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When President Obama gave his “Muslim speech” in Cairo, the Drudge Report headlined it “6,000 words.” When former Vice President Cheney responded to the president’s speech on Guantanamo Bay and torture, he opened with a joke about how long it was (”In the House, we have the five minute rule.”)
The first speech was 55 minutes [...]


British Newspapers Are Different

Just reiterating the point from my article about the U.K. press, here’s a pull-out fact from a story in The Sunday Times about how “Democrat Joker Al Franken” will cement Harry Reid’s 60-seat majority when former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) loses his lawsuits.
Hillary Clinton, Obama’s surprise choice for secretary of state, has been mooted as [...]


McCain Camp Plays Gender Card with Pig Ploy

LEBANON, Va. — Sen. John McCain played the gender card Tuesday night, seizing on a hackneyed statement by Sen. Barack Obama to claim, rather implausibly, that the Democratic nominee was calling Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin a pig.
To even entertain McCain’s far-fetched attack, one would have to think Obama had a political death wish. Rather [...]