By Art Smith. Posted Saturday, Sep 13, 2008 at 9:25 pm Filed Under: 2008 Presidential Election, Abortion, Charles Gibson, John McCain, News Media, Republican Party, SCOTUS, Sarah Palin, Tim Russert
Sarah Palin had her first big interview (6 parts) this week since being selected as John McCain’s running mate. Paul F. Villareal made the video’s available at YouTube.
Of course, ABC played it for as much air time as they could… including repeating sections of the interview on 20/20 last night.
Let’s see, Thursday “World News”, Thursday [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Saturday, Aug 9, 2008 at 12:35 pm Filed Under: 2008 Presidential Election, Accountability, Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, Family, Integrity, John Edwards, Marriage, Ted Kennedy, society
Two big hits on prominant families this week.
Mr. Shawshank
One is Morgan Freeman. You may recall he was in an automobile accident earlier this week and was in serious condition. He was released later in the week after surgery with shoulder damage and a broken arm and elbow. According to Fox News, Freeman and his wife [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Friday, Aug 8, 2008 at 8:50 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, 2008 Presidential Election, ANWR, Economy, Energy, Featured, Foreign Oil, If you won't vote for us we won't vote for you, Iowa State Fair, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, US Congress
The Republican Protest of the No-Vote Vacation continues today, with no end in sight. CSPAN showed the following press conference (video courtesy John Boehner’s office) featuring House Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio), Mike Pence (Indiana), and Jon Porter (Nevada). Excellent, concise, brought a solid message back from their constituents, and continuing the push forward. Worth [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 at 10:21 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Democrats, Economy, Energy, Featured, Foreign Oil, If you won't vote for us we won't vote for you, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party, US Congress
The downward pressure on the price of oil continues, although not as strong as the past few trading days. At the end of the day, it was $117 (down $.22 from yesterday). Oh, and the Dow was up 40 points.
Meanwhile, Newt Gingrich showed up today at the Capital to show support for the GOP Protest. [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Tuesday, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:52 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, 2008 Presidential Election, ANWR, Barack Obama, Economy, Energy, Foreign Oil, If you won't vote for us we won't vote for you, Nancy Pelosi, News Media
…the price of oil that is. Down another few dollars to $117.22. In the last few weeks, the price has dropped $30/bbl, or 20%. I’m convinced it’s because Republicans and the nation’s PEOPLE are up in arms and pressing the majority party to do the right thing… just pressing the case for domestic drilling, in [...]
Allahpundit over at Hot Air brings us news that Republicans in the US House, who staged a dramatic protest Friday over the closing of business in Congress for a month while the Energy issue sits languishing, plan to continue this effort anew on Monday. From House Republican Leader John Boehner’s office :
Washington, Aug [...]
Don’t get the wrong idea, I’m not ready to go all in with McCain, and I think there’s a lot of ground to cover and issues to discuss before we’re ready for November. However, Gais posted quotes from Hugh Hewitt at and Bryan at Hot Air regarding some reasons to consider sticking it out [...]