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Political friendships, and political animus, apparently are not made to last. Six years ago, former Reagan Navy secretary James Webb was a Republican, and he opined that President Bill Clinton's administration was "the most corrupt administration in modern memory." He made the comments at a news conference endorsing Republican George F. Allen for the Senate, and renouncing his past support of Virginia Democratic Sen. Charles S. Robb. Today, Webb is a Democrat, running against the incumbent Allen. And Webb's campaign said last night that Clinton has agreed to headline a fundraiser for Webb this fall at -- just to complete...

Cuellar defeats Rodriguiz in TX-28 And in a stunning, I repeat, stunning development, the Kos kids invest a lot of time, energy, money, and wishful thinking into another LOSER. As much time as they devoted to defeating Cueller (another Dem by the way), you'd think he was the guy who invented Diebold. Oops, did I say that? Anyways, they are not deterred. They are currently recruiting both Michael Dukakis and Walter Mondale for 2008. By then, they believe they will have surpassed UCLA's mark of 88 games without a blemish. I think they can do it.

Thinking she was having an asthma attack, Christina Desforges burst into a friend's room and woke him in a desperate search for medicine. Friends called an ambulance as her breathing grew labored, but Desforges collapsed a moment after she stepped outside. She died four days later. It quickly became clear the 15-year-old girl succumbed to a peanut allergy _ not from nuts she ate, but a peanut-butter sandwich her boyfriend had consumed before kissing her that day. A friend of the couple said in a television interview that Desforges' boyfriend and other companions had no idea she was allergic to...

A Quebec teenager with a peanut allergy has died after kissing her boyfriend who had eaten a peanut butter sandwich hours earlier.

“Ohioans need Ken Blackwell’s clear thinking, straight talk and strong leadership at the top of the ticket,” said Senator McCain. “His agenda for limited government, economic development and job creation will put Ohio back on a winning path.”

Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel is privately meeting with his top advisors and political contributors to discuss the prospects of an independent bid for the White House in 2008, a high level GOP source told me this morning. According to the source, Hagel has already begun to posture himself as an independent, believing that by doing so he can tap into the perceived growing frustration voters feel toward both major political parties. Recent polls show widespread voter dissatisfaction with leaders of both the Republican and Democrat parties in Washington. At issue is the concern among Hagel higher-ups that the Nebraska Senator...

The 100,000 balloons released from the rafters at the FleetCenter at the end of Senator John F. Kerry's acceptance speech last night apparently did not fall fast enough, prompting the convention producer to profanely complain in remarks that were inadvertently picked up by CNN and heard by millions of viewers.The balloon drop was orchestrated by Maureen Curreri, owner of Boston Balloon Events of South Boston.

PARIS (AP)--Former U.S. President Bill Clinton says he's got a hunch that George W. Bush won't win another term at the White House. In Paris to promote his autobiography, Clinton called Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry a "strong leader and very capable" in an interview published Friday in Le Figaro newspaper. Though wars have helped sitting presidents win re-election in the past, Clinton said he didn't think Bush's handling of Iraq would work in the incumbent's favor this November. "My instinct tells me that the current situation does not guarantee Bush's re-election," Clinton was quoted as saying in comments that...

<p>Al Gore will try to boost his party's chances of regaining the White House by criticizing President Bush's Iraq policy in a speech today, in which he will call for the resignation of five Bush administration officials and one military leader.      The event, sponsored by the political action committee of the liberal group MoveOn.org., seeks to motivate the Democratic base. Mr. Gore will argue that Mr. Bush's foreign policy has created animosity against the United States throughout the Islamic world and is putting Americans at greater risk.</p>

Kerry’s kiss of death by Judi McLeod At best, Senator John Kerry isn’t winning any friends being endorsed by the political arm of the taxpayer-supported Planned Parenthood Federation. At worst, it could be the Kerry kiss of death. Kerry’s landmark endorsement is the first time the group has ever endorsed a candidate for president, according to the American Press--and it could be the last when mainstream Americans discover what the Planned Parenthood Federation stands for. Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood had this to say about blacks, immigrants and indigents: "…human weeds, ‘reckless breeders’, `spawning…human beings who should never have...

stop the presses by Eric AltermanAl, We Hardly Know Ye [from the March 1, 2004 issue]The evolution of the character invented by the media to play the role "Al Gore" will one day make a remarkable doctoral dissertation. The most doctrinaire postmodernist would have a hard time keeping up with the myriad literary inventions, textual subversions and convenient fictions necessary to sustain the ever-changing narrative. One day Gore is an uptight, hypercautious "serial exaggerator." Later, when it turns out that it was the media--most egregiously, the Washington Post's Ceci Connolly--who spread false stories about Gore that were picked up and...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (Reuters) - Former President Jimmy Carter will offer support for Democratic White House hopeful Howard Dean in a joint appearance in Georgia on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, campaign aides said on Tuesday. Carter was expected to remain officially neutral, but words of praise could help boost the former Vermont governor's chances when the race turns to the South on Feb. 3. Dean's campaign headquarters announced later that the Democratic front-runner would leave Iowa to attend services and Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, where Carter worships. "This event is not expected to be...

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This is huge. It means that Scott's boat was NEVER LAUNCHED.

MIDI - PUPPY LOVE It is called the Clinton Curse…I guess only AIDS is worse Everywhere the scumbag goes…an election someone blows It is called the Clinton Curse…it is really quite perverse When he's rolling into town…a RAT knows he's going down Though they ask him to stay away…his ego's far, far too big When he's gives a speech, it is curtains for them From the hole he creates they can't dig It is called the Clinton Curse…the effects are so adverse He's an albatross, indeed…he is something you don't need It is called the Clinton Curse…it will wreck...

HATFIELD, Pa. (AP) - A candy factory worker died after being submerged in a 1,200-gallon vat of liquefied chocolate, police said. Yoni Cordon, 19, of Philadelphia, was discovered in the vat by co-workers at the Kargher Corporation on Tuesday, authorities said. Police said they believe Cordon had been working on a platform near the opening of the vat, which is used for mixing and melting chocolate. Nobody saw Cordon fall and it was unknown how long he was submerged before he was found, Hatfield Township police detective Patrick M. Hanrahan said. Hanrahan said foul play was not suspected and the...