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Democratic Party Platform; June 18, 1860 1. Resolved, That we, the Democracy of the Union in Convention assembled, hereby declare our affirmance of the resolutions unanimously adopted and declared as a platform of principles by the Democratic Convention at Cincinnati, in the year 1856, believing that Democratic principles are unchangeable in their nature, when applied to the same subject matters; and we recommend, as the only further resolutions, the following: 2. Inasmuch as difference of opinion exists in the Democratic party as to the nature and extent of the powers of a Territorial Legislature, and as to the powers and...

This new CBS News/New York Times poll, which is being touted with a 14-POINT LEAD for Obama, up from THIREE POINTS in the same poll a week ago . . . IS A FRAUD! A peek into the "internals" of the Poll (that is - where the numbers come from) shows this fraud: Total Respondents 1070 UNWEIGHTED WEIGHTED Registered Voters 972 902 Democrats 371 338 Republicans 295 263 Independents 306 301 *Effective Likely Voters 699 *Every registered voter is included in the likely voter model, and is assigned a probability of voting, which is used to calculate the likely voter...

This is McCain-Palin's (the campaign season's) BEST campaign ad. Devastating to the Democrats. Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exxVZTKq1vA

This is a MUST-SEE video - if you haven't already - of excerpts from the 2004 hearings into the safety and security of the activities of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Watch the Dems castigate their Republican colleagues on the Governmetn Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee ("GSE") AND the Regulator who is appointed to oversee the activities of these "enterprises" (another name for Fannie and Freddie). Watch maxine Waters and Barney Frank in particular almost DEMAND over and over again that the inquiry (stemming from a report of the Regulator that said there were serious problems) was a witch hunt. Just watch...

Here is why the invitation for Sarah Palin to attend an anti-Amadinejad/Iran rally, to have been held today, and sponsored by the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organization, was withdrawn. The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC), a rancorous, leftist and "partisan" bunch of Jewish Dems, felt that since Hillary Clinton was no longer speaking - that is, no longer speaking ALONE - the event was now a partisan event, and should not go forward. (Mind you, if Hill spoke alone, it would NOT have been partisan.) - - - - - - - - - - WASHINGTON, DC –...

   Philly Race-Baiting: Under Investigation for Timecard Fraud, Councilman's Aid Accuses FOX-29 of Racism    September 19, 2008 Its one of the oldest tricks in the book for politicians and staffers caught with their hands in the cookie jar, accuse your accuser of being racist.  In this case, top legislative aid to Philadelphia City Councilman, Wilson Goode, Jr., has been under investigation by local Philadelphia FOX station, Channel 29, and their report, Jeff Cole, for defrauding the city by putting in on her time card for many hours which she simply did not work.  While hardly a national story —...

With the financial crisis enveloping Washington, and the Obama campaign trying to spin it as a Republican problem, Congress is about to go on "vacation" again - like they did in August. Remember the House Republicans (Genius!!!) who stayed behind, and worked on gas and drilling, while their Dem counterparts fled the Capitol? It was pure genius! And how the Dems have suffered for it. This is another (and greater) such opportunity. With the financial crisis in full swing, the Dems are fleeing, and saying a lot of embarassng things. Republicans should remain in town when the dems flee -...

The feeling is familiar. I had it four years ago and four years before that: a sinking feeling in the stomach. It's a kind of physical pessimism which says: "It's happening again. The Democrats are about to lose an election they should win - and it could not matter more." * * * Look at yesterday's opinion polls, which have John McCain either in a dead heat with Obama or narrowly ahead. Given the well-documented tendency of African-American candidates to perform better in polls than in elections - thanks to people who say they will vote for a black man...

On Monday, Gov. David Paterson angered some state lawmakers by comparing them to vampires, calling them a bunch of "blood suckers." On Tuesday, he raised eyebrows again, and tempers, by accusing the John McCain campaign of veiled racism. At the Crain's Business Forum this morning, Paterson drew attention to a phrase used numerous times by speakers at the Republican National Convention to describe Barack Obama's leadership experience: community organizer. "I think the Republican Party is too smart to call Barack Obama 'black' in a sense that it would be a negative. But you can take something about his life, which...

Rogers Cadenhead gives the timeline associated with the birth of her newest child. She had a speech in Dallas and, even after the water broke, continued with her activities, and then boarded a plane for home. She did consult by phone with her doctor. Still, a Sacramento, Calif., obstetrician who is active in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said when a pregnant woman’s water breaks, she should go right to the hospital because of the risk of infection. That’s true even if the amniotic fluid simply leaks out, said Dr. Laurie Gregg.

H.R. 6615: To provide for the transport of the enemy combatants detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to... Bill Status Introduced: Jul 24, 2008 Sponsor: Rep. Louis Gohmert [R-TX] Status: Introduced Go to Bill Status Page You are viewing the following version of this bill: Introduced in House: This is the original text of the bill as it was written by its sponsor and submitted to the House for consideration. Text of Legislation HR 6615 IH 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6615 To provide for the transport of the enemy combatants detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Washington, DC, where...

Campaign contributions from oil industry executives to Sen. John McCain rose dramatically in the last half of June, after the senator from Arizona made a high-profile split with environmentalists and reversed his opposition to the federal ban on offshore drilling. Oil and gas industry executives and employees donated $1.1 million to McCain last month -- three-quarters of which came after his June 16 speech calling for an end to the ban -- compared with $116,000 in March, $283,000 in April and $208,000 in May.

I know that for some mysterious reason AP stories cannot be even thought about here... However, and by now you all should have seen it passing... the AP has suddenly (and probably only temporarily) proclaimed that the US is winning the war in Iraq.... Now, when the AP story IS THE STORY, shouldn't we be able to discuss it?

A hotel security guard told FOXNews.com he intervened this week between a man he identified as former Sen. John Edwards and tabloid reporters who chased down the former presidential hopeful after what they're calling a rendezvous with his mistress and love child. The Beverly Hilton Hotel guard said he encountered a shaken and ashen-faced Edwards — whom he did not immediately recognize — in a hotel men's room early Tuesday morning in a literal tug-of-war with reporters on the other side of the door. "What are they saying about me?" the guard said Edwards asked. "His face just went totally...

HOW OBAMA HAS IMPROVED HIS CAMPAIGN PLANEJuly 24, 2008Sean Robins NewsBusters has a report today on campaign and reportorial analysis by ABC's Jake Tapper ("Obama Thinks He's President; Denies Media Access") Tapper, who is about as reasonable as an MSMer working for ABC News can be, is all in a snit about how the Obama campaign has been treating reporters, especially those ensconced in Obama One for his "Tour of Duty" through the Middle East and Europe.  Obama, as we've been reading the past few days, has been frightfully unavailable to reporters (I think I've even heard a bunch of...

Remarks at Pete Olson Fundraiser (Partial) July 18, 2008(View clip on YouTube) ... It's uncertain, there's no question about it. Wall Street got drunk, it got drunk, (it’s one of the reasons I asked you to turn off your tv cameras.) It got drunk and now it’s got a hangover. The question is how long will it sober up, and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments. And then we got a housing issue, not in Houston, and evidently, not in Dallas, because Laura was over there trying to buy a house today. (laugher.. Crawford!)VOICE:  What about Crawford?...

“But,” asked Moran,”if the country had pursued your policy of withdrawing in the face of this horrific violence, what do you think Iraq would look like now?” Obama said it would be hard to speculate. “The Sunnis might have made the same decisions at that time. The Shii’as might have made some similar decisions based on political calculation. There was ethnic cleansing in Baghdad that actually took the violence level down,” he said.

Gore's surprise visit highlights Netroots conference Former vice president speaks at Austin convention for liberal bloggers. By Patrick Beach AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Sunday, July 20, 2008 Name-dropping Al Gore and his call for a switch to clean, renewable energy within 10 years was enough to pull whoops of approval from the 2,000 or 3,000 marauding liberals gathered for Netroots Nation at the Austin Convention Center on Saturday morning. So when the former vice president and Nobel Prize co-winner made a surprise — and cleverly scripted — appearance during U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's talk, it looked like the conference might turn...

BARACK OBAMA : July 2, 2008 Address: "A New Era of Service" University of Colorado - Colorado Springs, ColoradoObama: "New Era of Service" 7/2/08 speech: "Civilian National Security Force" genesis  (View video of entire speech on YouTube) (Prepared text of speech as released to the media) (Jump to "prepared" and "marked-up" versions of speech) In a recent article on WorldNetDaily ("Obama's 'Civilian National Security Force,'" July 15, 2008), Joseph Farah points out what, prior to his piece, no source in the mainstream media has discussed - one of numerous proposals contained in Barack Obama's July 2, 2008 speech - delivered...

After almost six weeks of a constant Obama lead, generally in the five to seven-point range, Scott Rasmussen’s daily tracking poll records two consecutive days of a tie race (July 12-13) and a one-point Obama lead on July 14. What happened to the Democrat’s lead? Part of the slippage is Obama’s fault and part is McCain’s gain. Obama has carried flip-flopping to new heights. In the space of a month and a half, this candidate — who we don’t really yet know very well — reversed or sharply modified his positions on at least nine key issues