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Rush played a clip from CBS Morning Show where Obama states his ailing grandmother in Hawaii is his only living grandmother. What's up Obama? Doesn't your paternal grandmother who states she witnessed your birth count?

This is the start of rolling over all the competition .... Republican and Democrat. Looking forward to all you freepers coming on board supporting the best candidate for POTUS! YEEHAAAAH!!!!!

Mitt believers, is that headache you have just the hangover from last nights celebration or is it today's polls! The "gold standard" poll of the Des Moines Register has Huck with a 6 point lead with two days to go! Today's Zogby daily tracking poll has Huck building a lead for the past few days. Huckabee has the "big mo".

There is great hostility to Govenor Huckabee by many freepers. Since Rasmussen is including Huckabee in the daily tracking poll, it seems he is gaining some traction. I am curious since many on this site have grave doubts about a Huckabee presidency, how many would go to a third party or would just stay home?

There are many reasons a conservative should not vote for Rudy in the Republican primary but I want to emphasize one reason that has not been stated enough on most of the websites I frequent. He will depress the conservative vote, which will impact most other Republicans running for office. That means any close race that a Republican might have won because of the conservative vote, will go down to defeat because enough conservatives stayed home and did not vote. It is a fact that many voters will not come out to the polls if they feel that there is...

Meet John Roberts A first-class lawyer with a sense of humor. Too bad he’s a threat to women’s rights -- and the Constitution. By Adele M. Stan It’s hard to know what’s more disturbing about President George W. Bush’s nomination of Judge John Roberts for a seat on the Supreme Court: the man’s sparse paper trail or the loose leaves he’s scattered along the way. Either way, the nomination should give pause, not just to women or African Americans but to all Americans who hold dear the Bill of Rights. Let’s begin with Roberts’ women problem. As deputy solicitor general...

Doctors seek kitchen knife ban EDWARD BLACK Key points • Doctors claim long kitchen knives serve no purpose except as weapons • 55 out of 108 homicide victims in Scotland were stabbed last year • Police superintendents say a ban would be difficult to enforce Key quote "Many assaults are impulsive, often triggered by alcohol or misuse of other drugs, and the long pointed kitchen knife is an easily available, potentially lethal weapon, particularly in the domestic setting" - Dr Emma Hern, writing in British Medical Journal Story in full LONG, pointed kitchen knives should be banned as part of...