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....When you agreed, Harry, I winced. Because if there is one thing I know from my own greatest loss — of a son — it's that you can't allow festering to happen. So in all humility and friendship, let me pass on a useful metaphor to you both. A friend whose wife was murdered told me that he was helped in his grief by remembering that in the trenches of World War I, most men died not of their wounds, but of the dirt that got into them and caused infection. Whenever emotions such as resentment, unfairness or self-pity crept...

Complete Headline: EXCLUSIVE: 'He put on my frilly nightie, and danced around playing his sax.' Former Miss Arkansas says Bill Clinton was so-so in bed and confided Hillary was into sex with women. Now she fears Hillary vendetta and sleeps with loaded semi-automatic Bill Clinton's lovemaking was largely forgettable, says ex-mistress Sally Miller, but Clinton would rarely disappoint when divulging intimate secrets Miller, then 44, would leave her back door ajar so her seven-years younger paramour - then Governor of Arkansas - could slip in Known then as Sally Perdue, she claims during pillow talk he revealed Hillary preferred...

Dear Friend, In this video commentary, I discuss who won last night’s Republican debate in Charleston, South Carolina. One man won the debate. The other will win the election! Tune in!

Dear Friend, In this video commentary, I discuss how Santorum’s moving up in Iowa from the back of the pack, like a late finisher in the Iowa Derby. Tune in!

In Iowa, there is evidence that Rick Santorum may be surging ahead. In the Tea Party Patriots (TPP) telephone poll of 23,000 supporters nationally, Newt led with 31% of the vote, followed by Bachmann at 28%, Romney at 20% and Santorum with a surprising 16%. But on the ground in Iowa, where it counts, Gingrich has gone through $10 million of negative TV ads sponsored by Romney, Paul, and the others. Without funds to defend himself, he has seen his vote share drop. Ron Paul’s has risen, Bachmann’s has fallen, and Santorum has increased quickly. Gingrich’s and Bachmann’s drop, Cain’s...

Dear Friend, In this video commentary, I discuss how a group called America Elects is, inadvertently, paving the way for Ron Paul to run as a third candidate, which would re-elect Obama. Tune in!

Check this out if your stomach can handle it.

So. This is what being pandered to feels like. John McCain picked Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska and mother of five, to be his running mate to woo women like me. He seems to think that my girlfriends and I are so disappointed that an utterly qualified woman is not going to be president that we will jump at the chance to vote for an utterly unqualified woman for vice president. You gotta love a guy who thinks things are that simple. Women already outvote men in this country, and it isn't because we like voting for all those women...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Gov. Ed Rendell, one of Hillary Rodham Clinton's most visible supporters, said some white Pennsylvanians are likely to vote against her rival Barack Obama because he is black.

Gas tax to cover roads, rails? By MARTHA RAFFAELE Associated Press Writer Article Launched:11/14/2006 09:43:19 AM EST HARRISBURG — Getting a driver's license, registering a vehicle, and filling the gas tank would all become more expensive for Pennsylvania motorists under a proposal released Monday traise roughly $1.7 billion for improving the state's highways and bridges and funding its cash-strapped mass-transit systems. A transportation study commission is calling for increasing the 19-cents-per-gallon oil franchise tax by 11.5 cents per gallon and raising various motor vehicle registration and license fees tgenerate an additional $900 million for highway and bridge projects. The oil...

In Washington, old politicians don't even fade away. Even professional pundits can sometimes be wrong in predicting the future. For example, I thought that when he slunk out of Congress in 1998, we had heard the last of Newt Gingrich. And he did lie low for a while. But now he's back, big-time. Just Google him up. He's the man to go to for a quote about anything relating to the Republican Party or the universe generally. He is hitting the talk shows a lot and graduating from the role of guest interviewee to that of a full-fledged know-it-all sitting...

Fabiola Armitage is back on television, only instead of a campaign ad the focus has been on her mugshot. Armitage is a Kerry supporter and a strong believer in stem cell research. She's featured in an advertisement urging Floridians to vote against Amendment 3 on this year's ballot. The amendment would cap how much money a lawyer can make from a medical malpractice lawsuit. St. Johns County Sheriff Deputies arrested Armitage for grand theft and battery this week. They say she had 78 campaign signs supporting George Bush and Mel Martinez in her trunk. Armitage tells First Coast News that...

This site makes reasonable conservatives look like Nazis. You people have no logic... "Goyette is anti-war, anti-Bush!" Nice leap there.

Paul Krugman is probably not having a good week. Krugman is the perennially grumpy op-ed columnist for the so-called "newspaper of record," The New York Times, and author of the just-out best seller, "The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century" (W.W. Norton and Co.). The book, whose premise essentially is that George Bush inaugurated the end of America, easily unravels. Krugman's book is a repeat — literally — of his Times op-ed columns, which tend to center on the evil of George Bush, the evil of everybody who has met George Bush and the evils of capitalism....

This site has a one or two page, concise summary of political events for each century since 1900. Written by a Russian historian. Great for boning up on history and answering "when did that happen?" questions. (The Twentieth Century, Year after Year)

<p>John Mellencamp questions President Bush's motives for a possible war against Iraq in a new song available at the Hoosier rock star's Web site.</p> <p>"He wants to fight with many, and he says it's not for oil," Mellencamp sings during "To Washington," which can be downloaded for free at www.mellencamp.com.</p>

Since I am approaching my one year anniversary of being a "freeper" and since I have never contributed a dime to FR, jim or the republican party, I am going to beat the powers to be at FR and voluntarily leave, rather than have them come up with one of the cock and bull stories to ban me. Been fun,Bye

On September 10th it is time for New York to vote Peter (Clinton Lover) King out of office. Rember he has attacted Newt Gingrich while defending Bill Clinton. He has also been the darling of the New York media. Vote for Robert Previdi in the Republican Primary on Sept 1oth.