Brushfires of Freedom

I guess Bill O’Reilly didn’t get the memo from President Bush that “lynching” is not a word to be mentioned in jest.  Where is the outrage that Don Imus received?

‘The era of rampant lynching is a shameful chapter in American history,” Bush said at a black history month event at the White House, which began […]

Even blowing his nose, Obama gets applause by John McCormick
DALLAS – It’s probably safe to say that you have arrived as a politician when your audience applauds when you blow your nose.
Yes, just a day before a debate in Texas, Sen. Barack Obama has a head cold.
And about a half-hour into a speech here, the […]

You almost can’t blame McCain for this example of hypocritical behavior when you see the picture below. Even if McCain gets away with denying an affair, the fact that he was so close to a lobbyist and gave her such access, shows that the Straight Talk Express has not yet come out of the […]

For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk

By JIM RUTENBERG, MARILYN W. THOMPSON, DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and STEPHEN LABATON
WASHINGTON — Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers.
A female lobbyist had been turning up […]

 
ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In light of the resignation of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro yesterday, Dr. Ron Paul, presidential candidate and member of the House Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement:
“Fidel Castro was a brutish dictator who for […]