Oklahoma teabaggers to meet in Amtrak station

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Wednesday April 15, 2009 · 11:19 AM PDT

2009/04/15 · 11:19

On Monday evening I stopped by the Hasting's bookstore here in Norman, OK. While perusing the community bulletin board, I noticed a flyer for the Tea Party to be held on the evening of April 15th at the Norman Santa Fe Train Depot. I chuckled to myself and went about my business. But then yesterday it occurred to me that the Norman Depot services the Heartland Flyer, an Amtrak line between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth. How ironic, I thought, that an anti-tax, anti-spending group would be meeting in a building associated with one of their perennial targets - a railroad company wholly owned by, and operating on a ~~$2.6~~ $1.3 billion annual subsidy from, the federal government.

But wait - there's more!

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Thursday June 19, 2008 · 7:16 AM PDT

2008/06/19 · 07:16

I've never been on the Webb for VP bandwagon, but I know a lot of people are. This should give them something to think about.

Sen John Warner (R-Va) has re-introduced a bill to allow drilling off the shore of Virginia. And this time he has a Democrat for co-sponsor:

Sen. Warner renews ocean-drilling push

Although Warner's bill has been blocked for years, the Republican senator tried again Wednesday as he introduced his measure with Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., as a co-sponsor.

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Tuesday June 17, 2008 · 1:56 PM PDT

2008/06/17 · 13:56

The most recent attempt to paint Obama as a closet Muslim in based on a Jersualem Post article which reported on an interview Malik Obama gave to Israel Army radio. The article has since disappeared from the Jersalem post website, but the Google cache is here.

Barack Obama's half brother Malik said Thursday that if elected his brother will be a good president for the Jewish people, despite his Muslim background.

In an interview with Army Radio he expressed a special salutation from the Obamas of Kenya.

Leaving aside the multiple interpretations of what constitutes a "Muslim background", there's still really nothing there. See below the fold for more.

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Tuesday June 10, 2008 · 7:15 AM PDT

2008/06/10 · 07:15

In an interview with Brian Williams yesterday, McCain said:

"Sen. Obama says that I'm running for a Bush's third term. It seems to me he's running for Jimmy Carter's second."

In today's First Read column, Mark Murray writes:

Lost in McCain's attack is the subtle admittance that Bush has become the Republican's Carter. While Democrats have accepted the fact Carter was a mediocre-to-bad president, have rank-and-file Republicans had their own come to Jesus on Dubya? Are they ready to accept that he'll go down in history as their Carter?

(more below the fold)

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How do you rank the Carter presidency?

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How do you rank the Carter presidency?

Outstanding

4 votes

Above Average

64 votes

Average

82 votes

Below Average

34 votes

Poor

9 votes

Other

2 votes

Peanuts!

6 votes

McCain ad calls Bush "a fool or a fraud"

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Friday June 06, 2008 · 1:01 PM PDT

2008/06/06 · 13:01

McCain has debuted a new ad for use in battleground states.

First line:

"Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war."

You mean tough, like Bush in 2003?

"Bring 'em on"

You mean romantically, like Bush earlier this year?

"It must be exciting for you ... in some ways romantic, in some ways, you know, confronting danger. "

I guess since GWB has talked both tough and romantically about war without ever coming close to it himself, he is both a fool and a fraud.

Hey, I agree with McCain on something!

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Bush: Fool or fraud?

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Bush: Fool or fraud?

Fool

0 votes

Fraud

3 votes

Both

24 votes

Neither

0 votes

Both, and a few other things as well

99 votes

"You kids get off my lawn!"

13 votes

Reform, Prosperity, Peace - McCain's a Dem now?

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Thursday June 05, 2008 · 1:15 PM PDT

2008/06/05 · 13:15

MSNBC's First Read has a piece up about McCain's new, new campaign slogan: Reform, Prosperity, Peace.

Reform - from the guy who has spent most of his life in DC and is surrounded by lobbyists;

Properity - from the guy who wants to make Bush's tax cuts permanent and bows down to the oil companies;

and worst of all,

Peace - from the guy who supports the war, says we are winning, says we may be there for 100 years, thinks it's OK to invade sovereign nations and take out their governments but we're not allowed to talk to them first....

Unbelievable. Maybe McCain's people realized that the public had already figured out that they had stolen "... we can believe in" from Obama. But apparently they dug this new theme out of Barack's trashcan - cuz it certainly fits Obama better than it does McCain.

New "3:00 am" ad from Clinton campaign - updated with video

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Wednesday April 02, 2008 · 1:01 PM PDT

2008/04/02 · 13:01

According to MSNBC's First Read, the Clinton campaign is releasing another 3:oo am ad - and this one is aimed at McCain.

Announcer: It's 3 am, and your children are safe and asleep.
But there's a phone ringing in the White House and this time the crisis is economic.
Home foreclosures mounting, markets teetering.
John McCain just said the government shouldn't take any real action on the housing crisis, he'd let the phone keep ringing.
Hillary Clinton has a plan to protect our homes, create jobs.
It's 3 am, time for a president who's ready.
Hillary Clinton: I'm Hillary Clinton and I approve this message.

Well, at least she's attacking McCain now. But why would someone call the President at 3:00am to talk about the economy?

Clinton on superdelegates: "I don't even keep track."

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Tuesday April 01, 2008 · 11:17 AM PDT

2008/04/01 · 11:17

When a Pittsburgh reporter asked Clinton how many superdelegates had endorsed her in "recent weeks", she answered

I don't even keep track of it, I can't even tell you that figure.

Well, some people are keeping track. According to the Superdelegate Endorsement List at DemConWatch, exactly five superdelegates endorsed HRC in the entire month of March.

Things don't get any better if you stretch the definition of "recent weeks". According to a March 22 New York Times article:

Mr. Richardson is the 62nd superdelegate to endorse Mr. Obama since Feb. 5, compared with fewer than five who have moved into Mrs. Clinton’s column since then.

(more below)

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Wednesday March 12, 2008 · 1:55 PM PDT

2008/03/12 · 13:55

From a chat on the Washington Post website:

In response to a question about a possible Edwards endorsement, Trippi responds:

John Edwards led on every single issue and pushed both Clinton and Obama on everything from the war in Iraq to Poverty. He has had an enormous impact on this election cycle and still will.

I am in complete agreement with him so far. But see below:

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Tuesday December 13, 2005 · 9:21 AM PST

2005/12/13 · 09:21

This is an update to my previous diary on the abuse and murder of my great-niece Kelsey. Oklahoma district judge David Cawthon has ruled that DHS and other state records involving Kelsey Briggs can be released to her parents and the man accused of killing the girl, but not to the public. The judge wrote that state law prohibits disclosure of the records to the general public. Read More

2 year old child abused and murdered while father was in Iraq

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Saturday November 19, 2005 · 7:40 AM PST

2005/11/19 · 07:40

My nephew's Army reserve unit was called up last year. His ex-wife had custody of their two-year old daughter, Kelsey. While he was in Kuwait and Iraq, his daughter suffered obvious abuse, including a broken collarbone and two broken legs. His parents notified DHS and gained custody of their granddaughter for a short time. But in June, while her dad was still serving his country in Iraq, a judge ordered Kelsey to be returned to her mom and step-father, with no visitation rights for her dad or grandparents. Four months later (just days before her father was to return from Iraq) she was dead from blunt force trauma to the abdomen. The step-father has been charged with murder. The mother has still not been charged with anything, not even failure to protect.

Update: Thanks for all the comments and recommendations. Just wanted to add a couple of things:

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Oklahoma teabaggers to meet in Amtrak station

Webb favors offshore drilling - no veep for you!

Debunking Muslim claim re: Malik interview

MSNBC's Mark Murray agrees with McCain: Bush = Carter

McCain ad calls Bush "a fool or a fraud"

Reform, Prosperity, Peace - McCain's a Dem now?

New "3:00 am" ad from Clinton campaign - updated with video

Clinton on superdelegates: "I don't even keep track."

Trippi: "I don't expect Edwards to endorse either candidate"

[Update ] Records remain sealed in abuse & death of 2 year-old

2 year old child abused and murdered while father was in Iraq