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fifty-some FR topics, in (mostly) chrono order, oldest first. Biden has been carrying water for Hillary and throwing it in the face of Dean since (at least) November:


Delaware's Joe Biden Puts Foot in Mouth...AGAIN!
	Posted by Fishtalk On Bloggers & Personal 11/10/2004 4:56:49 AM PST · 101+ views The Kaitlyn Mae Book Blog \| 11/10/2004 \| Pat Fish Okay, Minner won, Biden's STILL got a big mouth, but the BIG election story this week is the third district, Sussex County. And who is this Prettyman guy? Think you can't raise children? Take a peek and see the problems God has with His. Also, the funniest funny of the week. What's this 'fly on the wall' stuff about Hillary's presidential campaign? "Senator Biden's remarks are disappointing, last week he called the President 'brain dead' and this week he is referring to the F.O.P.'s rational as 'mindless'." Tipping elected officials has to be one of the most outrageous scams in Delaware,...

Biden: 'Condi, you say to Bush "Yes, boss ..."'
	Posted by Mike Fieschko On Bloggers & Personal 01/22/2005 10:57:26 AM PST · 6 replies · 204+ views chattr +a -V \| Jan 22, 2005 \| chattr An African American should talk like that? Why does it remind me of Jack Benny? Sen Biden wants Dr Rice to say to Pres Bush 'Yes, boss, we made a mistake' or 'Hey, boss, it's not going that well. Hey, boss, read a little history.'

McCain in 08?
	Posted by DixieOklahoma On Bloggers & Personal 01/27/2005 8:34:23 PM PST · 18 replies · 134+ views What do you think? here are my questions i need answers for: 1) Is McCain pro life? 2) Is McCain against affirmative action? 3) Is McCain for social security reform? 4) Where does he stand on immigration? I ask this because McCain would be a shoe-in for president with all the independents that support him also.

The Conservatives' McCain Dilema
	Posted by crushkerry On Bloggers & Personal 01/28/2005 8:23:00 AM PST · 56 replies · 582+ views www.anklebitingpundits.com (formerly www.crushkerry.com) \| 1/28/05 \| www.anklebitingpundits.com (formerly www.crushkerry.com) I am a rightwinger. I don't mind telling you. I generally vote for the most conservative candidate (who isn't a nut) in the GOP primary and then I generally vote for the most conservative candidate in the General Election (who is, almost inevitably, the Republican.) Which is why I'm worried about 2008. As I have written before, I have it on a rock solid source that Senator John McCain will be a candidate for President of the United States in 2008. And I have it from a well-placed source inside the Governor's office that Jeb Bush's commitment not to run...

Taking on the Pundits; A Rant and Some Delaware Biden Tidbits
	Posted by Fishtalk On Bloggers & Personal 02/09/2005 4:03:55 AM PST · 37+ views The Wise I-formerly The Kaitlyn Mae Book Blog \| 2/9/2005 \| Pat Fish With Pics that will leave you howling. ===== Betty Rollin was one of the many loud and raucous voices of women's liberation of the 80's. Only now the woman writes a column for the AARP lamenting her decision not to have children, basking in the glow of her husband's love (oh yeah, now she's admitting men are all right). In this "Taking on the Pundit", The Wise I gives Betty Rollin a thorough trashing. NOW she changes her mind, after causing what havoc on the women of the period she and her ilk might have influenced. ======== What we have...

McCain and Hillary to Iraq
	Posted by Mark Noonan On Bloggers & Personal 02/18/2005 8:03:51 PM PST · 24 replies · 321+ views GOP Bloggers \| February 18, 2005 \| Mark Kilmer John McCain (R-Arizona) is off to Iraq with Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York). The AP story I link mentions that he doesn't trust Don Rumsfeld. Also heading to the fledgling Democracy will be McCain's buddy Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin), GOP Mod Squadder Susie Collins, (R-Maine), former House impeachment manager Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina).

Biden: US Losing Illegitimate Iraq War
	Posted by kattracks On News/Activism 12/05/2004 9:50:27 AM PST · 120 replies · 3,045+ views NewsMax.com \| 12/05/04 \| Carl Limbacher The Democratic Party's top foreign policy expert in the Senate said Sunday that the U.S. is losing what he described as a war with "too little legitimacy" in Iraq, even though attacks against U.S. troops have plummeted in recent weeks and enemy leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi has publicly proclaimed the battle of Fallujah a massive U.S. victory. In a morale-busting diatribe that's certain to bring delight to the hearts of America's enemies worldwide, Sen. Joe Biden complained that while U.S. forces have won every battle, the Bush administration's flawed strategy has doomed the war effort. "We've won everything we've...

BIDEN EYEING 2008 WHITE HOUSE RUN
	Posted by areafiftyone On News/Activism 12/08/2004 10:20:39 AM PST · 131 replies · 1,791+ views Newsmax \| 12/8/04 Delaware Senator Joseph Biden announced Wednesday that he's considering launching another run for the White House in 2008, based largely on what he says is the Bush administration's mismanagement of the Iraq war. "I'm going to proceed as if I'm going to run," the Delaware Democrat told radio host Don Imus. "Here's the bottom line for me," he explained. "Two years from now, I've got to make a hard - I don't want to do this for the exercise. I'm pretty certain about what I think needs to be done. . . ." On his prospects for success, Biden said,...

Ridiculously Sublime (Joe Biden speaks. Remembering Leavitt's past. A legislative coup.)
	Posted by nickcarraway On News/Activism 12/14/2004 9:33:04 PM PST · 2 replies · 364+ views The American Prowler \| 12/15/2004 \| The Prowler BIDEN HIS TIMEIn The Prowler's search for readership contributions that highlight how truly ridiculous some people can be, particularly those who want to run for President in 2008, The Prowler is pleased to present an occasional series: How Silly Can Sen. Joseph Biden Be? In this inaugural segment, Senator Biden reveals his poor judgment of character. When speaking of President Bush, Senator Biden said: "He is brain dead," (Wilmington, DE, News Journal, October 20, 2004). Yet just the other day, Senator Biden said of his colleague, Sen. Lincoln Chafee, whom Democrats would like to see switch parties: "He has a...

Biden to Europe: 'get over' Bush election
	Posted by Phsstpok On News/Activism 01/18/2005 3:44:39 PM PST · 50 replies · 1,218+ views UPI (via Interest Alert) \| 1/18/2005 \| UPI WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., urged Europe to "get over" the fact President Bush was re-elected and work with the United States on common problems. "I spent a little time in Europe recently, and I have one simple message: Get over it. Get over it. President Bush is our president for the next four years, so get over it and start to act in your interest, Europe," Biden said during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to confirm U.S. Secretary of State nominee Condoleezza Rice. "But that requires us to engage in the hoped-for diplomacy from...

Biden Says He Is Leaning Against Gonzales Confirmation
	Posted by FairOpinion On News/Activism 01/23/2005 12:53:14 PM PST · 177 replies · 2,583+ views WP \| Jan. 23, 2005 \| Reuters-WP WASHINGTON - Sen. Joseph Biden, a senior Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said Sunday he was leaning against confirmation of Alberto Gonzales, President Bush's choice to be the next attorney general. Bush's choice of his White House counsel to be the nation's top lawman, "may very well do us more harm internationally because of its relationship with the terror memos," the senator from Delaware said on the ABC News program "This Week." "My inclination right now is to vote against him," Biden said. He is the third ranking Democrat on the panel. Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a...

Biden Describes Gadhafi's Stated Motives
	Posted by Prost1 On News/Activism 01/24/2005 9:20:09 AM PST · 15 replies · 649+ views AP \| Wed Jan 19, 4:56 PM ET \| AP WASHINGTON - Why did Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi suddenly decide to give up his doomsday weapons? Sen. Joseph Biden (news, bio, voting record), D-Del., said Wednesday he posed that question to Gadhafi during a meeting in Tripoli last year. Biden described their discussion to Condoleezza Rice (news - web sites), President Bush (news - web sites)'s nominee to be secretary of state, at her Senate Foreign Relations confirmation hearing.

Caption Biden
	Posted by End_Clintonism_Now On News/Activism 01/26/2005 4:51:25 PM PST · 80 replies · 1,766+ views Yahoo! News / AP Photo \| 1/26/05 \| AP Photo/Dennis Cook


McCain, Clinton Nominate Presidents of Georgia And Ukraine for Nobel Peace Prize
	Posted by ukie On News/Activism 01/28/2005 7:33:22 AM PST · 6 replies · 165+ views Official Senate Website \| January 26, 2005 \| Hilary Clinton January 26, 2005 McCain, Clinton Nominate Presidents of Georgia And Ukraine for Nobel Peace Prize Washington, DC ó Yesterday Senators John McCain (AZ) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY) sent a letter of nomination to the Norwegian Nobel Institute regarding Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. They nominated the two Presidents for their historic roles in the freedom movements in Georgia and Ukraine. In their letter Senators Clinton and McCain said, "In leading freedom movements in their respective countries, [these two presidents] have won popular support for the universal values of democracy, individual liberty, and civil rights." They...

Sen. McCain cautions on use of force in Iran
	Posted by F14 Pilot On News/Activism 01/28/2005 2:54:23 PM PST · 35 replies · 452+ views FT.com \| January 28 2005 \| Krishna Guha and Andrew Gowers in Davos and Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington John McCain, the influential US senator, on Friday gave voice to resistance in the Republican party to the use of force in Iran, signalling that the US had no appetite to fight "two wars". Force should not be ruled out as a last resort against the country's suspected nuclear facilities, he said, but cautioned: "I do not think it would be successful. There is no guarantee we would get all these facilities. If you have a strike and leave them with nuclear capability, you have got a hell of a challenge on your hands." Mr McCain, a Republican and a...

Sen. Biden, Iran Minister Clash Over Nukes
	Posted by NormsRevenge On News/Activism 01/28/2005 6:11:16 PM PST · 43 replies · 1,107+ views AP on Yahoo \| 1/28/05 \| George Jahn - AP DAVOS, Switzerland - Sen. Joseph Biden (news, bio, voting record) and Iran's foreign minister clashed Friday over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, with Biden hinting at the possibility of armed conflict unless fears of an Iranian weapons program were put to rest. The rare and frank public exchange between a senior American politician and a ranking member of the Iranian government came at a dinner during the World Economic Forum (news - web sites) held in this Alpine resort town. There are no official contacts between Washington and Tehran, which President Bush (news - web sites) has labeled part of the "axis...

Hardball Openline (Senator McCain & Gen Schwarzkopf )
	Posted by CT CONSERVATIVE On News/Activism 01/31/2005 4:15:21 PM PST · 12 replies · 798+ views Hardball


McCain Eyes Another Boeing Deal, Digs in on Tanker
	Posted by nypokerface On News/Activism 01/31/2005 5:39:14 PM PST · 23 replies · 400+ views Reuters \| 01/31/05 \| Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After leading an investigation that helped kill a $23.5 billion U.S. Air Force plan to lease Boeing Co. tankers, Sen. John McCain has now set his sights on a $100 billion Army project in which Boeing has a major role. The Arizona Republican, poised to chair the Airland Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has raised concerns about the Army's Future Combat Systems project, according to sources close to McCain. Chicago-based Boeing and Science Applications International Corp. are managing 23 other companies working on the program, which has already been subjected to numerous independent audits the...

Caption Biden and Kerry (this pic is a gift from Heaven for all who love FReeper humor)
	Posted by Wolfstar On News/Activism 02/01/2005 12:33:35 PM PST · 99 replies · 3,262+ views Yahoo New Photos \| 2/1/05


Innocents Abroad (Don't send Joe Biden to do Condi Rice's job. Plus: Frost is off the pumpkin.)
	Posted by nickcarraway On News/Activism 02/02/2005 10:44:31 AM PST · 19 replies · 545+ views The American Prowler \| 2/2/2005 \| The Prowler UGLY AMERICAN OF THE WEEKSo much for Sen. Joe Biden's audition as a future Secretary of State. At least if you ask the Iranians. Last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Biden agreed to serve as a host and leading U.S. representative at a dinner with senior Iranian government officials. WEF staff contacted Biden's staff and said later that Biden or at least his aides took an active interest in coordinating the planning for the event. Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi was the highest-ranking Iranian official present at the event. Which is more than can be said for...

McCain, allies make new bid to drive big money from politics
	Posted by SmithL On News/Activism 02/02/2005 12:52:32 PM PST · 56 replies · 659+ views AP \| 2/2/5 \| SHARON THEIMER WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John McCain and others pushing for tougher campaign finance rules won a surprising ally Wednesday as they announced a renewed effort to block partisan interest groups from spending millions of dollars in big donations in congressional and presidential races. Sen. Trent Lott, chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, said he voted against sweeping campaign fund-raising restrictions won by McCain, Sen. Russ Feingold and others in 2002 but now agrees with the law's supporters that further legislation is needed to stop groups from circumventing the new rules. Lott called six- and seven-figure checks that independent political groups...

Feingold, McCain move to limit attack ad funds -'527' donations would be curtailed
	Posted by KidGlock On News/Activism 02/03/2005 6:57:52 AM PST · 29 replies · 650+ views JSOnline \| 2/3/05 Feingold, McCain move to limit attack ad funds '527' donations would be curtailed By CRAIG GILBERT cgilbert@journalsentinel.com Posted: Feb. 2, 2005 Washington - The independent groups that produced some of the most attention-getting ads of the 2004 presidential campaign would be sharply curtailed under a bill offered Wednesday by Senate Democrat Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, Senate Republican John McCain of Arizona and others. Advertisement Their aim is to prohibit the kind of multimillion-dollar donations that poured in last year from rich individuals on both the right and left. "We're not going to wait for a problem to grow into a...

VANITY - Is John McCain foreign-born??
	Posted by RockinRight On News/Activism 02/03/2005 10:53:49 AM PST · 77 replies · 1,902+ views 2/3/05 \| RockinRight John McCain wants to be President, we all know. However, records say he was born in Panama. Wouldn't that make him unqualified due to not being a native-born citizen?

Vote 'tipping' support for government in Iraq (Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz respond to Kennedy, Biden)
	Posted by Stultis On News/Activism 02/03/2005 11:41:59 PM PST · 13 replies · 614+ views The Washington Times \| 4 February 2005 \| Rowan Scarborough and Bill Gertz Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday that Sunday's historic elections in Iraq have ignited a "tipping of support for the government" by Iraqis now more willing to help security forces defeat insurgents. [snip, snip] Mr. Rumsfeld and his top aide, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, also rebutted charges from two prominent Iraq policy critics -- Democratic Sens. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware. [skipping Rumsfeld on "tipping," Wolfowitz on insurgency] [...] Mr. Biden also said several times [at Condi's hearings] that there are only 4,000 trained Iraqi security forces. But Mr. Rumsfeld yesterday...

Biden: Consider Iran's 'emotional needs'
	Posted by Dan Evans On News/Activism 02/05/2005 10:46:27 AM PST · 25 replies · 487+ views WorldNetDaily \| 2/5/2005 As Tehran raise fears with its increasing nuclear capability, the world must address Iran's emotional needs and agree to a nonagression pact, says Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del. Biden was cited by Boston Globe columnist H.D.S. Greenway, who wrote that President Bush's rhetoric about freedom and specific references to Iran is making people wonder if Tehran will be the next target, after Iraq. Greenway wrote yesterday: "Senator Joseph Biden said that even if Iran was a full democracy like India, it would want nuclear capability, like India. What the world needed to address was Iran's emotional needs, he said, with a...

2008 Presidential hopefuls test water [Edwards, Romney, Clinto, McCain......]
	Posted by Sub-Driver On News/Activism 02/05/2005 12:40:53 PM PST · 19 replies · 376+ views Yahoo 2008 Presidential Hopefuls Test Water 7 minutes ago By RON FOURNIER, AP Political Writer MANCHESTER, N.H. - In the course of three short months, the political system has come full circle: a presidential campaign, an inauguration, a State of the Union address and now this ó another presidential race. Photo AP Photo A dozen or so ambitious Republicans and Democrats already are warming up for 2008. Former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards (news - web sites) is taking on poverty and showing off a new stump speech. Republican Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts has donated more than $250,000 to...

McCain pushes more restrictions on speech
	Posted by PDR On News/Activism 02/05/2005 4:10:52 PM PST · 17 replies · 350+ views UPI \| 2/03/2005 \| UPI WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is proposing new limits on campaign contributions to restrict the activities of so-called 527 groups. The 527s raised and spent more than $400 million in the 2004 U.S. elections. The proposed limits, including a $25,000 cap on donations, add on to those championed by McCain and Wisconsin Democrat Sen. Russ Feingold in their 2002 campaign financing law. That law did not, however, restrict the 527s from collecting large sums of money from individual contributors. The backers of the new restrictions said they were determined to stop such spending before the...

The Way of the Whigs (Kennedy, Reid, Pelosi, Biden, Kerry et al are puking rhetoric)
	Posted by Libloather On News/Activism 02/06/2005 2:09:19 PM PST · 18 replies · 723+ views Sierra Times \| 2/06/05 \| Geoff Metcalf The Way of the Whigs Geoff Metcalf There may be a place for partisanship Ö but NOT in the middle of a war; NOT in the wake of historic elections of representative government in: - Afghanistan - Ukraine - Iraq - and even municipal elections in Saudi Arabia Now is NOT the time to focus on the 'us' vs. 'them' acrimonious petty whizzing match. Sycophant democrats are still so wrapped around partisanship, they are incapable of recognizing the self-destruction they are fueling. The river 'Denial' runs wide and deep. The 'leaders' of the party (Kennedy, Reid, Pelosi, Biden, Kerry et...

Yushchenko meets with U.S. congressional delegation (led by McCain & Hillary, 7 of 10 are Dems)
	Posted by FairOpinion On News/Activism 02/12/2005 8:34:47 AM PST · 43 replies · 533+ views Kyiv Post \| Feb. 11, 2005 \| AP President Viktor Yushchenko met Feb. 11 with a U.S. congressional delegation that included two prominent U.S. senators who have nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize. The 11-member delegation that included Sens. Hillary Clinton and John McCain discussed ways to strengthen U.S.-Ukrainian relations, develop democratic values in this ex-Soviet state and the new government's plans to attract foreign investment, Yushchenko's office said. In meetings with parliament speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn, McCain said they also discussed assistance in the clean-up of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster and U.S. assistance to Ukraine in its efforts to join the World Trade Organization and the European...

Senator (Biden) Urges U.S. to Join European Effort on Iran
	Posted by wagglebee On News/Activism 02/13/2005 6:02:26 PM PST · 25 replies · 341+ views Reuters \| 2/13/05 \| Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States must join Europe's effort to persuade Iran to abandon nuclear ambitions or face either Tehran as a nuclear power or the need to invade the country to prevent it, a leading Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday. "We're at odds with our European friends, and it doesn't leave many options," Sen. Joe Biden, the ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told "Fox News Sunday." Biden said the effort of Britain, France and Germany, on behalf of the European Union, only had the chance to succeed if the nations were willing to invoke...

They don't agree on anything, especially what to watch (McCain, Hagel, Warner watch mainly CNN)
	Posted by Cableguy On News/Activism 02/15/2005 11:23:14 AM PST · 11 replies · 548+ views The Hill \| 2/15/05 \| Klaus Marre and Chrissie Long Fox News Channel is thought to be "fair and balanced" only in Republican offices on Capitol Hill, while CNN is regarded as "the most trusted name in news" where Democrats work, according to an investigation of the television news-viewing habits of Congress. The Hill conducted a survey of all lawmakers' personal offices and found that, in a sharply divided Congress, the Republican and Democratic preferences for news programs are mostly split along party lines. The findings suggest that partisanship in Washington has seeped beyond legislation and into the news-watching customs of lawmakers and their staffs. Out of 78 Senate offices...

McCain waves stick at TV over news coverage
	Posted by JesseJane On News/Activism 02/16/2005 7:08:07 AM PST · 103 replies · 4,342+ views Reuters/Hollywood Reporter \| 02/16/2005 \| By Brooks Boliek WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) - Lawmakers' pique over the networks' incredible shrinking news hole is prompting legislation that will both shorten the time broadcasters have between license renewals and require full commission review of 5% of all licenses. The legislation was introduced by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Tuesday after the release of a report by the Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern California found evening TV newscasts contained little coverage of local political campaigns last year. It also would require broadcasters to post on their Internet sites information detailing their commitment to local public-affairs programming, and it calls...

Hillary Clinton to visit Iraq,( McCain, Feingold, Graham, Collins tag along)
	Posted by Pikamax On News/Activism 02/18/2005 5:19:47 PM PST · 98 replies · 978+ views AFP \| 02/18/05 \| AFP Hillary Clinton to visit Iraq AFP: 2/18/2005 BAGHDAD, Feb 18 (AFP) - US senator Hillary Clinton, wife of former president Bill Clinton, is expected in Baghdad on Saturday, a source at the US embassy said on Friday. The source said the five-member delegation would hold talks with Iraqi government officials and members of the national assembly, whose makeup was confirmed Thursday by the electoral commission. Heading the US delegation is John McCain, the Republican senator for Arizona and one-time rival of US President George W. Bush. McCain has been critical of the US administration's policies in Iraq since the March...

McCain (and Hillary?) News Conference in Iraq (LIVE THREAD)
	Posted by FairOpinion On News/Activism 02/19/2005 4:39:30 AM PST · 333 replies · 7,030+ views FoxNews McCain and Hillary lead a US Congressional delegation to Iraq. They are holding a news conference now.

McCain: Hillary Would Be Good President
	Posted by Carl/NewsMax On News/Activism 02/20/2005 8:29:47 AM PST · 496 replies · 9,417+ views NewsMax.com \| Feb. 20, 2005 \| Carl Limbacher Maverick Republican Sen. John McCain said Sunday that his New York colleague, Sen. Hillary Clinton, would do well if she becomes president of the United States. "I am sure that Sen. Clinton would make a good president," McCain told NBC's "Meet the Press," as both he and Clinton were being interviewed from Baghdad. While noting that as a Republican, he'll be supporting the GOP nominee in 2008, McCain reiterated, "I have no doubt that Sen. Clinton would make a good president." Asked whether she thought McCain would make a good president, Sen. Clinton was somewhat less effusive, responding tersely, "Absolutely"...

McCain Wants Permanent Bases in Afghanistan
	Posted by areafiftyone On News/Activism 02/22/2005 6:50:55 AM PST · 22 replies · 360+ views Newsmax \| 2/22/05 KABUL, Afghanistan -- A senior American lawmaker called Tuesday for permanent U.S. bases in Afghanistan to safeguard American security interests in a region that includes Iran as well as nuclear-armed Pakistan and China. Sen. John McCain, part of a five-strong U.S. Senate delegation which held talks with President Hamid Karzai, said he was committed to a "strategic partnership that we believe must endure for many, many years. "Not only for the good of the Afghan people, but also for the good of the American people because of the long-term security interests that we have in the region," McCain told reporters...

Hillary Postage Stamp
	Posted by I'm ALL Right! On News/Activism 02/25/2005 9:24:09 AM PST · 14 replies · 1,391+ views my e-mail \| 2/24/05 \| E-MAIL Hillary Postage Stamp(joke)The U.S. Postal Service created a stamp with a picture of Senator Hillary Clinton to honor her achievements as the First Lady of our nation. In daily use it was shown that the stamp was not sticking to envelopes. This enraged Senator Clinton, who demanded a full investigation. After a month of testing, a special presidential commission made the following findings: The stamp was in perfect order. There was nothing wrong with the applied adhesive. *People were spitting on the wrong side.

Poll: Hillary Reaches Republican Women (Just who the heck are they polling?)
	Posted by areafiftyone On News/Activism 02/25/2005 9:30:52 AM PST · 47 replies · 712+ views WINS NEWS \| 2/25/05 A recent Gallup poll indicates that Democratic Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's strength among women reaches into Republican and Independent circles. The finding, analysts say, could give her a much better chance of winning a general election should she seek the presidency in 2008. The poll also shows that the junior New York senator has a more favorable image among women than men, 58 percent women as opposed to 48 percent of men. Gerald Benjamin, dean of the liberal arts college at SUNY at New Paltz says Clinton has wooed voters by staking out centrist positions on a range of issues...

Ain't Hillary the cutest thing!
	Posted by FlyLow On News/Activism 02/25/2005 10:19:39 AM PST · 60 replies · 2,226+ views JWR \| 2-25-05 \| Julia Gorin Isn't it just darling the way that strong woman, Hillary Clinton, has been asserting her little self recently in this big, bad man's world? It took her only a few decades in politics to realize that to sound sensible, she need merely parrot what conservatives have been saying all along. And, specifically, what a man named George W. Bush has been saying. Her most recent jumping on the manwagon came last week, when bombers and guerrilla fighters killed 55 in Iraq. Lifting a page from intellectually uncurious, "selected" president (previous parroting) George W. Bush, she declared, "The fact that you...

Hillary the Chameleon
	Posted by Blackirish On News/Activism 02/25/2005 1:07:10 PM PST · 13 replies · 333+ views Townhall.com \| February 25, 2005 \| David Limbaugh I have always considered Hillary Clinton a formidable politician, but I haven't really feared a Hillary presidency because I haven't thought she was electable. I'm not quite as sure anymore. Hillary, in her true skin, is too stridently liberal and unlikable to be electable in a national election. But who says she has to show her true skin?

Hillary Alert
	Posted by Nasty McPhilthy On News/Activism 02/25/2005 1:26:11 PM PST · 29 replies · 692+ views Mens News Daily \| February 25, 2005 \| Tom Purcell I told you it could happen. And it's happening. A nationwide poll conducted last week by the Siena College Research Institute said more than six in 10 voters believe the United States is ready for a woman president in 2008. Translation: President Hillary. I couldn't care less if our president is male or female -- I don't care about the president's ethnicity, skin color, age or sex. All I care about is what he or she stands for and how effectively he or she executes the job. I like how President Bush is executing his job. I don't agree with...

Feisty Biden toying with run for president
	Posted by KidGlock On News/Activism 02/25/2005 5:30:05 PM PST · 66 replies · 627+ views SFGate \| 2/25/05 Outspoken Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware confirmed Wednesday that he is seriously testing the waters for a 2008 presidential run -- even as he acknowledged that Sen. Hillary Clinton would be "the overwhelming, prohibitive favorite'' to become the nominee of his party. "I'm sounding it out,'' said Biden, 62, during an interview with The Chronicle editorial board. "In all my career, there's more at stake than any time since I've been a senator ... (and) I have some pretty clear ideas about what I think should be done.'' /snip On Iraq, Biden warned that there is a chance that...

Hillary turns on the Clinton charm
	Posted by kingattax On News/Activism 02/25/2005 5:32:50 PM PST · 28 replies · 396+ views TheEconomicTimes \| , FEBRUARY 26, 2005 It was power play of a different kind at the dinner thrown by agriculture minister Sharad Pawar for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday evening. Some 50 of India's corporate cream and political heavyweights who congregated at the minister's tastefully decorated residence to sup on Dum Pukht delights amid candlelight and pastel roses came away enchanted by the lady who is preceded by her formidable reputation. "Many of us have run into her at Davos before," said one guest, "There she seemed preoccupied but here she was so different ó utterly relaxed, charming and attentive." Indeed, the ebullient tourism minister...

Poll: Hillary Clinton Looks Strong
	Posted by Cagey On News/Activism 02/25/2005 6:00:20 PM PST · 67 replies · 1,052+ views CBS2 Chicago \| 2-25-2005 Strength Reaches Into Republican And Independent Circles Feb 25, 2005 9:15 am US/Central NEW YORK (CBS) A recent Gallup poll indicates that Democratic Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's strength among women reaches into Republican and Independent circles. The finding, analysts say, could give her a much better chance of winning a general election should she seek the presidency in 2008. The poll also shows that the junior New York senator and former first lady, has a more favorable image among women than men, 58 percent women as opposed to 48 percent of men.Gerald Benjamin, dean of the liberal arts college at...

Fox & Friends Weekend: Ratner Calls Hillary "Conservative Dem," Predicts She'll be Next Prez
	Posted by governsleastgovernsbest On News/Activism 02/26/2005 4:45:11 AM PST · 116 replies · 1,613+ views Fox & Friends Weekend \| governsleast governsbest A regular feature in the first half-hour of Fox & Friends Weekend is the "Long & the Short of It" segment, in which liberal Ellen Ratner debates conservative Jim Pinkerton. After viewing the just-completed segment, the question arises as to whether the "short" refers to Ratner's stature or, as would appear more likely, to the fact that she is short on brains. For this ultimate Kool-Aid drinker of a Dem just proclaimed "Hillary is a conservative Democrat. Too conservative for my taste. I'm a liberal Democrat, she's a conservative one. Nevertheless, she will be the next President of the United...

Caption Pic Hillary Clinton as Gollum.
	Posted by Echo Talon On News/Activism 02/26/2005 5:20:22 AM PST · 33 replies · 1,538+ views


Peter F. Paul writes Senator Hillary Clinton
	Posted by Libloather On News/Activism 02/26/2005 7:06:58 AM PST · 13 replies · 1,179+ views The Conservative Voice \| 2/26/05 Peter F. Paul writes Senator Hillary Clinton Posted by Senior Editor on 2005/2/26 1:17:22 Senator Hillary Clinton U.S.Senate Washington, DC Via Hand Delivery Dear Hillary: It is with profound regret and extreme disappointment that I am forced to write this letter to you reminding you of your responsibility as a Federal elected official to comply with the laws and regulations of the United States that you have sworn to defend and protect, and as a citizen, the same laws and regulations that govern your individual conduct. As you are personally aware, in May, 2000, I was induced by your National...

Florida Freepers! Republican Florida Congress Woman Joins Hillary in Social Security Debate
	Posted by mission9 On News/Activism 02/26/2005 5:30:25 PM PST · 11 replies · 573+ views Self \| 2-28-05 \| Ranger Heads up Florida Freepers - a congresswoman, Representative Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL-05), is jumping off the reservation and attempting to scuttle the President's Social Security reforms. She is holding two Town Meetings in her district of central Pasco County. I, on behalf of all right thinking conservatives, encourage every avaliable Freeper to attend and show her some love to change her wayward flirtations with Hillary and Ted Kennedy. If you can't attend, contact her office. http://www.house.gov These are the Times and Places: February 28, 2005 Zephyrhills City Council Chambers Zephyrhills City Hall (seats 120) 5335 8th St. Zephyrhills, FL 10am Representative...

Outsourcing is an issue, says Hillary
	Posted by kingattax On News/Activism 02/26/2005 8:53:34 PM PST · 19 replies · 287+ views THE TIMES OF INDIA \| FEBRUARY 27, 2005 \| Staff NEW DELHI: India-US trade may be flourishing but the trade deficit, which is overwhelmingly in India's favour, needs to be addressed to ensure a more equitable relationship between the two countries, Hillary Clinton said. "This, added to the outsourcing debate in my country, could raise questions about the nature of our relations." She is the favourite as the first-ever woman US presidential candidate for 2008. But US senator Hillary Clinton and former first lady, while addressing the India Today conclave here on Saturday evening, treated an adoring audience with some truths refreshingly bereft of rose-tinted glasses. The message could not...

Clinton Says Hillary Would Make Excellent First U.S. Female President
	Posted by Sub-Driver On News/Activism 02/27/2005 3:49:48 AM PST · 96 replies · 1,112+ views TBO.COM Clinton Says Hillary Would Make Excellent First U.S. Female President The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) - Former President Clinton said Sunday that his wife, Hillary, would be an excellent choice as the first female leader of the world's most powerful nation. In an interview with Japan's TV Asahi, Clinton said he did not know whether his wife, the senator of New York state, has any plans to one day run for the presidency. "I don't know if she'll run or not," he told the network, but added, "She would make an excellent president, and I would always try to help...

Comment: Andrew Sullivan: New York warms to Hillary... next it could be America
	Posted by 2dogjoe On News/Activism 02/27/2005 7:07:13 AM PST · 56 replies · 848+ views The Sunday Times \| February 27, 2005 \| Andrew Sullivan Comment: Andrew Sullivan: New York warms to Hillary... next it could be America Something quite unusual is happening to Hillary Rodham Clinton. She's becoming popular. In New York state, where she is the junior senator, her approval ratings are in the stratosphere. When she became senator, many sceptical New Yorkers ó they're not pushovers ó were partly persuaded by the Republican campaign against her.

Biden Says Hillary Is "most Difficult Obstacle" in 2008 Presidential Stakes
	Posted by Sub-Driver On News/Activism 02/27/2005 8:58:20 AM PST · 40 replies · 767+ views TBO.COM Biden Says Hillary Is "most Difficult Obstacle" in 2008 Presidential Stakes The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Joseph Biden says any Democrat who wants to run for president in 2008 should keep in mind these three words: Hillary Rodham Clinton. "I think she'd be incredibly difficult to beat," the Delaware Democrat said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "I think she is the most difficult obstacle for anyone being the nominee." The former first lady and Democratic senator from New York insists that she plans to run for re-election in 2006. But speculation persists that she might run for...

Biden Says Hillary Is "most Difficult Obstacle" in 2008 Presidential Stakes
	Posted by Sub-Driver On News/Activism 02/27/2005 8:58:20 AM PST · 40 replies · 767+ views TBO.COM Biden Says Hillary Is "most Difficult Obstacle" in 2008 Presidential Stakes The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Joseph Biden says any Democrat who wants to run for president in 2008 should keep in mind these three words: Hillary Rodham Clinton. "I think she'd be incredibly difficult to beat," the Delaware Democrat said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "I think she is the most difficult obstacle for anyone being the nominee." The former first lady and Democratic senator from New York insists that she plans to run for re-election in 2006. But speculation persists that she might run for...

Sen. McCain: Bar Russia from G8 Over Iran Deal
	Posted by lizol On News/Activism 02/27/2005 10:46:16 AM PST · 28 replies · 443+ views Yahoo!News \| Sun, Feb 27, 2005 \| Randall Mikkelsen Sen. McCain: Bar Russia from G8 Over Iran Deal 2 hours, 39 minutes ago Politics - Reuters By Randall Mikkelsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should seek to bar Russia from this year's major-nation summit to protest actions by Moscow including its deal Sunday to provide Iran (news - web sites) nuclear fuel, a leading Republican senator said. "This latest step of the Russians vis-a-vis the Iranians calls for sterner measures to be taken between ourselves and Russia. It has got to, at some point, begin to harm our relations," Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) of Arizona...

'Meet the Press': Biden Will Oppose Scalia
	Posted by wagglebee On News/Activism 02/27/2005 2:04:04 PM PST · 127 replies · 1,976+ views NewsMax \| 2/27/05 \| Carl Limbacher If President Bush taps Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to replace William Rehnquist as chief justice, he won't be able to count on support from Delaware Democratic Senator Joe Biden - even though Biden voted to confirm Scalia when he was first nominated to the high court in 1986. "I would spend a lot of time making the case he shouldn't be chief justice," Biden told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. Biden insisted that his about-face on Scalia had nothing to do with the justice's conservative views. "I would oppose him because of his methodology, the way he interprets...

Hillary Clinton's Extreme Makeover in Full Swing
	Posted by Coastal On News/Activism 02/27/2005 2:13:47 PM PST · 65 replies · 1,342+ views The National Ledger \| February 27, 2005 \| CK Rairden The Hillary 2008 push is in full force. A full three years and eight months will pass before the 2008 presidential elections but it's never too early to begin to attempt to rebuild Hillary Rodham Clinton's liberal image. The extreme makeover is on, and the left is out in full force. Hubby Bill believes that if she did run and she was able to win, she'd make a very, very good president," Clinton said Sunday. "I think now she's at least as good as I was." That's comforting. Andrew Sullivan chimes in as well: Senator Clinton has finally escaped one...

McCain: Stuck in the Twentieth Century
	Posted by rightalien On News/Activism 02/27/2005 2:19:07 PM PST · 14 replies · 444+ views The American Thinker \| 2 27 05 \| Doug Hanson How Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld keeps from tearing his hair out, I'll never know. He has to put up with regular confrontational testimony sessions with Congress, constant criticisms from retired flag officers, and, most recently, a group of senators proposing their own long-term stationing plan for US forces overseas. Reuters reports that during a bi-partisan Senate delegation visit to Afghanistan, Senator John McCain declared that the US needs to establish permanent joint bases in the country to provide a long-term support arrangement with Afghanistan. Senator Hillary Clinton was also among the group that was touring the country to gauge political...

Dowd: Hillary Nicknamed 'Warrior'
	Posted by wagglebee On News/Activism 02/27/2005 2:29:31 PM PST · 317 replies · 4,847+ views NewsMax \| 2/27/05 \| Carl Limbacher Aides to New York Senator Hillary Clinton have a new moniker for their boss, reports New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd. "Hillary's nickname is 'The Warrior' with her staff," Dowd told NBC's "Meet the Press." And that brings to mind another potential 2008 presidential candidate, the Times scribe said. "[Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice] obviously is the warrior," insisted Dowd. How so? Because Condi wore "a 'Matrix' dominatrix outfit" and "high black stiletto boots" on her trip to Germany last week, said Times scribe said. When it came to Sen. Clinton's possible candidacy, however, the fashion references and dominatrix imagery...

Clinton: Hillary would be an 'excellent president'
	Posted by freedom44 On News/Activism 02/27/2005 9:02:30 PM PST · 32 replies · 404+ views MSNBC \| 2/27/05 \| MSNBC TOKYO - Former President Clinton said Sunday that his wife, Hillary, would be an excellent choice as the first female leader of the world's most powerful nation. In an interview with Japan's TV Asahi, Clinton said he did not know whether his wife, the senator of New York state, has any plans to one day run for the presidency. "I don't know if she'll run or not," he told the network, but added, "She would make an excellent president, and I would always try to help her." Separately on Sunday, Sen. Joseph Biden said Senator Clinton would be incredibly difficult...

Hillary Fever? Might Be Something We Eight. [Howard Kurtz blather]
	Posted by johnny7 On News/Activism 02/28/2005 4:32:47 AM PST · 12 replies · 395+ views Washington Post \| February 28, 2005 \| By Howard Kurtz The press is clearly rooting for another Clinton campaign. Three years and eight months before the next presidential election, the Hillary buzz is growing louder. There she is on the cover of New York magazine, taking the oath of office, with the headline: "President and Mr. Clinton." Journalists scrutinize her every utterance for 2008 implications. An absurdly early CNN/USA Today poll question has the New York senator crushing the Democratic field. Every reporter assumes she's feverishly plotting her return to the White House. "It is a painful and ludicrous conceit of political reporting that you examine everything far too early,"...

Clinton: Hillary Would Be Great President (Mega Barf Alert)
	Posted by indcons On News/Activism 02/28/2005 5:04:35 AM PST · 26 replies · 315+ views Clinton: Hillary Would Be Great President \| Feb 27, 2008 \| AP TOKYO (AP) - Former President Clinton said Sunday that his wife, Hillary, would be an excellent choice as the first female leader of the world's most powerful nation. In an interview with Japan's TV Asahi, Clinton said he did not know whether his wife, the senator of New York state, has any plans to one day run for the presidency. "I don't know if she'll run or not," he told the network, but added, "She would make an excellent president, and I would always try to help her." Hillary Rodham Clinton has said she plans to run for re-election as...

Biden: Clinton Hard to Beat in 2008 Race
	Posted by areafiftyone On News/Activism 02/28/2005 7:01:04 AM PST · 82 replies · 786+ views WINS News \| 2/28/05 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Joseph Biden says any Democrat who wants to run for president in 2008 should keep in mind these three words: Hillary Rodham Clinton. "I think she'd be incredibly difficult to beat," the Delaware Democrat said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "I think she is the most difficult obstacle for anyone being the nominee." The former first lady and Democratic senator from New York insists that she plans to run for re-election in 2006. But speculation persists that she might run for president in 2008. "She is likely to be the nominee," Biden said. "She'd be...

Hillary in India: 'Outsourcing Will Continue'
	Posted by Carl/NewsMax On News/Activism 02/28/2005 8:37:50 AM PST · 22 replies · 359+ views NewsMax.com \| Feb. 28, 2005 \| Carl Limbacher In comments that may cause her trouble back home, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton told political and business leaders in India over the weekend that she supports outsourcing U.S. jobs to the populous South Asian country, while acknowledging that it hurts American workers back home. "Outsourcing will continue," Mrs. Clinton told an audience in New Delhi, one of several stops on her Indian tour last week. "There is no way to legislate against reality," she explained, according to quotes reported Monday by the Asia Times. "We are not in favor of putting up fences." Clinton's defense of outsourcing came despite...

Ten Commandments can stay in Frederick park
	Posted by JZelle On 06/22/2005 11:37:27 AM PDT · 20 replies · 245+ views The Washington Times \| 6-22-05 \| David Dishneau BALTIMORE -- A privately owned Ten Commandments monument may remain on display in a Frederick city park, a federal judge ruled yesterday. U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles Jr. concluded that no reasonable observer would think the 5-foot-tall granite marker is meant as an unconstitutional government endorsement of religion. Judge Quarles also found that the city's sale of the monument and an accompanying strip of parkland to the local Fraternal Order of Eagles (FOE) chapter in 2002 was proper. Plaintiffs Roy J. Chambers and the District-based Americans United for Separation of Church and State had claimed the transaction was a...

Queens Muslim Group Says It Opposes Violence, and America
	Posted by Pikamax On 06/22/2005 12:11:14 PM PDT · 3 replies · 17+ views NYTIMES \| 06/22/05 \| ANDREA ELLIOTT Queens Muslim Group Says It Opposes Violence, and America By ANDREA ELLIOTT The young Muslim men, with beards and bullhorns, work the streets of Jackson Heights on the weekends. They surface at parades and protests around the city, loudly declaring America the enemy and advocating for an Islamic state. Several weeks ago, they publicly tore up an American flag as payback for the reported desecration of the Koran at Guant·namo Bay, Cuba. Their own videos of violence against Muslims, one with the title "Muslim Massacres," have recently appeared on Queens Public Television. In the annals of New York City's political...

Three Lessons from a Woman Terrorist
	Posted by sofaman On 06/22/2005 11:48:52 AM PDT · 19 replies · 317+ views Honest Reporting, Haaretz, AP \| 6/21/2005 \| HonestReporting Three Lessons from a Woman Terrorist A foiled suicide bombing brings out three media myths on Palestinian terror Attempted suicide bomber Wafa al-Bas Yesterday (June 20), a Palestinian woman took advantage of a humanitarian medical clearance to attempt a suicide bombing of an Israeli hospital. Israeli security caught Wafa al-Bas at a Gaza checkpoint and safely detonated the explosives that had been tied to her undergarments. View AP news video of capture. This episode highlights three important points that remain largely ignored or misrepresented in media coverage of the Mideast conflict: 1) SUICIDE TERROR: ASPIRATION, NOT DESPERATION Al-Bas explained to...

Bauer: Major TV Networks Boycotted 'Hospital Bomber' Story
	Posted by IAF ThunderPilot On 06/22/2005 12:04:28 PM PDT · 6 replies · 149+ views Arutx Sheva \| Jun 22, '05 Despite the distribution of a video of the Arab suicide bomber who intended to blow up a hospital by the IDF, nearly all foreign news agencies chose to boycott the story altogether. An outraged former undersecretary to US President Ronald Reagan and candidate for Republican Presidential nominee, Gary Bauer wrote a scathing critique of the world mediaís decision to avoid the story. Excerpts from Bauerís letter: 'If you don't get the Fox News Channel then you didn't see any of the dramatic footage of the Israeli army's arrest yesterday of a 21-year old, female Palestinian homicide-bomber, strapped with 25 pounds...

Arizona: Stricter homeschooling regulations in the future?
	Posted by hsmomx3 On 06/22/2005 11:14:18 AM PDT · 40 replies · 357+ views EV Tribune \| By Jackie Leatherman District finds regulations for home-schoolers lacking Federal and state accountability laws overlook homeschooled students. Once parents withdraw a child from a school district, they are also withdrawing a student from standardized testing and monitoring requirements. The absence of regulations has landed the issue on the agenda for this yearís annual meeting of the Arizona School Boards Association on Saturday in Mesa. Board members will debate and vote on recommendations that will form the groupís 2006 legislative agenda. Included in the recommendations: A proposal for the Arizona Department of Education to monitor homeschooled students. The plan is being pitched by the...

PETA looks bad after two arrests
	Posted by JZelle On 06/22/2005 11:28:00 AM PDT · 29 replies · 553+ views The Washington Times \| 6-22-05 \| Gene Mueller What's going on in the offices of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals? The same sanctimonious animal-rights group that pleads for donations so it can stop us "blood-thirsty" hunters and fishermen once and for all is in the middle of a smelly affair involving the euthanization of pets picked up at animal shelters. Incidentally, they were pets PETA reportedly promised it would find good homes for. The Associated Press and the Virginian-Pilot newspaper in Norfolk have reported that two Hampton Roads employees of the Norfolk-based PETA were charged in Ahoskie, N.C., with animal cruelty after dumping dead dogs and...

"Costly Slander, Cheap Redemption" (Durbin)
	Posted by Mach9 On 06/22/2005 11:05:49 AM PDT · 21 replies · 484+ views Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation website \| June 22, 2005 \| Scott Swett Costly Slander, Cheap Redemption by Scott Swett, Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation (6/22/2005) - Eight days after viciously comparing the treatment of terrorist prisoners by American troops at Guantanamo Bay to Nazi death camps and Soviet gulags, Senator Richard Durbin offered a weepy semi-apology, expressing regret before his fellow Senators if his remarks "in any way cast a negative light on our fine men and women in the military." Senator Durbin loves and supports America's troops, you see. "They are the best," he gushed. "I never, ever intended any disrespect for them." No one asked whether his respect for the troops...

Dick Durbin's non-apology apology
	Posted by djfox1 On 06/22/2005 10:57:37 AM PDT · 25 replies · 363+ views So, Senator Dick Durbin is "sorry if his words offended..."? In other words, he's not sorry for what he said, he's sorry if he offended anyone. Slick. Make it seem like an apology without actually apologizing. The democrats, predictably, are urging all of us to just "move on" now. Senator Durbin, you need to do two things. You need to apologize for the reckless, despicable comments you made slandering our troops with ridiculous Nazi comparisons, and then you need to RESIGN from the body you disgraced with your seditious and irresponsible statements that provided aid and comfort to our enemies....

Statement By RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman In Response To Democratsí Ohio Election Report
	Posted by RWR8189 On 06/22/2005 10:59:41 AM PDT · 5 replies · 599+ views Republican National Committee \| June 22, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Press Office 202-863-8614 Washington, DC ñ RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman issued the following statement in response to the Democratsí Ohio Election Report:'The report is pure political fiction. The undisputed facts in Ohio are: Democrat officials had to be stopped by the courts from misleading voters about the day of the election; a Democrat affiliated group paid a worker in crack cocaine to submit fraudulent voter forms; and Democrat allies attempted to disenfranchise Ohio voters by submitting registration cards for Mary Poppins, Dick Tracy and Michael Jordan. Republicans will continue to register and inspire new voters, make...

Democrats decry Social Security 'bait and switch'
	Posted by Tumbleweed_Connection On 06/22/2005 11:29:32 AM PDT · 22 replies · 331+ views Reuters \| 6/22/05 Senate Democrats said on Wednesday they would not be drawn into a White House "bait and switch" strategy on Social Security and insisted President Bush take private investment accounts off the table. Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said Bush's insistence on individual investment accounts stood in the way of bipartisan negotiation over the retirement program's financial future. "Until the president publicly takes private accounts off the table, bait and switch is still a real possibility," said Baucus. He said a flurry of new Social Security proposals by Republicans in the U.S. Senate...

House GOP Crafts Social Security Bill -OFFENSE
	Posted by Tumbleweed_Connection On 06/22/2005 10:53:02 AM PDT · 11 replies · 211+ views AP \| 6/22/05 \| David Espo Key House Republicans crafted Social Security legislation Wednesday that shuns the painful measures needed to assure long-term solvency and omits President Bush's call for personal accounts financed with payroll taxes. Instead, the measure showcases a promise, designed to reassure seniors, that Social Security surplus funds will be used only to create individual accounts that differ sharply from Bush's approach. Despite the differences from Bush's proposals, Democrats quickly attacked the legislation, which is emerging in different forms in the House and Senate. Sen. Max Baucus (news, bio, voting record), D-Mont., called it "a smaller version of a bad idea. That bad...

Six Months After (Bill Clinton op-ed on the Tsunami)
	Posted by RWR8189 On 06/22/2005 12:03:07 PM PDT · 5 replies · 80+ views New York Times \| June 22, 2005 \| President William Jefferson Clinton IT has been nearly six months since the tsunami struck 11 nations surrounding the Indian Ocean, killing more than 200,000 people. The tragedy touched the chord of our common humanity. Forty countries committed military forces to provide food, water and shelter to the survivors. Millions of Americans contributed more than $1 billion to the relief effort. Millions of others across the world also sent contributions, and the United Nations and hundreds of charitable organizations rushed to the region. This rapid response yielded substantial dividends. Widespread starvation was avoided. There were no epidemics. Of course, the recovery effort has a long...

Former Rep. Nathan Mathis to run for Governor (of Alabama...as an Independent)
	Posted by AzaleaCity5691 On 06/22/2005 12:16:59 PM PDT The Associated Press \| 6/21/2005 \| Phillip Rawls Former Rep. Nathan Mathis to run for governor 6/21/2005, 6:06 p.m. CT By PHILLIP RAWLS The Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Former state Rep. Nathan Mathis announced Tuesday he will run for governor on a gambling platform. And he is doing it by taking a gamble that has traditionally been a loser for Alabama politicians -- running as an independent. If elected, Mathis said he will try to bring casinos to Alabama and would tax them to help fund health care, prisons and state troopers. Mathis, who served three terms in the Alabama House as a Democrat from Newton,...