October 7, 2008
In what is a clear sign that Congressional Democrats know they will be in serious trouble if American voters would find out just how big a role they played in the financial crisis, and especially in the downfall of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Congressional Oversight Committee refused to mention ...
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The most recent CNN poll has Barack Obama up by some 8%. That’s a significant amount indeed. However, the latest CBS News poll has him up by only 3% among likely, and 4% among registered voters. One of these polls is either incorrect, or one of the two captured a new trend (towards McCain) whe...
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On Anderson’s Cooper 360 they did a major investigation into the relationship between Bill Ayers and Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee for president. Obama’s campaign tried to downplay the relationship by arguing that, in the words of Obama himself, “Ayers was just another guy in th...
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The government of Yemen, a regional enemy of Israel, announced Tuesday it had arrested members of a Muslim extremist terrorist cell who were allegedly involved in an attack against the United States embassy in that country last month. According to Yemen authorities, the cell was supported by Israel....
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Tonight’s debate is different from most other debates we have seen thus far in the campaign cycle: it will be townhall style, meaning that undecided voters are allowed to ask questions to the candidates about issues bothering them. Although most questions will undoubtedly deal with the issues,...
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United States Representative Barney Frank (Democrat) blamed criticism of Republicans about subprime lending - the habit of the government to force companies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to hand out mortgages to individuals who would not be able to pay those mortgages back if something happened to...
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Although I supported the initial bailout bill, as did most authors here at PoliGazette, I consider it important to point out reasonable yet critical voices. Our very own Bal(t)imoron is such a voice, of course, and has published several posts critical of the bailout plan, and offering possible alter...
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My, my, it seems that Newsweek considers it time to actually investigate Barack Obama a bit, and then especially accusations originating from the blogosphere that Obama may have received money from foreign donors - not American citizens living in foreign countries, but foreign citizens living in for...
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The Wall Street Journal opined on Saturday that one of the reasons insurance companies are in trouble right now is because some Senators - such as Democratic leader Harry Reid - talked about how “certain” insurance companies may face trouble, even bankruptcy” when the stock markets...
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The latest ‘analysis’ published by the Associated Press tells us everything we need to know about the state of the mainstream media. The author charges that Sarah Palin’s accusation that Obama is ‘paling around terrorists’ is, wait for it, racist. By claiming that Democ...
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