December 2007

Reason 5,456 Voters Lack Faith in the Media and Political Hacks

December 23, 2007

I wouldn’t read this as a criticism of any particular candidate as much as a criticism of the way that news stories develop today. Asked to explain how Barack Obama could defend claiming that more Clinton (Bill) foreign policy experts supported him than Hillary, one Obama staffer had a great answer: Asked how Obama backs [...]

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Mitt Romney: The Anti-Endorsement

December 23, 2007

I’m certainly impressed with this recent editorial in The Concord Monitor, which had the courage to actually point out the incredibly apparent flaws in Mitt Romney’s campaign. If only the “liberal” media could stop fawning over his appearance and offer the same kind of critique: If you followed only his tenure as governor of Massachusetts, [...]

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Rudy Giuliani: The End is Near

December 20, 2007

The worst political ad of the cycle? You have to love that Rudy is managing to make Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee look like viable candidates. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print [...]

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Your Democratic Majority at Work

December 19, 2007

Unlimited, never-ending funding for Iraq?  Check. Selling out future generations by refusing to ask the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share in the AMT deal?  Check. Failing to fight for children’s health care ?  Check. Could someone please remind me why voters swept the Democrats into power in 2006? At least everyone is home [...]

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Thank You to Another Former Student

December 19, 2007

I’d like to thank another one of my former students, Robert Funk, for his thoughtful letter to the IR today about their coverage of the death of a local solider: You are the HELENA Independent Record. When one of the members of our community dies in a war you should cover it, and not with [...]

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Daren Smith

December 17, 2007

The Los Angeles Times listed it in stark terms, one of the now 3,893 members of the U.S. military killed in in the Iraq War: Daren A. Smith, 19, of Helena, Mont.; private, Army. Smith died Thursday in Baghdad of wounds sustained from a noncombat-related incident. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry [...]

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Fear the Huck!

December 15, 2007

Is anyone else enjoying the spectacle of the Neocon establishment desperately trying to tear down Mike Huckabee as much as I am? It’s like one of those cautionary science fiction tales about someone creating a monster that soon grows out of is control. Rich Lowry, at the National Review, is especially delightful to read: Like [...]

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Dennis Rehberg on Iraq: 50 Years?

December 9, 2007

In another round of hard hitting press release journalism, the Lee Newspapers have been running some thoughtful commentary, without external analysis or rebuttal, from Dennis Rehberg, this time about the Iraq War. Rehberg thinks that American troops may well be needed in Iraq for fifty years, news to those of us who were told by [...]

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