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Whodunit?
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelreagan/2008/10/01/whodunit
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelreagan/2008/10/01/whodunit
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This was one of the times they tried to fool all of us. It didn't work. Back to the drawing boards. … Now it's down to a little over 10,000. In 1987, the market dropped all the way down to about 1786 points. … We seem to have forgotten the old adage about the foolishness of acting in haste leading to repenting in leisure.…
Biden Secret Service Codename: 'Assassination Insurance'
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2008/10/01/biden_secret_service_codename_assassination_insurance
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2008/10/01/biden_secret_service_codename_assassination_insurance
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Sarah Palin is being grilled on her position on mark-to-market accounting rules, the press can't bother to ask Joe Biden if he could … Here is Couric's full response to Biden's bizarre outburst about FDR (a) being president and (b) going on TV in 1929: "Relating to … "I'm just going to ask you one more time," Couric snipped, "not to belabor the point.…
To Bailout or Not To Bailout, That is the Question
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulweyrich/2008/10/01/to_bailout_or_not_to_bailout,_that_is_the_question
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulweyrich/2008/10/01/to_bailout_or_not_to_bailout,_that_is_the_question
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The cost to the American taxpayer, we're told, is to be $700 billion,
though it probably will be closer to a full $1 trillion, and … Are we to be patriotic in order to come
to the financial aid of a multi-trillion dollar corporate world, one
which consistently espouses … giants they want to rescue.…
Three Fundamental Economic Questions for Senator Obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/mattmayer/2008/10/01/three_fundamental_economic_questions_for_senator_obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/mattmayer/2008/10/01/three_fundamental_economic_questions_for_senator_obama
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Tytler categorized the pattern as such: from bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty … ; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependence; from dependence … The Congress and regulators aggressively pushed banks and other institutions to loan money to individuals unworthy of credit due to…
Small Men in a Large Crisis
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelgerson/2008/10/01/small_men_in_a_large_crisis
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelgerson/2008/10/01/small_men_in_a_large_crisis
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Public reaction to the plan was overwhelmingly negative, which is not irrelevant to politicians facing the voters in about a month. … But most House Republicans with ideological objections had nothing better to propose and no intention to try. … to a national challenge by imposing their collective will.…
A Cowardly Lack of Leadership
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2008/10/01/a_cowardly_lack_of_leadership
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2008/10/01/a_cowardly_lack_of_leadership
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When 95 Democrats and 133 Republicans in the House voted to reject the $700 billion rescue package, Wall Street sent stocks into a … step in to restore them. … There was no Federal Reserve to come to the rescue then, but investment banker J.P.…
The Bust of a Bailout
https://townhall.com/columnists/georgewill/2008/10/01/the_bust_of_a_bailout
https://townhall.com/columnists/georgewill/2008/10/01/the_bust_of_a_bailout
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outlays to appetites. … Republicans, especially, slowed a Gadarene rush to ratify the deeply flawed original bailout legislation. … Might there have been a more sober approach to risk throughout corporate America?…
Colorado Voters Will Choose Yes or No on Equality
https://townhall.com/columnists/lashawnbarber/2008/10/01/colorado_voters_will_choose_yes_or_no_on_equality
https://townhall.com/columnists/lashawnbarber/2008/10/01/colorado_voters_will_choose_yes_or_no_on_equality
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But when the government does it, it's time to act. … Various groups tried to stop the campaign. … In 1971, he authorized the Department of Labor to set specific goals and timetables to correct the "underutilization" of blacks by…
Washington's Narcissistic Personality Disorder
https://townhall.com/columnists/maggiegallagher/2008/09/30/washingtons_narcissistic_personality_disorder
https://townhall.com/columnists/maggiegallagher/2008/09/30/washingtons_narcissistic_personality_disorder
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How else to explain
that on a must-win issue for the nation, almost 40 percent of
Pelosi's own Democrats voted against the "bailout … On Sept. 29 McCain repeated:
"Our leaders are expected to leave partisanship at the door
and come to the table to solve our … Now is not the time to fix the blame. It's time to fix
the problem."
This is insane. Worse, it's disgusting.…
Where Do We Go From Here?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/michelebachmann/2008/09/30/where_do_we_go_from_here
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/michelebachmann/2008/09/30/where_do_we_go_from_here
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Yesterday, Congress voted on what is arguably the single most important issue facing our country today. … Many of them, however, have said that Congress had no alternative but to pass it. … There is no reason that Congress needs to rush into passing a bad bill that would saddle generations with debt. …
Rush Limbaugh vs. Politico ...
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/09/30/rush_limbaugh_vs_politico_
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/09/30/rush_limbaugh_vs_politico_
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To the many people who have asked: No, I have no intention of moving back to Russia. [# More #]
Also, when a transcript or audio … knew it was the wrong thing to do, but our Republicans voted for it." … and smart thing to do.…
Nancy Pelosi Should Be Honored
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/tomdelay/2008/09/30/nancy_pelosi_should_be_honored
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/tomdelay/2008/09/30/nancy_pelosi_should_be_honored
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If some folks out there are going to compare Pelosi’s incompetent tactics to my previous leadership in the House, let’s get a few facts … If I were a rank and file member, I would have voted against it.2. …
Heroes and Villains
https://townhall.com/columnists/craigshirley/2008/09/30/heroes_and_villains
https://townhall.com/columnists/craigshirley/2008/09/30/heroes_and_villains
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and voted against the monstrous attempt by government to socialize yet another portion of America. … House and reassigning them to Treasury. … to be a part of this sham.…
Jack Kemp on the Bailout
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amandacarpenter/2008/09/30/jack_kemp_on_the_bailout
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amandacarpenter/2008/09/30/jack_kemp_on_the_bailout
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campaign on this matter, suggested a "carry-forward" provision be added to the legislation to help banks amortize their debt.KEMP: … Treasury and declares a loss, I’d like to see them have a carry-back provision, or carry it forward, to amortize the loss because … they have to declare this loss in the very quarter in which the paper is sold to the Treasury.…
David Brooks Bashes House Republicans
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/09/30/david_brooks_bashes_house_republicans
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/09/30/david_brooks_bashes_house_republicans
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It has been interesting to watch them on their single-minded mission to destroy the Republican Party. … Then, too, they listened to the loudest and angriest voices in their party, oblivious to the complicated anxieties that lurk in most … It's one thing to disagree with their vote, but quite another to question their motives and accuse them of being on a mission to destroy…
A Bailout To Save Capitalism
https://townhall.com/columnists/richlowry/2008/09/30/a_bailout_to_save_capitalism
https://townhall.com/columnists/richlowry/2008/09/30/a_bailout_to_save_capitalism
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to reason. … When the bill was brought to the House floor on Monday, 133 Republicans and 95 Democrats voted "no." … We may be about to find out what happens when it is rocked to its foundations.…
An Amicus Brief for Neville
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2008/09/30/an_amicus_brief_for_neville
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2008/09/30/an_amicus_brief_for_neville
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consigned to alien rule. … After the Saar voted 90 to 10 to rejoin the Reich, and Austria had been annexed, the Sudeten Germans began to agitate for secession … If the Russian majorities in east Ukraine or Crimea demand the right to secede and return to Mother Russia, will we go to war to keep…
The Shine is Going to Come Off Palin
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amandacarpenter/2008/09/29/the_shine_is_going_to_come_off_palin
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amandacarpenter/2008/09/29/the_shine_is_going_to_come_off_palin
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Sarah Palin is going to have to defend McCain's position on this awful bailout bill during the debate on Thursday.And she'll probably … have to repeat their silly talking point that Pelosi and the Democrats are to blame for the bill's failure, with nary a word of support … to the strong House conservatives who voted against it.Ugly.Update: I don't mean this as a knock personally to Governor Palin.…
As Good as it Gets?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/09/29/as_good_as_it_gets
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/09/29/as_good_as_it_gets
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we just defeated.In my estimation, even if this is true, it is in no way an indictment on the congressmen who opposed the version voted … down today -- but it is important to realize what we might be up against.Time to batten down the hatches...Update: The liberal blog … Some of you may be quick to trust your representatives in DC. I'm not willing to give them the benefit of the doubt."…
Doubling Down on a Bet
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2008/09/29/doubling_down_on_a_bet
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2008/09/29/doubling_down_on_a_bet
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Much more than half the Republicans voted against it.By doing so, House Republicans have shown themselves to be gamblers. … At that point, they will then turn to the Republicans who voted against the bill on their orders and say, "Why didn't you know? … You were supposed to use your judgment!"…
Boehner Blames Pelosi Speech for Bill Failure
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/09/29/boehner_blames_pelosi_speech_for_bill_failure
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/09/29/boehner_blames_pelosi_speech_for_bill_failure
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He went on to lament that just before the vote came up, "... the Speaker had to give a Partisan voice that poisoned our caucus ..." … But Pelosi didn't exactly make the sale with her own members, more than 90 of whom voted against it."…
A Buy-In, Not a Bail-Out
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2008/09/29/a_buy-in,_not_a_bail-out
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2008/09/29/a_buy-in,_not_a_bail-out
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By the time you read this, the House might have already voted to pass the bill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi described as "not a bail-out … They have no choice but to get you to pay your debt back faster. … Second you have to stop charging to your credit cards because every $100 you charge now adds $6 to what you have to pay - every month…
Letter to a Young Relative
https://townhall.com/columnists/burtprelutsky/2008/09/29/letter_to_a_young_relative
https://townhall.com/columnists/burtprelutsky/2008/09/29/letter_to_a_young_relative
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What counts is being true to yourself, having the guts to be an individual. … He reported that of the 30 kids, 27 voted for John Kerry, two voted for Ralph Nader and one voted for George Bush. … So, you don’t have to join the chess club. That’s entirely up to you.…
The Most Extreme Pro-Abortion Presidential Candidate Ever
https://townhall.com/columnists/albertmohler/2008/10/16/the_most_extreme_pro-abortion_presidential_candidate_ever
https://townhall.com/columnists/albertmohler/2008/10/16/the_most_extreme_pro-abortion_presidential_candidate_ever
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George: I’ll have to admit too that I didn’t have to work very hard to dig up the information about Senator Obama’s record that I presented … George: Here’s what happened: Obama voted against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, and he actively opposed it and tried to prevent … Then, when he was called on it after he had begun his presidential campaign, he claimed that he would like to have voted for it, but…
New Faces but Few Changes
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidharsanyi/2008/10/15/new_faces_but_few_changes
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidharsanyi/2008/10/15/new_faces_but_few_changes
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"The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C.," she claimed, "and the Democrats intend to lead the … Rahm Emanuel, chairman of the Democratic Caucus, had, according to an ABC News source, "been working with Mahoney to keep the matter … And if we did, we may have the decency to step down. Not Rangel.
It is instructive to note that the week Democratic Rep.…