I find myself agreeing with the last paragraph.
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards recently defended taking a lucrative book contract from a publisher controlled by Rupert Murdoch — whose News Corp. empire Edwards has sharply criticized — by insisting that “every dime” of his $500,000 advance went to charity.
Left unmentioned by Edwards, however, was that [...]
From the Omega Letter:
Saudi’s Golden Parachute
In recent briefings we’ve looked at some of the political reasons that successful US administrations have looked the other way in all matters pertaining to Saudi Arabia.
No US administration has ever directly criticized the Saudi government on matters like anti-Semitism, or human rights or religious freedom within the kingdom. The [...]
This is cute.
‘Puppy killer’, ‘pole-dancer’, ’scheming’: the spouses of America’s presidential candidates are facing tough criticism and intense scrutiny as the campaign turns dirty, reports Paul Harris in New York
It is a brutal battle of whispering campaigns, gossip-laced leaks and highly disciplined PR machines. It is a world where image outweighs reality and where [...]
I don’t know what to say except that I am so disappointed in these Democrats.
For three days, Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, had haggled with congressional leaders over amendments to a federal surveillance law, but now he was putting his foot down. “This is the issue,” said the plain-spoken retired vice admiral and [...]
No surprise here. Romney spent lots of money in Iowa and it paid off Saturday with his first-place showing.
The other top tier candidates, John McCain and Rudy Giuliani decided to forego the straw poll.
Mike Huckabee is pleased with his second-place showing and Sam Brownback came in third.
Leave them alone; they are just trying to do their job.
UK The government was last night accused of turning the clock back 25 years by introducing a law that will allow courts to imprison prostitutes who are arrested for soliciting. The move has provoked the fury of women’s support groups, who say the move will [...]
When it’s so easy to check campaign contributors, why would anyone say something that isn’t quite true?
Using campaign appearances, e-mails to supporters, and Iowa TV ads, Illinois Senator Barack Obama has repeatedly reminded voters that his presidential campaign does not accept contributions from lobbyists or political action committees, casting his decision as a noble departure [...]
A Georgia police chief who had been called up to serve in Iraq was fired by his town council. That is, until until the Mayor stepped in and said the firing was illegal.
A small-town Georgia police chief who left to face enemy fire in Iraq only to return and be fired by town officials [...]
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