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John McCain's campaign asked a prominent Republican consultant, Craig Shirley, to leave his official campaign role Thursday after a Politico inquiry about Shirley's dual role consulting for the campaign and for an independent "527" group opposing the Democratic presidential candidates. The campaign also released a new conflict of interest policy barring such arrangements. Shirley, a conservative public relations veteran, doubled as a consultant to McCain and to the group Stop Her Now, a 527 group barred from coordinating its activities with presidential campaigns. He is not currently on the McCain campaign’s payroll, but would also step down from his role...

$1,000 for Hillary dirt The anti-Hillary folks over at StopHerNow had some fun today with some recent embarrassing headlines about one of Sen. Hillary Clinton's top fundraisers. Founder Richard Collins said he'd cough up $1,000 for information "leading to fugitives feeding the Clinton Fundraising Funnel," seizing on news that Norman Hsu was wanted by authorities but slipped through the finance committee's screening process.

The Internet is helping so-called "Hillary Haters" prepare for battle should Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton become the Democratic presidential nominee. A vast army of the self-proclaimed "haters" is repackaging old news and rumors for use on the blog-loaded Internet, the Chicago Tribune reported. Among them is Richard Collins, a wealthy Texas philanthropist, businessman and political aficionado who openly aims to destroy the presidential ambitions of the New York senator. Collins, 60, is behind StopHerNow.com, a snide Web site with a cartoon called "The Hillary Show," a satire portraying Clinton as a mean and unforgiving talk show host, the Tribune reported....

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Vast army of 'Hillary haters' has claws out By Jill Zuckman Tribune national correspondent August 26, 2007 DALLAS Richard Collins, a wealthy Texas philanthropist, businessman and political aficionado, heaps praise on the woman he has set out to destroy, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.). "She looks like a winner," said Collins, sitting in his high-rise office with sweeping views of the city. "She's run a good campaign, very consistent, no mistakes." But make no mistake about it: Collins is just one in a vast army of professional "Hillary haters" who are banking on Clinton becoming the Democratic nominee. Like the Swift...

Recently touting “… my 35 years of fighting for what I believe in…” HRC has drawn attention to an area of her life that has received no attention from her MSM cheerleaders, and begs the question, “What has HRC accomplished in those 35 years?” So, I googled "Hillary Clinton accomplishments." Newsmax had this list: Hillary has managed to get the following laws and resolutions enacted: • Establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site • Support the goals and ideals of Better Hearing and Speech Month • Recognize the Ellis Island Medal of Honor • Name courthouse after Thurgood Marshall •...

Richard Collins, a wealthy Texas philanthropist, businessman and political aficionado, heaps praise on the woman he has set out to destroy, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.). "She looks like a winner," said Collins, sitting in his high-rise office with sweeping views of the city. "She's run a good campaign, very consistent, no mistakes." But make no mistake about it: Collins is just one in a vast army of professional "Hillary haters" who are banking on Clinton becoming the Democratic nominee. Like the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in the 2004 election who denigrated John Kerry's military service in Vietnam, Collins and...

  Courtesy StopHerNow.com With the nearest 2008 presidential primaries still about a year away, Republican opponents of Hillary Clinton have launched a humorous website they hope derails her nomination – a nomination, they fear, could be a guaranteed first step to the presidency. Funded with a $200,000 donation from Dallas businessman and Republican contributor Richard Collins, according to the London Telegraph, StopHerNow.com announces its mission as "rescuing America from the radical ideas of Hillary Clinton": StopHerNow is intent on revealing to the American public the truth about just who Hillary Clinton really is. We're out to expose her as a...

Writing the history of our time in song MIDI - POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN I'm Hillary's biggest fan...and I think I have a plan She needs strength to finish...I'll send her some spinach I try to help where I can It's so tough campaigning but she's not complaining She's hardworking, we can see When nourishment's needed, the call will be heeded She always can count on me She's fighting the right wingers every day She's trying to make history When nourishment's needed, the call will be heeded She always can count on me I'm Hillary's biggest fan...and I think I...

Hillary Rodham’s first brush with fame came about in 1963, when she was elected Vice-President of her Junior Class at Maine East High School in Park Ridge, Illinois. The following year, she was the first girl to ever run for the office of President of Student Council. She did not even make it through the Primary vote to the general election, which was ultimately won by the captain of the football team. To this day, she looks at her failure as a learning experience: “I was just ahead of my time. I was a militant feminist when the political climate...

DENVER (Reuters) - New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a possible White House contender in 2008, said on Monday the Bush administration had hurt working Americans and Democrats must offer new ideas to strengthen the middle class. "Americans are earning less while the costs of a middle-class life have soared," Clinton told the centrist Democratic Leadership Council, a group that aided her husband Bill Clinton's rise to the presidency in 1992 but has clashed in recent years with the party's more liberal wing. "A lot of Americans can't work any harder, borrow any more or save any less," she said...

New Senate complaint prepared against Hillary Major donor Peter Paul seeks ethics action by Democrat's colleagues Posted: June 20, 20061:00 a.m. Eastern By Art Moore © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com Peter Paul and Sen. Hillary Clinton (Courtesy Hillcap.org) Accusing government watchdog Judicial Watch of incompetence after the Senate Ethics Committee rejected the group's complaint against Sen. Hillary Clinton, business mogul Peter Franklin Paul says his new counsel is working with him to file his own complaint, accusing the New York Democrat of direct personal involvement in her campaign's intentional misreporting of his multi-million-dollar contributions. The chairman of the Senate panel, Sen. George Voinovich of...

Hillary Clinton is wasting no time turning Bush administration cuts in counterterrorism funding for New York City to her political advantage - invoking the budget slashing to her supporters as another reason they should contribute to her Senate reelection campaign. "When the Department of Homeland Security cut funding to New York's Homeland Security Grant program this week, they included a so-called 'explanation' that said the city had no national monuments and icons," Clinton explains, in an email sent to prospective contributors on Friday. Exhorting her backers to send the DHS postcards of New York icons like the Statue of Liberty...

A bare 19 percent of those polled by ABC said they would definitely vote for Sen. Hillary Clinton,D-N.Y., while almost half - 42 percent - said there was no way they'd vote for her in a contest for the presidency in 2008. According to the New York Post, Hillary is a polarizing figure who falls short of attracting the cross-over vote needed to win the White House. While 38 percent say they would consider backing her, 42 percent say they definitely won't back her if she runs, the ABC News poll found. The Post remarked that the poll results mean...

Hillary Clinton wants to lead the fight against protecting marriage in the upcoming debate on the matter in the United States Senate. Oh sure, when my New York listeners call her office her spokespeople say that she supports marriage – she just doesn't want to see the federal government overreach. Right ... Ms. Universal Health Care wants government not to intrude! This last week, however, a little clue was uncovered that indicates Hillary is not neutral on the issue at all. Instead, she is strategizing on how to promote the message of the radical homosexual activists while debating the...

Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a White House hopeful who has sought the political middle on abortion, on Wednesday criticized Republicans for trying to erode access to birth control for women. "There's a quiet war going on in America - against the most basic rights of Americans to make their own personal decisions about family planning," Clinton wrote in a mass e-mail from her re-election campaign. The New York senator complained that the Bush administration and congressional Republicans are whittling away at contraception options, particularly for poor women who rely on government-funded programs. The senator cited statistics showing that low-income...

Falwell: Anyone but Hillary CHARLESTON, W.Va., April 7 (UPI) -- The Rev. Jerry Falwell told a group of West Virginia Baptists his main goal for 2008 is to prevent Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., from becoming president. Falwell addressed the annual West Virginia Convention of Southern Baptists, the Charleston Gazette reported. An audience of about 500 was gathered in the Cross Lanes Baptist Church. Falwell had good words for President George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. McCain called Falwell an "agent of intolerance" in 2000, but is scheduled to be the commencement speaker this year at Falwell's Liberty University....

SEE THE ARTICLE FOR PICTURES AND LINKS RODHAM WATCH Top donor seeks to expose 'Hillary's Chappaquiddick' Business mogul to file fraud complaint with FEC, proceeds with civil suit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: March 29, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Art Moore © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com Sen. Hillary Clinton greets Peter Paul at Hollywood gala (Courtesy Hillcap.org) Claiming Hillary Clinton pulled off the biggest campaign-finance fraud in history, business mogul Peter Franklin Paul is preparing to file a complaint with the Federal Election Commission charging the Democratic senator with submitting a false report – for a fourth time – that hides his personal...

LISTEN TO THE MUSIC - SCANDAL QUEEN Hillary...she is the Scandal Queen Hillary...she is the Scandal Queen...oh, yeah She will cheat, she will lie, until the day that she dies Just you watch, Hillary, it's her scene...she is the Scandal Queen Late at night, White House lights are low On a date Bill was set to go But no matter what he did...she stood by her man Hillary's making plans She knew someday she'd get her turn Enemies were all gonna burn She would bide her time...let them have their day But in the end, they'd pay She is...

A majority of Californians say they're ready for a woman president, although New York Sen. Hillary Clinton may not necessarily be the one they would vote for, according to a new statewide poll released Friday. The Field Poll showed that 69 percent of registered voters in the state believe the country is ready for a female president, while 24 percent disagreed. There was little difference in opinion between men and women, although Democrats (77 percent) and nonpartisan (74 percent) voters were more likely to favor a female president compared to Republicans (56 percent), and younger people were more receptive to...