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20 Sep 2010 20:59

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Politics: Lady Gaga says pretty much the greatest sentence ever

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20 Sep 2010 20:41

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Politics: Tough crowd: Obama’s toughest town hall question today

  • Wow. That stings. At Obama’s town hall today, the president took a couple of questions like this one, which seems really pointed for a town hall. That said, Obama’s answer to the question was effective and not one bit pandering. Still though, you have to wonder if he’s going to be able to bounce back from a sluggish recovery in one piece. source
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19 Sep 2010 23:26

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Politics: Max Headroom: Had enough Christine O’Donnell yet? Here’s more

  • We’re with Karl Rove While Rove has taken a lot of heat for his stance on Christine O’Donnell, the fact of the matter is that she has to deal with the many issues her campaign is bringing up. Also, Rove wants to get a GOP majority and he can’t do that with people not moving to the center.
  • Izzard > O’DonnellBill Maher’s happy ’cause had the incredible foresight to book O’Donnell dozens of times on “Politically Incorrect.” But the real winner here is “NaughtButEddie,” whose Eddie Izzard-focused clip was mentioned on “Real Time With Bill Maher” the other night.
  • Saget: Attentive listener You know, her time on “Politically Incorrect” is looking more and more like a liability on the surface, but at the same time, she’s smart and eloquent, even when you disagree with her on Leviticus. She had Bob “worst Aristocrats joke ever” Saget’s full attention.
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19 Sep 2010 20:31

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Politics: Posted without comment: Christine O’Donnell’s witchcraft comments

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18 Sep 2010 23:32

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Politics: Rand Paul, Christine O’Donnell have something else in common

  • rand After a rough week of on-the-defensive press appearances, Paul cancelled on “Meet the Press.”
  • christine After O’Donnell had a similarly rough week, she cancelled on multiple Sunday shows. source
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18 Sep 2010 16:11

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Politics: Montana GOP: 1997 called, said homosexuality should be illegal

  • We support the clear will of the people of Montana expressed by legislation to keep homosexual acts illegal.
  • The official Montana GOP stance on homosexuality • As expressed in the platform page on their Web site, under the “crime” section. It apparently was added back in 1997, before Matthew Shepard, before civil unions, before gay marriage in Massachusetts and other states, and before Prop 8. Uh, perhaps they should change that. source
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18 Sep 2010 15:12

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Politics: Michael Bloomberg decides to put his muscle behind the center

  • Backing Harry Reid and Meg Whitman. Pushing for cooperation. Where have you been? The NYC mayor, known for both his high-spending ways and his love of the iPad, has been starting to put some of his weight into a bunch of key national political campaigns lately. Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-independent, has been making a concerted effort to help encourage more agreeability in Congress. Could Bloomberg, who thinks the Tea Party is a fad, run for president? He’d be someone we’d at least look at. source
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18 Sep 2010 10:52

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Politics: Lisa Murkowski jumps into the abyss with write-in senate campaign

  • She most assuredly won’t win, and Sarah Palin and her friends are angry. Lisa Murkowski isn’t going to let a guy with a beard into the Senate without a fight. The Alaska senator is launching a write-in campaign to get her seat back. “My heart is Alaska, and I cannot leave you. I cannot stop what we have started,”she said. For the Republican party as a whole, this is fairly misguided. See, a write-in senate candidate has won ONCE in U.S. history – Strom Thurmond’s 1954 election. It has the potential to split the vote between Murkowski and Republican nominee Joe Miller, plus she has to deal with petty attacks like this one from sworn enemy Palin: “It’s a futile effort on her part, it really is.” source
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17 Sep 2010 14:31

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Politics: It looks like Palin’s running for prez

  • It has become very apparent to everyone on her staff that she is preparing to run for president.
  • A former Sarah Palin aide • On the half-term Governor’s national ambitions. The source also notes that her staff is now “writing speeches, preparing talking points, [and] picking congressmen to endorse.” In other news, we’ve started researching housing prices in Canada.  source
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17 Sep 2010 12:11

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Politics: Christine O’Donnell: Don’t let my “youthful fervor” dissuade you

  • She was REALLY into her beliefs in her 20s. Delaware’s Republican Senate candidate did some things she regrets, except instead of getting a tattoo and digging way deep into her rocker chick phase, she went ultra-conservative and said some really insane things about AIDS and stuff. So now she’s backing off. “I was in my 20s and very excited and passionate about my newfound faith,” she said. “But I can assure you, my faith has matured. And when I go to Washington D.C., it will be the Constitution on which I base all of my decisions, not my personal beliefs.” Will that be enough to convince people? source
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