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Former President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will scrap the “Crooked Hillary” nickname and apply the epithet to President Biden instead — an effort to recapture the zeitgeist of his successful 2016 campaign. “I will be retiring the name ‘Crooked’ from Hillary Clinton,” Trump, 76, said at a New Hampshire rally. “I’m gonna give her a new name. I don’t know like maybe ‘Lovely Hillary’ or ‘Beautiful Hillary,’ but I’m going to retire the name ‘Crooked’ so that we can use the name for Joe Biden — because he’ll be known from now on as ‘Crooked Joe’ Biden.” Trump told...

Chris Matthews at Center of NBC’s Latest News Scandal MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews isn’t much for keeping his promises of transparency when it involves political contributions to his wife’s congressional campaign. Last June, the blabbermouth commentator insisted on his show that he would be “transparent and fair in our coverage” after his wife, Kathleen, announced that she was running as a Democrat for the open seat in Maryland’s 8th District. Since then, Kathleen Matthews, a former news anchor and Marriott exec, has received a total of $79,050 in campaign contributions from prominent former and current politicians featured on her...

Angry diehards snub Clinton call for unity By Edward Luce in Washington Published: June 25 2008 17:13 | Last updated: June 25 2008 17:13 In her concession speech less than three weeks ago, Hillary Clinton urged supporters to transfer their loyalties to her rival: “Today I am standing with Barack Obama to say ‘Yes we can’,” she said. “We will make history together as we write the next chapter in America’s story.” On Thursday evening, at Mrs Clinton’s first joint meeting with Mr Obama since the campaign began, the former First Lady will renew her call for the party to...

U.S. Diplomat Is Residing in North Korean Capital, Chosun Says By Heejin Koo Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- A U.S. diplomat has been residing in North Korea since mid-November, acting as a liaison between the governments of Washington and Pyongyang, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper said, citing an unidentified official in Washington.The presence of the unidentified U.S. envoy, who is staying at the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang, is an indication of improved relations between the two nations since North Korea pledged to disable its Yongbyon nuclear plant by the end of this year, the Seoul-based daily said. The U.S. plans...

(October 9, 2006) -- A North Korean soldier tells the world what he and the DPRK think after their announcement of a nuclear test, ignoring world opinion. Quisling South Korean President, Roh Mu Hyon, a long-time Clintonista-type appeaser with his failed Sunshine Policy towards North Korea, joins in the fun.

David Gergen was questioned this morning during a CBS segment concerning the possibility of indictments to White House chief aide Karl Rove and Dick Cheney chief of staff Scooter Libby. The “Early Show's” Bill Plante mentioned that the White House is behaving like it’s business as usual. Gergen responded: “Bill, I was in the Nixon White House during Watergate, and we pretended that we were all about business as usual. And we had a president who was talking to the portraits. It was not business as usual, but you have to say it.” Gergen later in the interview said: “This...

NRA OUTRAGED BY CARSON MAILER Democrats Slammed for ‘Blatant Attempt to Mislead Oklahoma Voters;’ Oklahoma Democratic Party Mailer Lists Carson’s HQ on Return Address Muskogee – In a statement released last night by Christopher Cox, chief lobbyist for the National Rifle Association, the nation’s leading 2nd Amendment organization, has denounced a mailing put out by Brad Carson and the Oklahoma Democratic Party. The mailer, designed to discredit with Oklahoma voters Dr. Coburn’s perfect record on the 2nd Amendment, continues the smear campaign of Brad Carson and his liberal allies even after Carson has publicly denounced negative campaigning to the media....

Dear Friends, Below you will find the truth about Brad Carson's negative attack ads. I know this will help you as we enter the final days of the campaign. Thanks for all your hard work. Please feel free to distribute this information. The Truth About Brad Carson’s Attack Ads Brad Carson and the national Democrats are running ads alleging that Dr. Coburn committed Medicaid fraud. These charges are completely false. Last Friday, Senator Nickles said, "I've never seen such a blatant attempt at character assassination in a campaign." In fact, these attacks expose yet another of Brad Carson’s flip flops...

UNDERSTANDING CLARK Making Sense Of Clark's Conspiracy Theories Is No Easy Feat and TAKE TWO: Clark's Continuing Conspiracy Theories __________________________________________________________ CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 18 MR. CLARK: “[I]t came from the White House, it came from people around the White House. … I got a call on 9/11. I was on CNN, and I got a call at my home saying, ‘You got to say this is connected … to Saddam Hussein.’” (NBC’s “Meet The Press,” 6/15/03) QUESTION: Who is “around” the White House? CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 17 MR. CLARK: “I never got any of these calls from the White...

By J. Michael Waller © 2003 Insight/News World Communications Inc. It's one of the unsolved political mysteries of 2003: Exactly who drew up the plan for Democrats to abuse the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, or SCCI, as a stealth weapon to undermine and discredit President George W. Bush and the U.S. war effort in Iraq? The plot, authored by aides to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., vice chairman of the committee, has poisoned the working atmosphere of a crucial legislative panel in a time of war, Senate sources say. It centered on duping the panel's Republican chairman, Sen. Pat Roberts...

Gov. Warner At Home: Party AnimalBy Lloyd Grove Tuesday, June 24, 2003; Page C03 The downtown nightclub Home, with its sexed-up "bedroom" theme, is the sort of place where twenty-something women sporting bare midriffs and navel rings loll about on futons with older men in tight T-shirts. It's not the sort of place where one expects to meet the governor of Virginia. So our spy, a 26-year-old female journalist who asked that we not publish her name, was a tad surprised in the wee hours Sunday when she spotted 48-year-old Mark Warner coming out of the men's room in The...

<p>PHILADELPHIA - At its heart, the realignment tug of war between the Big East and Atlantic Coast Conference is a high-stakes, hard-edged national political campaign. Governors are involved, along with high-priced New York attorneys and dueling public relations firms that are adept at politics.</p>

Ed taxed Joe's cow, Ed taxed Joe's goat; Ed taxed Joe's pants, Ed taxed Joe's coat. Ed taxed Joe's crops, Ed taxed Joe's work; Ed taxed Joe's tie, Ed taxed Joe's shirt. Ed taxed Joe's chew, Ed taxed Joe's smoke. Teach him Ed, taxes are no joke. Ed taxed Joe's oil, Ed taxed Joe's gas; Ed taxed Joe's notes, Ed taxed Joe's cash. Put these words upon Joe's tomb: "Ed's taxes drove this man to his doom." And when Joe's gone, his kids get the axe. 'cause now they'll pay for the inheritance Ed taxed! So one might ask, Where...

RNC Research DEMOCRATS PICK GARY LOCKE? Democrats Choose A Governor Who Continues To Struggle With “That Leadership Thing” To Deliver Their State Of The Union Response ________________________________________________________________________ “It Seems Wherever Gov. Gary Locke Turns These Days, There It Is - That Leadership Thing.” (Ralph Thomas, “His Leadership At Issue, Locke Insists He ‘Gets Things Done,’” The Seattle Times, November 1, 2000) DEMOCRATS AGREE THAT LOCKE’S LEADERSHIP IS LACKING Democrats Agree: Locke’s Lack Of Leadership Is “Dismaying.” “Ex-[Washington State] Democratic Chairwoman Karen Marchioro . . . reflected: ‘Something is going to have to give in this state. The drift and lack...