While I was traveling with a colleague four weeks ago, he bought a copy of Glenn Beck’s “Arguing With Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government.” Two days ago, he announced that he is pursuing a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Though our belief systems differ, he is the kind of guy I picture...
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Senator Tom Harkin, a dogged supporter of the public option, lowered himself today on the Bill Press Show (Air America) to grudging acceptance of the ravaged remains that now comprise the Senate health care reform bill. After pep-talking what few changes survive, Harkin – who gleefully declared three weeks ago that the Senate had...
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It used to be hard, watching as Dick Cheney giddily advocated torture. Even a Lefty like me doesn’t want to see a once - uhhh, okay… I guess - political party being gutted by one of its own. But when I heard The Ol’ Sharpshooter is joining daughters Liz and Mary to form a political consultancy, it hit me:...
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How Charlie Rangel can be a role model.
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