Free Republic

Monday, May 10, 2004 Edwards slams abuse at Democrats' dinner By Gregory Korte The Cincinnati Enquirer COLUMBUS - The only way to send a message to the rest of the world that Americans emphatically reject the humiliating abuse of Iraqi prisoners is to elect John F. Kerry as president, Sen. John Edwards told Ohio Democrats at their annual dinner. "All of us - it goes without saying - condemn it. It goes against the values we hold as Americans. Just think about the damage it's doing to our image around the world," Edwards said Saturday night, adding that the prisoner...

Terminator's crass humour backfires as candidates clash By Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles 26 September 2003 He came. He spouted statistics. He let loose his one-liners. With less than two weeks to go before California's extraordinary gubernatorial recall election, a hitherto absent Arnold Schwarzenegger at last agreed to debate with his rivals in the race to succeed the unpopular Gray Davis. It didn't kill him, but it probably did him few favours. For 90 minutes, the action star was jumped on, savaged, patronised and, for long stretches, simply ignored. He may not have been demolished but the challenge proved a...

The Legislative Process: “I wouldn’t mind having sex with Ellen Tauscher,” a U.S. Representative said the other night to a crowd in D.C. This wish for sexual congress came from a congressional member named appropriately enough, Weiner. Of course, he was speaking at a Congressional Comedy Night – if you can imagine so improbable an event – to raise money for an Oregon Democrat named Earl Blumenauer. Wiener, who was wearing a muscle shirt when he made his remarks, said that Tauscher was one “hot” Congresswoman. But tough. …. Said Weiner, in full, “I wouldn’t mind having sex with Ellen...