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• Politicians & The Inflation Disconnect

  Published: August 15, 2007, 1:16 pm

  Tags: U S World Economy, Politics U S, Globalization, Healthcare, 2008 Presidential Election, Poverty, 2008 Congressional Elections

  of corn prices, driven up by congressional mandates for ethanol production, which have reduced the amount of corn available for animal feed. It’s also because of tougher immigration enforcement and a late spring freeze, which have made farm laborers scarcer and damaged fruit and vegetable crops, respectively. And it’s because of

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• Fred Barnes: Journalist, Apologist, Magician?

  Published: August 21, 2007, 3:02 pm

  Tags: Politics U S, Iraq, Social Insecurity, Katrina, 2008 Presidential Election, Republican Pundits Gone Wild, Poverty, 2008 Congressional Elections, Immigration Issues

  though not if weak-willed congressional Republicans cut and run. Should it lead to a government shutdown–call it the shutdown trap–that would be all the more harmful to Democrats. On taxes, Democrats appear confident there’s no trap at all, so long as they don’t raise taxes on the middle class. Thus congressional

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• Carrying George Bush’s Water: GAO Shoots Holes In Bucket

  Published: August 30, 2007, 1:27 pm

  Tags: Politics U S, Iraq, Military Issues General, Middle East, 2008 Presidential Election, Bush Arrogance, Dick Cheney, 2008 Congressional Elections, Propaganda Catapulting

  to meet all but three of 18 congressionally mandated benchmarks for political and military progress, according to a draft of a Government Accountability Office report. The document questions whether some aspects of a more positive assessment by the White House last month adequately reflected the range of views the GAO found within the

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• Shootin’ Thru The ‘Tubes

  Published: September 2, 2007, 5:47 am

  Tags: Iraq, Republican Arrogance, Bush Arrogance, Lies The Lying Liars, Iran, 2008 Congressional Elections, Propaganda Catapulting

  This installment might best be called the “Lingering Legacy Edition” of Shootin’ Thru The ‘Tubes: First up: the GOP. With two Repub Senators calling it quits, the forecasts for ‘08 are looking cloudier by the day. Will the skies clear or will it be a rain out to wash away more of the grime? Stay tuned. Next is

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• Democrat's hold a large lead in Congressional races

  Published: September 6, 2007, 3:03 pm

  Tags: 2008 Congressional Races

  In the generic Congressional ballot, Democrat's have opened up an 18 point lead according to Rasmussen Reports. If the election were held today, 50% of Americans who would vote said they would vote for the Democratic candidate in their district, while 32% favored the Republican.

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• The James Sensenbrenner (R-Wi) Retirement Plan

  Published: September 8, 2007, 1:16 pm

  Tags: Social Insecurity, Poverty, 2008 Congressional Elections

  I’m of the age when retirement is no longer a distant event on my biological calendar. It might be a distant dream, but from a chronological perspective, retirement age isn’t that far off for me. After George Bush’s razor thin election victory in 2004, the battle cry of the GOP was, “Privatize Social Security!”

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• Wendy Cortez Love David Vitter Long Time

  Published: September 11, 2007, 6:15 am

  Tags: Culture Of Corruption, 2008 Congressional Elections

  to lose several seats in 2008 already. They only stand for winning, after all, and family values go out the window when they are set against the Republican value of winning.

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• Alan Keyes Jumps In for the 2008 GOP Nomination

  Published: September 15, 2007, 3:06 pm

  Tags: Holy War, 2008 Congressional Elections, That S Entertainment

  jumped into the fray for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination: On Friday, Sept. 14, Alan Keyes filed a Statement of Candidacy (Form 2) with the Federal Election Commission–thus officially announcing as a Republican candidate for President of the United States. Keyes told Janet Parshall, host of a nationally syndicated radio show, that

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• Jerry Weller Makes the Most Corrupt List

  Published: September 20, 2007, 2:37 am

  Tags: Culture Of Corruption, 2008 Congressional Elections

  CREW has its Most Corrupt Members of Congress list out. 18 Republicans and 4 Democrats are on it. Let me be the first to say that I hope the four Democrats on the list all are defeated. Of course, it goes without saying that I hope those 18 Republicans are all defeated. It appears that Jerry Weller, though, will not be among the defeated

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• Jackass: The Sequel - Twenty Two Donkeys For Brother Bush

  Published: September 20, 2007, 11:17 pm

  Tags: Iraq, Spineless Dems, Stupid, 2008 Presidential Election, 2008 Congressional Elections, Propaganda Catapulting

  Twenty two Democratic Senators broke ranks and voted with the GOP to issue a resolution condemning the recent MoveOn.org advertisement in the New York Times. The advertisement asked the question, “General Petraeus or General Betray Us?”, insinuating that the report of the General was little more than carrying water for the Bush

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• Why You Will Never, Ever Have an Impact on Politics

  Published: September 20, 2007, 10:25 pm

  Tags: 2008 Congressional Elections

  I received a fundraising email from Congressman John Hall earlier today. Listen, I’m not passing judgment on his campaign appeal (and I supported Rep. Hall loud and long in 2006). But, this is an example of why people like you and me will NEVER EVER have a lasting impact on national politics. We’re a convenient ATM when it comes to

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• Sen. Stevens (R-Alaska) Was Wiretapped

  Published: September 21, 2007, 7:19 am

  Tags: Culture Of Corruption, 2008 Congressional Elections

  Oh, this investigation is looking worse and worse for Senator Ted Stevens. The FBI has already turned Stevens’ major contributor,and they’re sending a few people to jail already, including Bill Kott, where the FBI used a call by Bill Allen for some key evidence. We already knew that Allen, and his company VECO, are behind a whole

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• NYT's Paul Krugman Calls Republicans Racists

  Published: September 24, 2007, 10:21 am

  Tags: 2006 Congressional, 2008 Congressional, 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Moveon Org, Racial Issues, Racism, Paul Krugman, New York Times

  voting in last year's Congressional elections. Republicans, as President Bush conceded, received a "thumping," with almost every major demographic group turning against them. The one big exception was Southern whites, 62 percent of whom voted Republican in House races.And yes, Southern white exceptionalism is about race, much

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• HBO's Florida Recount Film to Air in Middle of 2008 Presidential Campaign

  Published: September 25, 2007, 1:00 pm

  Tags: 2008 Congressional, 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Al Gore, George W Bush, Variety

  the presidential campaign in 2008." Isn't that special?Maybe even more delicious is that one of the stars of the upcoming film, Kevin Spacey, just had dinner with Hugo Chavez. As reported by Variety: Kevin Spacey, Laura Dern, Denis Leary, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson, Ed Begley Jr. and Bob Balaban have been set by HBO Films to star in

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• George Bush: I Get My Way Or No Children’s Health Care?

  Published: September 25, 2007, 12:59 pm

  Tags: Healthcare, 2008 Presidential Election, Bush Arrogance, Poverty, 2008 Congressional Elections

  GOP in the run up to the 2008 election. I would expect many Republicans to abandon the President…realizing that George Bush is more concerned with his rigid ideology and his legacy than avoiding a repeat of the 2006 elections. In the end, historians and a fair share of Republican’s will likely note that George Bush was far

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