Archive for April, 2008

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Anyone Else Remember When Bill Clinton Was Hitting Up Donors To Pay His MonicaGate Legal Fees?

I sure hope he’s paid them back:
The Clintons’ joint returns show them earning more than $109 million over a period of seven years.
The biggest source of income is Bill Clinton’s speeches — source of $51 million. He made another $30 million from books; Hillary made about $10 million from her book.
Ye gads…this ‘public service’ thing […]

7 Comments » - Posted in Hillary Clinton, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

A Chance To Put The Nail In The Coffin

…figuratively speaking, of course.  I’m speaking of the first real signs of a possible end to the Democratic race before the convention that I’ve yet seen - a narrowing of the race in Pennsylvania.  While Hillary has to remain the favorite, a new poll has Obama up two, and the RCP average has him down […]

5 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Polls, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Life Is Strange

Way back in February, 2005, when my blog was about three months old, I wrote a slightly-embarrassing-in-retrospect bit of triumphalism crowing about how bloggers had pushed Eason Jordan out of his senior position at CNN when it was revealed that he had accused the American military of, incredibly, targeting journalists(!!). Imagine my surprise when […]

3 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, NY Times/Media Watch by Mark

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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

So, What About Iraq?

For a war supporter, I suppose my silence on the renewed violence in Iraq has been deafening, but not for the reasons you might think.  I’m not afraid to admit that my heart sank at the news that al-Sadr’s truce might be off, and God knows we’ve all had enough killing.  I’ve kept my silence […]

8 Comments » - Posted in Radical Islam / GWOT, Iraq by Mark

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