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Daily Archives: February 26th, 2008

A conflict of interest

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

This is an interesting story. Mark Penn, the guy who has advised Hillary’s campaign so successfully, obviously has a financial interest in a Hillary victory. But, should Hillary lose the nomination, he also has a financial interest in Obama losing in November. No conflict with respect to Hillary maybe, but a massive conflict in relation […]

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Not good

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Joe Courtney is trying to raise money in response to the attacks that are being mounted against him on FISA. It’s a good thing to do, since this sort of stuff might stop if the Republicans see it’s a money loser for them. Here’s the link to contribute. Unfortunately, my wife tried twice to contribute […]

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The sliming begins

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

The attacks on Barack Obama have begun. The Republicans are questioning his patriotism, and CNN immediately runs a poll asking if he’s patriotic enough to be president (sign a protest letter here). No word so far on whether they’ll poll on whether McCain is too dishonest to be president. Then again, even McCain can’t hope […]

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The forces of ignorance come calling

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

I just got a call from a group that I believe called itself the Protect America Foundation, trying to spread lies about the FISA vote. Unfortunately, I can’t contain my outrage at these people. In retrospect I should have feigned ignorance, and listened to her whole pitch, but I cut her off and told her […]

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