TGIF/Weekend edition - March 7-9, 2008
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War profiteering by tax dodge
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Not a lot Bush can do on oil prices-White House |
New Book on Iraq and Media -- by E&P's Editor -- Published
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President Bush warned Tuesday the U.S. will back Colombia if it goes to war with Ecuador and Venezuela. He chose the cocaine country over two oil countries. The president is serious about ending our addiction to oil, and one out of two isn't bad. - Argus Hamilton
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
Thai authorities parade alleged Russian arms smuggler CNN International
Psychiatrists Needed
U.S. troops on the battlefield found it harder to get the mental health care they needed last year, when violence rose in Afghanistan and new tactics pushed soldiers in Iraq farther from their operating bases.
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Disturbing News
Missing FBI Agent
Still hopeful, the wife of a former FBI agent who vanished a year ago from an Iranian island said Thursday a meeting with State Department officials produced no new information about his whereabouts.
"It was a great night for John McCain. In fact, all is going just perfectly for John McCain until today when President Bush endorsed him for president. All that hard work right down the drain. The truth is, McCain asked President Bush to endorse him. I'm starting to think that maybe the guy likes torture." --Jimmy Kimmel
Republican Shenanigans News
Could GOP lose Hastert seat? Chicago Sun-Times
"And on the Republican side? [on screen: McCain saying, 'We have won enough delegates to claim with confidence, humility, and a great sense of responsibility that I will be the Republican nominee for president of the United States']. Senator McCain, congratulations. All it took was grit, patience, and what was, in retrospect, a cartoonishly weak field of opponents." --Jon Stewart
Playing the Name Calling Card
A senior foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama was forced to apologize Thursday night for describing Hillary Clinton as a "monster" during an interview with a Scottish newspaper, a major embarrassment to the Illinois senator who promised voters he wouldn't engage in the politics of personal destruction.
Rock-The-Voter News
Obama sets fundraising record with $55 million Los Angeles Times
Obama fund-raiser in fraud trial BBC News
Nicholson Clinton ad a hit online
Since triple win, Clinton campaign reports $4 million online boost Boston Globe
Playing The Name Calling Card
Hillary
Rodham Clinton's campaign compared rival Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday to
independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr, the Clintons' chief nemesis of the
1990s...Howard Wolfson told reporters in a conference call.
"I for one do not believe that imitating Ken Starr is the way to win a
Democratic primary election for president."
“Political experts are saying that Barack Obama, if he’s the nominee, should choose…a running mate who is older, a veteran, and from a different part of the country. … Yeah, so today, Obama chose John McCain.” - Conan O'Brien
Subject: Hillary's latest...
Hi Lisa,
I just wanted to get your take on Hillary’s comments this week regarding
McCain’s ability to be Commander in Chief along with her comment that “Obama
made a speech in 2002”. I find this completely disturbing and unacceptable.
Honestly, I’ve never been a supporter of her, but I’ve never really disliked her
before now. I know you’ve been getting a lot of harassment because of your
support for Hillary, so I’m just wondering if her comments, praising the
Republican nominee above her Democratic rival bother you at all. How can she say
she’s not doing any damage to the Democratic Party with this kind of rhetoric?
It’s one thing to go after your opponent, but to praise John McCain, as if he
would be better than Obama? I know what she’s trying to accomplish, but let’s
face it, regardless of what happened on Tuesday, she not much better off than
she was on Monday. Her chances of being the nominee are slim. She’s just given
John McCain a wonderful ad to use against Obama.
Lori
Thanks for writing, Lori.
Obama's weakest link is his lack of experience. And Obama supporter's weakest link is not realizing that fact.
McCain and Hillary have heavy credentials and Hillary is not about to ignore or denigrate McCain's experience, as Obama supporters do to Hillary. She playing politics and it's not dirty, it's smart.
If you think the campaign from Hillary is bad, think of this -- nothing has happened like Willie Horton scare ads (1988) or denigrating Al Gore's Vietnam service (2000) or the swiftboating of John Kerry (2004).
I know Hillary can withstand those type of attacks from the right if she becomes the Democratic nominee, I'm not so sure Obama can.
Biz/Tech News
Oil price hit record high near 106 dollars amid New York explosion
Carlyle Capital Suspended; Lenders Force Asset Sales (Update3) Bloomberg
"So how did the final four fare in last night's crucial Texas and Ohio primaries? Perhaps the opening words from their speeches tell the tale. Sure, each scene looked festive, but is it? Let's start with Hillary Clinton [on screen: HRC saying, 'This nation is coming back, and so is this campaign']. I swear to God, I'm starting to think she's one of those Terminators. She can't be stopped. You throw them in the vat, you think it's over, and all of a sudden, the little droplets start to recoagulate, and she rises up -- I won Ohio!" --Jon Stewart
Bush-Prison-Torture News
Guantanamo Detainee Loses Court Case The Associated Press
Spain drops extradition request to Britain for ex-Guantanamo pair
“Hillary Clinton said that she raised $35 million in the month of February, which is fantastic. Now she can afford a really nice vacation as soon as she drops out of the race.” Conan O'Brien
Go-F**k-Yourself News
What has Scooter Libby been up to lately? Yahoo! Photos
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Odd News
Teed-off pro golfer kills hawk in Orlando area, is charged Orlando Sentinel
A handout photograph shows Britain's oldest employee, 101-year-old Buster Martin, posing for the camera during a training session in Archbishop's Park, central London on February 13, 2007. Martin aims to become the world's oldest marathon runner by completing the London Marathon and celebrating with a pint of beer and a cigarette. Sprightly and bearded, he recently completed a half marathon in five hours 13 minutes. Photo/Mario Rebellato
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