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A cliff of their own choosing
Washington Post, by George F. Will
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 11/28/2012 10:55:42 PM
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| With a chip on his shoulder larger than his margin of victory, Barack Obama is approaching his second term by replicating the mistake of his first. Then his overreaching involved health care — expanding the entitlement state at the expense of economic growth. Now he seeks another surge of statism, enlarging the portion of gross domestic product grasped by government and dispensed by politics. The occasion is the misnamed “fiscal cliff,” the proper name for which is: the Democratic Party’s agenda. For 40 years the party’s principal sources of energy and money — liberal activists, government-
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
oh-heck, 11/29/2012 1:17:17 AM (No. 9038728)
Really good points about the history and success of the GI Bill which was essentially a voucher. Points about growing government choice and less individual choice are also great. The tax argument misses the point. The real reason to raise the rates on the rich is that the GOP is associated in the minds of the voter with the rich. If everyone pays more taxes they are going pay a great more attention to where the money goes. It will cost the Dems dearly.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
dlb703, 11/29/2012 2:23:34 AM (No. 9038752)
Will´s best article since one he wrote on the infield fly rule in 1982.
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Spidey, 11/29/2012 4:40:29 AM (No. 9038792)
How worried are people about the fiscal cliff when the #1 search item for Christmas is Ugg Boots? Do these things have jet propulsion in the heels or something? Why are we allowing web sites that encourage young girls to be anorexic? How can we be spending $30 billion a quarter on student loans and have a skilled labor shortage?
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Garry Owen, 11/29/2012 8:08:15 AM (No. 9038972)
I recommend we take the dive off the fiscal cliff. This is the only way to get the mandatory domestic spending cuts. Once off the cliff the House (because that is where all budget matters must originate) pass a permanent tax relief bill reinstating the Bush Tax rates. Let Obama and the Democrats vote against middle class tax relief, good for 2014. Then, pass a second bill to relieve the military of 1/2 the mandatory budget cuts. Let Obama and the Democrats vote against supporting our military during a time of war. Another winning issue for 2014. I sure hope someone in the GOP Leadership reads Lucianne. This is a no brainer...the only way we the people will get the domestic spending cuts.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
saguni, 11/29/2012 4:53:57 PM (No. 9040000)
They are NOT "the Bush tax cuts" any longer!!
The DemonRATS voted to extend those tax rates and 0bama signed the extension.
They are "the current tax rates" OR they are "0bama´s tax rates"
I wish we had--even just one--elected Republicans with a backbone!
I wish our elected Republicans would act more like DemonRATS!
They lie, stretch the truth, and act as if everything is how they want it.
They stick together, right or wrong, and stand up with one another.
They ignore any facts that don´t advance their position.
They get their talking points each day, and parrot them to perfection.
Expecting "talking points", no matter how reasonable, from Republicans is like herding cats...each wants to strike out by their self, and will argue endlessly about who is "right." There is no "right" there is only what is Constitutional and what can be accomplished.
And there isn´t a one of them ready to put it on the line and say, "That is unconstitutional, and if you insist on following that line of action we will impeach you!
How many times have they failed the above?
Dozens of unaccountable Czars
Fast and Furious guns killed Border Patrol agent
Campaigning on Air Force One
Many lavish vacations with separate airplanes
Benghazi and the deaths of four Americans with no backup, despite the requests for help
I could go own and own
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Gun debate in Senate likely
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weaken or strengthen laws
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Washington Post, by Karen Tumulty and Ed O´Keefe
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/13/2013 12:15:28 AM
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As the Senate prepares to begin debate next week on the biggest gun-control bill in nearly two decades, the gun rights lobby and its Senate allies are working on a series of amendments that could have the opposite effect — loosening many of the restrictions that exist in current law. Most worrisome to those who advocate new gun limits is an expected amendment that would achieve one of the National Rifle Association’s biggest goals: a “national reciprocity” arrangement, in which a gun owner who receives a permit to carry a concealed weapon in any one state would then be allowed
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Why Are the Feds Trying
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National Review Online, by Andrew C. McCarthy
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 11:35:22 PM
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They keep telling you they have noting but good intentions, that to worry about the feds coming for your guns makes you part of “the black helicopter crowd.” But then things like this happen: In Missouri, federal investigators have demanded and obtained from the state government — apparently twice — the entire list of Missouri concealed weapon permit holders. As Matt Drudge notes, the Columbia Daily Tribune reports that in November 2011 and January 2012, the state highway patrol asked for and received the list of about 185,000 concealed weapon permit holders
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NPR Outlet: Liberal
Group Taped McConnell
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Commentary Magazine, by Jonathan S. Tobin
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 11:19:33 PM
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The mainstream media and liberal commentators have been claiming that the source that gave a tape recording of a campaign strategy meeting held in Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Louisville office had to be a GOP insider, and mocked the assertion that this constituted another Watergate. But today a Kentucky NPR outlet may have started to break the story open in a way that will give no comfort to McConnell’s Democratic detractors. According to WFPL News, a member of the local Democratic County Committee is claiming that two members of Progress Kentucky—the group that has targeted McConnell before
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Why They Won’t Talk
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Commentary Magazine, by Seth Mandel
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 11:17:15 PM
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In 2011, the journalist Mara Hvistendahl published Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men, detailing the societal effects of sex-selective abortions that target women the world over and resulted in the absence of perhaps more than 100 million girls who by now should have been born. But Hvistendahl soon learned the downside to uncovering what many believe to be a shocking trend in human rights offenses: people will want to do something about it. And so she lashed out, declaring that “anti-abortion activists
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Gosnell intern testifies
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Inquirer [PA], by Joseph A. Slobodzian
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 11:03:06 PM
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At the time, it must have seemed like the ultimate work-study program. Ashley Baldwin, a 15-year-old sophomore at University City High School who was thinking of becoming a doctor, got a job at one of the busiest clinics in West Philadelphia. She was paid, and in no time went from answering phones to doing ultrasounds, administering intravenous medicine, and, ultimately, assisting in abortions performed by her mentor, Kermit Gosnell. Now 22 and the mother of a 2-year-old son, Baldwin on Thursday told
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‘War on coal’ may burn EPA nominee
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Washington Times, by Ben Wolfgang
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 10:43:03 PM
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With the Environmental Protection Agency set to play the central role in President Obama’s second-term climate change agenda, would-be agency chief Gina McCarthy on Thursday tried to calm Republican fears that she would continue the perceived “war on coal” and other harsh regulations under her predecessor. She had limited success, as her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works became as much a back-and-forth about climate change as it did a referendum on whether Ms. McCarthy, a tough-talking New Englander with more than three decades of experience in the sector, is qualified
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House pro-lifers: Abortion trial ignored
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Washington Times, by Valerie Richardson
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 10:39:27 PM
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Reflecting mounting frustration over the lack of press coverage of inner-city Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell’s murder trial, a group of pro-life House members took to the floor to denounce what they call a “national media cover-up” of the sensational case. “Again, I ask my colleagues and I ask the news media, ‘Why the blackout?’” said Rep. Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey Republican. “Will America ever be told of the brutality of abortion?” The congressional outcry is the latest effort to draw attention to the gruesome courtroom drama unfolding in Philadelphia, where Dr. Gosnell stands accused of committing eight murders
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Obama urges N. Korea
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Washington Post, by Scott Wilson
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 10:29:32 PM
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President Obama called on North Korea on Thursday to end its belligerence after months of escalating rhetoric and actions related to its nuclear program. Obama also pledged that “the United States will take all necessary steps to protect its people and to meet our obligations under our alliances in the region.” The United States has defense treaties with South Korea and Japan. “Now is the time for North Korea to end the kind of belligerent approach that they’ve been taking and to try to lower temperatures,” Obama said after an Oval Office meeting with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
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Progress Kentucky activists
behind McConnell tape,
Democrat alleges
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Washington Post, by Rachel Weiner
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 10:27:52 PM
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Members of the Democratic group Progress Kentucky were behind a leaked recording of a private conversation among Sen. Mitch McConnell and his campaign staff about potential rivals, a local Democrat alleges. The tape was not made by bugging the Republican senator’s office but by standing in the hallway while the conversation occurred, Jacob Conway, a member of the executive committee of the Louisville/Jefferson County Democratic Party, told news organizations. Conway told Louisville NPR affiliate WFPL that Shawn Reilly, Progress Kentucky’s executive director, and Curtis Morrison, a former spokesman for the group, had boasted to him about making the tape.
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Pentagon: North Korea has
capacity to make nuclear
warhead for ballistic missile
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Washington Post, by Ernesto Londoño
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 10:25:41 PM
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North Korea probably has a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on a ballistic missile, according to a new assessment by the Pentagon’s intelligence arm that comes amid growing alarm over Pyongyang’s warmongering. The conclusion by the Defense Intelligence Agency said the weapon would have “low reliability,” but the disclosure during a congressional hearing Thursday is likely to raise fresh concerns about North Korea’s capabilities and intentions. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) read what he said was an unclassified section of the DIA report while questioning Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Texas House panel approves
guns on campus bill
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Associated Press, by Jim Vertuno
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 10:06:58 PM
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AUSTIN, Texas — Two days after a knife-wielding attacker wounded more than a dozen people on a Texas college campus, a state House panel voted to allow concealed handgun license holders to carry weapons into college buildings and classrooms. The House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee pushed the bill up to the full House with a 7-1 vote without debate. Lawmakers had taken public testimony on the measure several weeks ago. On Tuesday, authorities say a man used a razor utility knife to slash 14 people on two floors of the health science building at
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Texas oil and gas jobs flourished in 2012
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Houston Chronicle, by Jennifer Hiller
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 10:02:27 PM
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A recent report confirms what you already knew: People in the oil and gas industry make more money than you, and Texas is producing lots more oil. The Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association’s “State of Energy Report” says the industry employs more than 971,000 people in the U.S., including about 379,800 in Texas. And 34,600 of those Texas jobs were added in the first half of 2012 alone. Other interesting information: The national average wage for oil and gas industry workers was $107,200 last year. The Texas average wage for oil and natural gas workers was
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In 2011, the journalist Mara Hvistendahl published Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men, detailing the societal effects of sex-selective abortions that target women the world over and resulted in the absence of perhaps more than 100 million girls who by now should have been born. But Hvistendahl soon learned the downside to uncovering what many believe to be a shocking trend in human rights offenses: people will want to do something about it. And so she lashed out, declaring that “anti-abortion activists
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Ben Carson steps down as
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Posted By: toledo- 4/11/2013 7:11:23 AM
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Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson stepped down Wednesday as commencement speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine after complaints from students about controversial comments concerning same-sex marriage. The withdrawal came less than a week after medical school Dean Paul B. Rothman chastised Carson for his comments and met with graduating students concerned that the famed physician was an inappropriate commencement speaker.
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Leaving Blue New York, Boo-Hoo
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Irish Examiner USA, by Alicia Colon
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Posted By: Drive- 4/12/2013 6:44:47 AM
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Only one of my six children has left New York for economic reasons but the strain of living in this expensive nanny state is weighing heavy on my other five and their families. As a native New Yorker, I´ve seen its middle class population decline over the years due to its neglect of blue collar families which is ironic since this is a Democrat city. With the recent arrests of several local politicians for corruption perhaps New Yorkers will pay more attention to those they put in office. Given their past indifference in local elections this is highly unlikely.
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Little Anthony Freemont´s
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American Thinker, by Doug Mainwaring
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/12/2013 6:34:43 AM
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Remember little Anthony Freemont, played by cute little Billy Mumy, in one of the "Twilight Zone´s" most famous episodes? In the opening sequence Rod Serling informs us: "A monster had arrived in the village. Just by using his mind, he took away the automobiles, the electricity, the machines -- because they displeased him -- and he moved an entire community back into the dark ages -- just by using his mind. . . . and the people there have to smile. They have to think happy thoughts and say happy things because once displeased, the monster can wish them into a cornfield
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Senate votes 68-31 to move
forward with gun control measure
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The Hill [Washington DC], by Jonathan Easley & Ramsey Cox
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/11/2013 12:23:49 PM
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The Senate voted to move forward on gun control Thursday, clearing the first of what is expected to be many 60-vote hurdles for the legislation. (Snip) Sixteen Republicans voted in favor of the motion, while two Democrats — both from states President Obama lost in the 2012 election — voted against it. The two Democrats were Sens. Mark Begich (Alaska) and Mark Pryor (Ark.), both of whom face reelection next year.The 16 Republicans who voted to proceed were
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Pat Smith and 700 Special Ops
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American Spectator, by Jeffrey Lord
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/11/2013 6:13:54 AM
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Seven hundred Military Special Operations professionals. And one insistent and very angry Mom. This is becoming a deadly combination for the political game players in the Obama Administration. Sean Smith, the young State Department computer wizard who was brutally murdered that September night in Benghazi, was Pat Smith’s only child. Let’s say that again. Sean Smith was Mrs. Smith’s only child. To listen to her recent radio interview with another Sean… Sean Hannity… is to have the heart break.
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Philadelphia abortion clinic horror:
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USA Today, by Kirsten Powers
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Posted By: toledo- 4/11/2013 7:39:08 AM
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Infant beheadings. Severed baby feet in jars. A child screaming after it was delivered alive during an abortion procedure. Haven´t heard about these sickening accusations? It´s not your fault. Since the murder trial of Pennsylvania abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell began March 18, there has been precious little coverage of the case that should be on every news show and front page. The revolting revelations of Gosnell´s former staff, who have been testifying to what they
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Boehner: I Don´t Need
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Breitbart´s Big Government, by Ben Shapiro
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/12/2013 11:51:37 AM
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On Thursday, in the midst of ongoing national debate over prospective gun control and comprehensive immigration legislation, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said that he didn’t need the approval of a majority of his own party to move forward with legislation. Referring to the so-called Hastert Rule, named after former House Speaker Denny Hastert (R-IL), which dictated that House leadership not bring up any bill for a vote without the support of a majority of the majority party, Boehner said, “Listen: It was never a rule to begin with.” Then, realizing the gravity of admitting
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Jonathan Winters, groundbreaking
comic who influenced
generations, dead at 87
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/12/2013 1:16:37 PM
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LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87. The Ohio native died Thursday evening at his Montecito, Calif., home of natural causes, said Joe Petro III, a longtime family friend. Petro said Winters died of natural causes and was surrounded by family and friends. Winters was a pioneer of improvisational standup comedy, with an exceptional gift for mimicry, a grab bag of eccentric personalities and a bottomless reservoir of creative energy.
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WPost reporter explains her
personal Gosnell blackout
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Patheos.com, by "Mollie"
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Posted By: LComStaff- 4/12/2013 9:42:16 AM
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I’ve been writing about media coverage of abortion for many years. And so have many others. If you haven’t read David Shaw’s “Abortion Bias Seeps Into The News,” published in the Los Angeles Times back in 1990, you should. That report also explains why we cover the topic here at GetReligion.But the thing is that I’m getting kind of sick of pointing out egregious bias only to see things not just remain bad but get worse. Just think, in the last year, we saw the media drop any pretense of objectivity and bully the Susan G. Komen Foundation
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Republicans Fear Clinton in 2016
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Time Magazine, by Zeke J Miller
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Posted By: Scottyboy- 4/12/2013 9:57:16 AM
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HOLLYWOOD — Republican leaders plotted their party’s political comeback on Thursday with plans to court minority voters and modernize their political operations. But some wondered if one person could make it all for naught: Hillary Clinton. As attendees of the Republican National Committee’s spring meeting debated party rules and a refurbished GOP brand capable of winning back the White House, more than two dozen operatives and officials expressed worry that none of their party’s potential 2016 candidates can take her down. One early-state RNC member put it simply
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