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The mainstream media is oddly ambivalent on the issue of betrayal. When a politician – or, it seems, a spectacularly talented golfer – betrays his marriage vows, moral reprobation rains down upon him like hellfire. But when a pundit or political thinker betrays his ideological brethren – at least rhetorically – he is heralded as a “brave truth teller” and enjoys riches and fame. This is a phenomenon that affects (or, infects?) both sides of the American political spectrum. Many have noted the “Even The Liberal New Republic” principle, where the self-described “liberal” magazine often takes conservative positions, and thereby...

AUGUSTA,Ga---Dozens gathered at the Augusta Museum of History for a chamber of commerce forum on health care reform with Senator Saxby Chambliss. Chambliss attempted to set the record straight on what he calls misinformation. "Say goodbye," said Susan Swanson who is fed up with Washington lawmakers. "Kick out the bums. Kick them all out." She fears talk of health care reform. "My concern is all this talk about death panels," said Susan. "All the bureaucracy that people have to go through." The death panel rumors were given credence by Sarah Palin who campaigned with Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss in Augusta...

Rumor Patrol: Romney Camp Spreading Palin Stories? 07 Nov 2008 06:07 pm Rumor: Aides and advisers to Mitt Romney are responsible for spreading most of the anti-Palin stories that have been going around; during the campaign, they pressured reporters to look into reports of tension between McCain and Palin factions.

Phoenix Office: 5353 North 16th Street Suite 105 Phoenix, AZ 85016 Main: 602-952-2410 Fax: 602-952-8702 Tempe Office: 4703 South Lakeshore Drive Suite 1 Tempe, AZ 85282 Main: 480-897-6289 Fax: 480-897-8389 Tucson Office: 407 West Congress Street Suite 103 Tucson, AZ 85701 Main: 520-670-6334 Fax: 520-670-6637 Washington Office: 241 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Main: 202-224-2235 Fax: 202-228-2862 I call on Captain John S. McCain, USN (ret.), Republican, Senior Senator from Arizona, to put a stop to the public smearing of your erstwhile running mate, Governor Sarah L. Palin, Republican from Alaska. Governor Palin committed herself and her...

Recent buzz from the defunct McCain team is that the entire campaign failed because of one Sarah Palin. Never mind, that the two-week period after her pick as John McCain’s vice president was the only period of the entire general election campaign that saw McCain-Palin ahead of Obama-Biden. Never mind too, that up until that time, McCain was having a very hard time convincing GOP base voters to vote for him. And finally, never mind that out of the four major-party candidates, it was Palin that was the one that appeared to have had a pulse. John McCain can blame...

Stop sending me stuff. It's because of your "maverick" behavior that we are in the condition we are in. You stabbed a great President in the back on numerous occassions. You, and the gang of 14 rendered our congressional majority into a bunch of eunuchs, singing soprano for the media and the beltway crowd. I'll probably be forced to vote for you, given the alternatives, however, just barely and only because you may not totally screw us on judges. Meanwhile, leave me alone.

To be a "good" Muslim References -  'Palestinian' child abuse -  Evil 'Joy' -  'Blessing' Hitler -  Mourning the wicked -  Australia - Muslim land -  Jihad on all Buddhists -  Spain - Muslim land -  Europe - Muslim land -  Arabs DON'T care about 'Palestinians' -  72 virgins - Loyalty -  'Pallywood' -  (use of) Ambulances for terror -  (use of) Women for terror -  Human Shields -  Middle east background -  September 11 terror plot on London -  Myth on: 'Terrorists are desperate' -  Beheadings -  Ilan Halimi [an example of monsterous wild prolonged torture motivated by hate only] -  Muslims attacking Jews in France -  Ahmadinejad ' Islamic Hitler' -  Cutting -  'Honor killing' -  Jews & Christians as "Apes & Pigs"? - ...

Republican Fred Thompson, who likes to cast himself in the role of Washington outsider, has a long history as a political insider who earned more than $1 million lobbying the federal government. As a lobbyist for more than 20 years, billion-dollar corporations paid Thompson for his access to members of Congress and White House staff. During that time he was close to two Senate majority leaders, both from his home state of Tennessee - his political mentor Howard Baker and, more recently, his former colleague Bill Frist. During Baker's tenure, Thompson lobbied for a savings-and-loan deregulation bill that helped hasten...

Saudi Arabia is no friend to America Friday, December 29, 2006 Iran, Iran, Iran. It's about all we hear about these days. After the failures of Iraq, that is. Pronouncements of the Iranian threat seem to come across as part of a grand ploy to make us forget about the debacle that Iraq is. Now, make no mistake: The Iranian threat should not be dismissed out of hand. But there is a greater threat - one that if dealt with would reduce the Iranian threat and others fueled by Islamofascism worldwide. Can you say our "friend," Saudi Arabia? As noted...

When Shell started shelling out mega bucks to drill for oil off the coast of Sakhalin Island, Russia wasn't one of the global oil suppliers. Russia is now. It is just plain costing too much for Shell to get the oil out of the icy water in the sea of Oshkosh. So...Shell has teamed up with Russia's Giant Gazprom. Gazprom will get a share of whatever they find in the sea of Oshkosh, and Shell gets a 50% stake in a Gazprom field in western Siberia. The relationship with Gazprom is supposed to give Shell some political protection, but it...

President Bush is pursuing a globalist agenda to create a North American Union, effectively erasing our borders with both Mexico and Canada. This was the hidden agenda behind the Bush administration's true open borders policy. Secretly, the Bush administration is pursuing a policy to expand NAFTA politically, setting the stage for a North American Union designed to encompass the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. What the Bush administration truly wants is the free, unimpeded movement of people across open borders with Mexico and Canada. President Bush intends to abrogate U.S. sovereignty to the North American Union, a new economic and political...

After months of having the Democrats all over the state airwaves, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will be wasting no time after the June 6 primary to get back into the starring role in California politics. .... Then, it's Terminator Time: Word is filtering out that he'll hit the road on a big bus tour the next day. If that's true, it will not only put the pedal to the metal -- it won't give the Dems (or hey, the press corps) much time to recuperate from what's been a scorched earth campaign. ...... One other thing: Arnold looks to be going...

The Senate yesterday easily approved an immigration bill that allows 10 million illegal aliens to become citizens, doubles the flow of legal immigration each year and will cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $54 billion over the next 10 years. The leaders of both parties hailed the 62-36 passage as a historic success.

INVASION USAU.S. alerting Mexico to Minuteman patrols'Unbelievable that our own government....is sending intelligence to another country' Posted: May 9, 2006 11:37 a.m. Eastern © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com The U.S. Border Patrol is tipping off Mexican authorities on the positions of members of the Minuteman civilian patrols. U.S. officials have agreed to the notification process to reassure the Mexican government that the illegal immigrants' rights are being observed, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin of Ontario, Calif., reports. When the Minuteman and other civilian border patrol groups help apprehend illegal immigrants, the Mexican government must be notified, according to three documents on the...

Abramoff scandal not slowing Doolittle’s fundraising, reports showBy David Whitney -- Bee Washington Bureau Published 5:12 pm PST Wednesday, February 1, 2006 (snip) Doolittle has been linked to the Abramoff scandal because of his close friendship with the convicted lobbyist, who is now cooperating with federal investigators. The congressman has accepted more than $131,000 in contributions from Abramoff, his associates and partners since 1999, and his wife, Julie Doolittle, worked for an Abramoff charity that has become a focus of the investigation. But Doolittle insists he has done nothing wrong and has gone to great lengths to convince his colleagues...

The thought of Maggie, his beloved golden retriever, spending her days alone at home is almost more than H. Russell Potts can bear. “Maggie is not doing well with this,” he said, wiping a tear from behind his glasses. “She’s a very unhappy camper.” But these are heady times in Virginia politics, and if Potts is asking Virginia voters to sacrifice, then so must Maggie. The state senator from Winchester is on a quest to become the first i ndependent elected as Virginia governor. He knows it’s a long shot. And his message doesn’t ease the odds. Potts wants to...

Those already here could stay for 3 years, then renew visas The White House is preparing to unveil an immigration-reform plan that would allow millions of undocumented residents to remain in the United States as guest workers, two Arizona congressmen said. Under a plan presented to a handful of Republican lawmakers by top presidential adviser Karl Rove, undocumented residents already here could apply for a three-year guest-worker visa. As explained to the congressmen, the plan gives workers the opportunity to renew that visa for another three years before requiring them to leave the country. They could then apply again to...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) The head of the Wisconsin Chiropractic Association filed a lawsuit he knew was false simply to deter chiropractors from attending continuing education seminars at a competing clinic, a judge held Thursday. Circuit Judge John Albert, ruling that the lawsuit was frivolous, ordered the WCA, the trade association for the state's 1,300 chiropractors, to pay an estimated $100,000 in legal fees to the former chairman of the Wisconsin Chiropractic Examining Board.The lawsuit was part of a battle over who gets payments for sponsoring the seminars. Chiropractors must take 40 hours of them every two years to maintain their...

But asked if the European Union embargo would be lifted, Mr Schroeder's blunt reply was: "It will happen. We believe it is justified to trust in the new (Chinese) leadership and give them this possibility."

China thankful for hand on EU arms By John Kerin February 18, 2005 From: THE European arms embargo on China is a Cold War relic and Beijing appreciated Australia's decision not to oppose its removal. In a speech in Canberra, China's envoy to Australia, Madam Fu Ying, also said yesterday her country expected to play a bigger role in the region. But she said China would not pose a threat to other countries. Madam Fu was commenting after The Weekend Australian revealed last week that Australia was defying US efforts to dissuade the European Union from lifting its 15-year arms...

MEXICO CITY - A U.S. warning about violence along the border in Mexico created unexpected friction with a crucial neighbor Thursday, just as new Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (news - web sites) and other new members of President Bush (news - web sites)'s team are starting to take office. The blunt warning was issued because of an upswing of killings and kidnappings linked to battles between drug gangs in towns along the Mexican side of the border, but Mexico's top Cabinet officer, Interior Secretary Santiago Creel, insisted that the warning "went too far." -- snip -- U.S. State Department...

Senator Tells President Bush Not to Appoint Pro-Life Judges to Supreme Court Email this articlePrinter friendly page by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com Editor November 4, 2004 Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Less than 24 hours after President Bush thanked the American people for supporting his re-election bid, a leading pro-abortion Senate Republican told the president not to send up nominations of judges who are pro-life on abortion.Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter (R), fresh from his own re-election success Tuesday, is slated to be the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee when Congress begins its next session in January.Late Tuesday, Specter warned Bush against nominating strong...

In Day One we established the need to remove Specter from the Judiciary. To sum it up: 1. Specter is in line to become Chairman of the Judiciary. 2. Specter yesterday showed he expects to obstruct Bush in nominating conservative judges. 3. Specter’s vision of a ‘balance court’ is the exact same rhetoric of Senator Kerry. 4. Specter will do whatever it takes to see the courts do not become conservative. Read his books. 5. Specter is a huge proponent of Rov v. Wade. 6. Specter was not elected President, but has threatened the President should he nominate conservative judges....

Whereas, liberal Senator Arlen Specter is in line to be Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Whereas, liberal Arlen Specter has a stated litmus test against pro-abortion judges. Whereas, liberal Arlen Specter has stated he will fight against conservative judges Whereas, in the past liberal Arlen Specter has helped defeat great judges like Robert Bork, Whereas, the Democrats have loaded the Judiciary Committee with extreme liberals such as Kennedy, Feinstein, Leahy, and Schumer. Whereas, liberal Arlen Specter is in a position to turn our huge and historic election victory into a defeat by killing the nomination of all decent judges, Be...

The Justice Department says it has evidence that Hillary Clinton's 2000 campaign for the U.S. Senate deliberately low-balled costs associated with a fund-raising event. That, supposedly, to free up more money for electioneering. Peter Paul, a three-time felon currently under indictment for stock fraud charges in New York, claims he underwrote most of the cost of the August 2000 star-studded Hollywood gala. Prosecutors say he did so in hopes of securing a presidential pardon that never came. Mr. Paul and the Clintons have denied the allegation. Clinton's campaign denies any fund-raising chicanery.

The winner in yesterday's debate among Senator Schumer, Assemblyman Howard Mills, and Marilyn O'Grady was President Bush....... © 2004 The New York Sun, One SL, LLC. All rights reserved. Terms of Use

Vanity: An Open Message to the Republican Party Cheerleaders on this Forum...

MEMORANDUM TO: OPINION LEADERS FROM: WILLIAM KRISTOL, ROBERT KAGAN & GARY SCHMITT SUBJECT: U.S.-China-Taiwan Policy U.S.-China-Taiwan policy contains a host of formulations, complications, and nuances, all of which (at least most of which!) we are happy to discuss. But let’s not lose sight of the forest for the trees. Here is what has happened over the last month: The government of Taiwan proceeded about its democratic business in a legal and appropriate manner that threatened no one. The government of China decided to throw a fit to see if it could take advantage of U.S. preoccupation with Iraq and North...

Washington cautions Taipei separatists Washington has warned Taipei not to include the topic of independence in its referendum law or plan to write a constitution, according to a senior US official. In an interview with Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV, the unidentified White House official said the Bush administration has sent a clear message to Taiwan that it does not want the island to make any pro-independence moves or take any steps aimed at Taiwan independence. The United States has made it clear that such moves by Taiwan would be very dangerous, the official said. He added that Washington will firmly...

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The ACC announced Tuesday that a vote for expansion might not occur until later this month, but regardless of the outcome the Big East is going to be proactive about its future and pursue a 16-team league, a source told ESPN.com. At least one source close to the Big East said the conference wouldn't stand idle waiting to get raided again by the ACC or another league. The source said the Big East cannot remain a fractured 14-team league in basketball and eight teams in football. The financial issues would still be divisive if the league remained as is even...

Posted on Sun, Jun. 08, 2003 The French play suitor to American tourists Fewer are visiting because of the weak dollar, fears of terrorism, and the split between the two nations. By Ken Dilanian Inquirer Staff Writer PARIS - Volker Zach, general manager of the Hotel Westminster in the posh Opera House neighborhood, practically leaped out of his chair the other day when asked what he would say to American tourists reluctant to visit France for fear they might be treated poorly. "We love Americans!" the white-haired, elegantly dressed hotelier exclaimed. Then he said it again, slowly, for emphasis. Zach...

FRANCE THREATENS NEW UN VETO France would block any UN resolution giving the US and Britain the power of administration in Iraq, French President Jacques Chirac has declared. He said France would still not support a resolution backing war at this stage and would also oppose a resolution giving Washington and London administrative power in Iraq. "This idea of a resolution seems to me to be a way of authorising military intervention after the event, and so is not, in my point of view, fitting in the current situation," Mr Chirac said at a news conference in Brussels. "France would...

ICONOCLAST DAILY NOTEBOOK.... Adios, U.N! Time to go.... March 12, 2003: Elsewhere on this site today, our resident genius and geopolitical pundit, William Grim, suggests it's time for the United States to leave the United Nations. We heartily concur, and suggest the very same course of action for Canada and other Western democracies (not that this course of action is even going to be considered by UN-obsessed Canada or continental Europe). Of course, for most North Americans, the United Nations is akin to motherhood and apple pie. So what if its haughty bureaucrats draw $150,000 US salaries and dine on...

I think that the United States should get out of the United Nations. It is an organization that does not, has not and will never function effectively. And as it is presently constituted, it couldn't function effectively under the best of circumstances. Simply put, no organization that is based on the concepts of diplomacy and the rule of law can function if its constituents consist of both civilized and barbaric nations. The idea of dialogue and negotiation as means to effect the settlement of outstanding issues can only succeed within a framework of civilized behavior and an adherence to the...

Dark horse Democratic Presidential contender Howard Dean opened fire Thursday on one of his rivals for the 2004 nomination, Mass. US Senator John Kerry, for voting to authorize President Bush to us military force against Iraq.Dean questioned Kerry's vote to give Bush what he called 'blank check to go to war.'Dean jibes came in response to a foreign policy address by Kerry at Georgetwon University in Washington in which the Mass. Senator urged Bush to use caution before resorting to force against Iraq.

REGARDING THE VISIT BY GOV. VENTURA TO CUBA -English Translation by RCB- EXPLANATORY NOTE FROM PABLO RODRIGUEZ CARVAJAL: October 2, 2002 This letter from Cuba was received by Martha Tamargo. Betty Smith translated it, mailed it, and telephoned the office of Governor Jesse Ventura in Minnesota to provide Mr. Ventura with the telephone number in Cuba to contact Mr. Alfredo Vivanco Gonzalez, U.S.T.I.C. Coordinator. My name is Pablo Rodriguez Carvajal, and I am a witness to the fact that all these was done with ample time. I am the one who decided to make this letter public to give the...

Sen. Hillary Clinton and her hubby are secretly abandoning neutrality and siding with New York governor wannabe H. Carl McCall – to advance Hillary’s political career, the New York Times reported today. What a slap in the face to McCall’s foe in the Democrat primary, Andrew Cuomo, who was housing secretary in the Clinton administration. Sen. Clinton, D-N.Y., certainly knows how to play racial politics. "A primary victory by Mr. McCall would give Mrs. Clinton a chance to campaign aggressively for him through November, mending fences with black officials who are annoyed that she has not endorsed him in the...