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"Hey, Lefty" John Kerry political cartoon.   May 26, 2004...Choose your friends wiselyBy: Roger Wm. Hughes Sen. John Kerry needs to check out who he associates with a little better. He also might want to have Sen. Tom Harkin (D/IA) stop trying to defend the two of them for their support of Communist Daniel Ortega. The Senators traveled to Managua, Nicaragua, in April 1985 to meet with Ortega in advance of a crucial vote in the U.S. Senate. Lawmakers were battling over proposed $14 million in U.S. aid to "Contra" guerillas seeking to overthrow Ortega's socialist government. On their...

November 16, 2002|3:32 PM Nancy Pelosi’s refreshing embrace of the L-word has provoked cackles from progressive-bashing pundits. Pelosi’s Critics Won’t Laugh Long by Joe Conason Nobody knows whether Nancy Pelosi can prevail where Dick Gephardt failed. What can be said confidently right now is that her ideology will have little effect on her future success. Assuming that Ms. Pelosi wins the minority leadership in the House of Representatives when her colleagues vote on Nov. 14, her ascension will owe more to her personal dynamism, hard work, organizational skills and fund-raising abilities than her opinions about gay rights or medical marijuana....