Archive for August, 2006
The News Sieve
- What a coincidence! Stephen Hayes, the Weekly Standard writer who’s been the biggest proponent of a connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda, just got tapped to pen the authorized biography of Vice President Dick Cheney. (Despite the fact that his analysis was critiqued by Pentagon intelligence officials, Hayes’ piece about the supposed link [...]
Popularity: 3%
If We’d Never Invaded Iraq…
We’d Have $$$$$$ To Spend
The National Priorities Project’s Website calculates the cost of the war in Iraq and outlines what could be done with all that money here at home, divided up by county and state - in terms of schoolteachers, police officers, port security guards, health grants, job training programs, etc.
U.S. total = $318.5 billion (That is $2,844 [...]
Popularity: 1%
He’s No Lamont, But Tasini
Starting to Attract Big Names
Jonathan Tasini can’t get NY1 to host a debate with Hillary Clinton and he’s not getting much of a contact high from Lamont’s victory but the underdog candidate for New York Senate is starting to attract some bold-faced names.
In the last few months, he’s received $2,100 from “Nickel & Dimed” author Barbara Ehrenreich, $500 from [...]
Popularity: 1%
Porn Again Politico
Fails to Arouse Much Support
Melody Damayo, the breast-enhanced former porn star running for governor of Nevada, needs your support.
Despite getting plenty of press, the Republican candidate has only collected $6,415.91 in campaign contributions, according to the latest filing. Among her unsurprising cast of supporters – all men, of course – the head of a Star Trek fan club, a [...]
Popularity: 1%
Even NYC Donors’ Last-Minute Push
Couldn’t Build Enough ‘Joementum’
Over the last two weeks, New Yorkers made a last-ditch effort to revive Joe Lieberman’s faltering campaign, pouring $351,500 into his coffers. That’s almost twice the amount donated by residents of Connecticut, who gave $154,950.
In total, only 20% of Lieberman’s donations during that period came from Connecticut.
Among the New Yorkers who provided that last-minute assistance: [...]
Popularity: 1%
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