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‘Skullduggery Alleged’

By | 12.17.09 | 11:52 am

It’s probably a sign of how the struggling Washington Times has lost some influence that its umpteenth editorial on the firing of Bush-appointed Americorps inspector general Gerald Walpin is hitting with a thud today. The key allegation is that “dirty deeds may have been employed to hide extensive involvement More…

GOP Candidate: ‘Left Wing Liberal Socialists Are Stinking Up the Place’

By | 08.07.09 | 9:56 am

Allen West, a retired lieutenant colonel who’s making his second run for Congress from a south Florida swing district next year, pens a column for Human Events that touches on almost every far-right base. West is angry that Rep. Ron Klein (D-Fla.), the incumbent congressman, isn’t making himself More…

Making Jesse Helms Proud

By | 06.16.09 | 9:49 am

If the GOP has any interest in regaining its status as a national party and shedding the legacies of Jesse Helms and the “Southern strategy,” its leaders might want to instruct members — particularly those who hold public office and the people who work for them — not to do More…

NOW Sides With Palin, Attacks Letterman

By | 06.12.09 | 3:01 pm

The National Organization for Women nominates David Letterman for a slot in its “Hall of Shame” for his joke about the governor of Alaska’s daughter getting “knocked up” at a Yankees game.

After two nights of “jokes” at the expense of Palin and her family, Letterman tried to explain

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The ‘Whitey Tape’ Mystery Continues …

By | 05.18.09 | 8:55 am

Over the weekend, noted blogger/hoax peddler Larry Johnson responded to my post on the anniversary of the “Michelle Obama whitey tape” with a new theory about the mythical, incredibly damaging video.

Why was the tape never revealed and used? One theory is that the hardline conservatives in possession

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Happy ‘Whitey Tape’ Eve!

By | 05.15.09 | 5:36 pm

One year ago tomorrow—May 16, 2008—former CIA analyst and current security consultant Larry Johnson put up this blog post at his site “No Quarter.”

I now have it from two sources that there is video dynamite–Michelle Obama railing against “whitey” at Jeremiah Wright’s church. Republicans may have a

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Drudge in Action

By | 05.08.09 | 11:47 am

Michelle Obama tells a joke:

First lady Michelle Obama called her “current life” in the White House “a very blessed situation, because I have what most families don’t have — tons of support all around, not just my mother, but staff and administration. I have a chief of staff

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State of Play: Europe Reacts (Curiously) to Obama Victory

By | 11.07.08 | 5:23 pm

The overwhelming reaction in Europe to the election of Sen. Barack Obama has been one of enthusiasm and support. Yet a scan of the European press also reveals some peculiar — and some deplorable — responses.

Der Spiegel reports on the shock that has rippled through the German-speaking world after More…

Obama: Voting Felt Great, Will Be Sentimental Tonight

By | 11.04.08 | 10:47 am

CHICAGO, Ill. – Sen. Barack Obama cast his vote this morning, both daughters in tow, and announced that the experience was a hit.

BREAKING: Landslide Obama Victory

By | 10.07.08 | 9:55 am

New narrative alert: Sen. Barack Obama will win this election — in a landslide.

But wait, weren’t all the experts and pundits worrying about Obama’s demise just one month ago? Well times change.

Markets fall. Running mates get exposed as embarassingly unqualified. So now this week’s conventional wisdom — first More…