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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Two days after losing a bid for a second term, Sen. Lincoln Chafee said he was unsure whether he would remain a Republican. Chafee lost to Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse in a race seen as a referendum on President Bush and the GOP. On Thursday, he was asked whether he would stick with the Republican Party or become an independent or Democrat. ``I haven't made any decisions. I just haven't even thought about where my place is,'' Chafee said at a news conference. When pressed on whether his comments indicated he might leave the GOP, he replied:...

Prosecutors Eye Ann Coulter Voting Probe Conservative columnist Ann Coulter has refused to cooperate in an investigation into whether she voted in the wrong precinct, so the case will probably be turned over to prosecutors, Palm Beach County's elections chief said Wednesday.Elections Supervisor Arthur Anderson said his office has been looking into the matter for nearly nine months, and he would turn over the case to the state attorney's office by Friday.Coulter's attorney did not immediately return a call Wednesday. Nor did her publicist at her publisher, Crown Publishing.Knowingly voting in the wrong precinct is a felony punishable by up...

May 16, 2004 Flashback: When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool Under the control of Richard Clarke, the CIA's Counter-Terrorism Center (CTC) had established a specal bin Laden unit in 1996, and by 1998 had over one hundred case officers and intelligence analysts. " With the help of the CTC, forty terrorists from the former Yugoslavia were captured and turned over to Arab governments, usually Egypt. Egyptian security is believed to have tortured, tried, and executed many of them. In this way, al Qaeda cells were quickly smashed in Albania, Bosnia, and elsewhere." -- Losing Bin Laden, by Richard Miniter...

>>NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A note found on the body of a suicide jumper led police to a French Quarter apartment where they found his girlfriend's charred head in a pot on the stove, her arms and legs in the oven and her torso in the refrigerator, a law enforcement officer said Wednesday. New Orleans Police spokesmen confirmed that a 26-year-old woman was found dismembered Tuesday night in her apartment above a voodoo shop. Details from the kitchen were released by a law enforcement officer close to the investigation who spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity and...

Canadian Border "Guards" Flee Posts After Security Scare That's weird because I thought guards were there specifically in the event there was a security threat. Silly me. Guards walk off job at four B.C. border crossings Canadian border guards at four crossings in the Lower Mainland of B.C. have walked off the job in response to a security scare. CTV Vancouver reported Sunday night that lineups at four crossings into Canada are massive. Gary Barndt reported from the station's helicopter that the lineups appeared to be several kilometres long at one crossing...This was the first time she could recall all...

To all Freepers and all Florida Voters, I issue my thoughts and feelings about this Florida Primary, a campaign of which I myself have no vote in ! --------------------------------------------------------- Congresswoman Katherine Harris has waged a long hard run for the GOP nomination for the seat of U.S. Senator from Florida, now occupied by incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson . As many of you on this forum know, Katherine lost her dear beloved father George Harris earliar this year . The loss of a father takes an emotional toll, even in the advanced years of one's life . I would say to...

The essay below was originally written in the early Spring of 2001: With the passing away of LEXX ends an intriguing albeit tawdry experiment in Sci-fantasy. One that breaks with conventions, or should I say cliches of TV sci-fi of the 90's . The politically correct pabulum, the multicultural indoctrination, the BladeRunner motifs, and not the least; the steroid mutated superbabes that can punch the lights out of men, but never get punched back in return !? How about creating a new sci-fi anthology with none of the puerile baggage of Rod Serling, Rockne Obannon, Michael J. Stracinsky, etc .....

Michael Bloomberg is the Barney Fife who ended up in charge of New York City when the lovable Sheriff Giuliani retired. And last week, he went and shot off his one bullet during a Senate hearing on amnesty for illegal aliens. Essentially, he said that the Big Apple is rotten to the core. So rotten, in fact, that if we ever began seriously enforcing our immigration laws, the city that claims to be America’s greatest would collapse and die. I’m not sure what was more ridiculous, Barney Bloomberg’s Chicken Little moment in defense of the corrupt underground economy, or just...

AOL might have a new message for the Internet: You've got Dan. The Time Warner-owned Internet company is in negotiations with representatives for veteran CBS anchor Dan Rather to play a role in original programming for its online video offerings, sources said. If a deal is struck, AOL will be just one of several projects Rather has lined up for his post-CBS career. In addition to an announcement he is expected to make Tuesday at the Television Critics Assn. press tour regarding a programming venture with cable network HDNet, he also will make at least two appearances on NBC Universal's...

Katherine Harris to have surgery Fri Jul 7, 7:28 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. - Rep. Katherine Harris (news, bio, voting record) announced Friday she will undergo surgery later this month to remove an ovarian mass, which will be tested to determine if it is malignant. ADVERTISEMENT The 49-year-old congresswoman, who is campaigning for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, will visit Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington for preoperative testing Monday, her campaign office said in a statement. The minimally invasive surgical procedure is scheduled for July 17. Harris rose to national prominence as Florida's secretary of state during...

The left-leaning Newsweek magazine lied about what she wrote in her book, an indignant Ann Coulter said during an appearance on Thursday night's Hannity & Colmes show on Fox News Channel. "I'm sitting in a Fox studio in L.A.," Coulter said. "I don't know why there's a copy of Newsweek here rather than Human Events. Here is Newsweek describing Ann Coulter as saying '9/11 widows enjoyed their [husbands'] deaths.' That is simply a lie . . . That is a lie. If you can't deal with the facts and you refuse to say what the argument is, I think that's...

The ICE Princess(Julie L. Myers) opposes a fence on our borders, but she LO-O-O-O-O-V-ES amnesty for illegal aliens. Many readers have written asking my opinion on the latest spate of mass arrests of illegal aliens, nationwide. In case you didn't figure it out, these latest 2,000-plus illegal alien arrests are yet more fakery in the Bush Administration's propaganda war to get amnesty for illegals. Amnesty, not protecting our borders, is the Holy Grail for W & The ICE Princess. It's not me saying so. It's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) chiefatrix, Julie L. Myers a/k/a "The ICE Princess." In a...

Coulter: I've never had sex with a liberal 'Godless' author makes admission on 'Tonight Show with Jay Leno' --------------------------------------------------------- Despite reams of media hype about George Carlin appearing with Ann Coulter on "the Tonight Show with Jay Leno," there were no political fireworks during the segment featuring the controversial author of "Godless." "This is the last time we have eHarmony match up the guests," Leno clowned during his opening monologue last night. Carlin, the 69-year-old anti-establishment comedian appeared before Ann Coulter - - only made one reference to Coulter's conservative politics when Leno introduced her, as he shuffled his position...

Longtime GOP political strategist Ed Rollins is denying that his client, New York Senate hopeful K.T. McFarland, is using Hillary Clinton's one-time private detective to dig up dirt on her Republican primary opponent. McFarland is facing former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer in the GOP primary in a race to see who will oppose Mrs. Clinton this fall. In an exclusive interview with NewsMax, Rollins acknowledged that McFarland hired the detective agency, Investigative Group International, but he insisted that it was to probe McFarland's own background. Rollins noted that Mr. McFarland and notorious IGI chief Terry Lenzner are "longtime friends." "Mr....

A political reporter who was on the road with Gore during campaign 2000 takes a highly critical look at the post-election-day efforts by Gore and his team to, in the author's view, "steal the election." He chronicles the events as they unfolded day by day, and provides much behind-the-scenes reporting on the Gore team. Word from the Publisher AT ANY COST is the inside story of exactly how Al Gore dragged a one-day presidential election into a five-week ordeal and nearly pulled off the largest act of political larceny ever in American politics. Award-winning reporter Bill Sammon spent months on...

Here's how they voted on the cloture vote . Mysteriously, the Senate kept secret nearly all day the roll call for the cloture vote this morning. But we finally have it and you can know how your two Senators voted. Final vote on S. 2611 should come Thursday. * If the Senator voted NO, you can be pretty sure that he/she will vote NO on the final passage. You might want U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote on Cloture Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to Measure Number: S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 ) Vote...

- The Katherine Harris for U.S. Senate campaign welcomed the reiteration of support expressed by U.S. Senator Martinez in comments he made at the National Press Club . "A number of people have filed today. Harris is by far the most serious of those candidates and I think she will be the nominee. I wish her well. And I think that the best thing she can do is to focus her race on the issues and her opponent and their differences and why she would be a great senator from the state of Florida for this country. I wish her...

Florida House Speaker Allan Bense announced today that he will not challenge U.S. Representative Katherine Harris in the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. According to an Associated Press account, Bense said, "I have been extremely honored and humbled by the strong support and encouragement I have received from my family, my friends, and from people across Florida who I admire greatly, however, I have decided not to run for the United States Senate." "I respect Allan Bense's decision and appreciate his noble service to Florida. Allan has been a friend over the years, and I look forward to working...

Harris Launches Television Spot Will Fight for Floridians For Immediate Release May 2, 2006 Contact: Chris Ingram (813) 288-8400 (Tampa, Fla.) -- The Katherine Harris for U.S. Senate campaign announced today a statewide media buy to begin airing tomorrow. The thirty-second advertisement is the first statewide media buy of Harris' campaign. The ad focuses on Harris' record of accomplishment, and willingness to stand up for Floridians in the United States Senate. "The spot demonstrates Katherine Harris' commitment to this race and to the people of Florida. And it reminds voters there is a big difference between her and liberal Bill...

Dear Supporters, My great friend, Bill McCollum, former congressman and attorney general candidate, offered me some words of support today and I wanted to share them with you. Please take a moment to read our campaign press release below. For campaign updates, please visit our website at www.ElectHarris.org. Thank you and I hope you have a nice weekend. Sincerely, Katherine Harris -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Tampa, Fla.)- Former congressman and current candidate for attorney general Bill McCollum offered insight and supportive comments of the Katherine Harris for U.S. Senate race to Adam Smith, Host of "Political Connections" and political reporter for the St....