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Gary Bauer, chairman of the Campaign for Working Families, expects Biden to run a nasty campaign.“Joe Biden and his political team are more than hypocrites,” he submits. “They are vicious, absolutely vicious political fighters. If I hear one more Republican say, ‘Well, I don’t agree with Joe Biden, but he’s a really nice guy.’ No, he isn’t!”

A Charles Manson follower has been ordered to remain in prison after parole board officials rejected her claim she was a changed woman. The two-member panel said the viciousness and notoriety of Patricia Krenwinkel's crimes outweighed her efforts at rehabilitation behind bars. Krenwinkel, now 63, wept and apologised during the hearing, but officials said the deaths of seven people in the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders 'remained relevant'.

DEATH TAX REFORM DIES Our friend Daniel Clifton at Americans for Tax Reform sends us this angry note about the defeat of death tax reform in the Senate today: The vote to proceed to Estate Tax Repeal failed 57-41 falling short of the 60 votes required to even CONSIDER the legislation. Many members of the Senate have talked about how they are for reform but not repeal but today’s vote showed this was just a red herring. You can not reform the estate tax if you vote against considering the legislation which is the vehicle to implement that reform. As...

New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has long been rumored as desperately seeking the democratic nomination for president in 2008. And while many political observers fully expect the power hungry former First Lady to hit the campaign trail within only a few months of being re-elected as a US Senator in 2006, US News & World report claims to have a confirmation of sorts. From USNews.Com's Washington Whispers: Hillary's in… You don't have to take it from us about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 's desire to run for president. Her brothers, Hugh and Tony Rodham, say it's true. Friends...

Letter to the Editor The environmental war on the west that destroyed whole communities is here in the east , southeast , far south, as well as the north. That means basically that the environmental war is everywhere now in these great United States! What is this war? It is a well orchestrated environmental movement using federal regulations that is destroying the livelihoods of rural Americans all across the country. The main weapons of this war is such wonderful propaganda and rhetorical terminology such as “preservation and conservation” From these two words alone come some of the most horrific instances...