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When the former junior state senator from Chicago, one Barack Obama—a man no one knew diddly about—decided, “Hey, I’m gonna run for president!” people were eager to learn more about this promising upstart. Uncle Joe Biden was curious about Barack. Joe said at first blush that Obama seemed “clean” and “articulate,” which, I think, would be a hate crime if a conservative said that about him. Anyhoo, Obama impressed many chiefly because he could enthusiastically read vague, cliché-riddled speeches off a teleprompter that included lots of big words like nobody’s business! This ability to read hazy political speeches in public...

I believe efforts to disqualify Mitt Romney as a presidential contender because of his Mormon faith are outrageous and unfair. Apparently, a lot of people in the liberal media agree with me. Unfortunately, they are hypocrites. The media are ignoring their own established religious test—against candidates whose evangelical or Catholic faith guides their political beliefs. Having momentarily discovered an appreciation for the Constitution, liberal journalists are reminding conservative Christians who question Romney’s faith that our founders prohibited a religious test as a qualification for elected office. “It was only a matter of time before some bigot drew a bead on...

NewsMax.com Tuesday, July 16, 2002 10:35 p.m. EDT Watchdog Group Blasts Dems' Nantucket Junket, Loses Media Fans Last week the legal watchdog group Judicial Watch received a deluge of positive media coverage for the lawsuit it filed against Vice President Dick Cheney claiming that Halliburton, the company he once headed, had cooked the books. But the same reporters who were quoting Judicial Watch officials left and right a few days ago aren't particularly interested in the group's latest complaint. On Monday, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton blasted Friday's Democratic Party fundraising junket to Nantucket, where Wall Street scandal crusaders Sens....