iraqi Security forces and Multi-National Forces decisively defeated anti-Iraqi insurgent attacks in western Mosul Dec. 3, thwarting attempts to seize police stations and destabilize the city. Four Mosul police stations came under attack by indirect fire and small arms fire during...
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2004 Presidential Race Fundraising
By Matt Margolis at
09:48 AM
The AP has released the fundraising and spending done by the Bush and Kerry campaigns, as well as both the Democrat and Republican parties in the 2003-4 election cycle. George W. Bush: Primary: $273 million raised $269 million spent $2.1 million on hand $386,000 in bills. General: $75 million in...
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How Far We've Come
By Mark Noonan at
12:57 AM
Victor Davis Hanson has another of his brilliant pieces over at National Review. In the press of events, we have at times lost sight of how far we've come - from our stunned gaze into a hole in Manhattan to the cusp of elections in Iraq, it is sometimes hard...
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December 03, 2004
15 Straight Months Of Economic Growth...
By Matt Margolis at
10:47 PM
House Speaker Dennis Hastert noted some very important fact about the economic data released today: The economy has posted steady job gains for each of the last fifteen months -- creating over 2.4 million jobs since August of 2003 when the tax relief package signed into law by President Bush...
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Rummy To Stay Aboard
By Matt Margolis at
10:14 PM
The Associated Press reports that Bush has asked Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to stay on as SecDef for Bush's second term. The issue was decided this week in an Oval Office meeting where Bush asked Rumsfeld to remain and the secretary accepted, a senior administration official said Friday. .....
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Bush Signs Internet Tax Ban
By Matt Margolis at
06:31 PM
You can say this is good news for bloggers and all internet users. Today, George W. Bush signed legislation barring state and local governments from "taxing connections that link people to the Internet," from dial-up to high-speed cable connections. "I cannot envision any time in the history of our country...
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Crazies For Kerry
By Matt Margolis at
02:36 PM
Supporters of Kerry (or more likely haters of Bush) gathered for a their first group therapy session in Florida yesterday, and according to Boca Raton News they screamed "epithets at President Bush as they shared their emotions with licensed mental health counselors." The first of several free noontime therapy sessions...
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112,000 New Payroll Jobs In November, Unemployment Rate Falls To 5.4%
By Matt Margolis at
09:29 AM
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today that in the month of November 112,000 new payroll jobs were created and the unemployment rate fell to 5.4 percent. Based on the payroll survey and benchmark revision, "2.4 million new jobs have been created since August 2003, and over 2 million...
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The good news is that we will get to enjoy winning yet again
By Paul Lewis at
02:43 AM
John Kerry and Jessie Jackson on the other hand, will get to taste defeat once again. Democrats, let me clue you in on a little secret. The only way you are going to see the inside of the White House in the next 4 years is on the guided tour....
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2004 Weblog Awards ... Vote For Us
By Matt Margolis at
01:47 AM
Check it out... Blogs For Bush is a finalist in the following categories: Best Group Blog Best Election Coverage Remember, you can vote for us once a day during the voting period......
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The Degenerating International Elite
By Mark Noonan at
12:44 AM
I'm sure we've all heard of the recently leaked report by the International Committee of the Red Cross which condemns the United States for its treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They complain that our actions are "tantamount to torture" because the fact that the prisoners are held indefinitely...
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December 02, 2004
Money Can't Buy You Victory
By Matt Margolis at
08:49 PM
Money can't buy you happiness, love, and for Democrats it can't buy victory. Capping a stunning year of record fund raising by both sides, the Democratic National Committee said Thursday it outraised President Bush's GOP this election cycle. Its Republican rival wasn't disputing that, but noted the money didn't buy...
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Bernard Kerik to head Homeland Security
By Matt Margolis at
05:46 PM
Rumors and speculation can end. Fox News is reporting that George W. Bush has indeed tapped Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik to head the Department of Homeland Security. UPDATE: Scott from Slant Point is disappointed that there wasn't more time for debate and discussion over who could replace...
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I've received my first missive as a Friend of Hillary (we're really not all that close friends) - what I find interesting is that the "Clinton Presidency" is mentioned in paragraph 2, while Hillary's upcoming Senate run has to wait until paragraph 3. Fruedian slip? Forgetting what we're supposed to...
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French Shepherd and German Poodle (Global Test Proctors)
In a reversal of their more familiar canine roles, we are lucky to be able to witness the assertive French shepherd guiding his obedient German poodle around the world diplomatic stage. As reported today, axis of weasel hall of famer Jacques Chirac (President of France) and his sidekick Gerhard Schroeder...
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Soros's Army Of Losers
By Matt Margolis at
11:12 AM
If you think you've heard the last of MoveOn.Org, you're wrong: After President Bush won re-election, many political observers expected MoveOn.org to move into retreat. The sentiment surrounding the liberal online powerhouse was neatly summed up by the satire publication The Onion in its spoof headline: "MoveOn CurlsUp InCorner." But...
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Votes for the Lazy, Stupid....and Fraudsters...
By Mark Noonan at
05:55 AM
Voting is not hard - for anyone who finds it hard, it's an automatic indication they shouldn't be voting. We broadcast our elections far and wide - the dates one must register to vote are well known; when you register they clearly provide you information on where to vote. If...
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If I only thought it would end here. Ohio counties finished certifying votes in the presidential race Wednesday, and the results showed that election officials accepted about 77 percent of the provisional ballots that were cast. Ohio's 88 counties reported validating 121,598 provisional ballots from 156,977 checked, according to an...
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December 01, 2004
Christmas at the ACLU
By Guest Blogger at
10:18 PM
Written by guest blogger Kerry Jacoby of Pardon My English. [Please note: This is about Christmas. It does not address other seasonal holidays, as I am not qualified to do so. I know there are similar concerns by those of other faiths experiencing similar dilutions of their sacred times and...
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3rd Quarter GDP Revised Up To 3.9%
By Matt Margolis at
07:06 PM
In case you missed it, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced yesterday that "that real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 3.9 percent during the 3rd quarter of 2004." According to the BEA, the revision "was driven by stronger growth in consumer spending and...
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Dollars and No Sense
By Matt Margolis at
04:46 PM
Despite devastating loses in the elections last month and basically the past four years, Democrats have been raising plenty cash, certainly hoping to build up a war chest to try to save a little bit of face. The DNC announced Tuesday that it had raised at least $13 million in...
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Growing Chorus Challenges UN
Yesterday we posted an item on the hollow attempts of Kofi Annan's UN to "reform" itself. This followed a previous post about Congressional efforts to use America's financial muscle to compel true reform. It seems that the voices of discontent are growing louder. Whereas the UN was once a sacred...
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Wictory Wednesday
By PoliPundit at
07:59 AM
Two Congressional races will be decided in run-offs in Louisiana on Saturday. The GOP stands an excellent chance of picking up both these seats, dominating Louisiana's House delegation 6-1, and striking fear into the hearts of House and Senate Democrats from other red states. Help make it happen with a...
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You allowed the murder of my son. I will not allow you to kill my daughters,"
By Paul Lewis at
02:41 AM
"No bill should pass the Senate, the House, anywhere, unless it contains immigration reform — you secure our borders, you keep my girls alive." The Families for a Secure America are not going to accept what the Democrats are trying to do. "The 19 terrorists used more than 60 driver's...
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The US Constitution is Unconstitutional
By Mark Noonan at
02:22 AM
Or, it should be, if the ACLU's standard is applied. An alert reader brought to our attention a bit on Best of the Web Today pointing out that the final paragragh of the Constitution proves the Unconstitutionality of the document: Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States...
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Yet another Federal Judge overruling the voters.
By Paul Lewis at
01:59 AM
Judge bars Prop 200 from becoming law" The order, in effect through Dec. 22, will stop the scheduled implementation of the measure, which requires state and local government employees to verify the immigration status of people applying for public benefits and report violators to immigration authorities Here is the reasoning...
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