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More Strauss-Kahn Rumors Emerge Updated: Sunday, 22 May 2011, 9:35 AM CDT Published : Sunday, 22 May 2011, 9:35 AM CDT (NewsCore) - NEW YORK -- Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Dominique Strauss-Kahn attempted to lure two attractive hotel employees to his $3,000-a-night New York hotel suite -- and later put the moves on an Air France flight attendant following his alleged sexual assault on a maid, the New York Post reported Sunday. "What a nice ass!" he barked to the attendant, using the lewd French expression "Quel beau cul!" as she prepared the business-class cabin for takeoff last...

On a conference call today, Mark Penn -- the senior adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, declared that Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, can't win the general election. Penn says that Obama can't win Pennsylvania, a primary which is key to the general. "We believe fundamentally it provides a very test of who can really win the general election," Penn says. "We believe this will again show Hillary is ready to win and Senator Obama really can't win a general election." After a reporter presses for clarification, the Clinton campaign denied Penn made the statement and Penn clarifies, saying: "I think...

Anytime John McCain declines to speak to the press, something horrible must be happening. Back in New Hampshire, McCain held press conferences after every event, taking questions from reporters more often than he'd rub his lucky nickel. In Iowa, he would talk to scribes for hours on his bus, get off and then 30 minutes later hold an avail. The journalists would look at each other, bemused and defeated, with no questions left. But Thursday was a different matter. In the wake of a scandalous New York Times story suggesting a romantic fling with a lobbyist, McCain arrived at a...

Dear RNC: I am very concerned about the direction toward which it appears that the Republican Party is headed. In the words of Presidential hopeful John McCain, “they voted us in to change government, and the government changed us.” John McCain’s own admission of how he failed in his duty as Senator, along with the rest of our fellow Republicans who were voted out of office in 2006, to make the changes that he promised is very telling. More specifically, his admission raises suspicion as to whether he will fulfill his current promises, which not only mirror the past promises...

This is a train treck... SPIKES SPOT ATTACKING ROMNEY ON ABORTION, SPENDING, GUNS. AD HAD ALREADY BEEN DELIVERED TO STATIONS. HUCKABEE SAID HE CHANGED HIS MIND JUST BEFORE THE PRESS CONFERENCE, HOPES IOWA VOTERS WILL REJECT NEGATIVE ADS JUST AS HE HAS. LAUGHTER FILLS ROOM AS HUCKABEE SCREENS AD ANYWAY FOR MEDIA. SKEPTICAL QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS ABOUT HIS PROFESSED CHANGE OF HEART, AS CAMERAS RECORD AD PLAYED ON GIANT SCREEN. ROOM FILLED WITH EASELS DISPLAYING OPPOSITION RESEARCH ON ROMNEY.

Influential columnist George Will says his candidacy represents a "repudiation" of conservative Republican principles. "Huckabee's campaign actually is what Rudy Giuliani's candidacy is misdescribed as being - a comprehensive apostasy against core Republican beliefs," Will writes in his latest column. Giuliami departs from GOP positions only on abortion and the recognition of same-sex couples, Will observes. Huckabee, on the other hand, "broadly repudiates core Republican principles such as free trade, low taxes, the essential legitimacy of America's corporate entities and the market system allocating wealth and opportunity," according to Will. Will points out that the New Hampshire chapter of the...

Youtube link: NBC Investigates Huckabee's Ethical Shortcomings Blogs for Fred Thompson has commentary.

GENEVA — North Korea has agreed to declare and disable all its nuclear facilities by the end of this year, the chief U.S. negotiator said Sunday. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said two days of talks between the United States and North Korea in Geneva had been "very good and very substantive" and would help improve chances of a successful meeting later this month when both sides meet with Japan, Russia, South Korea and China in six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program and improving relations between North Korea and other countries. "One thing that...

Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio made the observation of the night when he said that it made no sense to oppose the war and then turn around and vote for more money to fund it.

Sen. Barack Obama may have thought a wrought iron fence would give him all the separation he needed from indicted Wilmette businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko. But before everything is said and done, our star senator is going to wish he'd done a lot more a lot sooner to distance himself from his longtime political supporter.

RUSH: We have a montage of Drive-By Media, CNN's -- well, not just CNN. There's some other people on here, mostly CNN, some from ABC, one from Fox, NBC. Yesterday at the White House, President Bush had a meeting with Presidents Karzai and Musharraf, and they came out and they met the media, and apparently there was not a handshake at the end of the deal between Musharraf and Karzai. That became the subject. That was yesterday's media "gravitas." SYLER: President Bush hosted Presidents Karzai of Afghanistan and Musharraf of Pakistan at dinner but could not get them to shake...

http://www.calicocat.com/2005/03/photo-of-debra-peabody.html Debra Peabody

Eric Jensen should have expected the object of his affection to be highly steamed over his unorthodox romantic overture. She was in the shower when it occurred. Yet that didn't dissuade Jensen, 21, of Leisenring, Fayette County, from entering the unidentified woman's residence, disrobing, entering her bathroom and proposing to join her. SNIP Jensen obviously gave his plan careful consideration before implementing it. He had allotted an entire 20 minutes between the time he entered the victim's home and the time he was scheduled to pick up his wife. It's also not as if he had indecently propositioned a total...

MIDI - I'M NOT LISA They are ribbons...don't call them medals See this magnet...it won't work Both Ross and Gibson...set up an ambush They had made me look like a jerk Will you let me explain...no, I am not insane My explanation...will not be deceitful You saw on video...something from long ago The RNC...is employing Registered...Registered He's been messing with the film you saw...a quid pro quo They are ribbons...don't call them medals See this magnet...it won't work Both Ross and Gibson...set up an ambush They had made me look like a jerk They're not medals

LONDON (AP) — A British newspaper on Tuesday defended the accuracy of its story quoting the father of Alexandra Polier, the woman who has been the subject of rumors linking her to Sen. John Kerry. The unsubstantiated rumors arose on the Internet last week, saying that Polier, a 27-year-old freelance journalist, had an affair with the front-running Democratic presidential candidate. Both she and Kerry have denied the allegation. On Friday, The Sun tabloid quoted Polier's father, Terry, as being harshly critical of Kerry. In statements released to The Associated Press on Monday, Terry Polier, of Malvern, Pa., said that he...

Dick Morris is on Al Rantels show in Los Angeles discussing the falling Howard Dean. Morris - "If A is attacking B, and B is attacking A, then C and D will benefit." Al asked who is behind the attacks on Dean. Morris told him that it couldn't be Gephardt because he doesn't have the money to pay someone 250K to do the opposition research. Who has the money? Clinton. Yep, Morris believes that Clinton is behind it. Kerry would be tough....of Edwards, Lieberman, and Clark, Lieberman is nowhere, Clark is not ready for prime time. Edwards might be bad...

Freepers, You can help give Bush an early advantage in the general election with his near-certain opponent, Howard Dean. Over the last few days, I've put together a feature called "Dean vs. Dean" which shows what it would sound like if Howard Dean debated himself. All the quotes are taken directly from Howard Dean himself (all quotes are followed by their source to validate their origins). It's a humorous read. Here's what we can do: create an e-mail campaign where we get this piece out to as many people as possible. Please forward it to your friends, family - even...

Dean vs. Dean Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont, is a Democratic candidate for President.  Here is how it might sound if Howard Dean chose to debate himself on the important issues of the day.  (All of the statements below are actual quotes from Howard Dean) On War with Saddam Hussein's Iraq Dean:  "Is the security of the United States affected by what's going on in Iraq today? … I don't believe it is." ("Meet the Press," March 9, 2003) Dean: "There's no question Saddam is a threat to the U.S. and our allies."  ("Face the Nation" on Sept....

MIDI - RHINESTONE COWBOY Though Mulholland still thinks I am greatI know I have screwed this state I've cheated and lied as well as both of the ClintonsAll the anchors say I'm a boob I've seen that watching the tubeIt is getting me down I've done a load of compromisingI've sold votes...is that surprising? Before it is over, I'll be the one standing tall Like a Bengal tiger...I will fight so that Sharon and I do not have to leave Like a Bengal tiger...Arnold Schwarzenegger, I'll be back and you will grieve I really know how to deceive Illegals,...

Asking for oral sex, especially when it is not offered, doesn't exactly seem like a good way to represent a University, but that is exactly what junior Blake Overly said Iowa State men's basketball coach Larry Eustachy did at a late January party in Overly's apartment.'A girl asked if he wanted a beer, and he said, 'Yeah, I'll take a b***job.'The party was held after the bars closed in downtown Columbia, Missouri on the night of Jan. 21 after Iowa State had lost 64-59 to Missouri in the Hearnes Center.'Larry came up here and started partying and at first it...