Archive for February, 2007

McCain Announced He’s Running on Letterman

Like we didn’t know Sen. John McCain was running for President. He made it official on David Letterman. Who will announce on The Daily Show? The Colbert Report? South Park? When does Facebook get first dibs?

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Waco Siege Anniversary

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Fourteen years ago today the Branch Davidian siege in Waco, TX began.
“Remembering the Waco Seige”

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“Stars” of Stock Market Plunge

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The NYSE and Dow Jones both have egg on their faces after yesterday’s stock market meltdown. More at TAM Money and Finance.
“Computer Meltdown “Star” of Stock Market Plunge”

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Republicans Want Vote on Jefferson Appointment

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When you run a Congressional campaign calling for the end to a “Culture of Corruption” you better have your own house in order. Your opponents will throw it right back at you. That’s what minority House Republicans want to do over Rep. William Jefferson:
Republicans plan to force a floor vote on Rep. William Jefferson’s move […]

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Arrived Safely in D.C.

Filed under CPAC 2007

Travel went without a hitch. You know that piece of advice about arriving at the airport two hours before your plane leaves? If your plane leaves at a non-rush time forget about it. I slightly overslept, arrived at the airport parking lot one hour before my flight was to leave, checked in, got through security, […]

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Off to CPAC

Filed under CPAC 2007

I’m traveling to Washington, D.C. today for CPAC. If you’re a local weblogger or TAM reader I’d love to meet up if time permits. You can leave a comment, e-mail (sean–at–theamericanmind–dot–com), or catch me on my cell phone listed below.

414.234.4252

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What I Won’t Be Doing in D.C.

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Robert Bluey went to the top of the Capitol dome. He took plenty of pictures on his way up including this one:

Key quote: “If you suffer from acrophobia (fear of heights), do not go on this tour.”
My fear of heights keeps me from the fun. What’s strange is I love roller coasters. I’ve also climbed […]

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Romney Campaign: Rudy Could Destroy the “GOP Brand”

A Mitt Romney campaign document has seen the light of day courtsey of the Boston Globe. The Power Point slides look at Romney’s weakness as a perceived flip-flopper and his Mormon faith.
Also in the document is analysis of GOP opponents. To thhe Romney camp views Rudy Giuliani’s liberal social stances could “destroy the GOP brand?”
If […]

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TAM Returns to CPAC

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Conservatives from across the country will gather later this week in Washington, D.C. to talk about what went wrong in 2006, what the future holds in 2008, how to advance conservative ideas, and to have fun. The Conservative Political Action Conference returns to the Omni Shoreham March 1-3. Speakers include Ann Coulter (UGH!), Tony Snow, […]

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Democrats on Fox News: Smart Move

The netroots isn’t too please Democrats will hold a very, very early Presidential debate on Fox News. MoveOn.org urges supporters to sign a petition asking the party to drop Fox News. Bob Geiger hopes the party “will come to their senses.” John Aravosis went down the Nazi path: “What? Joseph Goebbels wasn’t available?”
What the internet-cocooned […]

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The Dennis York Podcast

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Christian Schneider, the weblogger formerly known as Dennis York, was the guest on Aaron’s GPL Podcast. Aaron let me sit in where we talked about life as Dennis York, the Flowbee, Three’s Company, and Alan Alda as God.
Listen and love it.
“GPL Podcast #41″

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24 Hour 11: 4 pm-5pm

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Jack Bauer meets the crazy ex-President (or is it X-President?) in
5…
4…
3…
2…
1…

The nuke hasn’t ruined Homeless Man’s satellite phone.
Homeless Man’s talking about living in the Dark Age. Look in a mirror.
In the White House bunker…
Bashir and the Ambassador look so cute fighting like hateful Muslims.
President Wayne looks so cute threatening the Ambassador with a carrier group.
Back […]

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Lieberman Defends Surge

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Despite the pounding he’s taken from the anti-war Left Sen. Joe Lieberman goes to the Wall Street Journal editorial page and defends the latest effort to pacify Baghdad:
But the fact is that we are in a different place in Iraq today from even just a month ago–with a new strategy, a new commander, and more […]

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An Inconvenient Truth about the Gap Between Hollywood and the Right

Surprise, surprise, surprise. Algore got his Oscar. While other got applause Algore got a standing ovation. Again, not a surprise. Congratulations to to the ent for his award. While there was some pontificating there was no Bush bashing during the acceptance.
Later on Forest Whitaker won the Best Actor award for portraying Idi Amin in The […]

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AP Writes Meaningless Romney Polygamy Story

The Associated Press with their inability to write factually on Iraqi violence felt the need to point out that Mitt Romney’s family has a polygamist past. That’s not surprising since he does come from a line of Mormons:
While Mitt Romney condemns polygamy and its prior practice by his Mormon church, the Republican presidential candidate’s great-grandfather […]

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