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Anybody else get tired of "the point". Can you politicians (Republicans and Democrats) just agree to resist your political urge on this? It makes you look as fake as a 3 dollar bill. This is a bit ridiculous.

At one press conference, Rep. Maxine Waters, now serving her 9th term in the House of Representatives, declared that under the Out of Iraq Caucus's plan, the United States could remove U.S. troops from Iraq "by August of 1980 [sic."] Then, Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, reasoning that 1980 had already taken place, said the actual date was August 2008. Rep. Lloyd Doggett suggested that Mr. Bush, "the misleader," was to blame for his colleagues' confusion. Rep. Lynn Woolsey, California Democrat, tried to explain the caucus plan, but stumbled over the chronology of the withdrawal, saying at one point that...

WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats, seizing on public discontent over the war in Iraq, will offer legislation this week calling for a phased withdrawal of troops from Iraq and a shifting of forces to other nations, where supporters say American soldiers will be less likely to come under attack. The resolution, crafted by Democratic Senators Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Carl Levin of Michigan, will headline a second week of debate in Congress over the state of the war. It is the first real debate Congress has held on the war since the US invasion in early 2003. Senate Democrats,...

GREELEY, Colo. -- Republican U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave's re-election campaign was already heated, and it just got smelly as well: Her staff accused a Democratic activist Thursday of leaving an envelope full of dog feces at Musgrave's Greeley office. Musgrave spokeswoman Shaun Kenney said someone stuffed the envelope through the mail slot in the door on May 31 and then sped away in a car. Kenney said most of the preprinted return address was blacked out, but staffers used the nine-digit ZIP code to trace it to Kathleen Ensz, a Weld County Democratic volunteer. Ensz told The Associated Press she...

Hardly a day passes without some story mentioning the polarized atmosphere in Washington and the growing partisan rancor. Democrats ascribe it to the “politics of personal destruction” and a “climate of hate” engendered by Republicans. There is no doubt that the partisan climate in Washington has become more polarized, but the Democrats' characterization of it is yet another partisan attack. Between 1933 and 1995, Democrats controlled the House of Representatives for 58 of those 62 years, ceding power to the Republicans only twice: in 1947-1948 and again in 1953-1954. From 1955 to 1995, their power was unbroken for forty straight...

Just how big a threat was Saddam Hussein? Let’s reprise what our leaders had to say on the subject. First, here’s the president: “If he refuses or continues to evade his obligations through more tactics of delay and deception, he and he alone will be to blame for the consequences. ... Now, let’s imagine the future. What if he fails to comply, and we fail to act, or we take some ambiguous third route which gives him yet more opportunities to develop this program of weapons of mass destruction...? “Well, he will conclude that the international community has lost its...

Every day 4,700 kids try marijuana for the first time. In fact, marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug among America's youth. Unfortunately, a lot of American teens, and their parents, continue to see marijuana as harmless. QUESTION 1: Ecstasy is more popular than marijuana among kids today. True or False? False. Far more youth use marijuana than any other drug. Among kids who use drugs, approximately 60 percent use marijuana only. QUESTION 2: Marijuana is not addictive. True or False? False. Research shows that marijuana is addictive. In fact, more teens enter treatment with a primary diagnosis of...

The Red Cross Blocked The Fox News Channel's Major Garrett was just on my show extending the story he had just reported on Brit Hume's show: The Red Cross is confirming to Garrett that it had prepositioned water, food, blankets and hygiene products for delivery to the Superdome and the Convention Center in the immediate aftermath of the hurricane, but were blocked from delivering those supplies by orders of the Louisiana state government, which did not want to attract people to the Superdome and/or Convention Center. Garrett has no paper trail yet, but will follow up on his verbal confirmation...

The medicine men of old were quacks who exercised disturbing influence over their patients by claiming to possess great healing powers. The Democrats are inheritors of this tradition of charlantry. They are not the party of medicine but of medicine men. They are not the party of science but of scientific mumbo-jumbo. They use bogus science and its omnipotent claims to seduce the public. The medicine-man party found its voice in John Edwards last year when he declared that Christopher Reeve would have been walking were a Democrat in the White House. The medicine men of old, fearing exposure as...

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Noted French left-wing activist Thierry Meyssan's 9/11 conspiracy book, L'Effroyable Imposture, became a best-seller in 2002. But I never imagined such an "appalling deception" would ever find a voice in America. At a recent public lecture I was buttonholed by a Michael Moore–wannabe filmmaker who breathlessly explained that 9/11 was orchestrated by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and the Central Intelligence Agency as part of their plan for global domination and a New World Order. That goal was to be financed by G.O.D. (Gold, Oil, Drugs) and launched by a Pearl Harbor–like attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, thereby...

I just saw a commercial on FOX News by "An Apple Pie and Motherhood" sounding organization called ProtectYourCheck.org. I went to their site to see who these benevolent sponsors are, who are looking out for the general public. This is what I found: Harold Ickes, Deputy Chief of Staff for President Clinton and architect of Clinton's successful 1996 re-election campaign,Jim Jordan, a former Democratic Senate Campaign Committee executive director and campaign manager for Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign.Jim Margolis, political consultant to John Kerry's successful presidential primary campaign and successful campaigns for Democratic U.S. Senators and Governors.Michael Powell, previous chief of...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As the Democratic National Committee opens its annual meeting, a new poll of DNC members suggests party leaders want to see some serious changes and believe former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean will do an excellent job as party chairman. The CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Thursday indicates the members who chose to reply to the survey also overwhelmingly believe the party should draw clear distinctions between itself and the GOP and should work to defeat the Republican agenda over the Bush administration's final four years.

If you didn't know already, the democraticunderground.com has locked out non-members from viewing their forums. This is only makes me a nosey person like my wonder what's going on. Are they plotting harikari or murder? Are they angry or sad? Can we get them a tissue?

Accuweather is calling for some fairly dodgy weather conditions in the Ohio region for election. Unless I am mistaken, bad weather historically drives down democrap turnout while not significantly affecting republicans. Comments??? The following are for Cleveland the evening of 11/1 and mid-day and evening for 11/2: Monday Night 11/1 Get Details Hourly Weather | AccuPOP™ Cloudy, cold and rainy Low 39° F Tuesday 11/2 Get Details Hourly Weather | Get Audio Cloudy with rain possible High 55° F Tuesday Night 11/2 Get Details Hourly Weather | AccuPOP™ Mostly cloudy, rain possible Low 37° F The link to Accuweather's 15...

State, opponents set to argue over provisional ballot plan in court 10/12/2004, 11:06 p.m. ET By DAVID EGGERT The Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Democrats, the NAACP and voter-rights groups are asking a k a federal judge to stop the state's election officials from proceeding with a plan to address backup, or provisional ballots. The groups say the state's plan would disenfranchise thousands of voters who cast ballots in the wrong polling place or those who must provide a photo ID or other proof of residency on election day. U.S. District Judge David Lawson was to consider the...

London's Dirty-Bomb Plot British authorities suspect that a cell of Islamic terrorists where trying to harvest radioactive material from smoke detectors By ADAM ZAGORIN AND ELAINE SHANNON Sunday, Oct. 03, 2004 When British authorities broke up a cell of suspected Islamic terrorists in August, the arrests sent reverberations across the Atlantic. Among the evidence found with the suspects were reconnaissance reports on major U.S. financial sites—including the New York Stock Exchange and the World Bank in Washington. But senior U.S. law-enforcement officials tell TIME they are continuing to follow the case closely and are learning even more disturbing details about...

Democrats sue to allow provisional ballots cast in wrong precinct 9/28/2004, 5:20 p.m. ET By AMY F. BAILEY The Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democrats in Michigan sued the state's highest-ranking election official on Tuesday, arguing that voters who show up at the wrong polling place on Nov. 2 but are in the right city, village or township can cast a provisional ballot. The state party and the Bay City Democratic Party filed a federal lawsuit in Bay City against Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, a Republican. They say she is refusing to count provisional ballots of voters...

BOSTON, July 21 PRNewswire -- The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) today released a preliminary list of primetime speakers for the 2004 Democratic National Convention, held July 26-29 in Boston. The following speakers -- listed alphabetically by day -- will all address the Convention between 7 pm and 11 pm: Monday, July 26 The Kerry-Edwards Plan for America's Future David Alston, Vietnam Swift Boat Crewmate of John Kerry Tammy Baldwin, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin Jimmy Carter, Former President of the United States Bill Clinton, Former President of the United States Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senator from New York Al Gore, Former...

State Dems want Edwards on ticket Richardson just behind senator as VP pick of Texas party leaders10:16 PM CST on Tuesday, March 23, 2004By GROMER JEFFERS Jr. / The Dallas Morning News President Bush's home-state adversaries say John Edwards is best suited to help John Kerry oust the Texan from the White House. Mr. Edwards narrowly beat out New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as the vice presidential choice of Texas Democratic National Committee members canvassed by The Dallas Morning News. "He's smart, energetic and articulate," Jaime Gonzalez, a DNC member and lawyer from McAllen, said of the North Carolina senator....