Archive for January, 2009

Minnesota recount explained

REPORTER: The Minnesota Senate race. No, it is not over yet. Today a three-judge panel begins taking a look at the recount which left Democrat Al Franken ahead of Republican Norm Coleman by 225 votes out of nearly 3 million cast. The judges’ decision could be months away. It finally will [...]

Minnesota panel rules against Franken

A three-judge panel in Minnesota ruled against Al Franken twice in his attempts to limit the scope of the election contest to just a recount of the recount.
State election law doesn’t undermine the Senate’s constitutional power to later judge the qualifications of its members, the judges said in denying Franken’s request to dismiss the [...]

Jenna’s and Barbara give advice to Sasha and Malia

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Blame English for the oath flub

NY Times notes the common error:
How could a famous stickler for grammar have bungled that 35-word passage, among the best-known words in the Constitution? Conspiracy theorists and connoisseurs of Freudian slips have surmised that it was unconscious retaliation for Senator Obama’s vote against the chief justice’s confirmation in 2005. But a simpler explanation is that [...]

Inaugural hope that “white will embrace what is right”

Welcome to the post-racial age! *que audience laughter*
This ridiculous poem was made at the inauguration that was made triple-diculous considering its basis is that he hopes for a day when whites will do whats right (good thing that’s not racist). I guess electing the first black president wasn’t enough. C’MON WHITE PEOPLE!

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About that Inaugural Oath Flub

The recitation of the presidential oath came in fits and starts.
The Constitution prescribes the text: “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will to best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
But Chief Justice John Roberts, using no [...]

Ann Coulter says she wants Ron Paul for 2012

Appearing on Fox News’ late night show Red Eye talking about her latest book, Ann Coulter responded to a question asking who she wants in 2012 with none other than Ron Paul, the Libertarian underdog, postulating that by then the war would be over and she agrees with him on everything else so he would [...]

Hannity investigates Eric Holder

Sean Hannity investigated a “shocking new study” on Holder..

excerpt:
HANNITY: After seven years of lining the pockets of terrorists, Chiquita admitted their wrongdoing to the Justice Department and hired and extremely influential man to bail them out, former deputy attorney general, Eric Holder.
Holder had left the DOJ after the Clinton administration and was now in private [...]