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Courting Disaster
https://townhall.com/columnists/christophermerola/2008/10/15/courting_disaster
to stand the test of time. … This is such a difficult task to accomplish that it is easy to see that the founders intended for the Constitution to change as little … Bill Clinton’s Circuit Court nominees had to wait an average of 238 days to be confirmed.…
Mac's Final Shot
https://townhall.com/columnists/brettjoshpe/2008/10/15/macs_final_shot
– and his flippant reference to Obama as “that one.” … to the bottom,” explaining how insurance companies would flock to the least regulated state, just as corporations gravitate towards … It is crucial for McCain to emphasize this.…
Obama's Abortion Extremism
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertgeorge/2008/10/15/obamas_abortion_extremism
– not to implicate themselves in it. … It simply seeks to make it easier for pregnant women to make the choice not to abort their babies. … Even Senator Edward Kennedy voted to include coverage of unborn children in S-CHIP.…
Time Magazine Covers Up Obama's Infanticide Lie
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amandacarpenter/2008/10/14/time_magazine_covers_up_obamas_infanticide_lie
– Obama has repeatedly claimed he would have voted for Illinois' version of the BAIPA had it included language to protect abortion rights … She said: Senator Obama has voted against bills to end partial-birth abortion.  … "It is true that Obama voted against a state bill that had language similar to a federal law."…
Obama's Infanticide Lie
https://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/2008/10/14/obamas_infanticide_lie
– This means that, in essence, Obama voted to successfully amend the bill in a way that Obama has said would have enabled him to support … The more senators voted present, the harder it was to mount an issues campaign against the senator.” … He lamented the fact “I was said to have ‘voted to deny life-saving treatment to babies born alive.’”…
The NAACP Abandons the Black Family
https://townhall.com/columnists/harryrjacksonjr/2008/10/13/the_naacp_abandons_the_black_family
– folks attempting their third marriage face odds of nearly 3 to 1 that they will be unable to make it work. … to oppose the marriage amendment. … to pass a Florida marriage amendment.…
Obama: Living in the Past on Iraq
https://townhall.com/columnists/guybenson/2008/10/13/obama_living_in_the_past_on_iraq
– McCain's reluctance to do so is understandable to a point, considering the current unpopularity of that decision, but his unwillingness … McCain is right to hammer away at the surge.  … Now is the time for John McCain to put an end to this nonsense about Obama’s supposed “judgment to lead.”     …
Palin Tearing After Obama on Abortion
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amandacarpenter/2008/10/12/palin_tearing_after_obama_on_abortion
– Americans need to see his record for what it is.  It’s not negative or mean-spirited to talk to about his record.  … Whatever party you belong to, there are facts you need to know. … Senator Obama has voted against bills to end partial-birth abortion. …
Will the Trend Continue?
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidstokes/2008/10/12/will_the_trend_continue
– With just a little more than three weeks to go before America goes to the polls to elect the next president, Barack Obama maintains … As I listen to my “oldies” station in the car, I have heard many radio ads warning that John McCain wants to take away the “right to … Why not just come out and say: “the right to choose to have an abortion?” …
Open Letter to Bob Schieffer
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2008/10/12/open_letter_to_bob_schieffer
– It strains credulity to assert that of the more than 1,000 questions offered to Mr. … to have been asked in the second. … amendment to supersede the state court.…
Judge Rules Terrorist Prisoners Be Released In Nation's Capital
https://townhall.com/columnists/floydandmarybethbrown/2008/1…dge_rules_terrorist_prisoners_be_released_in_nations_capital
– At that time, the Justices voted 5-4 to allow the Islamic terrorists held in Cuba the right to file habeas corpus petitions in America … until mid October to allow the government more time to make arguments in the case. … Urbina wanted the detainees to be brought to his courtroom in D.C. from Cuba on Oct 10 and then released to fellow Uighurs living in…
The Coming Obama Thugocracy
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2008/10/11/the_coming_obama_thugocracy
– "I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors," Barack Obama told a crowd in Elko, Nev. … "I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. … To their credit, some liberal old-timers -- like House Appropriations Chairman David Obey -- voted against the "fairness doctrine,"…
An Interview With John McCain
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmedved/2008/10/10/an_interview_with_john_mccain
– And you know, that’s pretty hard to get to the left of Bernie Sanders, you know? MEDVED: It is. … We’ve got to address that issue. … market around to start with.…
How to Judge a Political Debate
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2008/10/10/how_to_judge_a_political_debate
– For example, if you happen to find yourself up against somebody who voted to go to war but now says he wasn’t really for it, kindly … Americans are craving that straight talk and just want to know, hey, if you voted for it, tell us why you voted for it — and it was … Talk to the future, to the next generation. Your greater object isn’t to win the debate, or even the election.…
The Best-Laid Plans...
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2008/10/10/the_best-laid_plans
– John McCain's plan will deliver portable, affordable health care to all Americans. Obama has a plan to win in Afghanistan. … This is not to say that some plans don't work out. … The real hints for how to choose a candidate, at least in a general election (as opposed to a primary), reside in the realm of judgment…
"The Real Issues": Part IV
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2008/10/10/the_real_issues_part_iv
– Yet Senator Obama not only voted in favor of the bridge to nowhere, he voted against anti-earmark amendments proposed by Senator John … he voted against the bridge to nowhere, his own earmarks might get nowhere. … -- to the wolves.…
This Hurts, Explaining McCain's Housing Plan
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amandacarpenter/2008/10/09/this_hurts,_explaining_mccains_housing_plan
– That $300 billion is taken as a carve-out of the $700 billion already passed by Congress--WHICH OBAMA VOTED FOR--and will be used to … He already screwed the taxpayer.If he wants to take issue with the spending, he shouldn't have voted for it. … It's just really dishonest of Obama to try to act like the fiscal conservative who cares so much about this money after he voted for…
Obama-Biden Judicial Litmus Test Exposed, But Who Cares?
https://townhall.com/columnists/mariodiaz/2008/10/09/obama-biden_judicial_litmus_test_exposed,_but_who_cares
– as the lack of attention paid to his remarks.  … Obama does not want to use ideology, but he wants to know if the nominee is “out-of-step with the mainstream.”  … Obama voted against Chief Justice Roberts.  He voted against Justice Samuel Alito and Leslie Southwick. …
Obama, Ayers, and the Politics of Intimidation
https://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/2008/10/09/obama,_ayers,_and_the_politics_of_intimidation
– And then what happened is these banks were able then to bundle these and sell them to Fannie Mae. … He told me that he had called the Obama campaign and had invited them to send a representative on to debate me. … outside—we had to close the blinds.…
The Real Obama: Part III
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2008/10/09/the_real_obama_part_iii
– But, for all his eloquent words, he has voted consistently for the teachers' unions and the status quo. … Administrators are reluctant to impose any serious punishment on those students who make it impossible for other students to learn. … A real reformer would want to crack down on both unruly students and unaccountable teachers.…
A Rescue Plan That Didn't
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/2008/10/09/a_rescue_plan_that_didnt
– corporations unable to borrow to cover their short-term obligations. … But the effort to restore confidence and stabilize markets turned out to be, pardon the expression, a bust. … The feds had decided to fill the markets with enough cash to burn a wet mule -- only to see it have no apparent impact whatsoever.…
Pull the Hair Plug on This Guy
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2008/10/08/pull_the_hair_plug_on_this_guy
– Palin would have had to deny that Alaska is a state in the union in order to say something comparably stupid. … In the same answer, Biden went on to claim that "John McCain voted against a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty that every Republican … Forty-nine Republicans voted against the treaty; only four liberal Republicans voted for it.…
Fail Me Once, Shame on You
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottbensing/2008/10/08/fail_me_once,_shame_on_you
– In a few short weeks, Americans will go to the polls to cast their ballot. … to a variable rate. … to her reckless economic policies.…
Put the Gloves Back On
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathleenparker/2008/10/08/put_the_gloves_back_on
– We are to infer that the reason Palin gave answers that ranged from ridiculous to nonsensical was that she was merely withholding her … insights to demonstrate her pique? … McCain may want to call off his pit bull before this war escalates.…
Bafflement
https://townhall.com/columnists/tonyblankley/2008/10/08/bafflement
– Well, 171 representatives did vote no (though the bill passed anyway), and sure enough, on Monday, from Moscow to London to Paris to … Frankfurt to Asia to New York, the markets of the world did crash. … report on the emerging plague that came to be known to history as the Black Death.…
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