Washington Post Cover Story "The Romney-Paul alliance is more than a curious connection. It is a strategic partnership: for Paul, an opportunity to gain a seat at the table if his long-shot bid for the presidency fails; for Romney, a chance to gain sup... Read more »
The Mark Wahlberg controversy: Daughter of 9/11 victim says 'I think he wished …
The Mark Wahlberg controversy: Daughter of 9/11 victim says 'I think he wished … But a quote about Wahlberg's belief that he could have been aa real-life hero on 9/11 got all the attention: “If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn't have went down like it did,” he told the magazine. [...] Read more »
Ron Paul Reaps Big Donations From Fed. Workers, Govt. Contractors (Vid.)
Let's get moving on the Phone from Home program and Christmas Vacation with Ron Paul. Washington Post link: http://www.washingtonpost... Video below: read more Read more »
Washington Post: Ron Paul is for real in Iowa. Seriously.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/ron-paul-is... Texas Rep. Ron Paul, long dismissed by the GOP establishment as a fringe candidate, has broadened his electoral appeal and emerged as a major player in the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, according ... Read more »
Bloomberg / Washington Post GOP Debate – Ron Paul Highlights
Ron Paul Highlights in 10/11/2011. Thanks Joe Plummer for link. http://youtu.be/BjvuHuekq64 The Washington Post and Bloomberg TV, in partnership with WBIN-TV and host Dartmouth College, present the first debate of the 2012 campaign focused exclusivel... Read more »
Gadhafi’s Secret Scrapbook Of Condoleezza Rice Pictures
Sometimes world leaders are like the rest of us and have a crush on a girl they figure would never like them. Via MSNBC:
Read more »The Libyan rebels’ ransacking of Moammar Gadhafi’s compound is turning up some bizarre loot. The latest discovery is a photo album filled with page after page of pictures of Condoleezza Rice.
The former U.S. Secretary of State paid a visit to Tripoli in 2008 during a brief interlude that saw Gadhafi begin to be welcomed back into the international fold. As Jason Ukman of the Washington Post wrote on Wednesday, “it was only three short years ago that Rice shared a late-night dinner with Gaddafi to break the Ramadan fast, three short years ago that the United States and Libya were celebrating what was to be a new chapter in their relations.”
In a 2007 interview with al-Jazeera television, Gadhafi spoke of Rice in glowing terms. “I support my…
“Monetizing” Electoral Politics: TV Networks Are Out To Sell, Not Tell
Already the projections are in—not for who is going to win the election in 2012—but for how much it is likely to cost.
Public Radio International concludes: “Campaign spending in the 2012 US election could reach $6 or 7 billion dollars as outside groups pay for electoral influence.”
Here we are in the middle of a deep recession that’s getting deeper by the day, with austerity the unofficial slogan du jour while Republican scheme up new ways to trim, cut and decimate government spending, and parties are spending billions on political horse races.
They decry government spending but they don’t talk much about their own spending, do they?
And neither do the Democrats who are also backing an orgy of spending cuts if only to show their opponents how “responsible” they are.
As both parties slash spending that benefits people, they are in a manic overdrive effort to raise more for themselves and their campaigns.
Dave Levinthal,…
Read more »Washington Post: Can Ron Paul win it all in Iowa?
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) is an expert at winning straw polls as the head of what his enthusiastic supporters call the Ron Paul Revolution. But this weekend in Iowa, the revived presidential contender hopes to bring a different element to his long-shot 20... Read more »
Washington Post: Ron Paul currently in third place
Mitt Romney leads the wide-open contest for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. But a new Washington Post-ABC News poll underscores his vulnerabilities as a front-runner, as well as Sarah Palin’s lingering power to shake up the race if she d... Read more »
