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  • { Sen. Claire McCaskill D-Mo } Senator Asked Not to Speak at Graduation

    05/02/2007 10:21:15 AM PDT · by SmithL · 82 replies · 1,975+ views
    AP via SFGate ^ | 5/2/7 | BETSY TAYLOR
    Saint Louis (AP) -- An invitation to Sen. Claire McCaskill to speak at her daughter's graduation from a Roman Catholic high school was withdrawn because of her positions on abortion and stem cell research. Students at all-girls St. Joseph's Academy in the St. Louis suburb of Frontenac wanted to have McCaskill speak at their commencement this month, McCaskill spokeswoman Adrianne Marsh said Tuesday. But the offer was rescinded last week. The president of St. Joseph's, Sister Michaela Zahner, said she reluctantly made the decision after receiving a call from the St. Louis Archdiocese. . . . The senator was told...
  • RUDY HITS HILL - Yank's Her Chain on Team

    04/19/2006 6:33:31 AM PDT · by areafiftyone · 96 replies · 2,398+ views
    NY Post ^ | 4/19/06
    April 19, 2006 -- BLUE BELL, Pa. - Rudy Giuliani took a few swipes at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday while campaigning for a Republican senator. In a speech on behalf of Sen. Rick Santorum, Giuliani recalled that for most of his mayoralty, there was one Republican and one Democratic senator representing New York. MO< "[For] one year, I had Hillary," he mock-complained, drawing laughter. After a pause, he continued: "There's that book that just came out . . . [it] points out that one thing that Hillary and I do have in common: We're both Yankee fans. I became...