Ann Coulter - Whew! I'm certainly glad to hear the "snippets" from Rev. Jeremiah Wright's sermons "in context."
In the famous B. Hussein Obama speech that sent a tingle down Chris Matthews' leg, Obama dismissed the clips of Rev. Wright being played on TV as mere "snippets." He claimed the media were highlighting Wright's "most offensive words," complaining that they had been played endlessly, as if repetition were the problem with the statement: "GOD DAMN AMERICA!"
It's absolutely unheard of to repeat passages from famous speeches. In fact, I have a dream that we will not do that. Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask that the media stop replaying "snippets." All we have to fear is [ ... More ]
In the wake of Hillary Clinton's rock-solid Pennsylvania victory, David Axelrod, the able chief strategist of Barack Obama's campaign, attempted to minimize the political significance of his candidate's having been overwhelmingly rejected by Pennsylvania's working-class voters: "Let's understand — the white working class has gone to the Republican nominee for many elections. This is not new. Democratic candidates don't rely on these votes."
Whoa! First, to be accurate, Bill Clinton, the only Democratic president since FDR to win re-election, did — narrowly — carry white, working-class voters twice. Second, David, we are talking here about Obama's having lost badly working-class voters who are registered Democrats and who voted in a Democrats-only primary. Third, earlier in 2008, Obama had run quite strongly [ ... More ]
San Jose's lawyers on Thursday disputed an assertion from the Santa Clara County District Attorney that the city can't force police to make reports and records available under a proposed "sunshine law."
The 11-page position paper by City Attorney Rick Doyle's office keeps alive a controversial proposal that calls for broader disclosure than state law requires. The district attorney's office had no response.
The city's Sunshine Reform Task Force has spent months preparing a proposal that would make police release reports and other records when state law allows the discretion to do so. San Jose would become the first city in California to have such a law.
Backers of the proposal, including Mercury News editors and the American Civil Liberties Union, say state [ ... More ]
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