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Time to Compromise on Gun Control
https://townhall.com/columnists/mikeadams/2008/04/28/time_to_compromise_on_gun_control
– Then, after the local news showed up, UNCW released a written statement opposing our position on the gun issue. … That’s the office in charge of disseminating DePaolo’s political views to the tax-paying public at taxpayer expense. … ABC’s 20/20 invited both me and DePaolo to express our views on national television. I accepted. She declined.…
Excerpts from Obama's Interview with Chris Wallace
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amandacarpenter/2008/04/27/excerpts_from_obamas_interview_with_chris_wallace
– Barack Obama finally appeared on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace---772 days after Obama promised Wallace a one-on-one interview. … The fact he's my former pastor I think it makes it a legitimate political issue. So I understand that. … we're having in Afghanistan in light of the problems we're having in Pakistan, the fact that Al Qaeda is strengthening as our national
The Democrats' Indignation Over The Clintons: Better Late Than Never
https://townhall.com/columnists/austinhill/2008/04/27/the_de…crats__indignation_over_the_clintons__better_late_than_never
– Breaking news - - Bill and Hillary Clinton are nasty, frequently inauthentic, and dishonest. … Actually this is not “news” at all. … Have Hillary and Bill ever passed-up an opportunity to use each other for political gain?).…
North Carolina is Finally a Player
https://townhall.com/columnists/loriebyrd/2008/04/25/north_carolina_is_finally_a_player
– And it is making national news. … and in other national media. … The political junkie in me is in heaven.…
It's Barack, Like It or Not
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2008/04/25/its_barack,_like_it_or_not
– They believed, as did political oddsmakers, the stars were lining up to make 2008 their banner year for both the presidential and congressional … No matter how glibly Fox News' Alan Colmes speciously claims it's unfair to impute to Obama the views of former terrorist William Ayers … on a statistically monolithic constituency in the African-American community, without which it couldn't even be competitive in national
Debunking Obama's Ayers "Fact Sheet"
https://townhall.com/columnists/guybenson/2008/04/24/debunking_obamas_ayers_fact_sheet
– At long last, Americans had been introduced to a name that only a handful of right-leaning news sources had previously explored. … Is it phony that Obama's political coming-out party in the mid-1990s was hosted by Ayers and Dohrn? … Might I suggest a high-profile speech from Obama to open up a "national dialogue" on the roots of domestic terrorism?…
Pitifully Biased Media Stung Again By Clinton Win in Pennsylvania
https://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2008/04/24/pitifully_biased_media_stung_again_by_clinton_win_in_pennsylvania
– But to hear the pundits on most of the news networks in their coverage early Tuesday night -- excepting at least FoxNews and MSNBC … Second, Hillary Clinton is increasingly despised by white Democratic elites, both from within the political ranks, among the very wealthy … Meanwhile, we will sit back and watch much of America's fumbling and bumbling national media continue its not-so-hidden effort to stack…
Censorious Left-Wing Bloggers
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2008/04/23/censorious_left-wing_bloggers
national sympathy for this concern. … (This last issue is a bit comical, coming from ABC News, whose president, David Westin, banned all ABC News employees from wearing … far and wide through the Internet, talk radio and political ads.…
Finding Ways To Win
https://townhall.com/columnists/richtucker/2008/05/09/finding_ways_to_win
– So let’s look at another other national race. Or more correctly, the 435 local races that make up a national race. … People see through that as a cheap political attack and rightly dismiss it, the same way they see through the silly claims that John … “Drilling is the failed energy policy of yesterday that has brought us record gas prices today,” she announced at a recent news conference…
Petronomics 101
https://townhall.com/columnists/olivernorth/2008/05/09/petronomics_101
– While Washington's political elites in both parties have debated and dithered, the price of crude oil has risen to $123 per barrel … But Khamenei would have none of it, baldly stating, "It is a national duty not to fear any sanction." … Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.…
A Madam's Tragedy and a John's Crime of Living
https://townhall.com/columnists/jessicacantelon/2008/05/07/a_madams_tragedy_and_a_johns_crime_of_living
– The national media are capitalizing on the recent tragedy of notorious “D.C. … A single day after the story broke, an ABC News article by Maddy Sauer told us that Palfrey’s decision to end her life “has again shown … Subtly titling her news story “Madams Fall While Their Johns Prosper,” Sauer claims that the prosecution of a female leader of a crime…
Roseanne Vs. Rush
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2008/05/07/roseanne_vs_rush
– Is it newsworthy that Recreate 68 is talking about real violence at a national political convention? … The Fox News Channel thinks so. The local media in Denver have covered this as well. But CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC? Not a peep. … News, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today. The New York Times had a mention, at the bottom of an article.…
Mayday, Mayday, Patriotism Under Attack
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianfitzpatrick/2008/05/06/mayday,_mayday,_patriotism_under_attack
– This apparent disrespect for patriotism extends beyond the media elite to encompass the political elite as well.  … Rather than celebrate the completion of a barrier that would greatly improve national security and the rule of law, Americans spent … of the North Korea’s Central News Agency, “Kim Jong Il Inspects KPA Unit.”…
Amerabia
https://townhall.com/columnists/frankgaffney/2008/05/05/amerabia
– Islamists’ steady, tireless and increasingly effective efforts to impose – on Muslims and non-Muslims alike – the repressive theo-political-legal … Writing about this Brotherhood manifesto in the Dallas Morning News last September, columnist Rod Dreher observed: “The entire 18-page … For her exemplary leadership and determination to resist national dhimmitude, this column recognizes Congresswoman Myrick with its…
Tawdry Scandal Could Cost Dems Ohio
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/05/03/tawdry_scandal_could_cost_dems_ohio
– As if John McCain's luck couldn't get any better, the Baltimore Sun's blog sees trouble for the Dems in Ohio.Their political blog, … Democratic Attorney General, "could ripple through the November election with potentially disastrous consequences for the Democrats' nationalnews.…
Wright Controversy Affects the Polls
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2008/05/03/wright_controversy_affects_the_polls
– The latest Fox News poll, conducted after the Rev. … There's more bad news in The Pew Research Center poll of Democrats. … Obama has presented himself since his 2004 Democratic National Convention speech as a leader who can unite America across political
GOP Loves Earmarks
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/2008/05/03/gop_loves_earmarks
– Tom Coburn, who has declined news media requests for interviews about Barack Obama's comparison of Coburn with an urban terrorist, … Interviewed by Chris Wallace April 27 on "Fox News Sunday," Obama denied any "moral equivalency" between the advocate of violence and … Casey's endorsement was widely interpreted as part of his political feud with Gov.…
Delta Deal Not Riding So High in Its Own Hometown
https://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2008/05/01/delta_deal_not_riding_so_high_in_its_own_hometown
– For its part, Delta has assumed that Georgians would be leaping for joy over the news of the proposed merger. … And it sets the stage for a political nightmare that could run straight from Georgia all the way to the presidential election. … As the former chairman of Newt Gingrich's political organization when he was U.S.…
Obama's 'Pastor Souljah' Moment
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianfitzpatrick/2008/04/30/obamas_pastor_souljah_moment
– anchor Brian Williams asked political analyst Tim Russert, “Do you think this stops the damage?” … CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric asked political analyst Jeff Greenfield, “Is today’s repudiation enough to kind of control the … Did I strongly disagree with many of his political views?…
Obama Campaign Gives Up On Finding "Mr. Wright"
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2008/04/30/obama_campaign_gives_up_on_finding_mr_wright
– This is the political equivalent of the "It's not you, it's me" speech. He might just as well have said, "I love Rev. Wright. … Let's just hope President Obama pays closer attention during national security briefings than he did during 20 years of the Rev. … The only good news for the Obama campaign this week is that Obama admitted that his relationship with Rev.…
The Need for Trade and Favorable Latin American Relations, Not Cheap Domestic Politics
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulweyrich/2008/04/30/the_n…orable_latin_american_relations,_not_cheap_domestic_politics
– The Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) has been in the news recently after President George W. … During an election year the Colombia TPA has become a political football. … We can ill-afford such high-handed political maneuvers.…
Obama's Un-Disownable Preacher of Hate
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2008/04/30/obamas_un-disownable_preacher_of_hate
– But Obama now tells us he had to wait 24 hours to convene a press conference to denounce Wright's National Press Club speech because … If I were given a microphone at the National Press Club, I would not speak on something that I had guardedly kept secret for most of … How can Obama actually claim that this is news from his pastor? His mailman, butcher or plumber? No problem. His pastor?…
The Campbell Quiz
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/johncampbell/2008/05/16/the_campbell_quiz
– Which one is NOT a real bill that passed the real House this year:a) National Watermelon Monthb) National Funeral Directors and Morticians … Dayc) National Take your Ferret to Work Dayd) Support the goals and ideals of National Train DayAnswer: (c) But it was a tough call … If you got only 1 or 2 correct, you need to read my blog or watch Fox News more often.…
You Say You Want a Coronation
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2008/05/16/you_say_you_want_a_coronation
– I was on ABC News yesterday afternoon with Sam Donaldson and, after watching a clip of the President's remarks, I said that I assumed … I ran into the brilliant national political reporter for USA Today, Susan Page, yesterday and she asked if this was a "wake up call … Following the announcement that the California Supreme Court ruled that Gay Marriage was legal in that state, the San Jose Mercury News
Primary Turnout Claims Turn Out To Be Half-Baked
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2008/05/16/primary_turnout_claims_turn_out_to_be_half-baked
– Nevertheless, in a memorandum to its supporters and the news media, the Democratic National Committee is crowing, "(R)ecord turnout … It seems that years in the political wilderness tend to produce higher turnout rates. … nomination contest turnout, there is no resultant advantage in the general election for that party," writes Leonard Williams, a political
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