Brushfires of Freedom

 
Barack Obama hits back after Hussein taunts by Tim Reid in Washington
Barack Obama was confronted for the second time in 48 hours yesterday with efforts by conservative Republicans to convince voters that he is a Muslim and anti-Semite.
In a taste of what the Democratic presidential front-runner can expect from Republican surrogates if he wins […]

McCain takes the race bait and gets sucked into a nasty controversy that plays up the urban legend that Obama is a Muslim.    I am not sure if McCain denounced or rejected the comments made by Bill Cunningham, but he is not going to win the middle ground independents if he surrounds himself with […]

It does look like Hillary had a point, but Obama was brilliant in his comeback of conceding the point if it would shut Hil up about it. Great moment. He actually laughs out loud at her rebuttal.

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1. to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject […]

 
An apparent contradiction in his response to lobbyist story. By Michael Isikoff
A sworn deposition that Sen. John McCain gave in a lawsuit more than five years ago appears to contradict one part of a sweeping denial that his campaign issued this week to rebut a New York […]

If We Subsidize Them… (by Dr. Ron Paul)

For decades we have welcomed new immigrants to our American “melting pot”. We respect those who come here peacefully to pursue their American Dream. But Americans have noticed lately that modern problems associated with illegal immigration are at a crisis point. Taxpayers are now suffering […]

“No matter what happens in this contest, I am honored to be here with Barack Obama.”

No Hope, No Change
by Jagadeesh Gokhale and John Samples

This article appeared on National Review (Online) on February 13, 2008.
In his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Barack Obama appeals strongly to young people. His message to college students and graduates has been one of “hope” and “change,” but in the […]

The Madness of John McCain by Justin Raimondo from The American Conservative

A militarist suffering from acute narcissism and armed with the Bush Doctrine is not fit to be commander in chief.
John McCain’s reputation as a maverick is no recent contrivance. The senator first captured the media spotlight in September 1983, not long after he’d been […]

Republicanist Radio Pundit Responds in Heated Tirade to Criticism by Former Bush Sr. Secretary of State, Concerning His Attacks on John McCain…
In response to critical comments by former Republican Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, Rightwing talker and self-proclaimed “Dean of the Limbaugh Institute for Conservative Studies,” Rush Limbaugh, offered a fresh, and perhaps telling explanation […]

The Senator, The Lobbyist And The Times
Carl Lavin 02.21.08, 11:28 AM ET

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There are basic War Room rules when you are under attack and the McCain team is in full War Room mode in response to a detailed New York Times piece posted late Wednesday. The […]